Exploration of the Current Situation of Successors of the National Intangible Cultural Heritage in Hebei Province of China

Intangible cultural heritages (ICH) are valuable treasure inherited by mankind from their ancestors. Taking Hebei Province as an example, the gender, age, item group distribution of the representative successors of the national ICHs are investigated. There is serious gender-imbalance problem, most of the successors are elders, and some of the ICH item groups are in danger of being lost forever. The goal of this study is to help the public to better understand the current situation of successors of the national ICHs, and evoke their attention to the safeguard of ICHs.