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Thang-ga (Thang-ga), also known as Thang-ga, Thangka, is the translation of the Tibetan language, refers to the use of colored satin framed and hung for worship of religious scroll paintings. Thangka is a unique painting art form in Tibetan culture, the content of the subject involves Tibetan history, politics, culture and social life and many other areas, most of the heirloom thangka is Tibetan Buddhism and the work of this religion.

Thangka is a unique form of painting art in Tibetan culture. With distinctive national characteristics, rich religious colors and unique artistic style, it depicts the sacred world of Buddha in bright colors; the pigments are traditionally all gold, silver, pearl, agate, coral, turquoise, malachite, vermilion and other precious mineral stones and saffron, rhubarb, indigo, and other plants for the pigments to show their sanctity.

Buddhist content as the theme of the thangka as offerings, must be mounted, enlightenment, in the back of the thangka, the Buddha's head, neck, heart and mouth with a red pen on the Sanskrit Om, A, Moo three words, and ask the lama to recite blessings, to be enlightened. Many of the back of the thangka has a red pen written in Tibetan text, indicating that these thangkas in the completion of the thangka, has been a monastery or private living Buddha such as mounting and enlightenment of worship.

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Historical Origins:

1. Thangka is a form of painting that came from India with Buddhism. Proposed by the Italian scholar Du Qi. He believed that the thangka originated from the ancient Indian religious cloth painting "manta", with Buddhism into Tibet.

The main difference between the mantra and Chinese painting lies in the canvas, Chinese painting is mostly paper and silk, the mantra is based on cotton, which is consistent with the thangka canvas. In addition, the thangka painting mandala painting for the square canvas, Buddha painting canvas length and width ratio of 4:3, which is the same with the mantra.

2. It was suggested by the Chinese scholar Xie Jisheng that the thangka was produced by the influence of Chinese painting. He pointed out in the "origin of thangka" article: "thangka this art form itself is not from India, in fact, his development and evolution process from the Han and Tang Dynasty to the Song and Yuan of the formation of the evolution of the process of evolution of the Central Plains scroll painting consistent with the origin of the close interaction between the Tom and Han Dynasty Dunhuang, along the trajectory of the Buddhist paintings, by the evolution of the Tubo banner painting"