The 5 18 items in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists were selected from more than 1000 items recommended by various places. Zhou Heping, Vice Minister of Culture, said that China is one of the countries with rich cultural heritage. In the past, we only had key cultural relics protection units, and intangible cultural heritage has not been protected in the form of "list". In recent years, governments at all levels have paid more and more attention to the protection of intangible cultural heritage, and all walks of life are also very concerned, so a "list" has been established.
According to reports, the national intangible cultural heritage list is first declared to the central government by governments at all levels and relevant units, and then reviewed by experts in various fields. On the basis of evaluation, it was publicized to the whole society through the media at the end of 2005. On the basis of publicity, we entered the examination and approval procedure, and finally determined the first batch of lists as 5 18.