From handicraft to cultural heritage: redefining the role of traditional handicraft in Shanxi's cultural expression

This study examines the development of traditional handicrafts in Shanxi from crafts utilitarian to cultural heritage and redefines their role of Shanxi cultural expression. Traditional handicrafts in Shanxi played an immeasurable importance in understanding and explaining the underlying cultural or...

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Main Authors: Lyu, Jing, Alli, Hassan, Mohd Yusoff, Irwan Syah, Lyu, Liang
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Language:English
Published: Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2024
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/118411/
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author Lyu, Jing
Alli, Hassan
Mohd Yusoff, Irwan Syah
Lyu, Liang
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Alli, Hassan
Mohd Yusoff, Irwan Syah
Lyu, Liang
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description This study examines the development of traditional handicrafts in Shanxi from crafts utilitarian to cultural heritage and redefines their role of Shanxi cultural expression. Traditional handicrafts in Shanxi played an immeasurable importance in understanding and explaining the underlying cultural origins. However, traditional handicrafts nowadays have been seriously impacted by the globalization and modernization, especially in the development of productive forces. Industrialized production not only threatens the economic worth of traditional handicrafts, but likewise destroys their cultural value and making the preservation of traditional handicrafts an unprecedented challenge. By analyzing several numbers of traditional handicrafts in Shanxi and understanding their performance Shanxi culture as well as their interaction with cultural heritage, the study acknowledged the role of traditional handicrafts in Shanxi cultural performance has gone beyond the material level to become a vivid and emotional expression of history and culture. At the same time, to ensure the inheritance and development of handicrafts, the joint efforts of the government, education, communities, and craftsmen are needed to protect and promote the development of traditional handicrafts, so that they can flourish back in the hands of outstanding heirs and continue the charm of centuries-old good manufacturing. These findings provide new perspectives that can help to better recognize and protect the valuable intangible cultural heritages.
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spelling upm-1184112025-07-09T07:19:45Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/118411/ From handicraft to cultural heritage: redefining the role of traditional handicraft in Shanxi's cultural expression Lyu, Jing Alli, Hassan Mohd Yusoff, Irwan Syah Lyu, Liang This study examines the development of traditional handicrafts in Shanxi from crafts utilitarian to cultural heritage and redefines their role of Shanxi cultural expression. Traditional handicrafts in Shanxi played an immeasurable importance in understanding and explaining the underlying cultural origins. However, traditional handicrafts nowadays have been seriously impacted by the globalization and modernization, especially in the development of productive forces. Industrialized production not only threatens the economic worth of traditional handicrafts, but likewise destroys their cultural value and making the preservation of traditional handicrafts an unprecedented challenge. By analyzing several numbers of traditional handicrafts in Shanxi and understanding their performance Shanxi culture as well as their interaction with cultural heritage, the study acknowledged the role of traditional handicrafts in Shanxi cultural performance has gone beyond the material level to become a vivid and emotional expression of history and culture. At the same time, to ensure the inheritance and development of handicrafts, the joint efforts of the government, education, communities, and craftsmen are needed to protect and promote the development of traditional handicrafts, so that they can flourish back in the hands of outstanding heirs and continue the charm of centuries-old good manufacturing. These findings provide new perspectives that can help to better recognize and protect the valuable intangible cultural heritages. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2024-07-21 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_4 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/118411/1/118411.pdf Lyu, Jing and Alli, Hassan and Mohd Yusoff, Irwan Syah and Lyu, Liang (2024) From handicraft to cultural heritage: redefining the role of traditional handicraft in Shanxi's cultural expression. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 14 (7). pp. 1470-1481. ISSN 2222-6990 https://hrmars.com/index.php/IJARBSS/article/view/21953/From-Handicraft-to-Cultural-Heritage-Redefining-the-Role-of-Traditional-Handicraft-in-Shanxis-Cultural-Expression 10.6007/ijarbss/v14-i7/21953
spellingShingle Lyu, Jing
Alli, Hassan
Mohd Yusoff, Irwan Syah
Lyu, Liang
From handicraft to cultural heritage: redefining the role of traditional handicraft in Shanxi's cultural expression
title From handicraft to cultural heritage: redefining the role of traditional handicraft in Shanxi's cultural expression
title_full From handicraft to cultural heritage: redefining the role of traditional handicraft in Shanxi's cultural expression
title_fullStr From handicraft to cultural heritage: redefining the role of traditional handicraft in Shanxi's cultural expression
title_full_unstemmed From handicraft to cultural heritage: redefining the role of traditional handicraft in Shanxi's cultural expression
title_short From handicraft to cultural heritage: redefining the role of traditional handicraft in Shanxi's cultural expression
title_sort from handicraft to cultural heritage: redefining the role of traditional handicraft in shanxi's cultural expression
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