A Study on the Influence of the 8th Century A.D. Image of Feitian in the Mogao Caves on the Character Design of Modern Chinese Films

Abstract

The Dunhuang cave community represented by the Mogao Grottoes is the most dazzling historical legacy of the development of the Silk Road civilization, and the murals in the Dunhuang caves are the “witnesses” of the development of human civilization, the crystallization of the convergence and integration of ancient Chinese civilization and world civilization, and the valuable heritage of the Chinese nation. The art of Dunhuang murals has further developed and changed through different epochs and cultural fusions, and the contemporary interpretation and innovation of its aesthetic concepts, artistic styles, and cultural values have become particularly important and valuable. In the context of artistic creation in the eighth century A.D., this study examines in-depth the stylistic characteristics of the Flying Sky image in the Mogao Grottoes; using methods such as observation, investigation, analysis, etc., and through the study and research on the styling of modern animation characters, it is found that the copying of the ancient art can not realize its maximum value, and that the traditional art can be inherited in a revolutionary way by disseminating it through the medium of modern media.