Tibet Guge 06 Tsaparang White Temple 01 Outside

Tibet Guge 05 Tsaparang 03 Chapel Of The Prefect Outside

Tibet Guge 05 Tsaparang 04 Chapel Of The Prefect Atisha

Tibet Guge 06 Tsaparang White Temple 01 Outside

Tibet Guge 06 Tsaparang White Temple 02 01 Hayagriva

Tibet Guge 06 Tsaparang White Temple 03 01 Mahakala

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Tsaparang’s White Temple (Lhakhang Karpo) is a large 19m x 17m hall, built around 1500, and holds the oldest paintings at Tsaparang. Their influences extend back to the 10C Kashmiri Buddhist art, with their slender torsos and thin waists, the detailed brocade of the figures' robes and the general richness of the colours. At one time, 22 life-size gilded statues lined the walls, but today only nine or ten remain. A couple of the statues were already damaged before Tucci’s arrival in 1933, and the rest destroyed or damaged by the Chinese during the Cultural Revolution. Even so, this chapel has fared better than most temples attacked during the Cultural Revolution.

Tibet Guge 06 Tsaparang White Temple 01 Outside Tsaparang’s White Temple (Lhakhang Karpo) is a large 19m x 17m hall, built around 1500, and holds the oldest paintings at Tsaparang. Their influences extend back to the 10C Kashmiri Buddhist art, with their slender torsos and thin waists, the detailed brocade of the figures' robes and the general richness of the colours. At one time, 22 life-size gilded statues lined the walls, but today only nine or ten remain. A couple of the statues were already damaged before Tucci’s arrival in 1933, and the rest destroyed or damaged by the Chinese during the Cultural Revolution. Even so, this chapel has fared better than most temples attacked during the Cultural Revolution.

DATE: 2006-07-12 13:48