These days in Taiwan we like to talk of "cultural assimilation," but I especially like to talk of "cultural properties." A property is something that exists because it cannot be replaced. Particularly for weaker cultures, there ought to be more emphasis on properties than on assimilation. When looking at traditional music, at the beginning we don't talk of assimilation, but first take a look at its properties.
現在台灣喜歡談「文化融合」，但我特別喜歡談「文化特質」，特質是不可被取代的，所以能存在，尤其對弱勢文化，強調特質應大於強調融合，看傳統音樂，先不談融合，特質應先被看到。