Constructing Cultural Genetic Mapping of Cantonese Furniture Genealogy: An Empirical Study Based on Intangible Cultural Heritage Transmission Mechanisms

Abstract

However, as an intangible cultural heritage, Cantonese furniture is in a state of systematic transmission crisis. The study constructs a complete framework of cultural genetic mapping that combines gene identification, hierarchical coding, network analysis, and spatiotemporal decoding of transmission routes in this regional crafts tradition. The paper develops a four-dimensional genealogy categorization of the form, craft, decorative, and material fields via a mixed-method research strategy that relies on quantitative network modeling as well as qualitative fieldwork conducted across the Pearl River Delta production basins. Conjugated, geodetic, and institutional transmission channels coexist, and topological analysis of the networks reveals marked patterns in vulnerability concentration and stability. Weak connections between regions provide system redundancy; strong connections at the family level result in high-fidelity core gene transmission. Such a gene-network-map analytical model for Cantonese furniture demonstrates that it can be utilized in parts of the ICH fields, thereby facilitating the targeted conservation of precision interventions on empirically identified discontinuity risk points. Moreover, it embodies the requirements of adaptive innovation and authenticity maintenance, both important to long-term heritage reproduction in the current socio-economic context.