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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... [read more]
For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... [read more] Blog: Artistic Style in Rebkong
Date: September 30th 2005
Around every bend, there is another lhakhang, literally "house of the divine." Each has a single central image of a buddha, bodhisttva or tantric deity with a corridor around it for circumambulation and hundreds of smaller identical images lining the walls. On the exterior are murals in the exquisite Rebkong painting style. The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara My friend from Lhasa and I vi ... read more
Date: September 30th 2005
Around every bend, there is another lhakhang, literally "house of the divine." Each has a single central image of a buddha, bodhisttva or tantric deity with a corridor around it for circumambulation and hundreds of smaller identical images lining the walls. On the exterior are murals in the exquisite Rebkong painting style. The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara My friend from Lhasa and I vi ... read more
