Tangka Gesar:A Rare Treasure

King Gesar is an epic orally passed down through history. With a view to attracting more audience, some balladeersbegan making drawings to illustrate the contents and these became the earliest form of tangka painting about Gesar.People, however, also cherished the Gesar Tangka for home worship purposes. Most of these paintings depict Gesar mounted on a horse in battle. Such paintings can be further divided into two types: One type finds expression in the 10 tangka paintings collected by the Jig-mei Museum in Paris; and the second type includes 11 tangka paintings by the     

Tsering Drolma:Every Painting Is My Child

正On the wall of her room,which is no bigger than twenty square meters,she has hung all her paintings that she has worked out while in a different spirit and state,most of them in a series of a few pictures.The paintings were finished in the past one or two years during her free time after lectures.Pointing at her paintings,she smiled and said,"Each painting is my soul work,to which I have devoted     

Rock Paintings in Tibet

Rock paintings in China can be divided into south-ern and northern schools.Southern school rock paintings depict mainly religious rituals and are painted in red. They are distributed in an area from southwest to south China.Northern school rock paintings, carved into rocks, show hunting activ-ites in north China. They are distributed in an area from the northeast to northwest and southwest. The part from northeast to southwest China extends from Heilongjiang to Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Gan…     

Pagoda-Shaped Pictures in Tibetan Rock Paintings

In 2004 we, with our colleagues, went to the Helanshan Ranges in Ningxia to conduct a rock-painting survey for more than a month. We were members of the Rock-Painting Research Center, Ethnology and Sociology College of the Central University for Ethnic Minorities. In the central and northern sections of the Helanshan ranges, we accidentally came upon quite a lot of ＂pagoda-shaped＂ rock paintings of the Xixia period （1038-1227）. These rock paintings consist of two different types.     

The Wall Paintings of Dra-thang Monastery and Dunhuang Art

The relation between the wall paintings of Dra-thang Monastery and Dunhuang art is rather complex.In order to have a better understanding of it,two fac-ets need to be clarified:one is that the wall paintingsof Dra-thang Monastery are a kind of continuation ofTibetan-style paintings during the Tubo's occupationperiod (786-848A.D),that is,their dates are differentbut they are of the same essence.The other is thatboth of them share similar cultural elements.They arerelated but differ from each other.Their multiple links     

古象雄的“鸟图腾”与西藏的“鸟葬”(英文)

I.Tibetan Rock Paintings and Ancient Zhang-zhung Culture Tibetan rock paintings were discovered in1902 when British archaeologist Francke first mentioned     

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Cliff Paintings in Tibet The author,Zhang Yasha,has been collecting and closely analyzing all available material on cliff paintings in     

Tangka Painting Art of the Tibetan Race （Ⅰ）

Tibetan painting art is mainlyrevealed in mural paintings aswell as tangka.Tangka incar-nates not only the special character of Tibetan painting art but also thefeatures of Tibetan traditional crafts andmounting.     

Tangka Painting Art of the Tibetan Race （Ⅱ）

Tibetan painting art finds expression in two: murals and tangka paintings. The two vary in painting styles and materials used. Tangka paintings show the unique feature of Tibetan fine arts.However, in the face of refined tangka, how one should enjoy it? Do you know how to paint it? How to mount it? Anything special in this regard?Mounting MethodIn Tibet, when a tangka has been created, it would be mounted. The brocade for mounting, called Gyishamo in Tibetan, always has the same dimension: Gyishamo below the tangka amounts to half that of     

Drawings of Six-course Transmigration in Monasteries

Outside the sutra reciting halls in Tibetan monasteries,paintings of the Four Deva Kings line both sides of the corridor and the six-course transmigration stands on the right, which is uniform in all monasteries.     

NEWS IN BRIEF

ART EXHIBITION ON 50-YEAR ACHIEVEMENTThe exhibition shows more than 200 pieces of calligra-phy and paintings from in and outside China.They tell ofchanges that have taken place over the past 50 years sincehe peaceful liberation of Tibet in 1951.     

试论陈道复晚年设色花卉画之生趣

Chen Daofu, painter of the Ming Dynasty, was reputed for his water painting of flowers while people negleet the research of his color flower paintings that were also very elegant.Upon this impression the author hereto introduces his artistic characteristies with respects to the style,the brush and the form.     

PASANG,A TIBETAN ACCESSORY MAKER AND HIS ROAD TO SUCCESS

<正>The townships of Karma and Tserwed upstream the Zachu River in the northern part of Karub(former Chamdo County)of Chamdo City is the birthplace of the Karma Gazhi School of Tibetan Buddhist Statuary Art.To this day,there are over 1,000 artisans here working on Thangka paintings and the making of Buddha statues.     

五百年来第一人——记张大千

Zhang Daqian is one of the most reputed and talented painters in modem times. His paintings have various styles, minute and soft, or great and majestic, or delicate and lovely, or smartly and stylish. The topic spreads all aspects from figures, landscape,flowers and birds to beasts. So he's called an all-mighty artist.     

Dwelling Houses In Rural

People who canafford it have theirbeams and pillarscarved and painted,and have the upper part ofinner walls painted withthree colorful stripes andlower part with yellow oriight green color. On thewall are paintings,such asHarmony and Longevity.The corridor walls behindthe front gate are pastedwith portraits showing peo-ple subduing tigers and theGod of Wealth driving anelephant.     

幼儿园绘画教学的三个指导策略

在幼儿园开展的绘画活动中,我们时常会碰到小朋友不会画、不敢画的情况。针对这种情况,我分析了事件背后的原因:一、孩子没有相关的知识经验,不知道怎么画;二、孩子性格内向、胆小,作画时缺乏自信心;三、孩子会画,但是存在着一定的惰性,不愿意画。针对以上三种"不会画"的孩子,我分别采取了三种不同的指导策略帮助他们。经过一段时间的试行,取得了一定的效果。     

宋赵孟坚的水墨花卉画和其他

在两宋时代,已经广泛地流行着单纯用水墨画的各种花卉,而且还出现了一些专画一种或几种花卉,如画墨竹、墨梅、墨兰等的画家,赵孟坚就是其中很重要的一位。他除了画梅、兰、竹以外,还喜欢画水仙花,画法与画兰有所不同,画兰花是一笔点划,而水仙是用双钩渲染。     

Eight Auspicious Symbols

＂Eight auspicious＂ signs（＂Zhaxidajie＂ in Tibetan,＂Astamangala＂ in Sanskrit） means＂eight auspicious patterns＂. Intraditional Tibetan drawing, theseEight Auspicious Symbols are agroup of Buddhist lucky symbols thatappear on many Buddhist textiles,religious objects and paintings.Each symbol represents an aspectof Buddhist teaching and when theyappear together, their powers aremultiplied. ＂Eight auspicious＂ signsare the most common grouping：     

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<正>A Selection of Han Shuli's Tibet-Themed Paintings Born in 1948 in Beijing,artist Han Shuli has been working in Tibet since 1973.He is now president of the Tibet Artists Association and a national first-class artist receiving a"Special Allowance"from the State Council.His Tibet-themed paintings have broken new ground for contemporary Chinese artwork in both its content and form.This collection is