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1. STATE-DESIGNATED HERITAGE
The State-designated Heritage refers to the heritage designated by the Administrator
of the Cultural Heritage Administration pursuant to the Cultual Heritage
Protection Act after deliberation by the Cultual Heritage Committee.
The State-designated heritage is divided into eight categories of the following:
| National
Treasures |
Heritage of a rare and significant value in terms
of human culture and with an equivalent value to "Treasures"
described below |
| Treasures |
Tangible cultural heritage of important value,
such as historic architecture, ancient books and documents, paintings,
sculpture, handicraft, archeological materials and armory |
| Historic Sites |
Places and facilities of great historic and academic
values that are specially commemorable (eg: prehistoric sites, fortresses,
ancient tombs, kiln sites, dolmens, temple sites and shell mounds) |
| Historic & Scenic
Sites |
Sites of important historic and scenic values |
| Scenic Sites |
Places of natural beauty with great historic,
artistic or scenic values, which features distinctive uniqueness and
rarity originated from their formation processes |
| Natural Monuments |
Animals, plants, minerals, caves, geological features,
biological products and special natural phenomena, carrying great
historic, cultural, scientific, aesthetic or academic values, through
which the history of a nation or the secrets to the creation of the
earth can be identified or revealed |
| Important Intangible
Cultural Heritages |
Intangible cultural heritage, such as drama, music,
dance and craftsmanship, carrying great historic, artistic or academic
values |
| Important Folklore
Materials |
Clothing, implements and houses used for daily
life and businesses, transportation and communications, entertainment
and social life, and religious or annual events, that are highly valuable
for the understanding of the transition in people's lifestyle and
mores |
2. CITY/PROVINCE-DESIGNATED HERITAGE
Among the non-state designated heritages, those in need of preservation
are designated as City- or Province-designated Heritage by the mayor and
the governor respectively, based on the municipal or provincial regulations,
and they are divided into four categories of the following:
| Tangible
Cultural Heritage |
Tangible cultural products of great historic and
artistic values, such as buildings, classical records and books, ancient
documents, paintings, sculpture and handicraft; and archeological
materials corresponding thereto |
| Intangible Cultural
Heritage |
Intangible cultural products of great historic
and artistic values, such as drama, music, dance and craftsmanship |
| Monuments |
Historic sites of great historic or academic values,
such as shell mounds, ancient tombs, fortress sits, palace sites and
relic sites; scenic sites of great artistic or aesthetic values; and
animals (including habitats, breeding places and resting places),
plants (including natural growing sites), minerals and caves of great
academic values |
| Folklore Materials |
Clothing, implements and houses used for daily
life, religious or annual events and so on, that are indispensable
for the understanding of the transition in people's lifestyle and
mores |
3. CULTURAL HERITAGE MATERIALS
Among the heritages that are not designated as State-, City- or Province-designated
heritages, those significant for the regional culture and thus in need of
preservation are designated as the "Cultural Heritage Material"
in accordance with municipal or provincial regulations.
4. REGISTERED CULTURAL HERITAGE
The Registered Cultural Heritage refers to architectural structures or monumental
facilities of early modern or modern times, that have significant values
and thus need to be preserved.
| Cultual
Heritage of early modern Times |
Architectural structures and facilities constructed
during the time from the late 19th century to the mid 1940s: cultural
heritages from the later period can be included in this category if
they are highly valuable and on the verge of destruction or deterioration |
5. UNDESIGNATED CULTURAL HERITAGE
The Undesignated Cultural Heritage refers to the cultural heritage that
needs to be preserved even though it is not designated as State-, City-
or Province-designated Heritage.
General
Movable
Cultural Heritage
(Article 76,
Cultual Heritage Protection Act) |
Movable cultural heritage, such as ancient documents
and books, wood blocks, paintings, sculpture, handicraft and archaeological
and folklore materials, that is not designated by the state or the
city/provincial government but needs to be preserved due to its historic
or artistic value, and thus whose export is prohibited in accordance
with the relevant regulations |
Buried
Cultural Heritage
(Article 43, the same Act as above) |
Valuable cultural heritages concealed under the
ground, in the sea and so on. |
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