What is a human Pitanka?

"Human Skin Thangka" is a religious scroll painting, mounted on human skin and hung for worship. It is a social art form of serfdom in Tibet. Thangka is a unique painting art form in Tibetan culture. Of religious scroll paintings, mounted with colored satin and hung for worship.

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The theme of Thangka involves many fields such as Tibetan history, politics, culture and social life, and most of the Thangka handed down are works of Tibetan Buddhism and this religion.

Thangka is a unique painting art form in Tibetan culture. It has distinctive national characteristics, strong religious color and unique artistic style, and depicts the sacred Buddhist world with bright colors.

Traditionally, all precious mineral gems such as gold, silver, pearls, agate, coral, turquoise, malachite and cinnabar, as well as plants such as saffron, rhubarb and indigo are used as pigments to show their sacredness. These natural materials ensure that the painted Thangka is bright and dazzling, and it is still bright and bright after hundreds of years.

Therefore, it is known as the treasure of China national painting art, the "encyclopedia" of Tibetans and the precious intangible cultural heritage of China folk art. ..

Pitangka is a kind of Thangka made of human skin.

There are two pieces of Pitangka in Wuhan Diamond Art Museum. The art consultant in the museum is really made of human skin, one is the back of a dead monk and the other is the back of a girl. According to the art consultant in the museum, these two well-preserved human skin Thangka are very rare in China. The production process of Thangka is complex and exquisite, and the processing method based on human skin is more complicated.

A researcher specializing in Thangka in an art institution in Tibet said that before liberation, Tibet had the custom of drawing Thangka on people's skin. This helps us to understand the history of Tibet.

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Baidu encyclopedia-thangka

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