Tibetan thangka, also known as Tangga
is a painting on canvas,
Painted on a scroll framed with faience.
The themes of thangka are mainly Tibetan cultural history and Buddhist classics.
There are life paintings showing people's living customs,
There are also scientific paintings reflecting Tibetan medicine and Tibetan medicine.
It is the "encyclopedia" of the Tibetan people.
The earliest thangkas date back to the 7th century AD.
According to the Records of Jokhang Temple,
After a divine revelation, the Tibetan Tsampo Songtsen Gampo,
Painted the portrait of Bai Ram with his own blood,
Binding by his wife, Princess Wencheng,
This is the first Tibetan thangka,
Now this thangka is no longer handed down.
Draw a beautiful thangka,
It usually takes months or even years.
In the best-lit room,
The painters sit cross-legged in front of the stretched canvas and draw with the tip of the pen dipped in the tip of the tongue.
Lined, colored, gold,
Each stroke requires concentration and stillness.
Color is the soul of thangka,
The pigments of thangka come from precious minerals such as coral, cinnabar and turquoise.
These natural materials are colorful and stable in color,
After thousands of years of baptism,
Also does not fade.
For the Tibetan people who nomadic in the mountains and valleys,
The significance of thangka is as important as the tent.
A tent is a warm home,
Thangkas are "temples" that you carry around with you.
It embodies people's yearning and expectation for a better life.
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