Abstract: Public libraries play an important role in the preservation, research, academic exchange, publicity and display of intangible cultural heritage. In this study, we survey fans of the Chinese guqin as intangible cultural heritage for public library to participate in the intangible cultural heritage preservation and propagation. The results show that the uppermost advantage of the public library for the preservation and propagation of Chinese guqin lies in the collection resources and reader resources, and the major approach is to save the document data and save the audio and video data. Thus，public libraries should make full use of the above advantage and approach, improve the deficiencies, and actively promote the preservation and propagation of Chinese guqin as intangible cultural heritage.

Key words: public libraries; intangible cultural heritage; Chinese guqin; preservation and propagation