中国目前正在紧锣密鼓地进行非物质文化遗产现状的调查、保护工作。本文以辽西高跷秧歌的实地田野调查为基础,考察了这项承载了地方历史记忆的民俗艺术在被表述为“民间艺术”和“非物质文化遗产”的过程中,其意义和功能所发生的流变,为当前的非物质文化遗产保护工程提供了另一份文本解读与表述,旨在对目前所进行的所谓以文化传承为目的的非物质文化遗产保护工程的有效性进行探讨和反思。 China is now conducting a full investigation and protection of the status quo of intangible cultural heritage. Based on fieldwork of stilts Yangko in western Liaoning, this paper investigates the significance of this folklore, bearing the local historical memory, expressed as “folk art ” and “intangible cultural heritage ” The evolution of functions provides another text interpretation and expression for the current project on the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage, aiming to make the effectiveness of the so-called intangible cultural heritage protection project currently carried out for the purpose of cultural inheritance Explore and reflect.