Tao Zhu ancient city Tao Zhu ancient city is not an intangible cultural heritage. It is located in Licheng Village, Tao Zhu Town, 4 1 km southeast of Linhai City, Zhejiang Province, and only 10 km south of Haidong. Tao Zhu was built in the 20th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1387) to resist Japanese invasion. It was rebuilt in the eighth year of the Ming Dynasty (1443). Taozhu City is a thousand-family city specially set up in Ming Dynasty to resist Japanese invasion, with a circumference of 1.366 m and a height of 4.5 m.. Now, except for the crib, the main body of the city wall and three city gates (including the urn) are well preserved. In particular, the streets and lanes in the city still maintain the Ming and Qing styles, and most of the houses in the city are buildings in the Qing Dynasty, especially Langjia, Langdefeng, Wuzhai, Liuzhai, Ancestral Temple and Guandi Temple. Tao Zhu, the most well-preserved city in Zhejiang, is an important material for studying the health station system and coastal defense system in Ming Dynasty.

Intangible cultural heritage is defined according to UNESCO's Convention for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage: Intangible cultural heritage refers to various customs, performances, forms of expression, knowledge systems and skills, related tools, articles, handicrafts and cultural sites regarded as their cultural heritage by various groups, groups and sometimes even individuals. With the change of their environment and the relationship with natural and historical conditions, various groups and groups constantly innovate this intangible cultural heritage handed down from generation to generation, and at the same time give them a sense of identity and history, thus promoting cultural diversity and stimulating human creativity.

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 the language as its carrier;

(2) Traditional arts, calligraphy, 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.