Transformation of artistic style and innovative design of oriental folk patterns based on AIGC Technology—A case study of Zhuxian town new year paintings from China

J Jiangxu Zhang J Jinsong Kuang X Xiaosi Huang P Pengfei Lei D Dag Øivind Madsen Y Yongqing Feng

Abstract

In response to the limited cross-domain innovation in the digitalization of traditional oriental folk art, this study takes the New Year pictures of China’s Zhuxian Town as a case. It develops a collaborative technical framework of combining the Liblib platform and a LoRA model to explore AI-generated digital re-creation of traditional art. A high-quality dataset was built through a three-stage process of image acquisition, multidimensional screening, and expert review. A three-layer keywords thesaurus was constructed through literature analysis, questionnaire surveys, and semantic clustering. Using a two-stage training strategy combining pre-training and fine-tuning, along with dynamic optimization, the model accurately captures the stylistic features of Zhuxian New Year pictures. The generated outputs integrate traditional aesthetics with modern design and are applied to cultural and graphic creative products. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed framework for preserving artistic style while enabling cross-domain innovation and offer a practical technical reference for the digital inheritance and modernization of related folk arts.

Article Details

Journal PLoS ONE
Volume / Issue Vol. 21, Issue 5
Published May 27, 2026
Pages e0346020
ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher Public Library of Science

Journal Info

PLoS ONE

Public Library of Science

ISSN: 1932-6203 Open Access Health Sciences

Authors (6)

J

Jiangxu Zhang

J

Jinsong Kuang

X

Xiaosi Huang

P

Pengfei Lei

D

Dag Øivind Madsen

Y

Yongqing Feng