Case Name: Beijing, China · “The God of Shaolin Kung Fu” Digital Experience Project

Case Category: Technological Empowerment for the Development of Cultural Industries

Case Location: Beijing, China

Case Applicant: Beijing Sinaverse Network Technology Co., Ltd.

Case Overview:

Case Description

As a national intangible cultural heritage (ICH), this case is set against the backdrop of the Shaolin Temple, integrating elements such as history, martial arts and Zen. Through an immersive experience, it presents the legendary story of King Kinnara protecting the temple, perfectly combining traditional culture with modern technology. The new experiential product enhances tourists' sense of participation, enriches the depth of cultural experience in on-site tours, protects and inherits Shaolin Temple's cultural heritage and martial arts spirit. It helps Shaolin culture achieve cross-circle communication, expand its influence, and explore a new model of integration between cultural tourism and technology.

Solutions and Innovation

This case expands the visiting radius of Shaolin Temple's architecture and addresses the problems of high barriers to international communication, high experience thresholds, and high operating costs associated with traditional on-site Shaolin Kung Fu demonstrations. Through cutting-edge motion capture and spatial computing technologies, it restores real architectural scenes and lifelike Zen martial arts performances, breaking time and space limitations; using lightweight XR equipment as the carrier, audiences can enjoy an immersive experience without being physically present, eliminating the costs of cross-regional and cross-border research and study. The modular technical architecture achieves cost reduction and efficiency improvement; through multi-language adaptation, ICH culture is enabled to go global digitally at low cost, broadening international communication paths.

During the trial operation period, the average daily attendance reached 240 visitors, with a user satisfaction rate of 96%. Technically, reusable modules were developed: the reuse rate of architectural models and 3D scenes is 100%, providing digital assets for subsequent works and other types of performances; the reuse rate of XR equipment is 90%, enabling touring performances across China and even the world, reducing operating costs by 70% compared with traditional offline on-site performances (joint research by the temple and universities). It promotes the integration of Shaolin Temple's architecture and Shaolin Zen martial arts into the research and study system, forming replicable digital ICH experience courses and communication plans.

Social Effects

As a benchmark project for the digital overseas expansion of ICH, the "ICH IP + cutting-edge technology + global communication" paradigm constructed by this case provides a replicable template for the dissemination of national-level ICH:

By replicating Shaolin research and study and promoting Shaolin Zen martial arts culture through immersive experiences, the case breaks geographical limitations to achieve the popularization of ICH knowledge, effectively helping global audiences deeply understand traditional Chinese culture and promoting cross-cultural educational exchanges.

Integrating innovative applications such as AIGC, 1:1 3D world replication, real-time spatial computing, and centimeter-level motion capture, it innovates ICH communication infrastructure, forms a replicable digital solution, and promotes the in-depth integration of technology and cultural inheritance.

Replacing traditional on-site performances with low-carbon digital experiences effectively reduces carbon emissions in the cultural and tourism industry, enriches the cross-cultural consumption supply of cities, and builds a cultural industry ecosystem with both ICH heritage and sustainable development.

Support for Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 4 (Quality Education)

SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure)