Reasons for the difficulty in inheriting Thangka

The reason why the inheritance of Thangka is difficult is that a picture of Thangka is usually as short as six months and as long as more than ten years. Because of its harsh painting conditions, you should not only respect the Buddha in your heart, but also start training from an early age. However, few people are willing to learn it now, so this precious cultural heritage is in danger of being lost.

The reason why thangka is difficult to draw.

It is difficult to make Thangka, mainly because of its complicated manufacturing process. The main steps include auspicious day selection, chanting materials, pigment selection, manuscript preparation, coloring, line marking, gold laying, gold thread marking, post-rendering, mounting Thangka and so on.

In the process of making Thangka, the skill and patience of the painter are extremely demanding, and it basically takes about one year to draw a good Thangka. Making Thangka is very difficult in terms of manpower, material resources and time skills. Thangka's paintings are also more complicated. First, choose the canvas, which is usually light-colored, then fix the canvas and make it into a frame with fine wood.

It also needs gluing, polishing, correction, threading, etc. The last step is to open the face, that is, to color the skin of the characters. A perfect Thangka, you should choose a good day to open your face. Thangka's eyebrows are well opened, which is the finishing touch for the whole Thangka.