Study On The Function Of Government In The Inheritance Of Intangible Cultural Heritage Of Suzhou

Suzhou Pingtan,a traditional Quyi with a history of more than 400 years,together with Kuqu Opera and Suju Opera are called "The Three Flowers of Suzhou",which is also a splendid Chinese traditional culture with the characteristics of Wu Area.During its prosperous time,there were thousands of theaters in Jiangsu,Shanghai as well as Zhejiang.Hundreds of long stories staged in turn while endless streams of audience got into the theaters everyday.However,with the development of the times and the change of society,Suzhou Pingtan is facing problems like the loss of long stories,the shrink and loss of theaters,the loss of both senior and junior audience,etc.Under the circumstance of the impact of foreign culture and multiple culture,Suzhou Pingtan lost its former glory,and was even on the verge of extinction.Since it was selected into the list of the first updated batch of national intangible cultural heritage projects in 2006,Suzhou Pingtan has gradually regained its vitality,which is owing to the great support from governments at all levels in both policy and finance.This success can also be an example to other traditional Quyi.This paper takes Suzhou Pingtan as an instance to discuss the cultural function of Suzhou government in the past 20 years by interview and comparative analysis.First of all,analyse the current situation that the government performs its functions from 4 aspects:personnel training,story protection,theater construction as well as promotion and publicity.Next,introduce the 4 problems exist in inheritance:unscientific personnel training mode,insufficient regulation of the market,rare support of private groups and insufficient efforts of public participation lead.Afterwards,analyse the cause of these problems.The causes can be concluded to be imperfect policy guarantee,imperfect inheritance mechanism and inadequate public services.Finally,come up with solutions to each of the problems.The first is to improve the policy guarantee by establishing and improving the performance evaluation system and improving the policies of supporting private groups.The second is to improve the inheritance mechanism by optimizing the talent training and development mechanism,establishing and improving the market mechanism and social forces participation mechanism.The third is to improve public service by opening public participation channels and optimizing the construction of public cultural resources.