[单项选择]Intangible cultural heritage generally refers to immaterial aspects of culture—ephemeral products like stories and language itself, as well as to the beliefs, values, and forms of knowledge and skill give cultures their vitality. This heritage can, for example, include wedding dances and funeral laments, artisans’ skills and orally conveyed knowledge of farming. You might find its traces in a museum—plants used by a traditional healer, for example—but it is mostly the living, oral tradition of a people.
Scholars have long recognized the intangibility of culture. In the 18th and 19th century’s philologists, folklorists and others tried to document the world’s oral traditions. Yet the term "intangible cultural heritage" is relatively recent. In 1950, Japan initiated a living national treasures program to recognize the great skills of masters of the traditional arts. In the West, meanwhile, jurists recognized the idea of intellectual property and defined copyright and patent. In the
A. with people’s growing awareness of globalization, vagueness and terminology will be eliminated.
B. people come to be fascinated by intangible cultural heritage despite vagueness and terminology.
C. intangible culture heritage will still be rejected by the majority of people over generations.
D. people’s acceptance of intangible cultural heritage will be hindered by religious and ethnic conflict.