The International Dissemination and Cultural Confidence of Cultural Symbols in ‘Black Myth: Wukong’

Abstract

Against the backdrop of digital network technology reshaping the path of cultural dissemination, ‘Black Myth: Wukong’, as a milestone of domestic 3A games, has become a new carrier for the international dissemination of Chinese traditional culture through the digital display and innovative expression of multi-dimensional cultural symbols. This article explores the dissemination paths and construction methods of traditional Chinese culture in games from the perspectives of cultural symbol expression, international cultural dissemination, and the construction of cultural confidence. The path of cultural dissemination is to digitally reconstruct classic cultural symbols, utilize its own cognitive mechanism to promote the cultural understanding process in interactive experiences, and adopt a hierarchical dissemination strategy to lower the understanding threshold for international users. The cultural construction approach involves penetrating narrative expression of traditional philosophical thoughts, achieving modern translation of traditional symbols, and building a three-dimensional communication ecosystem of ‘professional output+folk performance’.