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Religion-Related Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding Practices and Initiatives of the Contemporary Chinese State

Content Provider	MDPI
Author	Xu, Yawen Tao, Yu
Copyright Year	2022
Description	This paper reveals the contemporary Chinese state’s active role in shaping the country’s religion-related intangible cultural heritage (ICH) safeguarding, through a systematic review of China’s official inventories of national representative ICH projects and extensive investigations of relevant local practices and initiatives. Although China is ruled by a political party officially embracing an atheist ideology, various elements of the contemporary Chinese state have been proactively involved in safeguarding religion-related ICH. The Chinese state’s involvement in de facto religion-related ICH safeguarding predates its adoption of explicit ICH safeguarding narratives. Still, the Chinese state’s practices and initiatives in safeguarding religion-related ICH flourished after ratifying the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2004. Since then, China’s central government has established a nationwide framework to recognise representative ICH items, including religion-related ones. Beyond Beijing, various local state agencies have also developed noticeable enthusiasm for supporting the safeguarding of religion-related ICH. In addition to engaging directly with ICH safeguarding, the contemporary Chinese state has also shaped China’s religion-related ICH by working closely with some academics and religious groups.
Starting Page	687
e-ISSN	20771444
DOI	10.3390/rel13080687
Journal	Religions
Issue Number	8
Volume Number	13
Language	English
Publisher	MDPI
Publisher Date	2022-07-27
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Religions Cultural Studies China Heritage Policy Ich Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage Religion-related Heritage State–religion Relations State-centric Approach
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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