Research on Inheritance and Sustainable Development of Nuclear Carving Intangible Cultural Heritage—Take the Nuclear Carving Village in Zhoushan, China as an Example

Abstract

Nuclear carving is a traditional Chinese folk miniature carving craft, which originated in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China. The Zhoushan Village located in Suzhou is known as the “Chinese Nuclear Carving Village”. In 2008, Suzhou nuclear carving was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list, and Zhoushan nuclear carving also ushered in new development opportunities. However, restricted by subjective and objective factors, the inheritance and sustainable development of Zhoushan nuclear carving still faces problems such as lack of professional talents, lack of integrity in tourism planning, insufficient protection of intellectual property rights, and fragmentation of the nuclear carving industry. To realize the sustainable development of Zhoushan nuclear carving intangible cultural heritage, it is necessary to root Wu culture (based on the material civilization and spiritual civilization of Wu kingdom in ancient China), build a “cultural inheritance” development model, improve intellectual property protection, strengthen unified and standardized management of the nuclear carving industry, and create a tourism brand integrating nuclear carving art display center, nuclear carving product trading center and traditional cultural center. Research on Inheritance and Sustainable Development of Nuclear Carving Intangible Cultural Heritage—Take the Nuclear Carving Village in Zhoushan, China as an Example Download