shows one of his seven large paintings enriched with content from modern life. [Photo by Palden Nyima/chinadaily.com.cn] Thangka, or Buddhist scroll painting, is a popular practice in Gojo county ...

Nyangbon, being the scroll's chief designer and lead painter ... It also showed dozens of his other thangka paintings and preparatory drawings, some of which were made more than 20 years ago ...

Traditionally, an itinerant teacher or lama would travel to a village, unfurl a thangka scroll and proceed to elucidate the message contained in the painting. In this way, thangka is an art form ...

Born into a family of thangka painters in Xigaze, they followed the steps of their ancestors to carry on the craft. Thangka is a Tibetan Buddhist scroll painting on cotton or silk with mineral and ...

So far, 14 enterprises and 280 individuals have applied for membership in the association. Thangka is a type of Tibetan Buddhist scroll painting. Pigments are derived from mineral and organic ...

"I am drawing one of 15 sets of Thangka paintings for a temple. It takes me around two months to finish one," Phurbu Tsering told the Global Times. A ray of sunlight slips through his studio's ...

So began a passion for ethnic art that has seen Sanggyaipo, now 51, become a star of thangka, Tibetan Buddhist scroll paintings that have become fashionable -- and highly profitable -- in recent ...

Thangka is a type of Tibetan Buddhist scroll painting. Pigments are derived from mineral and organic materials such as coral, sapphires, pearls and gold to preserve the color for centuries ...

In addition to thangka, or Tibetan scroll paintings, the shrine also houses a 21-meter high statue of the Buddha as well as 2,000 Tibetan relics. Lu Zhijun, the head of Shangri-La's publicity ...

Thangka simply means “Tibetan hanging scroll.” The scrolls traditionally ... [thangka painters] do the prayers and rituals before painting so we will have no obstacles finishing the painting.