01179nas a2200145   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002100001500043245014300058856015300201300001200354490000700366520064000373022002001013                                       d1 aZiying You00aShifting Actors and Power Relations: Contentious Local Responses to the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Contemporary China  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84938835939&doi=10.2979%2fjfolkrese.52.2-3.253&partnerID=40&md5=6910f76387745bbe196fabcc7fcff698  a253-2680 v523 aThis essay addresses the contentious local responses to intangible cultural heritage (ICH) protection in a local context. The following ethnographic case study concerns the living tradition of worshipping the ancient sage-kings Yao and Shun in several villages in Hongtong County, Shanxi Province, China. Named as an item of national ICH in 2008, the official title of this local tradition is Hongtong Zouqin Xisu, “the custom of visiting sacred relatives in Hongtong.” I explore the ways local people have responded to the safeguarding of ICH, with a focus on shifting actors and power relations within interconnected communities.  a07377037 (ISSN)