英文摘要 |
Taiwan's recent push for inclusion on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list shows that Wangye Belief and Mazu Belief have been declared as beliefs in both name and concept. Upon inspecting UNESCO's 364 currently registered articles, one finds that only China's“Mazu Belief and Customs”was selected as such in 2009. There are numerous other countries’, elements that have been inscribed on the Intangible Cultural Heritage list, such as Japan's“Oku-Noto no Aenokoto”, Vietnam's“Gióng Festival of PhùÐông and Sóc Temples”, and Belgium's“Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges”. However, none of these have been named as“beliefs”. This essay looks at how the abstract concept of“belief”can become a culturally protected object through the recent national promotion of“Wangye Belief”as such being intangible cultural heritage. The forthcoming“Taiwan Wangye Belief Cultural Capital 3-year Defence Plan”, and other trends, examine the problems of declaring“belief”as a protected object. Furthermore, the current protection status of the intangible cultural heritage concepts of“delicacies”and“religious festivals”will be taken to explore cultural heritage declaration trends and orientation so as to examine the possibility of belief as also being intangible cultural heritage. |