In the wave of digital transformation, artificial intelligence (AI) is gradually penetrating all aspects of the cultural industry. As a thousand-year-old intangible cultural heritage, the Zigong Lantern Festival is constantly rejuvenating with the help of digital and intelligent technologies, bringing unprecedented innovation space to the traditional lantern art. Against this background, Hualong Technology launched the "Smart Dinosaur" interactive lamp set, opening up a new path for the lantern industry to explore technology to empower intangible cultural heritage.

"Smart Dinosaurs" takes "Return of Dinosaurs" as its theme, cleverly integrating Zigong lantern art, simulated dinosaur craftsmanship and cutting-edge AI technology, vividly interpreting the legendary journey of ancient creatures crossing the stars and returning to their homeland, and realizing "cross-time and space" interaction with the audience. During the preparation period, the teams of both sides worked closely together to introduce humanoid robot technology into the lantern display for the first time in the mode of "Shenzhen speed + Zigong efficiency", and successfully achieved seamless connection between robots, lanterns and simulated dinosaur structures. This breakthrough promoted the coordinated linkage of the mechanical dinosaur lantern system, giving traditional lanterns a more flexible expression.

In terms of technological innovation, the project team broke the limitations of traditional static display of colored lanterns, and combined 3D printing, simulation technology, intangible cultural heritage skills and artificial intelligence to achieve intelligent innovation of colored lanterns. With the blessing of AI, the "smart dinosaurs" are reborn - innovative elements such as "eyes of technology", interactive dialogues and plot interpretation are interwoven to create an immersive visual feast. In the center of the stage, two intelligent dinosaurs shuttled flexibly under the command of the mechanical girl, and with the changes of light and shadow and smoke special effects, they presented a shocking dinosaur dance and interactive performance, which not only attracted many tourists to stop, but also added a strong sense of technology to the colored lantern display.

This innovative attempt not only consolidated the leading position of Zigong lanterns in the industry, but also injected new vitality into the inheritance of intangible cultural heritage skills. With its unique creativity and novel interactive methods, the "Smart Dinosaur" lantern group was widely popular and became a highlight of the lantern festival. According to statistics, the 31st Zigong International Dinosaur Lantern Festival, as the highlight of the Spring Festival intangible cultural heritage, had a total exposure of 300 million related topics on the Internet during the Spring Festival, and the participation of young audiences increased significantly, fully demonstrating the huge potential of cross-border innovation in the promotion of traditional culture.

The innovative practice of the Zigong Lantern Festival proves that traditional culture and cutting-edge technology are not a zero-sum game. By building a fusion paradigm of "technology as the use and culture as the body", theinheritance of intangible cultural heritage is breaking through the limitations of space-time and opening up a second growth curve in the digital world. When AI algorithms analyze the rhythm of the fingertips of lantern craftsmen, and when mechanical devices reproduce the warmth of thousands of years of skills, this never-ending civilization experiment is writing new possibilities for the sustainable inheritance of intangible cultural heritage.