Dalian Jiaotong University in Dalian, China, used AR glasses in a themed ideological-political class marking the 90th anniversary of the Long March. The class, titled "Rails Reflect the Long March", was held on 19 October 2026 and took students into the roles of railway workers.
The class exhibited 20 Long March paintings. Students worked in groups to explore the background of each painting and the strategic thinking behind it, and linked the Long March spirit to the building of China's transport sector today.
How the AR experience worked
The course combined AI-generated animation with an AR experience, extending static paintings into moving scenes. Wearing AR glasses, students saw the river in a painting surge and soldiers climb iron chains under fire. One student group chose the painting "Forcing the Luding Bridge" for this treatment.
The glasses seen in event photos are dark-lensed, sunglasses-style units connected by cable to a phone held in the hand.
Role-based activities
Students took on railway worker roles in hard hats and high-visibility vests and carried out team tasks in a hall lined with the paintings. In one task, students passed, aligned and fixed boxes to build a ladder structure, recalling railway workers who built scaling ladders for the Red Army.
What comes next
A university representative said the school will continue to develop red-education resources drawn from the rail-transit industry.
