The New York Times on Thangka Painting

by Danny Fisher

“Lobsang Lungtok works 10 to 12 hours a day in his monastery in Sengeshong, in China’s Qinhai Province, an area famed for its thangkas, or painted scrolls, depicting Tibetan deities.” Photo by Shiho Fukada for The New York Times.
Via Go Beyond Words: Wisdom Publications’ Buddhist Blog: The New York Times reports on the Tibetan Buddhist art of thangka painting as it is practiced in the mountain valleys of northwestern Qinghai Province in China. Take a look.