The Great Thangka
A 618-meter (nearly 2,000-foot) thangka, one of the world's longest Buddhist artworks, featuring over 700 paintings and 183,000 characters.

📜 Religious Buddhist painting, a magnificent artistic treasure.
🔍 Located in China’s Tibetan Medicine and Culture Museum.

Why Go

🎨 Visually stunning tapestry of Buddhist knowledge.
📖 Depicts Tibetan history, religion, culture, art, medicine, astronomy, technology, science, linguistics, and poetry.
🖼️ Masterpiece created by over 400 Tibetan artists over 27-30 years.
🌍 Unique scenes including creation of humankind and a contemporary lama's travels to the US.

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📍 Located in China’s Tibetan Medicine and Culture Museum in Xining Shi.

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