Since 2004，when the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress ratified the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage，The subject of intangible cultural heritage has become an important issue of academic concern.

In the past 20 years，the academic community has been concerned about the question “Is intangible cultural heritage a discipline？”“In what discipline are intangible cultural heritage？”“How to build a discipline of intangible cultural Heritage？” and a series of related questions. From pedagogy，folklore，ethnology，musicology，dance，fine arts，design and other related disciplines，and the academic setting of intangible cultural heritage in colleges and universities，the teaching of intangible cultural heritage courses in vocational colleges，the implementation of intangible cultural heritage classes in primary and secondary schools，and the overseas experience in the construction of intangible cultural heritage science gives a theoretical consideration on the theoretical construction and development path of the subject of intangible cultural heritage and forms consistent academic views such as “Intangible cultural heritage is a discipline”，“Intangible cultural heritage is a cross-discipline”，“an emerging discipline in urgent need of construction of intangible cultural heritage”，etc. Since the new era，with the continuous implementation of a series of national strategies such as “Comprehensively Revitalizing Excellent Traditional Chinese Culture”，the construction of intangible cultural heritage has ushered in the best period of development.