page_title: Regong arts
hierarchical_section_title: Regong arts
caption_attribution_description: Thangkas (tibetan paintings on silk) painted by local monks in the Wutun Si monastery near Tongren, Qinghai, China
context_page_description: The Regong arts are the popular arts on the subject of Tibetan Buddhism. They are painting, sculpture, engraving, architecture, and embroidery. They are associated with communities in Tongren County and along the river Rongwo which crosses the current Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the province of Qinghai in China.
  Regong arts were included in 2009 on the representative list of intangible cultural heritage.
context_section_description: The Regong arts (or Rebgong arts) are the popular arts on the subject of Tibetan Buddhism.  They are painting, sculpture, engraving, architecture, and embroidery. They are associated with communities in Tongren County and along the river Rongwo which crosses the current Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the province of Qinghai in China.
  Regong arts were included in 2009 on the representative list of intangible cultural heritage.
caption: The Thangka
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