Problem Consciousness Of Chinese Folklore Circles Today And Folklore Ethnography －Take The Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Movement As The Context－

China s large-scale intangible cultural heritage protection movement puts forward an epoch proposition to Chinese folklore. It is recognition of disciplinary orientation. This article stands in the standpoint of folklore, arranging the reflects on the subjectivity and research methods of Chinese Folklore. These are summed up in three aspects—clarification of terminology, critique of position, and the raising of question consciousness. Among them, there is a common view that a general trend to absorb as much discipline as possible into folklore research, however, the key is correcting academic stand and defining the subjective nature of folklore. That will ensure the foothold of Chinese Folklore and help folklore to acquire new growth momentum in multidisciplinary dialogue. The concrete practice should still be carried out in the rigorous and solid field work research. Different from the past, the selection of respondents should pay attention to folk custom in social change. So, This paper also gives a brief account of the initial achievements of the compilation of four large folk ethnography in China.