Value reconstruction and innovative inheritance of the Bazhong Grottoes in the digital context

Abstract

In today’s era where digital technology profoundly influences the field of cultural heritage, the Bazhong Grottoes, as a pivotal hub connecting the north and south and integrating official and folk characteristics in Chinese grotto art, is embracing a historical opportunity for value re-evaluation and inheritance innovation. This paper focuses on exploring how digital technology restructures the value recognition system and inheritance paradigm of the Bazhong Grottoes. Through theoretical framework construction and case empirical analysis, it proposes innovative strategies from three dimensions: information expansion, situational restoration, and public participation. The research finds that in the digital context, value reconstruction and innovative inheritance can create a system of interconnected and circular development, elevating the Bazhong Grottoes from a regional archaeological site to an experiential and evocative cultural IP, injecting core impetus into its sustainable protection and revitalization.