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This blog follows the travels of the Turberfield family as they drop out of the normal busyness of corporate life to explore the ancient art of Tibetan Thangka, the dusty mountaintop temples of the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau and travel overland from Singapore to England.

Offering to The Spiritual Guide in a lofty gompa perched above the natural fort of Dongwan valley, weekly trips to Shangri La's unpredictable shower rooms, keeping the cows out of the bins, scaling sacred Mount Shika, haggling for pu-er in the tea markets of Kunming and the nightly wonder of the milky way - possibly as far as it's possible to get from the subway at rush hour....

The main contributors are Michelle (also widely known as "The Boss") and David with bits and pieces from San San and Jon Jon. We hope you enjoy and look forward to your comments.

Sunday, 26 December 2010

Thangka

Thangka painting is an art form which was exported from Nepal to Tibet which had a bit of influence from Tang China.

It has become popular with the Tibetan because of its transportable form as early Tibetan were mostly nomadic.

Thangka painting skills are passed through generation within the artist family.

Some are painted by talented monks. In the old days, these may be visualization that appeared in their meditation.

We have the honor to meet a master like this - Lama Lobsong Kedrup at the Thangka Academy.

His paintings are full of meanings and we spent many hours talking about these. Being a Buddhist, it fascinates me to hear all the stories behind a thangka - the meanings of each symbol, the reason behind a colour.

The Master's painting is quite different to most thangka. When I get back, I will add one on here. So watch this space.



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Location:Shangri-la, China

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