Normative Research On Local Practice Of The Intangible Cultural Heritage Directory System

China joined the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in June 2004.In response to the requirements of the Convention for the compilation of intangible cultural heritage(“ICH”)inventory,China formulated the directory system for ICH and eventually formed a four-level national,provincial,city and county directory system.The operation of the directory system has become an important role in the protection of ICH and an important window for society to understand ICH.However,many problems have arisen in the practice of the system.For example,many cultural projects that do not meet the concept of ICH have been collected into the ICH directory system and incurred hidden dangers in the long-term implementation of the system.This research take farmer paintings as an example,and studies how those cultural projects that do not meet the concept of ICH increase their rationality as ICH by emphasizing certain aspects in their narratives and eventually become a ICH;based on that,studies what the areas lack of standards are in the ICH directory system that leaves room for these cultural projects to become intangible cultural heritages in the application process;and eventually provides feedback from social practices to system designers and useful insights for the improvement and development of grassroots ICH directory system.This study uses field observations,personal interviews and other methods to conduct field surveys of popular areas of farmer paintings and uses literature and case methods to analyze and analyze problems.That includes understanding the relevance the transplant and development of the farmer paintings by understanding the profile and historical lineage;analyzing the self-explanation of farmer paintings,i.e.the rationality of becoming a ICH;and eventually providing a case reference for the study of the ICH directory system in the standardization process of the ICH directory system.This thesis is divided into six parts:The first part is an introduction that firstly explains the origin of the research and the significance of the research,that by taking the farmer paintings as an example,reflects on the normative practice of the ICH directory system,and provides an actual case for the research on the ICH directory system;secondly sort ICH directory system of different levels and the research status of farmers paintings into four parts;and finally explains the research methodology of this article.The second part focuses on the origination and development of the directory.First,it studies the concept of the ICH directory system practice at different levels of the country and the locality,and then studies the practice of the provincial and municipal level.In the comparison of ideas and practices,it clarifies the implementation of the ICH directory system at different levels,and thus studies the potential room for manipulation.The third part discusses the application process of the farmer paintings for ICH.Firstly,it introduces the generation and development of farmer paintings,and then studied the ways in which a cultural project that does not fully comply with the concept of ICH has rationalized itself as an ICH,in order to obtain the "entry ticket" of the directory and becomes a member of the ICH directory.The fourth part firstly through the comparison between the cases of X city farmer paintings applying for ICH and the standards for the ICH directory system,points out the problem of lack of standard in the local practice of the ICH directory system;secondly by analyzing the improper “help” allowed by the lack of standard,draws conclusions on the room for deviation in the process of applying cultural projects for ICH.The fifth part,based on the actual practice and status quo of the ICH directory system,proposes corresponding countermeasures for existing problems,which are establishing the ICH value evaluation system and improving the ICH directory system withdrawal mechanism,so as to provide a reference for improving the local practice of the ICH directory system.The conclusion summarizes this thesis,and finally review the practice of the ICH directory system to reinterprets the standards for the ICH inventory of Convention.