중국 무형문화유산의 보호현황에 관한 연구

Abstract

In the rapidly changing cultural age of the 21st century, China encounters the period in which it needs to newly re-establish its "frame" of cultural art. Composed of long history in 5000 years and 56 ethnic groups, the traditional culture of China is very abundant. In order to preserve such own culture of China, Agreement of Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage(非物質文化遺産保護公約) was officially approved by general affairs committee of National People's Delegate Convention on August 28, 2004, after which intangible cultural heritage has been protected and selected nationwide. Though the events to protect traditional culture are in progress consecutively, it is not easy at all to correctly protect and hand it down in this rapidly changing age. Especially, the prototype of intangible cultural heritage is subject to damage, degeneration or deformation, because it is protected and handed down by human being As a Chinese student majoring in traditional dance in Korea, this researcher deeply realized the importance of traditional dance. Also realizing that the intangible cultural heritage can be hardly restored once it is perished, this researcher intends to present right direction of policy so as to grasp and improve the situation of protecting Chinese intangible cultural heritage and the problems in such process through this dissertation. Investigating the Chinese intangible cultural heritage which has polyethnic and diverse cultural base, this dissertation is composed of the following chapters: Chapter Ⅰ presents purpose, necessity, method and restriction of research; Chapter Ⅱ refers to the arrangement of concept of intangible cultural heritage, the value of intangible cultural heritage and the importance of its protection; Chapter Ⅲ divides and arranges the situation of protecting Chinese intangible cultural heritage in connection with the situation of regional designation and classification as well as designation in the area of dance. Then, Chapter Ⅳ investigates the problems existing in the protection of Chinese intangible cultural heritage and roughly suggests the direction of future improvement. The researcher thinks that research of universality through this cultural property is helpful in protecting and handing down Chinese intangible cultural heritage which is in the process of formation. Furthermore, the development of culture and art of China will be favorably affected in the future by perceiving the specialty in such universality.