| Epic enlightenment for Thangka painting 2008-08-21 |
| Tibetan Buddhists developed the unique art of Thangka painting, the religious art on scrolls that can be rolled up and packed for travel, in order to take devotional images on the road. |
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| Unfinished 'Sky Road' continued 2008-04-07 |
| Losang Dampa, son of the late Chinese master artist Qijia has picked up his father's undone masterpiece Thangka painting-"Sky Road" after his farther died and is expected to accomplish this June. |
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| Schools well pass down Regong art 2008-03-31 |
| To better carry forward the traditional Regong art, students in primary schools and middle schools in Tongren County of Qinghai
Province, have been required to learn Thangka and duixiu
painting skills.
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| The history of Thangka 2007-12-10 |
| Nobody knows where and when Tang originated, but comparing with Tibetan painting, the history of Thangka can be traced back to as long as Tubo period. From the relics of Karuo in Qamdo,we can find the trace of Thangka. |
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| Unfold giant Thangkas 2007-12-10 |
| Tibetan monks attend a ceremony to unfold a giant thangka, a sacred painting on cloth measuring 30 metres by 40 metres, in Xiahe, Northwest China's Gansu Province, during the Tibetan Monlan or Great Prayer Festival on Friday. |
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| Three Heads and Thangka 2007-12-10 |
| The Puchi had a poor life in the past owing to more children and origin production. Recent years, thanks to the Chinese Communist Party's policy, they begin to live a rich life. |
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| The Thangka of Songtsan Gampo 2007-12-10 |
| People who had belief in Tibetan Buddhism regarded Songtsan Gampo as the representative of Goddess of Mercy (Avalokiteshvara) in the human world. |
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