Abstract:

Based on the perspective of regional oral culture, this paper takes the “forest-mushroom” co-cultivation system in Qingyuan, Zhejiang as an example, and combining agricultural cultural heritage with regional oral culture for study. As an integral part of living agricultural cultural heritage, the Gushan dialect and the regional oral culture derived from it, such as mushroom folk opera, mushroom folk songs, and mushroom folk proverbs, embody traditional knowledge and techniques for shiitake mushroom cultivation. Their forms are constrained by the geographical and ecological environment of the heritage site, explained and interpreted in the cognitive patterns of local farmers, and subsequently evolved into local folk cultural beliefs, which are continuously inherited and developed. With the joint efforts of government support, scientific authority recognition, and local people's recognition, the transformation process from primary and empirical language to universal demonstration expression is finally completed. This is also the process of constructing the concept of agricultural cultural heritage. This study can provide reference for the inheritance of agricultural culture and the protection of agricultural cultural heritage.

Key words: region, oral culture, agricultural cultural heritage, “forest-mushroom” co cultivation system