Nangshig: A Tibetan Bonpo Monastery and its family in Amdo art and decor altar hanging or altar cloth

altar hanging or altar cloth

Size:38"x25"

Weight: 4450 grams approx

The earrings has beautiful Aqua Marine stone in a bunch

Nangshig: A Tibetan Bonpo Monastery and its family in Amdo art and decor altar hanging or altar clothIn the eleventh century a Bonpo master named Do 'phags Yon tan rgyal mtshan established a hermitage in the rNga khog region of eastern Tibet, corresponding to modern day rNga ba (Chinese Aba) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province. This hermitage was the nucleus of a religious center that would culminate, in 1168, in the foundation of Nangshig (sNang zhig) monastery. sNang zhig has survived centuries of sectarian rivalry and political