In recent years, the revival of Chinese traditional culture has gradually been emphasized, and Chinese myths and legends have a large number of characters full of traditional cultural flavor, and the redesign and re-creation of these characters has been a popular subject in Chinese film and animation. In this redesign of traditional characters, the problem of modernization of their traditional culture has also surfaced. How to use ancient traditional stories as a base to shape and narrate modern values and transform the value shaping ability of ancient myths into new modern myths is a major challenge. Thus, the author chooses two films, "LEGEND OF DEIFICATION" and "YOBI, the Five Tailed Fox", as a comparison to compare the different ways of dealing with the same problem between China and Korea, and to find a common solution in the differentiation

As the leading figure of the fifth generation of directors, Chen Kaige is a director with a unique personal style. Chen Kaige has always taken a high level of cultural consciousness as the basis of his creation. In his film works, there are strong personal aesthetics and expression of personal thoughts. The film Legend of The Demon Cat is another attempt and breakthrough under the background of cultural commercialization and film industrialization. This paper attempts to explore the unique aesthetic thinking and profound cultural reflection behind the creation of Chen Kaige's series of films by analyzing the creative technique, narrative mode, aesthetic value, aesthetic style and cultural context of the film “Legend of the Demon Cat.”