Performance Appraisal Of Opera Intangible Cultural Heritage

Abstract

Under the effect of cultural homogenization, local specific differences are emphasized to induce people’s emphasis on cultural heritage and local specialties. Intangible cultural heritage performance is seldom appraised, and the cultural preservation performance is distinct from the non-market value definition of natural resources. Cultural activities as operas need consumers’ participation for inheritance to maintain the non-use value. In this case, consumers when participating in opera activities would acquire use value and maintain non-use value.

The indicators in this study are established, according to Delphi Method, and Data Envelopment Analysis is used for evaluating efficiency. Beijing, China, is selected as the research object. The research results reveal that 1.1 DMU presents strong-form efficiency on opera intangible cultural heritage performance, 4 DMUs shows the opera intangible cultural heritage performance between 0.9 and 1, and 11 DMUs appears the opera intangible cultural heritage performance lower than 0.9, 2.1 district shows constant return to scale, with the opera intangible cultural heritage efficiency achieving the optimum, and 3.units with excess inputs in projects are reduced inputs and units with short inputs in projects are increased inputs so that the districts could achieve efficient opera intangible cultural heritage. According to the results to propose suggestions, it is expected to provide reference for protecting and inheriting the cultural heritage, opera.