Tibet's thangka paintings find new fans all over China
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Beijing
HER eyes riveted to the canvas, Wulan meticulously applies colour to an image of the Buddha, using pigments made of crushed pearls, turquoise and agate.
The 34-year-old is one of dozens of students at a school in Lhasa learning the medieval Tibetan art of thangka - minutely detailed paintings depicting Buddhist deities or symbols, usually on cotton canvas or silk scrolls.
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