Gesang
Lineage & School of Heritage
The bangdian (Tibetan apron) is a waist apron worn in everyday dress by married Tibetan women. In his early years Gesang learned from Dawa the skills of weaving, dyeing, and tailoring bangdian aprons, and he later established the first family workshop for bangdian weaving in the Tibet Autonomous Region; it has since developed to the point of owning eighteen pulu (woolen cloth) weaving frames today.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
A national representative bearer of the Tibetan Bangdiankadian Weaving Craftsmanship, a first-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. Gesang's skill in weaving aprons is highly accomplished, and the aprons he weaves are finely made and of excellent quality. The sale of bangdian aprons is the mainstay of his family's livelihood and its source of income, and Gesang has registered a separate trademark for the aprons he weaves.
Honors & Recognition
Male, of the Tibetan ethnic group, born in 1956, died in 2011, a native of Gonggar, Tibet.
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