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　　Protecting the Intangible Cultural Heritages

　　Like tangible cultural heritages such as the Great Wall and the Forbidden City, intangible cultural heritages like Peking Opera and Confucius-commemorating rituals are equally crucial. We should make our utmost efforts to preserve intangible heritages because, without their physical form of existence, they are in greater risk of extinction.

　　According to UNESCO’s Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003), all forms of social customs and habits, folklore, performing arts, rituals, oral traditions, festivals, traditional crafts and various knowledge and practices about nature and universe can be classified as intangible cultural heritages. As a country consisting of a great diversity of ethnic groups and with time-honored history and civilization, China abounds in intangible cultural heritages. Cultural heritages connect modern people with the historical past, allowing them to acquire a cultural and historical identity. Without cultural heritages, we would be rendered absolutely rootless and we would find it hard to cope with challenges at present and in the future.

　　However, the modernization process poses mounting threats to intangible heritages. Many people have a blind faith in the latest electronic devices. It is also pathetic to see elderly people in possession of such legacies pass away without transmitting them to the younger generation. Faced with those challenges, we should both preserve and renovate our ancestral heritages so that we can help contribute to the cultural diversity of the world and return to our spiritual homeland in this age of impersonal science and technology.

　　【值得熟记的句式与短语】

　　1. tangible cultural heritages物质文化遗产

　　2. Confucius-commemorating rituals祭孔仪式

　　3. make utmost efforts to不遗余力地去做……

　　4. preserve intangible heritages保护非物质遗产

　　5. be in great risk of extinction灭亡的可能性很大

　　6. Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage《保护非物质文化遗产公约》

　　7. oral traditions口头传统

　　8. traditional crafts传统手工艺

　　9. a great diversity of ethnic groups众多族群

　　10. time-honored history and civilization悠久的历史与文明

　　11. cultural and historical identity文化和历史的认同感

　　12. cope with challenges at present and in the future应对当下及未来的挑战

　　13. a blind faith盲目崇拜

　　14. ancestral heritages祖辈的遗产

　　15. cultural diversity文化多样性

　　16. spiritual homeland精神家园

　　17. age of impersonal science and technology缺少人情味的科学与技术的时代