What Can the Protection of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Bring to Us

Cultural diversity is a fundamental characteristic which can guarantee the sustainable development of human society. The safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage is proposed for the demand to maintain cultural diversity of the human being. The most important value of the human intangible cultural heritage is its survival, and the secondary value is the economic benefit. The protection of the intangible cultural heritage should consider two types of the value. The protection for the economic value of the intangible cultural heritage will be supplementary to the protection for its survival, and the two sides have the same importance. Therefore, to establish a detailed list and the accordant criteria is the necessary step to put the protection into practice.