The “Self” and the “Other” of Cultural Heritage——The Crucial Influence of France

Laurajane Smith, a well-known expert of cultural heritage, believes that all the heritage in the world belong to the intangible cultural heritage. So we also believe that all named heritage in the world is cultural heritage, including the intangible heritage.Idea of modern world heritage is influenced by the France, whether the heritage as the key word or the career. With culture revival in China, we have a full set of heritage law, and what we need is the exploration. The premise of exploration is to understand theother. As for the utterance of western cultural heritage, we are the others; in terms of the China's cultural heritage system, the west is the other. The old wisdom of China tells us that knowing self and the other party is the truth. The paper discusses the others and ourselves as well.