Year£º2006 Sort£ºFolk Fine Arts Area£ºSichuan Province; Tibet Autonomous Region Serial No.£º¢÷-14
Thangka, seen in every monastery and family shrine in Tibetan
areas in Southwest China's Sichuan Province and Tibet Autonomous Region, is
actually a kind of Tibetan scroll-banner painting and is a unique art form of
Tibetan culture.
Thangka has been in vogue in Tibet for centuries. In Tibetan, thang means
"unfolding" or "displaying," and thangka means "silk, satin, or cloth painting
scroll." It is most often painted on scrolls or embroidered on wall hangings of
silk or other cloth. Common at monasteries, lamas' residences, family halls for
worshipping Buddha, and homes of Tibetan Buddhists, thangka is a mark of
devotion to Buddhism and often serves as an object of worship.
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