AIGC Empowering Digital Protection and Gene Genealogy Construction of Traditional Bamboo Weaving in Zhaoqing

Xu'an Nong; Ran Chen; Guanxiang Zhou

doi:10.54691/n3dpcy43

Authors

Xu'an Nong Guangzhou College of Applied Science and Technology, Zhaoqing 526100, China
Ran Chen Guangzhou College of Applied Science and Technology, Zhaoqing 526100, China
Guanxiang Zhou Guangzhou Institute of Science and Technology, Guangzhou 510000, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54691/n3dpcy43

Keywords:

AIGC, bamboo weaving, intangible cultural heritage, Gene Genealogy, cultural preservation.

Abstract

With a history of over 1,000 years, Zhaoqing's traditional bamboo weaving is an important component of China's intangible cultural heritage (ICH). Its survival is threatened by rapid urbanization, a shrinking pool of master craftsmen, and fragmented historical documentation. This paper looks into if new developments in AIGC such as LLMs, generative visual models, 3D modeling methods,knowledge graph structures can help conserve digital information of the custom of weaving bamboo in Zhaoqing and reconstruct its genealogy. Fieldwork completed in 6 villages; we had structured dialogue with 34 of the most experienced elderly veteran master knitters & collected more than 2400 patterns in various archives and library books to build systematically. The result shows that 91.3% of them were right, they can be distinguished into the 17 main lineage contexts to make sense of progress in aesthetics. It’s not just an analytic device, a bit more than AI-driven conservation of cultural heritages, it's a scalable digital genealogy to do investigation about the folk art heritage within each province in China.

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