Research On The Culture And Inheritance Of Mud Dogs In Huaiyang, Henan

On January 27,2022,General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech on the protection of historical and cultural heritage.This important speech is in line with the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions on the protection of historical and cultural heritage since the 18 th Party Congress.As a national intangible cultural heritage,Huaiyang Mud Dog is known as a "true totem and a living fossil" and has high research value.Huaiyang Mud Dog culture is also a local culture with great characteristics,and the study of Huaiyang Mud Dog culture and its inheritance has both theoretical and practical values.This paper describes the hometown,historical origin,production process and artistic characteristics of Huaiyang clay dog through field research,and analyzes the cultural attributes of Huaiyang clay dog.It is found that Huaiyang clay dog is closely related to festival culture,faith culture,Confucianism and Chu culture,and is a living fossil of historical and cultural development,with arts and crafts value and economic value.There are positive factors in the cultural heritage of Huaiyang mud dog,but there are also many problems.The positive factors include the increasing diversification of the dissemination subjects,the expansion of the audience,and the diversification of the dissemination channels.There are problems,such as the lack of inheritors of Huaiyang mud dog culture,the difficulty of integrating into people's daily lives,and the monotonous promotion platform.In order to analyze the problems of cultural inheritance,this study gives corresponding countermeasures and suggestions,including innovation of Huaiyang mud dog culture management system,enrichment of Huaiyang mud dog culture inheritance methods,emphasis on the cultivation of Huaiyang mud dog culture inheritors,and creation of Huaiyang mud dog brand culture,in order to achieve better inheritance,innovation and development of Huaiyang mud dog culture.