Research on Living Heritage Transmission and Innovative Development of Yi Ethnic Embroidery Techniques: A Quantitative Exploration of Sustainable Development Pathways based on Innovation Models
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Yi embroidery, intangible cultural heritage, living transmission, innovation model, sustainable development, coupling coordinationAbstract
Yi embroidery is a national intangible cultural heritage of China and a vital vehicle for the living transmission of ethnic culture. Under modernization and marketization it faces a generational gap among bearers, rigidified techniques, product homogenization, and a weakening cultural core. This paper treats the sustainable development of Yi embroidery as a multidimensional assessment problem in which cultural, economic, and social subsystems are measured by an indicator system, weighted by an entropy procedure, aggregated into a composite index, and diagnosed by a coupling coordination model, while a logistic model describes the adoption of innovation models. Based on field research in Chuxiong, Liangshan, and Bijie, six innovation models are analyzed and regional sustainability is estimated. The level and the balance of sustainability differ across regions, faster adoption is linked to stronger economic sustainability, and no single model dominates. Five coordinated pathways spanning transmission, technique, industry, brand, and governance are proposed.
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