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Xizang Master Artisan Kelsang Inherits Thangka Art for 30 Years

Source:xzxw.com 2026-10-19

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Kelsang, professor and vice president of Xizang Xuedui Bai Arts School, is a national intangible cultural heritage representative inheritor. He has been learning and passing on Thangka skills for 30 years, training more than 500 apprentices. He devotes himself to promoting this thousand-year-old traditional culture and making Thangka art known at home and abroad.


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