Despite the Cultural Heritage Preservation Law having been implemented since 1982, the conservation of intangible cultural heritage has not been practiced in a concrete and persistent way due to limitations of time, space, and the law. In recent years, with intangible cultural heritage declared part of the cultural patrimony safeguarded by UNESCO, the Cultural Heritage Preservation Law has taken a big step toward the conservation of Taiwanese cultural heritages in its 2005 offcial Amendment which specifes concrete administrative measures on the protection of intangible cultural heritage. Under the circumstances that research and preservation of intangible cultural heritage come to be popular, it is essential to reinforce its connection with related subjects and theories so as to lay a foundation for conservation on an academic basis. Firstly, this paper outlines the development and current situation of the intangible cultural heritage laws in Taiwan; then the thinking of folklore and intangible cultural heritage are compared and investigated from the standpoint of folklore with the general survey conducted in Tamsui District serving as an example in expounding the thinking and current situation of cultural heritage conservation. Finally, the potential of folklore culture being “propertized” is studied, and further discussion includes the production and devastation of cultural heritage as well as the subjects of cultural belonging and value orientation.