Thangkas, a Tibetan Buddhist painting on cotton or silk, attracted a huge number of visitors during the 11th Cultural Fair of Beijing. Than...

Tibetan Thangkas, deity artwork painted on cotton or silk, attracted more visitors during the 11th Cultural Fair of Beijing

December 03, 2016

Thangkas, a Tibetan Buddhist painting on cotton or silk, attracted a huge number of visitors during the 11th Cultural Fair of Beijing. Thangkas is a kind of artwork portrayed a Buddhist deity, scene or mandala and it performed several various functions which teaching tools, meditation tools or prayer mediums during rituals were included.
 “I’ve been concentrated on Thangka artwork for over three decades. It takes me a long time to complete a piece of Thangka,” said Yeshe Dawa from Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of northwest China's Qinghai Province, adding that: “I receive more and more foreign clients nowdays because they see Tangkas as valuable works of art that they would like to take back for appreciation or decoration,” 








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