Wuhu iron painting is a unique arts and crafts of Wuhu. As one of the traditional Chinese handicrafts, it has extremely high artistic value. Under the influence of new media, the development of Wuhu iron paintings has been hindered, and has fallen into problems such as insufficient talents, lack of funds, and broken inheritance. In order to propose a more valuable inheritance and development path, we now use literature analysis and case study methods, combined with policy documents and excellent cases, to explore the development direction of the cultural industry on the basis of existing research, and propose form innovation and improvement of media Economic system, establishing a sound education inheritance model, opening up industrial barriers, and integrating multiculturalism are four measures in order to promote the inheritance and development of Wuhu iron painting, stimulate the internal driving force for the development of Wuhu iron painting, and form a sustainable development chain.