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More than 100 kilometers west from Lhasa, leaving the Yarlung Zangbo River to the north, is the legendary workshop of Tibetan national handicrafts - Nimu County.

Nimu is a famous cultural county in Lhasa, Tibet. It is the founder of the Tibetan script, Tunmi? Sambuzha's hometown, and is also known for the ? Nimu three best? Tibetan incense, Tibetan paper and Pusong carving are known far and wide.

Tibetan incense, Tibetan paper, carving and known as "Nimu three great".

Over the centuries, these crafts have been passed down from generation to generation, the achievement of the Nimu "Lhasa's workshop" reputation. Interestingly, these three kinds of famous Tibetan handicrafts, the raw materials used are plants, three crafts flourish, and the founder of the Tibetan language Tunya? Sambhuzha.

Tunya Tibetan incense

Nimu incense is known as the first holy incense in Tibet, Nimu County incense-making technology has been 1300 years ago. The founder of the Tibetan language, Tunya? Sambhuzha invented the Tibetan language, and then according to the geographical characteristics of Tibet, the incense smoked in India learned to improve the technology, the invention of Tibetan incense.

The Nyima Tibetan incense adopts the ancient formula recorded in the Buddhist scriptures, with incense, sandalwood, cloves, angelica, cinnamon, sweet incense, calamus and saffron and other natural spices and herbs combined with gold, silver and other precious minerals to make incense, does not contain any chemical fragrances, and the proportion of the ingredients and the processing method are strictly regulated.

Nimu Tibetan incense can not only be used for Buddhist activities, but also has the unique medical effects of killing bacteria, removing foul air, preventing colds and other epidemic diseases, and enhancing sleep.

In 2008, Nimu Tibetan incense was listed on the national intangible cultural heritage list, and in 2013, Nimu Tibetan incense was awarded the National Protected Designation of Origin.

Pusong Carving

Pusong Township of Nimu County is the prestigious ? The township of carving? , every household will carve scripture pictures; wood carving craftsmen are concentrated here, and have inherited this ancient skill for generations.

Pusong carving mainly carving scripture version for the Lhasa monastery printing scripture, this kind of scripture plate carving is a typical religious supplies, set religion, traditional crafts and folk art in one, highly collectible.

Today, Pusong carving has developed from a single text carving to the illustrated pattern carving, and a wide range of applications, common carvings are? Six-sided stick? , as well as wooden mold carvings that are said to be able to get rid of illnesses. In addition, most of the sutra streamers we see everywhere are printed with Pusong carvings.

Shera Tibetan Paper

Nimu Tibetan paper, as a branch of Chinese papermaking technology, has unique technical characteristics. Nimu County Tibetan paper was first produced in the 40s of the 7th century A.D. Tibetan paper has a long time without insect moths, acid-free, tough texture, folding resistance, abrasion resistance, corrosion resistance and other characteristics of the preservation of time and even up to thousands of years.

Nimu Tibetan paper production has a long history, production **** there are six processes, all done by hand, the basic use of family family heritage production, to long-term operation to learn, and the production are no specific quantitative indicators, all depending on the experience of the operation.

Shera Village Tibetan paper production has been more than 1300 years of history, the production process is special, still in accordance with the traditional handmade to produce, in the mechanization of today's developed, more precious!

In May 2006, the Tibetan paper craft was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list.

In Nimu, you can see the scripture streamers printed with Tibetan language, you will worship Buddha with Tibetan incense in the indiscernible fragrance, and not forgetting to favor the gorgeous and exquisite thangkas and scripture books filled with scriptures.

Everything is like a small mark of ancestry, showing you the strength of a nation's heritage and telling you that what you see is the same as it was a thousand years ago.

Tibet, known as the place where you must go once in a lifetime, the people here are very simple, where you can feel the extraordinarily simple customs, so why not take advantage of the free time to take a break, go to see the beauty of the scenery that you have never seen before, to go to once in a life must go once in a life