T/SXHDX 011-2025 Chinese Classical Flower Arrangement Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritor Competency Assessment Specification

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I. Basic Requirements for Grades Junior Heritage Master: With at least 5 years of professional experience, master 2 traditional flower arrangement techniques, and train at least 1 apprentice. Intermediate Heritage Master: With at least 10 years of professional experience, master 4 traditional flower arrangement techniques, train at least 3 apprentices, and receive relevant honors at the municipal level or above. Senior Heritage Master: With at least 15 years of professional experience, master 6 traditional flower arrangement techniques (including endangered techniques), train at least 5 apprentices, and receive provincial-level or higher honors or relevant patents. Elite Heritage Master: With at least 20 years of professional experience, master 8 traditional flower arrangement techniques (including more than 2 endangered techniques), train at least 10 apprentices, receive national-level honors or more than 3 relevant patents, and have significant influence in the industry. II. Core Assessment Standards Technical assessment requirements include: - Accuracy of branch pruning ≥ 95% - Stability of fixing techniques ≥ 90 points - Error in main branch angle ≤ 5° - Accuracy of focal flower placement ≥ 95% Additionally, there are special assessments for intangible cultural heritage, covering three indicators: - Mastery of endangered techniques - Completeness of the heritage lineage - Implementation of annual public welfare heritage activities III. Dynamic Management Rules Heritage masters of all grades must complete annual heritage activities and apprentice training tasks as required. If the proportion of young apprentices is insufficient or if no heritage activities have been conducted for two consecutive years, an early warning will be triggered. If the situation remains unimproved after six months of rectification, the qualification will be revoked. Those who retire from the system will retain their honorary titles if they retire due

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