Light, sound and AI transform historic Beijing temple

AI-produced images illuminate Zhihua Temple in Beijing's Dongcheng district on Monday night, turning the city's largest surviving Ming-dynasty (1368-1644) wooden architectural structure into a canvas where ancient design meets digital artistry. The installation, organized by Perfect World, a Beijing-based movie and gaming company, combines Jing music ? a temple music tradition performed for more than five centuries ? with modern electronic sounds and visual effects. Using the accompanying soundscape, AI generates and projects real-time, high-frame-rate visuals onto the 15th-century complex. Visitors listen through headphones as the music evolves from ancient temple melodies into contemporary electronica.