The work aims to summarize the digital art exhibition based on Chinese history and culture from the perspective of restoration and participation. On the basis of systematically combing the digital art exhibition of Chinese history and culture, the characteristics and structure of digital technology in the restoration of history and culture are firstly analyzed. Secondly, the participatory design method and application in the process of digital construction are expounded. Finally, combined with the three distinctive characteristics of digital restoration, immersive participation and media extension, the direction of digital art advantages in the translation of Chinese history and culture is explored. Based on the four types of restoration methods of digital symbiosis, virtual reality, artificial intelligence restoration, and human-machine co-creation, and the establishment of two participatory approaches of global interaction and personalized customization, the construction model is constructed, and the design ideas and technical strategies contained therein are summarized. Through the multi-dimensional analysis of various historical and cultural digital art exhibitions, the future diversified development and cross-border direction between "people-things-data" are prospected, and the development space for the integration of digital technology and historical culture and art is opened up.