China's cultural heritage contains the unique spiritual value, mode of thinking and imagination of the Chinese nation, embodies the vitality and creativity of the Chinese nation, is the crystallization of national wisdom, and is also the treasure of all human civilizations. Protecting cultural heritage and maintaining national cultural inheritance are prerequisites for connecting national emotional ties, enhancing national unity, maintaining world cultural diversity and creativity, and promoting common development of mankind. Strengthening the protection of cultural heritage is an inevitable requirement for building advanced socialist culture, implementing Scientific Outlook on Development and building a harmonious socialist society.
Generally speaking, cultural heritage, as the historical remains of human natural and social activities, reveals this certain historical phenomenon from different aspects and fields, reflecting the ideological, moral and scientific level of ancient people. Their value and function are eternal, and the protection of cultural heritage is of great significance: protecting cultural heritage can help people of all ethnic groups absorb the nutrients of national spirit widely; Cultural relics play an irreplaceable role in patriotism and revolutionary tradition education; Protecting cultural heritage is the historical basis for protecting the ideological and moral, scientific and cultural quality of people of all ethnic groups; Cultural heritage plays an important role in promoting foreign exchanges and protecting the development of tourism.