The Path of Combining Huainan Tofu Culture with Rural Revitalization in the Digital Era

Abstract

Intangible cultural heritage is an important crystallization of the wisdom and cultural inheritance of the Chinese nation. The intangible cultural heritage rooted in rural areas carries a profound historical context and contains potential for promoting rural revitalization. The important challenge it faces is how to effectively connect the protection of intangible cultural heritage with the strategy of rural revitalization, activate the vitality of intangible cultural heritage, and transform it from a "protected heritage" to a "developable resource". As a national intangible cultural heritage, the Bagongshan tofu production technique in Huainan, Anhui is a representative cultural identity and characteristic industrial resource in northern Anhui. The current status of its inheritance, development bottlenecks, and future prospects provide highly representative local samples for observing and researching this topic. Based on existing literature, relevant data collection, and field visits, this article aims to comprehensively understand the actual situation of Huainan tofu production technology, clarify its core values, face its practical difficulties, and explore innovative paths for the deep integration of intangible cultural heritage and rural revitalization. Optimize the rural revitalization system where it is located, provide and improve feasible plans, and provide examples for the development of similar areas.