First, we should note that today's global economy has brought competition among many countries and nations in the world, and the unique culture of any nation is a powerful weight and important capital for that nation to participate in global competition. Therefore, more than one country has realized the importance of protecting its own folk art. Tunisia promulgated the Law on Literary and Artistic Property in 1966, becoming the first country in the world to protect folk art by law. Australia also legislates to protect traditional handicrafts, because many factories copy a lot of indigenous traditional handicrafts. These all contain the important contents of keeping the core technical secrets of folk art. The secrecy of this unique folk art ensures that it will not cause great harm to the interests of the nation or even the country because of its large-scale reproduction in other countries. Don't other debaters realize that it is precisely because of the lack of good confidentiality about Sichuan Opera's face-changing stunt that a large number of Koreans and Japanese abroad are performing the so-called "face-changing" in a crude way? Don't other debaters know that it is the Japanese who stole the traditional cloisonne production process in China, which led to the basic loss of the international traditional porcelain market in China?
Second, if this kind of folk art is not properly kept secret, it will not only kill this kind of folk art, but also kill it.
From the perspective of encouraging innovation, if we can't protect those folk artists and craftsmen who have worked hard all their lives to improve their skills from the legal and economic interests, it will inevitably dampen their enthusiasm and enthusiasm for improving their skills and even innovation. From the perspective of market economy, the proliferation of a commodity will greatly reduce its value, even far below its original artistic value-the so-called "face-changing art" that walks into karaoke bars, dance halls and nightclubs, and those small advertisements selling face-changing stunts at 500 and 1000 are the best evidence!
From an artistic point of view, China's folk traditional skills contain thousands of years of cultural accumulation of the Chinese nation, which is the embodiment of China's nationality. Exposing the core secrets of these skills to the public and letting everyone learn without principles will become a pastime to satisfy the curiosity of foreigners, which will eventually lead to vulgarization and isolation. It is hard to imagine how the so-called "technology" divorced from the mother environment can be called folk art?
From the audience's point of view, many folk techniques are attractive because they can bring freshness and mystery to the audience, but if the know-how is widely known, is it still attractive to the audience? We can assert that this stunt will lose its artistic charm sooner or later, which will eventually lead to its disappearance. Ask another debater, if I tell you why artists can swallow swords into their throats and spray fire into their mouths, are you still interested in watching these thrilling folk arts?
From this, we can find that keeping the secret of folk art will not only prevent the popularization of folk art, but also protect the folk art in China. Just like Coca-Cola, which everyone has drunk, its popularity as a beverage is quite high, but it does not mean that its core formula should not be kept secret. On the contrary, it is precisely because it keeps the secret of the core formula that it can flourish as a product with unique taste.
To sum up, in order to protect China's national interests and China's folk art, I think folk art like Sichuan Opera's face changing should be kept secret!