Gengdengdaji
Lineage & School of Heritage
In 1970, Gengdengdaji learned the techniques of thangka painting from his father, Xiawulang; in 1992 he studied the art of clay sculpture under Sangji; and in 1981 he was ordained as a monk at Wutun Upper Monastery in Tongren County, where he devoted himself to thangka painting.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
A man of Tibetan ethnicity, he was born in 1964 in Tongren County, Qinghai. He is a national representative bearer of Regong Arts, a first-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, and a Master of Chinese Arts and Crafts. For more than thirty years, Gengdengdaji has painted over four hundred thangkas, rich and harmonious in color. He has also absorbed the strengths of sculpture and applied them to his thangka painting, making his figures more truthful and more compelling. His works are widely held in numerous monasteries and in more than ten countries and regions. His representative works include the Four Heavenly Kings (Si Da Tianwang), the Guardian Goddess (Hufa Nushen), and the Four-Armed Guanyin (Si Bi Guanyin).
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Regong Arts Ⅶ-49
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