The picture shows Jia Yanmei's paper-cutting work. Courtesy of Jia Yanmei
Zhengzhou, January 8 (Yang Dayong) How to activate the vitality of intangible cultural heritage in the countryside to help revitalize rural culture? Jia Yanmei, a deputy to the Henan Provincial People's Congress, said in an interview with a reporter from China News Network at the "two sessions" in Henan on the 8th that the countryside should be revitalized, and it is necessary to encourage the excavation of the history and context of local villages, find the personality characteristics of each village, seek the combination of intangible cultural heritage and rural revitalization, and promote intangible cultural heritage to help rural revitalization.
"Give me a piece of paper, I want to carve infinite possibilities in a limited life, cut away sorrow, carve away uneasiness, leave quiet and kind..." Jia Yanmei is the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of paper-cutting art in Shangqiu City, Henan Province, paper-cutting is her way of communicating with the outside world, is the craft that leads the township to get rid of poverty and get rich, she feels more need to let more young people understand and inherit this traditional cultural memory.
Intangible cultural heritage is one of the important symbols of Chinese civilization and the embodiment of the wisdom of the Chinese nation. How to make intangible cultural heritage play a greater role in the revitalization of the countryside?
To this end, Jia Yanmei suggested at this year's "two sessions" in Henan that all localities should adapt to local conditions, focus on supporting and cultivating a group of professional talents such as intangible cultural heritage inheritors and rural craftsmen, attract outstanding cultural talents who have started businesses abroad to return to their hometowns, activate the vitality of intangible cultural heritage in the countryside, and give play to the role of intangible cultural heritage in cultural bacon casting, and then promote the revitalization of rural culture.
Jia Yanmei said that in the inheritance and development of intangible cultural heritage, it is necessary to cultivate a group of talents, and doing a good job in cultivating talents is the idea and direction to be adhered to on the road to rural cultural revitalization. Only by gathering talents to form a joint force for development and stimulating the enthusiasm of villagers can we inject cultural vitality and strength into rural revitalization.
Talking about how to cultivate a group of skilled cultural and artistic talents to stay in the countryside? Jia Yanmei suggested that one side should increase economic support for non-genetic inheritors at all levels, give appropriate subsidies to traditional craftsmen, clarify the reward standards, and supervise in place; on the other hand, it should encourage and support innovation, guide inheritors to combine intangible cultural heritage with cultural creation, continuously inject new vitality into excellent traditional culture and art, and encourage local governments to set local cultural benchmarks and create local cultural business cards.
"Effectively consolidate the results of poverty alleviation and the rural revitalization project database, implement various preferential support policies, and enhance the leading role of intangible cultural heritage poverty alleviation and employment workshops." Jia Yanmei suggested that cultural departments and grass-roots governments should truly recognize the important role of local excellent culture in promoting rural revitalization, and also let the countryside help the charm of intangible cultural heritage to go out. Let intangible cultural heritage provide the dual driving force of material and spiritual civilization for rural revitalization. (End)