List of national cultural and ecological protection zones announced

The list of national cultural and ecological protection zones includes Hakka culture (Gannan), Tonggu culture (Hechi), Diqing national culture, Gesar culture (Guoluo) and Qiang culture (Shaanxi).

1, Hakka cultural and ecological reserve

Hakka cultural and ecological protection zone is located in Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province. The protection zone takes the protection of intangible cultural heritage as the core, and comprehensively protects the Hakka cultural form with profound historical and cultural accumulation, good living condition, important value and distinctive characteristics.

2. Tonggu Cultural Ecological Protection Zone

Tonggu Cultural and Ecological Protection Zone is located in Hechi City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, covering the whole territory of Hechi City, with Hongshui River Basin as the center, and implements regional overall protection for the cultural ecology of representative projects of intangible cultural heritage such as Tonggu customs with concentrated distribution, distinctive features and complete form connotation.

3. Diqing National Cultural and Ecological Reserve

Diqing National Cultural and Ecological Reserve is located in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. Taking the protection of intangible cultural heritage as the core, comprehensively protect cultural forms with rich historical accumulation, good living conditions, important value and distinctive characteristics.

4. Gesar Cultural and Ecological Reserve

Gesar Cultural and Ecological Reserve is located in Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province, covering 6 counties of Golog, including Maqin, Gande, Dari, Banma, Jiuzhi and Maduo, and its geographical scope is consistent with the administrative area of Golog.

5. Qiang cultural and ecological protection zone

Qiang cultural and ecological protection zone is located in ningqiang county and Lueyang County, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province, and was selected into the list of national cultural and ecological protection zones in July 2023.

The basic connotations of national cultural and ecological protection zones are as follows:

Cultural and ecological protection zone refers to the restoration of an intangible cultural heritage and its related material cultural heritage (immovable cultural relics, movable cultural relics, historical and cultural blocks, villages and towns, etc.). ) in a specific area, it is closely related to people's life and production, and is in harmony with the natural environment, economic environment and social environment.

Intangible cultural heritage refers to oral traditions and expressions, including language as a medium of intangible cultural heritage; Performing arts; Social customs, etiquette and festivals; Knowledge and practice about nature and the universe; Traditional handicraft skills and cultural space related to the above-mentioned traditional cultural expressions.

It is an effective way to protect cultural ecology by delineating cultural and ecological protection areas, keeping the national and folk cultural heritage in its original state in the region and environment and making it a "living culture". To this end, the state proposes to establish a national cultural and ecological protection zone.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-National Cultural and Ecological Reserve