Emergency Call: Folk Culture Dial 120

Author: Feng Jicai
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Just recently, I went to a national treasure exhibition, and the shoulder-to-shoulder crowd was truly indescribable in words. For a moment, I felt that our national quality was showing signs of rapid improvement. But after reading Feng Jicai's Emergency Rescue, the confidence I had just gained was completely shattered. Old Feng didn't say anything alarmist, just a simple line: "Our country has the Cultural Relics Protection Law, but we don't have a Cultural Protection Law." Think about those poems, calligraphy, and paintings that were collected in imperial vaults across dynasties—finally, even the trembling remnants only left 72 precious pieces. Authentic originals are even rarer. Even with proper preservation, it's like this. In today's China, where local folk cultures are left to their own devices while the country races to catch up with the global media age, they seem even more neglected. This book, themed around "China's Folk Cultural Heritage," discusses the author's views on the fate of contemporary culture.