Folk custom is not only a social ideology, but also a cultural heritage with a long history. As early as "Biography of Wang Shu of Han Shu", there was a record of "different winds in a hundred miles, different customs in a thousand miles". The Book of Rites Wang Zhi said, "In February, I patrolled the East. As for Daizong, Chai Wang worships mountains and rivers. Worship a vassal and ask him to see him in a hundred years. Chen Shi was ordered to observe the folk customs. " The ceremony of the king's tour here is that the monarch goes deep into the people and makes some investigations and studies on the customs and habits of rural society. Taishi is an official in charge of music and collecting folk songs. He dedicated the folk songs (national customs) handed down from the people to the monarch. Through these folk songs, the monarch can "observe his customs and know his gains and losses" and formulate or adjust national policies. The wind in The Book of Songs, a collection of China's ancient poems, is a folk song spread among ancient nationalities. These folk songs reflect the customs of ancient people and contain a large number of ancient folk customs, which are of great value to the study of ancient folk customs in China. The study of folklore and theory is called folklore. Folklore is an independent discipline in social science, which is closely related to cultural anthropology, ethnology, sociology, history and other disciplines. For example, archaeology should use folklore to uncover the mystery of ancient society, and folklore should use archaeology to provide evidence of ancient cultural inheritance.

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The definition of intangible cultural heritage is a controversial issue in academic circles in recent years. In the past, this question didn't seem to be a problem. Because before this, China folklore scholars or folk culture circles have been using the concepts of folklore, folk culture, folk culture and national folk culture. Now an academic name of "intangible cultural heritage" has suddenly appeared, and this term has become very fashionable. Many universities and research institutions have changed their names, established intangible cultural heritage research institutes and intangible cultural heritage research centers, and some have proposed to establish intangible cultural heritage disciplines. In fact, in my opinion, this is a new style, a fashion label. As in previous years, anthropology has become hot, and many disciplines keep up with the situation, such as anthropology sociology, anthropology ethnology, anthropology folklore and so on. People cannot help asking, what are these subjects? Whether it is sociology, ethnology or folklore, is it necessary to join anthropology to strengthen its facade? In the final analysis, those of us who engage in these subjects have a little guilty conscience and lack confidence, and dare not admit that folklore or folk culture is an independent subject. Intangible cultural heritage actually refers to folk culture and folk culture that we used to be familiar with and study. The concepts of "intangible cultural heritage" and "folk custom" and "folk culture" can be replaced with each other.