[Explanation] Unique shapes, bright colors, fine lines... Various decorative patterns with auspicious meanings are skillfully depicted on white walls by painters.
Painters stand or sit cross-legged, turning the room into a "gallery" with the brushes and paints in their hands.
Ren Qingzhu, a Tibetan boy born in Xigaze, Tibet Autonomous Region, in 1988, was unable to continue school due to family poverty after finishing elementary school. He then studied traditional Tibetan painting. He has been engaged in temple painting, house decoration painting, and furniture decoration for 20 years. Painting, making tourism products and many other tasks.
Today, he leads a group of young people who have become painters from farmers and herdsmen to learn and grow together.
[Concurrent] Painter Ren Qingzhujia
We often go to temples and homes to paint, and the white walls are filled with decorative paintings. We will feel happy and feel that we are also an artist.
Sometimes I will post some short videos of paintings on the Internet, and people will ask me some questions about patterns, which can be regarded as a kind of spread of our national culture.
[Explanation] In Ren Qing Zhujia's office, there are displayed certificates of his participation in various trainings.
Ren Qingzhujia told reporters that painting skills alone are not enough. He has to learn more about entrepreneurship and lay the foundation for the establishment of a company. Only in this way can the spread of Tibetan culture go further.
Ren Qing Zhujia used to work in Zhuhai, Guangdong. His work experience made him realize the value of Tibetan traditional culture and planted the seeds to carry forward Tibetan traditional culture.
[Concurrent] Painter Ren Qingzhujia
I started to learn painting when I was 13 years old, and then I had the opportunity to work in Zhuhai, Guangdong, to paint on furniture.
When I first went to Guangdong, I was only 15 years old. Many people were surprised. There are still painters at this age in Tibet. They admire my art (level) and like these traditional Tibetan patterns. I like the culture of our nation.
[Explanation] After returning to Lhasa, Renqing Zhujia learned about Tibetan Ali Guge style decorative painting, and devoted himself to the study and research of Guge style decorative painting. At present, Renqing Zhujia is still innovating and developing traditional paintings. Work hard and plan to enter the cultural and creative market to push Tibetan traditional culture to a larger platform.
Xiemu Lhasa report
Editor in charge: 【Luo Pan】