The work aims to explore the contemporary communication value of arts and crafts of Chinese ethnic minority from the demand for practical theoretical innovation in constructing Chinese characteristics. Based on the generative paradigm of ethnic minority arts and crafts, the adaptation pathways of ethnic minority arts and crafts to spatiotemporal transformation, social transformation, and subject transformation are investigated, in order to build a theoretical foundation for fulfilling the contemporary cultural communication requirements of "telling Chinese stories and spreading Chinese voices". The arts and crafts of Chinese ethnic minority contain three dimensions and six values, which are not only necessary for creating cultural "contemporaneity", but also play a role in forging the Chinese national community. In the trend of building a new era of "beauty, harmony and universal peace", the value of "presence" is significant