1, intangible cultural heritage highlights intangible attributes and emphasizes quality independent of material form.

2. Intangible cultural heritage is a vivid embodiment of national personality and national aesthetic habits.

3. Material cultural heritage mainly includes historical sites, historical buildings (groups) and human cultural sites, while intangible cultural heritage includes various practices, performances, forms of expression, knowledge systems and skills.

Material cultural heritage, also known as "tangible cultural heritage", is a "cultural heritage" in the traditional sense. According to the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (hereinafter referred to as the World Heritage Convention), it includes historical sites, historical buildings and human cultural sites.

According to the definition of UNESCO Convention for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage, intangible cultural heritage refers to various customs, performances, forms of expression, knowledge systems and skills, and related tools, articles, handicrafts and cultural sites, which are regarded as their cultural heritage by various groups, groups and sometimes even individuals.

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According to the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (referred to as the World Heritage Convention) adopted by the UNESCO 17 plenary session held in Paris in June, 1972, the material and cultural heritage mainly includes historical sites, historical buildings (groups) and human cultural sites.

As of June 20 13, 45 natural and cultural sites and natural landscapes in China have been included in the World Heritage List. On June 22nd, at the 37th World Heritage Conference, the cultural landscape of Hani Terrace in Honghe, China was approved to be included in UNESCO's World Heritage List, becoming the 3rd1world cultural heritage in China, increasing the number of Chinese world heritages to 45, ranking second in the world heritage list countries.

According to the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Intangible Cultural Heritage, intangible cultural heritage refers to various traditional cultural expressions handed down from generation to generation by people of all ethnic groups and regarded as part of their cultural heritage, as well as articles and places related to traditional cultural expressions.

Including: (1) traditional oral literature and its carrier language; (2) Traditional arts, calligraphy (plum blossom seal script), music, dance, drama, folk art and acrobatics; (3) Traditional skills, medicine and calendars; (4) Traditional etiquette, festivals and other folk customs; (5) Traditional sports and entertainment; (6) Other intangible cultural heritage.

Objects and places that are part of intangible cultural heritage are all cultural relics, and the relevant provisions of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on the Protection of Cultural Relics shall apply.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Intangible Cultural Heritage, Baidu Encyclopedia-Material Cultural Heritage