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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

Beijing Forum 2007: Heritage<br />

Protection and Exploitation should be<br />

People-oriented<br />

By Tian Tian<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2007--10--27<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=193416490<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Su Rongyu, researcher <strong>of</strong> The Institute for the History <strong>of</strong> Natural Sciences,<br />

CAS, is a renowned expert in the field <strong>of</strong> Chinese cultural legacy. Beginning with the<br />

study <strong>of</strong> bronzes in his early career, he has been to many countries like Germany<br />

and the United States as a visiting pr<strong>of</strong>essor. Recently, the journalist had an<br />

interview with him and asked him to make some elaboration on the protection and<br />

management <strong>of</strong> heritage.<br />

Science Times: As an expert at the study <strong>of</strong> cultural legacy, how do you define<br />

cultural legacy? What is the situation <strong>of</strong> Chinese cultural legacy?<br />

Su Rongyu: Cultural legacy is usually described as significant and representative<br />

historic relics and remains, social customs, arts and crafts, and stable performance,<br />

etc. Historic relics and remains belong to tangible cultural legacy, also known as<br />

material cultural legacy; the rest belong to intangible cultural legacy, also known as<br />

non-material cultural legacy.<br />

Tangible cultural legacy can be subdivided into two categories: mobile and immobile<br />

legacy. Mobile cultural legacy mainly refer to historic relics <strong>of</strong> the mankind, such as<br />

jade ware, chinaware and horn implement, classified according to materials. Such<br />

heritage is mainly collected in museums (or distributed among the folks); immobile<br />

cultural legacy is remains and properties left by human activities, including ancient<br />

architecture and construction relics such as city walls, towns, palaces and temples.<br />

Intangible cultural legacy is categorized differently in different countries. Generally<br />

speaking, they include festival ceremony, oral literature, folk story-telling, traditional<br />

craftwork and folk arts, etc. I believe both tangible and intangible cultural legacy<br />

came into being as a result <strong>of</strong> traditional craftwork. Nowadays, cultural sites have<br />

been attached much importance to globally. The purpose <strong>of</strong> such practice is to adjust<br />

the disconnection <strong>of</strong> former categorization and to emphasize the interrelation<br />

between man and nature, tangible and intangible heritage, thus promoting a dynamic<br />

trend <strong>of</strong> cultural legacy.<br />

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