Questionnaire on ICH Meaning-Making in Hangzhou Qiaoxi Historic and Cultural District

Q1:Surveyors Name

Q2:Survey Site

Q3:Questionnaire No.

Q4:Are you aged 18 or over?

Q5:Have you viewed or experienced traditional handicrafts in Qiaoxi through displays, explanations or hands-on making activities?

Q6:Where have you encountered ICH-related content during this visit? [Select all that apply]

Q7:With whom have you talked or discussed ICH-related content during this visit? [Select all that apply] (Note: Listening to an explanation without a conversation does not count.)

Q8:How many times have you visited Qiaoxi Historic and Cultural District, including this visit? [Select one]

Q9:About how long have you spent in Qiaoxi Historic and Cultural District on this visit? [Select one] (Count the time spent so far.)

Q10:Who is accompanying you on this visit? [Select all that apply]

Q11:Before this visit, how familiar were you with the ICH content displayed or experienced in Qiaoxi? [Select one]

Q12:How interested are you in intangible cultural heritage in general? [Select one]

Q13:Which ICH-related content or activities have you encountered during this visit? [Select all that apply]

Q14:Participation and Interaction. Please rate the extent to which you used each of the following ways of engaging with ICH-related content in Qiaoxi during this visit. 1 = Not at all; 2 = A little; 3 = Moderately; 4 = Quite a lot; 5 = A great deal.

Q15:ICH Information. Please rate how well each statement describes your actual experience of ICH-related displays, explanations or activities in Qiaoxi during this visit. 1 = Not at all; 2 = Not very well; 3 = Moderately well; 4 = Fairly well; 5 = Completely.

Q16:Knowledge. To what extent did you have the following experiences or feelings during this ICH visit or experience in Qiaoxi? 1 = Not at all; 2 = To a small extent; 3 = To a moderate extent; 4 = To a large extent; 5 = To a very large extent.

Q17:Meaning. To what extent did you have the following experiences or feelings during this ICH visit or experience in Qiaoxi? 1 = Not at all; 2 = To a small extent; 3 = To a moderate extent; 4 = To a large extent; 5 = To a very large extent.

Q18:Gender:

Q19:Age:

Q20:Highest level of education:

Q21:Current usual place of residence:

Q22:Are your studies or work related to culture, tourism, museums, design, art or handicrafts?

Q23:In the past year, excluding this visit, about how often have you visited museums or historic districts, or taken part in ICH activities?

Q24:G1. Which ICH-related content made the strongest impression on you during this visit? Please describe it. Where and how did you encounter it?

Q25:G2. What did you know or think about this ICH-related content before encountering it? Where did that understanding mainly come from?

Q26:G3. Did you talk or discuss this ICH-related content with anyone? If so, could you describe the conversation in detail? For example, what questions did you ask or views did you express? How did the other person respond? How did you respond in turn? Did you later come to see it differently? If you did not have a conversation, how did you mainly come to understand this content? Could you describe one specific instance?

Q27:G4. Compared with when you first encountered it, how do you now understand the ICH you mentioned? Have your views changed? Please describe which explanation, display or conversation led to this change. If there was no obvious change, did this encounter confirm your previous understanding?

Q28:G5. In your view, what does this ICH mean to the people who make, use or pass it on? Why do you understand it in this way?

Q29:G6. During this visit, did you think of this ICH as being connected with a particular place, period of history or people’s lives? If so, what was the connection? What information brought it to mind—for example, a display, an explanation, a conversation, prior knowledge or something else?

Q30:G7. Did these buildings or the district’s setting influence how you understood the ICH displayed here? If so, how exactly? If not, what did you mainly focus on?

Q31:G8. During this visit, was there any ICH-related content that you found unclear, had questions about, or felt was inconsistent with your previous understanding? Please give an example. How did you assess or deal with it at the time? Did you seek other explanations? What questions remain unresolved for you?