China has its own characteristics of unusually rich minority culture resources，as a multi-ethnic country also contains a lot of folk literature and treasures. However in society to accelerate the development of environment，urban mainstream culture and the rapid spread of squeeze the living space of the traditional culture of ethnic minorities，mandarin promotion and minority areas of frequent exchanges with the outside world for the survival and development of minority language caused great influence，and department of local government in the process of protecting the utilitarian heart heavy，make the minority folk literature heritage in the contemporary appeared some problems in the heritage and development. This report in combing the minority folk literature heritage work achievements and problems，on the basis of the national minority folk literature intangible in provided some reference for the future development of countermeasures and Suggestions，in the process of inheritance and protection of the future，should pay attention to the protection of the minority language，pay attention to the rationality of the declaration and protection of continuity，strengthening the protection of living normality，and perfect the legal mechanism in order to better protect the rights and interests of the minority folk literature intangible masterpiece.