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Lamas of the Jieji Monastery in Nyemo County, Lhasa, capital of Tibet, construct a Mandala by using pieces of woodcarving and hand-made embroidery as basic materials on June 17, 2009, photo from Xinhua.
Mandala, as an exquisite religious art of the Tibetan Buddhism, has been well preserved since it was first introduced to Tibet from India in the 11th century. Mandala is finished after a variety of crafting, including hand painting, copper casting, sand laying, wood carving, and hand embroidering. Balanced and symmetric, it alternates in diamond and circular shapes, and looks gorgeous and sparkling thanks to using multicolored sands as the major pigments.
Lamas of the Jieji Monastery in Nyemo County, Lhasa, capital of Tibet, construct a Mandala by using pieces of woodcarving and hand-made embroidery as basic materials on June 17, 2009, photo from Xinhua.
Lamas of the Jieji Monastery in Nyemo County, Lhasa, capital of Tibet, construct a Mandala by using pieces of woodcarving and hand-made embroidery as basic materials on June 17, 2009, photo from Xinhua.
Lamas of the Jieji Monastery in Nyemo County, Lhasa, capital of Tibet, construct a Mandala by using pieces of woodcarving and hand-made embroidery as basic materials on June 17, 2009, photo from Xinhua.
Lamas of the Jieji Monastery in Nyemo County, Lhasa, capital of Tibet, put a final touch to a Mandala on June 17, 2009, photo from Xinhua. |
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