Evolution of The Policy For The Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage In Xinjiang

Abstract

This paper composes the policy change process of intangible cultural heritage protection in Xinjiang, starting from the real problems faced by Xinjiang, reflecting the policy change process objectively and realistically, proposing a De- ideologization research perspective, and expanding the academic research on intangible cultural heritage in Xinjiang. By compiling the policy changes in the protection of intangible cultural heritage in Xinjiang and sorting out the world-class, national, and autonomous lists of intangible cultural heritage in Xinjiang, this paper draws the following conclusions: First, from a longer historical process, the policy changes in the protection of intangible cultural heritage in Xinjiang can be roughly divided into four stages: the lack of attention before the reform and opening-up period, the initial attention during the early reform and opening-up period, and the gradual attention during the exploration period of the reform and opening-up period. The first stage is the lack of attention before the reform and opening up, the initial attention at the beginning of the reform and opening up, the gradual attention at the exploration period of the reform and opening up, and the high attention at the period of systematic standardization and protection. Second, the intangible cultural heritage protection in Xinjiang is characterized by large regional differences, concentrated in Yili, Kashgar, Tacheng, Bayin, and other regions; the types are mainly folk music and traditional dance.