What is Thangka? tibetan carpet, the famous tibetan handicraft

Tibetan carpet is a kind of tradtional handicraft in tibet. It is knited by hand using pure tibetan woolen. Tibetan carpet is soft in character, unique in handicraft and exquisite in design. The carpets are classified into footcloth, tapestry, rug, back, cushion and many others. The Gyantse Carpet manufactured in Gyantse, tibet has pretty good reputation in the global market and is welcomed by many countries. The tibetan carpet is durable in quality and clorful in appearance and is embodied with strong tibetan flavor. The real thing speaks louder than my words. So, arrange some tibet tours now, even only a lhasa tour for there are also carpet factories in Lhasa, or you can also travel to Gyantse to see the world-famous Gyantse carpet. You will pass Gyantse during your Everest Base Camp Tour. You can also buy you some tibetan carpet to decorate your home when you travel in tibet. Don’t hesitate and plan some tours to tibet right now.
During your tibet tours, if you are pretty interested in tibetan handicrafts, you should really see Thangka. Thangka is a kind of scroll painting which is knited or drawn on the silk, cloth or paper. The pictutures used by Khangka are of a wide range, but most of them fall into the category of religion. Thangka is drawn by colorful natural mineral pigments and is decorated with gold and silver. A good high quality Thangka usually takes months to be finished. The Thangka made by tibetans is precise and rigorous, balanced and variegated, and the drawing styles are mainly paingting with exact delineation and enriched colors and line drawing in traditional ink and brush. The Buddhists usually buy a Thangka, and then take it to a monastery to be sanctified, and finally take it home to be worshiped. When you travel in tibet, you may watch thangka in many monasteries, in the street, or maybe you can even see the tibetans drawing it. Now, along with the running of the Lhasa Railway, it is so easy to have tours to tibet, so why not apply for certain tibet travel permit and prepare your tibet travel?