This international seminar was held in traditional villages in Guizhou to help protect and inherit living heritage.
In recent years, living heritage has gradually become a global issue in the field of cultural heritage, emphasizing people-centeredness and community participation. It is especially of practical significance for promoting heritage protection in developing countries and continuously improving social well-being. The concept and practice of living heritage are in line with the core concepts and concerns of China's cultural heritage undertakings, and can provide a feasible path for protecting and inheriting rural heritage, promoting urban-rural integrated development and rural revitalization. On November 26, the international seminar on "Localized Inheritance of Living Heritage" co-sponsored by Fudan University, Guizhou Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau and Shiqian County People's Government opened in Loushang Village, Shiqian County, Guizhou Province. Participants from Japan, Greece, Nearly 50 experts and scholars from Singapore and other countries attended the event.
Guizhou is the "origin" of my country's eco-museum practice, and its rich and diverse traditional villages have become one of the most representative living heritages in China. Fudan University has long been committed to Guizhou heritage practice and has long-term cooperative relations with the Guizhou Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau in the fields of rural heritage, eco-museums and other fields. This conference is the second international conference held since the establishment of the UNESCO Chair in Living Heritage and Community Development at Fudan University in May this year. The conference invites domestic and foreign experts and scholars to conduct in-depth discussions on the value connotation, local practice and development path of living heritage in the representative Chinese living heritage environment, aiming to deepen the integration of heritage research and community development and promote living heritage. Exchanges and mutual learning between China and foreign countries in the field of heritage.
At the scene, primary school students from Loushang Village explained the "National Security" cultural relics site to domestic and foreign guests, which triggered enthusiastic responses and discussions. This is also the result of the Fudan Cultural Heritage Team’s continuous community heritage education in Loushang Village over the past two or three years.
During the meeting, the “Dimeng Base of the UNESCO Chair of Living Heritage and Community Development”, the “Upstairs Base of the UNESCO Chair of Living Heritage and Community Development” and the “Fudan University Rural Heritage Teaching Practice and Rural Revitalization Education Practice Base” "Unveiling.
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