Discussion on the Legislation of Protecting Non-material Cultural Heritage of Minorities. With Chang Yang Tujia Autonomous County of Hubei Province as the Case

Non-material cultural heritage is the basic foundation to maintain our country s cultural identity and cultural sovereignty. It is an urgent mission for us to protect non-material culture and reinforce legislation. It is necessary to discuss the feasibility and necessity of protecting legistation, to study the present situation of cultural maintainence and to put emphasis on several basic issues. All the alsove activities will do favor to make and implement non-material cultural heritage legistation.