Digital Innovation of Stone Carving on Hongze Lake Levee at Grand Canal Hub
The stone carvings on Hongze Lake levee mainly include stone carvings of project inscrip-tions,emperors'inscriptions,auspicious patterns,auspicious words and so on,rich in content and exqui-site in carving,implying in abundant historic information and cultural gene.However,with the lake ero-sion,natural climate and man-made destruction,the stone carvings are faced with unprecedented crises of being damaged,and digital protection has become urgent.Representative stone carvings are selected to carry out digital innovative design and application of their modeling composition,pattern and orna-mentation.The main method is to combine the beautiful meaning contained in the stone carvings and the historical information of the levee culture with the modern visual aesthetic.By processing the three-dimensional model and coordinating images deeply,the three-dimensional modeling of Hongze Lake levee stone carvings and the design and development of cultural derivatives are realized to con-duct digital protection and application,providing a reference path and feasible scheme for inheriting and popularizing the levee stone carving culture and the water-dwelling culture of the canal.
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