Xining, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Wearing Tibetan clothes and painting thangkas, Chinese and foreign cultural tourism experts experience Tibetan culture and art
Chinanews reporter Li Jiangning
On the afternoon of the 28th, a group of Chinese and foreign cultural tourism experts who participated in the "Encounter the City of Happiness" - Foreigners + Big V Take You to Xining walked into the Qinghai Tibetan Culture Museum, changed into traditional Tibetan costumes, and strolled through the "Chinese Tibetan Culture and Art Painting Grand View" (hereinafter referred to as the "Painted Grand View") collected here, and then picked up the paintbrush, became a thangka apprentice, and felt the colorful and profound Tibetan culture and art in person...
The picture shows Chinese and foreign cultural tourism experts wearing traditional Tibetan costumes and taking pictures. Photo by Ma Mingyan
"Painting Grand View" is the Chinese arts and crafts master Mr. Raj organization planning and strong support from all walks of life, by Qinghai, Tibet, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan five provinces and regions more than 400 Tibetan, Turkish, Mongolian, Han scholars, experts, top painters, with Tibetan traditional painting skills to draw, a total length of 618 meters, width of 2.5 meters, from planning to completion of 27 years. Taking the history of the Tibetan people and the origins of various sects of Tibetan Buddhism as the main line, the "Painted Grand View" systematically connects the contents of Tibetan history, religious inheritance, culture and art, medicine and health, astronomy and geography, living customs, and ethnic unity as a whole, and vividly displays them on a picture scroll, which is known as the "encyclopedia" of Tibetan culture. It is now listed in the "Guinness Book of World Records" and is protected by national intellectual property.
The picture shows Chinese and foreign cultural tourism experts wearing Tibetan costumes visiting the "Chinese Tibetan Culture and Art Painting Grand View". Photo by Ma Mingyan
"When I walked into the exhibition hall of Painted Grand View, I was struck by its colorful and magnificence, each pattern is very delicate, and the figures are lifelike." Di Jiufeng, a cultural tourism expert, said.
After experiencing the grandeur of the "Painted Grand View", the activity group came to the Thangka Experience Room of the Qinghai Tibetan Culture Museum, and under the explanation and guidance of the painter, the Chinese and foreign cultural tourism experts were eager to try and began to pick up the brush in their hands, try to color the thangka, and experience the intangible cultural heritage on the tip of the pen.
The picture shows Chinese and foreign cultural tourism experts experiencing thangka. Photo by Hu Youjun
"Thangka still has high requirements for basic skills, every line is clean and neat, and it is very difficult to color the pattern, which is a great test of the painter's technique, and it takes years of practice to draw a beautiful thangka." Di Jiufeng told reporters after experiencing thangka.
For Jiang Lan, an American cultural tourism expert, the most curious thing about the process of making thangkas is the paint. "These pigments are made from natural minerals or plants, and they can keep the color of thangkas for hundreds or even thousands of years, which is very magical."
"In the course of thousands of years of development of thangka, many schools of painting have been born," said the painter Qianpai, hoping that this experience can let Chinese and foreign cultural travel experts understand thangka art, and also welcome people at home and abroad who love and pay attention to thangka art to experience and appreciate it.
The event was hosted by the Propaganda Department of the Xining Municipal Party Committee and the Qinghai Branch of China News Service, undertaken by the Qinghai Branch of China News Service International Communication Group, and supported by the Xining Municipal Bureau of Culture, Tourism, Radio, Film and Television, the Propaganda Department of the Chengzhong District Committee of the Communist Party of China, and the Chengzhong District Bureau of Culture, Sports, Tourism, Science and Technology. (ENDS)