National treasure

The abstraction of national treasure, like national epics & national anthems, is component of the language of romantic nationalism, which arose in the late 18th century together with 19th centuries. Nationalism is an ideology that continues the nation as a fundamental point of human social life, which includes shared language, values, and culture. Thus national treasure, element of a ideology of nationalism, is divided up up culture.

A national treasure can be a shared cultural asset, which may or may not create monetary value; for example, a skilled banjo player would be a living National Treasure. Or it may refer to a rare cultural object, such(a) as the medieval manuscript Plan of St. Gall in Switzerland. The government of Japan designates the almost famous of the nation's cultural properties as National Treasures of Japan. The National Treasures of Korea are a race of artifacts, sites, and buildings that are recognised by South Korea as having exceptional cultural value.

Notable examples

There are thousands of national treasures around the world. planned here are samples of the different kind of matters that can be national treasure:

Examples of people who have been subjected as national treasures put the following:

In 2013 the British satirical magazine Private Eye began running a column poking fun at an exponential increase in references in the press to "national treasures".