Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritance, Xiaogang Village has always been on the road

On September 28th, the research group for intangible cultural heritage work of the County People's Congress conducted research and guidance on the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage in Xiaogang Village. Gao Youcai, Deputy Director of the County People's Congress, Miao Chuanfeng, Deputy County Mayor of the County Government, and relevant department heads from the County participated in the research.

The research team visited the "Former Farmhouse" intangible cultural heritage stage in Xiaogang Village, and observed on-site performances of original ecological flower drums, small gongs, Fengyang folk songs, Huaihe River drums, and other intangible cultural heritage. They also went to the Fenghua Workshop, Sesame Oil Workshop, and Fengyang Folk Song Studio in Gongfang Street to gain a deeper understanding of Xiaogang Village's intangible cultural heritage inheritance and protection work, as well as the living conditions of inheritors. Listen to the special report on the development of intangible cultural heritage work in Xiaogang Village by the County Bureau of Culture and Tourism, and have cordial exchanges with municipal intangible cultural heritage inheritors such as Deng Fanlan and Mu Xing.

In recent years, Xiaogang Village has developed a mechanism for intangible cultural heritage work based on its brand advantages and its own conditions, focusing on the integration of intangible cultural heritage protection and tourism development. On the one hand, we adhere to the development concept of "intangible cultural heritage+" and increase the connotation of rural tourism through exhibitions and performances. On the other hand, it promotes the integration of research and learning, and provides intangible cultural heritage learning and performance for students who enter Xiaogang to carry out research and learning activities, allowing young people to personally experience the cultural charm of intangible cultural heritage inheritance. Regularly organize inheritors to carry out teaching activities, guide young people to understand intangible cultural heritage, protect intangible cultural heritage, and inherit intangible cultural heritage. With the help of platforms such as the rural folk custom stage, Xiaogang school, and folk song studio, a series of activities such as inheritance and performance will be carried out to better promote the teaching, transmission, exhibition, discussion, and exchange of intangible cultural heritage. The goal of "promoting tourism through culture and nurturing culture through tourism" is to achieve practical results in promoting the integration of culture and tourism.

The research team fully affirmed the achievements of Xiaogang Training Base in the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage, and made requirements on how to further protect, manage, and utilize intangible cultural heritage resources: firstly, to focus on the integration of culture and tourism. Organically combining cultural protection with rural revitalization, focusing on enriching tourism cultural and creative products and developing characteristic cultural industries, injecting new vitality into promoting rural revitalization; Secondly, we should pay attention to cultural inheritance. Based on the actual situation of intangible cultural heritage inheritance in Xiaogang Village, while comprehensively caring for various inheritors of intangible cultural heritage, we should strengthen the promotion, research, and creation of intangible cultural heritage, enrich the local cultural connotation, and give new vitality to the inheritance and protection of intangible cultural heritage; We must pay attention to developing while protecting and protecting while developing, so that intangible cultural heritage can truly come alive and shine, and enrich the integration of business formats.

Xiaogang Village is an intangible cultural heritage transmission base in Fengyang County and is actively applying for a provincial-level intangible cultural heritage transmission base. Playing a positive role in the development and inheritance of traditional culture, it has been passed down from generation to generation by the elderly, middle-aged, and young generations, presenting a new interpretation of the beautiful future of Fengyang's intangible cultural heritage and showcasing the cultural charm of China's first village in rural reform.