Digital Reconstruction of Traditional Auspicious Imagery

Abstract

Traditional auspicious images, as important visual symbols of traditional Chinese culture, carry auspicious meanings, political symbols, and moral ideals. Evolving over thousands of years, they have formed a unique visual system with Eastern aesthetics. Faced with the changing context of globalization and the digital age, the inheritance and innovative expression of traditional auspicious animal images urgently require new paths. This paper takes typical auspicious images as its research object, systematically reviews their historical evolution and cultural connotations, explores the application mechanism and case results of AI-generated images in the digital reconstruction of traditional auspicious animals, and analyzes the similarities and differences between Chinese and Western auspicious symbols in visual language and cultural symbolism. Through empirical research on the "National Trend Pattern Project," it reveals how digital media empowers the contemporary expression and international dissemination of traditional images, and proposes a systematic path integrating visual strategies, narrative reconstruction, and cross-media communication.