伊玛堪作为赫哲族的民间口头说唱艺术,蕴涵着赫哲族的精神文化底蕴,浓缩了赫哲族的历史文化精粹,是赫哲族传统文化的标志。然而,随着现代化进程的加快,赫哲族的生产生活方式以及所处的生态环境变迁,伊玛堪成为“世界级濒危文化之一”。在这种情况下,从国家、民族、生态的角度展开对伊玛堪的保护和传承,不仅对中国,乃至对世界都具有重要意义。 As an folk oral rap art of the Hezhe tribe, Yimakan contains the spiritual and cultural heritage of the Hezhe tribe and concentrates the essence of the history and culture of the Hezhe ethnic group. It is the hallmark of the Hezhe tribe’s traditional culture. However, with the speeding-up of modernization, the production and living styles of the Hezhen ethnic group and the changes in the ecological environment in which the Hezhe ethnic group is living, Yimakan becomes one of the “world-class endangered cultures.” Under such circumstances, it is of great significance not only to China but to the world as a whole to carry out the protection and inheritance of Imam from the national, ethnical and ecological perspectives.