Abstract Prospects of and Tasks Involving the Policy of Revitalization of Traditional Korean Performing Arts Yong-Shik, Lee National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts In the 21st century, the Age of Culture, cultural competitiveness is regarded as an essential factor in the competitiveness of a nation. The most competitive cultural product of a country is traditional arts, which show its identity in the most obvious way. Our traditional arts are a historical crystal in which Korean lives, customs, ideas, philosophies and religions have been condensed for 5,000years. Therefore, transmitting our cultural arts securely and revitalizing them into a form of future culture is a shortcut to developing the most competitive national brand. So far, there have been many policies for preserving and revitalizing our traditional performing arts. Traditional cultures cannot be revitalized, however, only with a number of particular systems. Traditional cultures have developed a structure in which it is impossible to generate profitability, but they have a characteristic of bringing benefits to our society from their being objects of direct cultural consumption by our citizens. Thus, we must support our traditional arts on the basis of cultural logic, not economic logic. Moreover, we must recognize our traditional culture. Furthermore, we must get rid of the perception and prejudice that tradition is old and develop a new belief that our traditional culture is the most powerful tool that would lead us to the age of culture in the 21st century. Conclusively, if we change our recognition of our traditional culture through a long-term and systematic cultural policy, we will develop a new life force.