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Tibet develops diverse criteria to inherit cultural heritage

Tibetan dance
a kind of Tibetan dance
The ways to inherit the traditional Tibetan intangible cultural heritages are gradually diverse with the criteria for disciples more open, according to a specialist in Tibetan intangible cultural protection, Xinhua reported.
 
Confined to male, lineal family member and Buddhist only, the tradition way of cultural inheritance is inconceivably broken, said Awang Tenzin, director of Tibet Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center.
 
"Nowadays, more women become professional Thangka painters through apprenticeship or training seminars," said Awang Tenzin.
 
A couple of years ago, Thangka institutions were specially set up in Tibet for the public. The universities in Tibet have also become cradles for intangible cultural inheritance.
 
Dampa Rabten, a renowned Thangka master in Tibet and inheritor of national intangible cultural heritage, not only takes in over 30 apprentices at home but also opens Thangka classes in the Tibet University to carry forward the traditional art through college teaching.
 
"The Repa dance was once very hard to learn for individuals, however, the college students now can grasp within a week the movements that were once taught for a month since the national-level intangible cultural item is taught there with a textbook," said Tsegyel, a teacher in the Tibet University.
 
In old Tibet, the cultural inheritors had inferior social status without any respect; now, they are more confident as national or regional cultural inheritors. Besides, the central government also provides special funds to organize trainings and cultural exchange activities for the inheritors.
 
"The open inheritance pattern let more people have the chance to know and learn the distinctive Tibetan culture, which is beneficial for the inheritance and promotion of Tibetan ethnic culture," said Awang Tenzin.
 
Statistics show that Tibet has nearly 800 intangible cultural heritage items and 1,177 inheritors of such intangible cultural heritage. A total of 68 inheritors have been affirmed as representative inheritors of China's Intangible Heritage projects; 323 projects and 227 inheritors have been put on the Tibet Regional List of Intangible Heritage.
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