Abstract: In the 21^st century, China must establish cultural self-confidence and promote the traditional culture if she wants to be the real great power. This article raises questions against the background of the increasing cultural communication and conflict among countries nowadays, and points out that literary and art workers should take the social responsibility of leading the thought of mass and use Chinese traditional symbol initiative in the creative design of contemporary culture when creating works, whereby the formal beauty of the culture born from the interaction between Chinese arts and those of other countries can show the charm of Chinese culture on the international stage. This article summarizes creative conversion methods of Chinese traditional schema symbol in the creative art works and analyzes integration and dissemination of Chinese traditional schema symbol in painting, graphic design, fashion design, industrial product design, architectural design and other aspects. In the end, it discusses the cultural identification at the deep level of social and national awareness brought by the integration of traditional culture in the modern design, so as to widen the implementation path of carrying forward Chinese traditional culture in the cultural creation era.

Key words: cultural self-confidence, traditional culture, Chinese diagrammatical symbol, creative transformation