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Regong Art of Qinghai Province
 Sculpture:
Sculpture, which holds an important position among Regong art, mainly includes
clay sculpture, woodcarving, brick engraving and so on, where clay sculpture is
the most popular. The art of clay sculptures had matured from the mid-17th
century to the early 19th century when the sculptures were exquisitely carved
and were lifelike, with smooth clothing lines, a sense of reality and a strong
contrast in colors that were arranged harmoniously.
The clay sculptures in Regong were combined with temple
architecture to express the wide-ranging contents related to the architecture.
The range of subjects is also very wide. Besides the sun, moon and stars,
mountains, flowers and trees, birds, beasts, fishes and worms and other patterns
used as decorations and foils, different colors and other various images also
appear in sculptures. These include the bizarre motley Buddhist guardians,
Buddha's warrior attendants with horrifying features, horse-headed and
red-haired gods, and so on.
In addition, woodcarving and brick engraving can also be found in many
places. Woodcarving is mainly employed to make decorative patterns on door
lintels and chapiters of a house, as well as wooden josses. Brick carving is
mainly seen in such forms of architecture, as decorative patterns, dragons
and phoenixes and pairs of lions on the ridge of a house, beasts on flying roofs
and basso reliefs on walls.
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The painting scroll of "Magnificent
Spectacle of Color Paintings About Chinese Tibetan Culture and Arts"
(part) | "Magnificent
Spectacle of Color Paintings About Chinese Tibetan Culture and Arts":
Planned and designed by famous painter Zongzhe Lajie and jointly painted by
about 400 artists, this huge scroll
painting was completed in August 1999 after four years of painstaking
efforts.
With a length of 618 meters and a width of 2.5 meters, it is the longest
painting scroll in the world. The whole scroll covers more than 1,500 square
meters and weighs over 1,000 kilograms. Its contents involve the history,
culture, folk customs and arts of the Tibetan
ethnic minority , including the formation of the world, the origin of the
Tibetan ethnic minority, past Tibetan kings, the story of Sakyamuni, different
sects of Tibetan Buddhism, historical celebrities, medicine, astronomy,
literature, architecture, as well as scenic spots and historical sites in Tibet,
festival scenes, costumes, articles for daily use, weapons, decorative patterns,
and so on. Thus, it can be regarded as the encyclopedia of Tibetan history and
culture.
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