The latest version of the list of national intangible cultural heritage protection units is announced! There are 14 national intangible cultural heritages in Foshan.

Jin Jing, a reporter from Jinyang. com, reported that recently, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism published the latest version of the List of National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Projects to be Protected. There are 14 intangible cultural heritages and their protected units in Foshan, including Foshan woodblock New Year pictures, paper-cuts (Guangdong paper-cuts) and lanterns (Foshan lanterns). The reporter learned from the office of Foshan Intangible Heritage Protection Center that the number of national intangible heritage projects from Foshan on this list is the same as before. In addition, the reporter also learned that Foshan has been awarded 15 national-level non-genetic inheritors, and 10 are currently alive.

Recently, the General Office of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued the Notice on Publishing the List of National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Projects Protection Units. According to the notice, this year, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism organized the inspection and adjustment of national intangible cultural heritage representative project protection units. According to this latest list, there are 14 national-level non-legacy projects in Foshan. They are: Shifan Music (Foshan Shifan), Dragon Dance (Dragon Dance), Lion Dance (guangdong lion), Cantonese Opera, Dragon Boat Rap, Foshan Woodblock New Year Pictures, Paper-cut (Guangdong Paper-cut), Lantern Festival (Foshan Lantern), Caizha (Foshan Lion Head), Shiwan Pottery Sculpture Skill, Mid-Autumn Festival (Foshan Autumn Colors) and Temple Fair (Foshan Ancestral Temple Fair) The reporter interviewed the office of Foshan Intangible Cultural Heritage Center and learned that the number of Foshan intangible cultural heritage projects and protection units that entered the "List of National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Projects Protection Units" remained the same as before.

The reporter learned from the office of Foshan Intangible Heritage Protection Center that Foshan has been awarded 15 national non-genetic inheritors, of which 5 have passed away and there are currently 10. At present, the average age of national non-genetic inheritors in Foshan is over 70 years old. "Although the national inheritors are older, Foshan has a pyramid-shaped inheritance echelon, as well as provincial inheritors and municipal inheritors. At present, there are 113 municipal non-genetic inheritors (excluding those who have been upgraded to provincial and national levels) and 40 provincial inheritors (excluding those who have been upgraded to national levels). " Zhang Xuelian, director of the office of Foshan Intangible Heritage Protection Center, said that Foshan’s non-genetic inheritors exist in all ages and have a relatively solid inheritance foundation.