The digital transformation of rural education aims to break geographical barriers and achieve balanced allocation of educational resources, which is a key strategy to educational quality and drive the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas. Focusing on the “Red Scarf Medal” special chapter activities, exploring the feasibility of digital empowerment rural education is of great significance for the in-depth development of the digital transformation of rural education. When facing realistic dilemmas such as weak digital infrastructure, schools weakening “Red Scarf Medal” special chapter activities, teachers’ digital literacy needing improvement and existing fear and difficulty, it is necessary to strengthen infrastructure construction, establish a assistance mechanism, build a digital “Red Scarf Medal” special chapter activity system, improve teachers’ digital literacy, and strengthen students’ ability to use digital resources to effectively promote the digital transformation and high-quality development of rural education.