Research on the Digitization of Dunhuang Architectural Paintings Under the Background of Big Data

Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes is an art museum in the desert, and the architectural paintings on the murals are a treasure house of architectural history research. The development of big data in recent years has greatly promoted the research of architectural history. The launch of the Dunhuang Digital Museum has shown its advantages. The mathematical study of Dunhuang architectural paintings can also blaze a trail for the study of architectural history and the promotion and development of traditional culture. In 2017, the State Council issued the “Opinions on the Implementation of the Inheritance and Development Project of Chinese Excellent Traditional Culture”, emphasizing the inheritance and development of Chinese excellent traditional culture. Through digital research on architectural paintings, big data and digitization provide technical support for the “protection, inheritance, dissemination and exchange” of traditional culture. Through the digitalization of architectural paintings, the blueprint of architectural historical research can be protected, and architectural paintings can be excavated on the basis of in-depth development, laying the foundation for cultural inheritance and modern communication. This paper conducts a special research on architectural paintings in Dunhuang murals, combs the development status of architectural painting digitization, and the technical process of realization to provide specific directions for later research and development.