唐卡是藏语音译,意为布画。它源于壁画,是在松赞干布时期兴起的一种新颖绘画艺术,即用彩缎装裱而成的卷轴画,具有鲜明的民族特点、浓郁的宗教色彩和独特的艺术风格,历来被藏族人民视为珍宝。唐卡的内容相当广泛,几乎包罗了佛门所有的佛、菩萨、护法神、教义、教法等等,还涉及到藏族的历史、政治、经济、文 Thangka is a Tibetan transliteration, meaning cloth. It stems from the mural painting. It is a kind of novel painting art emerging in the period of Songtsan-Gampo. It is a scroll painting framed by colorful satin. It has distinctive national features, rich religious colors and unique artistic styles. It has always been used by Tibetan People as treasures. The contents of Thangka are quite extensive, covering almost all Buddhism, Bodhisattvas, Dharma deities, doctrines, teaching methods, etc., as well as Tibetan history, politics, economy and culture