The Protection And Inheritance Of Suzhou Folk Culture In The Process Of New Urbanization

Culture is the lifeblood of a nation, giving people a sense of belonging. As reported at the 18 th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China will complete its building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects, achieving great revitalization of Chinese nation. Therefore, we must create a new wave to promote socialist culture and bring about a more flourishing and prosperous stage, increase cultural soft power, and enable culture to give full play in the guidance of trends, educate people, serve society and accelerate development. As a historical and cultural city of Suzhou, rich cultural heritage,its rich and varied folk culture.Suzhou folk culture can be largely divided into the following categories: the productive labor folklore based on the production-labor economy; the consumption custom about residents’ basic necessities; the rich and colorful life rituals; the seasonal folklore with varieties and diversities; and the prevailing religion and belief. Suzhou folklore wins a significant status in Chinese folk culture, with characteristics exhibited in its agriculture, water-town tradition, powerful cohesion, rapid development keeping pace with times, and an ecological folklore chain. The new type of urbanization has great impact on Suzhou folk culture, resulting in changes so that we need to protect it and inherit its folklore. From the perspective of cultural ecology and active inheritance, this paper puts forward a protective conception and conceives a blueprint of how to protect and inherit Suzhou folk culture.