01691nas a2200205   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653001100043653001500054653003300069653001700102653001900119100001400138700001100152245012600163856015000289490000700439520101900446022002001465                                       d10aYunnan10aFolk music10aIntangible cultural heritage10aSafeguarding10aSustainability1 aJia Kuang1 aLan He00aFrom Oblivion to Reappearance: A Multi-Faceted Evaluation of the Sustainability of Folk Music in Yunnan Province of China  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85136681495&doi=10.1177%2f21582440221117806&partnerID=40&md5=beb020793deb790d822ee180c5a0b1030 v123 aThe Southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan is the home to a plethora of traditional music, folk songs, and ethnic musical instruments with 24 local folk music items included in the national intangible cultural heritage list and extended list. In this article, the authors intend to delve into the issue of Yunnan folk music protection from the perspective of cultural sustainability theory. With an in-depth qualitative analysis of the data on the protection of 24 folk music items of Yunnan, the achievement, impact, and challenges of the current safeguarding efforts are revealed. The findings suggest that: 1. Government agencies at all levels have a dominant influence on the protection effort. 2. The local community, musicians, culture bearers, troupes, clubs, and social organizations form the “brick and mortar” of the folk music sustainability system. 3. The current reappearance or resurface of certain folk music items is a significant step toward truly reviving the folk music items in the future.  a21582440 (ISSN)