Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences, 2025, 8(8); doi: 10.25236/AJHSS.2025.080819.
Bai Yuzhu, Huang Huiwen, Liang Dongyao, Zeng Huipeng, Lai Shuai
Huizhou University, Huizhou, Guangdong, 516000, China
As an Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of Huizhou City, Huizhou paper-cutting serves as a vital medium for non-formal education, injects vitality into regional economic development, and promotes the dynamic transmission of culture. Currently, Huizhou paper-cutting faces core challenges including the aging of inheritors, generational discontinuity, difficulties in sustaining its core livelihood, insufficient policy support, and low social recognition. This study, utilizing field research (in-depth interviews with three inheritors) and questionnaire surveys (336 valid responses), proposes four key development pathways: (1) Constructing a tiered education and inheritance system to address the generational gap among inheritors; (2) Innovating cultural consumption scenarios to enhance the viability of its core practice; (3) Strengthening policy and educational support to activate internal drivers; (4) Building a "Huijian" (Huizhou Paper-cutting) digital cultural ecosystem to foster dissemination and recognition. The research findings provide theoretical and practical references for the sustainable development of similar ICH projects.
ICH Inheritance; Huizhou Paper-cutting; Living Transmission; Sustainable Development
Bai Yuzhu, Huang Huiwen, Liang Dongyao, Zeng Huipeng, Lai Shuai. A Study on Sustainable Development Approaches for Huizhou Paper-Cutting from the Perspective of ICH Inheritance. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2025), Vol. 8, Issue 8: 128-133. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2025.080819.
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