Measurement analysis of traditional culture YingGeWu: from the perspective of cultural soft power and cultural confidence
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.62051/fn3bm150Keywords:
Yingge Dance; Intangible Cultural Heritage; Folk Culture; Innovative Development; Cultural Soft Power.Abstract
The Outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of the People's Republic of China and the Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035 proposes the need to improve the system for the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage, emphasizing that intangible cultural heritage is an important carrier of cultural spirit and national identity. Yingge dance, one of the most representative folk cultures in the Chaoshan region, was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list as early as 2006, with a profound historical and cultural background and a broad social base. This paper explores how to promote the creative transformation and innovative development of folk culture in the present day through an analysis of the contemporary development status and dissemination channels of Yingge dance, in order to enhance the country's cultural soft power and cultural confidence. The development of Yingge dance currently faces many challenges, including failure to keep pace with the needs of the times, insufficient government investment, an ageing inheritor group and scale limitations. In order to promote its effective inheritance, this paper proposes to expand its influence through self-media dissemination platforms, increase government support, enrich the forms of display, and achieve innovative development through cross-disciplinary cooperation in branding, film and television, and music. Based on the concept of “culture +”, the study shows that the integration of culture with tourism, entertainment and other fields has a positive effect on the dissemination of Yingge and other folk cultures. Although innovative development is imperative, this paper emphasizes the importance of maintaining the authenticity of culture and its core spirit to ensure the long-term protection and inheritance of Yingge and other intangible cultural heritage projects in modern society.
Downloads
References
[1] Zhang, W. (2010). China’s cultural future: from soft power to comprehensive national power. International journal of cultural policy, 16(4), 383-402. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10286630903134300
[2] Wüst, A., & Nicolai, K. (2023). Cultural diplomacy and the reconfiguration of soft power: Evidence from Morocco. Mediterranean Politics, 28(4), 554-579. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13629395.2022.2033513
[3] Ociepka, B. (2021). Cultural diplomacy as an external voice of cultural policy. The case of Poland. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 27(2), 233-245. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10286632.2021.1873965
[4] Ong, M. Y. (2020). Disappearing voices: The politics and practice of safeguarding Kunqu Opera in the People’s Republic of China. Heritage as aid and diplomacy in Asia. ISEAS Publishing. https://doi. org/10.1355/97898, 14881, 166-011.
[5] Kim, Y. (2021). Introduction: Popular culture and soft power in the social media age. In The Soft Power of the Korean Wave (pp. 1-38). Routledge. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003102489-1
[6] Anaz, N. (2022). An assessment of Turkey’s soft power resources in Asia: Potential and limitations. Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 24(5), 755-771. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/19448953.2022.2037960
[7] Cabula, M., & Pochettino, S. (2023). Emerging Negative Soft Power: The Evolution of China’s Identity in the 2008 and 2022 Beijing Olympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies. The International Spectator, 58(2), 17-34. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03932729.2023.2195337
[8] Weber, A. S., & Sturgess, K. C. (2021). An emerging nation, its Arabic theatre heritage and the influence of English-language stage drama. QScience Connect, 2021(1), 2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5339/connect.2021.2
[9] Ohnesorge, H. W., & Ohnesorge, H. W. (2020). A taxonomy of soft power: introducing a new conceptual paradigm. Soft Power: The Forces of Attraction in International Relations, 85-225. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29922-4_3
[10] Reyaz, M., & Khan, Z. (2023). Neo-Ottoman Turk-Scape: Analyzing the Role of Dizis as Türkiye’s Soft Power. Contemporary Review of the Middle East, 10(3), 287-303. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/23477989231181788
[11] Yi, L. (2022). On the Copyright Protection of Folk Literature and Art Works. The Frontiers of Society, Science and Technology, 4(3). DOI: https://doi.org/10.25236/FSST.2022.040307
[12] Ogunnubi, O., Aja, U. A., & Awosusi, O. E. (2022). Afrophobia and Cultural Diplomacy in Nigeria-South Africa Relations: The Role of the Creative Industries. In Re-centering Cultural Performance and Orange Economy in Post-colonial Africa: Policy, Soft Power, and Sustainability (pp. 229-251). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0641-1_14
Downloads
Published
Conference Proceedings Volume
Section
License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.