Spiritual Homeland at the Confluence of the Three Rivers - Overview of Weixi Cultural Heritage

Author: Ruan Fengbin
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: This book is closely tied to the era background of building a cultural and ethnic province and developing the cultural industry. It adopts a picture-and-text format, systematically and comprehensively introducing representative cultural heritage of various ethnic groups within Weixi Lisu Autonomous County from aspects such as clothing, architecture, music, dance, drama, folk songs, crafts, writing, literature, diet, calendars, and festivals. Each vivid image guides us into the colorful and mysterious realm of Weixi, giving us a panoramic bird's-eye view of the county's rich ethnic and folk. Some of these ethnic cultures had previously remained unknown. Importantly, the book provides us with a "cultural map" for studying and researching Weixi's cultural heritage, serving as a rare work for promoting and introducing it, while also offering crucial materials for local history research. This holds significant meaning for accelerating the exploration and organization of cultural heritage and advancing its protection efforts.
As humanity enters the 21st century, the process of economic globalization accelerates, and cultural exchanges become increasingly frequent, exerting a profound impact on traditional cultures, especially in developing countries, and intensifying the rate of decline of traditional and marginalized cultures. Consequently, cultural sovereignty and cultural security of a nation have garnered growing attention. Many countries have further recognized that economic development and cultural protection hold equally important strategic significance. Protecting the traditional cultures of different ethnic groups, communities, and regions, while preserving the diversity of world culture, has become a widely issue in the international community today.