Lifelike thangkas, exquisite woodblock printing works, ancient epic "King Gesar" with a simple atmosphere... July 12, "Wonderful Gathering of Culture in Ganzi" - Garze Prefecture Intangible A cultural heritage themed exhibition kicked off in Chengdu.
This exhibition is divided into two parts: "Heritage" Ganzi and "Art" Ganzi, which respectively display the intangible cultural heritage highlighting the theme of "Gesar" and cultural and creative products containing Kham cultural elements. . The exhibition will last until July 20.
According to reports, Garze Prefecture currently has three world-class intangible cultural heritages including Gesar, woodblock printing techniques, and Tibetan opera, as well as 23 national-level, provincial- and state-level intangible cultural heritages. There are 115 items of intangible cultural heritage, and the richness of intangible cultural heritage ranks second in Sichuan Province.
This exhibition displays "Thousands of Gesar Thangkas" (part), hand-cast bronze statue of Gesar (2 meters high), and newly created thirty generals of King Gesar Thangka and other works, as well as intangible cultural heritage items such as woodblock printing techniques, Tibetan calligraphy, and Karma Gazi Thangka techniques.
Niumai Qingyun, director of the Kangba Cultural Research Institute in Ganzi Prefecture, said that one of the highlights of this exhibition is the Tibetan version of the heroic epic "The Complete Works of King Gesar" that has been released for the first time. "King Gesar" is a living heroic epic that is still widely sung by the Tibetan people, especially farmers and herdsmen. It has strong artistic charm and amazing vitality. It is the longest in the world and is known as "the longest heroic epic in the world". It is also an encyclopedia for studying the history and culture of the Tibetan-dominated ethnic groups on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
According to reports, this set of "The Complete Works of King Gesar" went through a ten-year collection and organization process before publication. The content includes the historical manuscripts and terma of "King Gesar" , woodcut editions, printed editions, internal data editions, recently compiled folk editions, and various editions officially published in the past sixty years. Most of these versions come from remote rural pastures and monasteries, so it is very rare to be able to compile them. This masterpiece, which contains 370 epics and more than 80 million words, has become the most complete and comprehensive Tibetan library of "King Gesar" in the world so far.