Traditions of the Tibetan New Year’s Festival in Contemporary Chinese Painting: Pan Shixun and Ye Xingsheng
https://doi.org/10.25281/2072-3156-2020-17-2-214-223
Abstract
The article is devoted to the tradition of the Tibetan New Year celebration reflected in contemporary Chinese oil painting. The article’s purpose is to study the cultural features of the Tibetan New Year, on the example of works of the two Chinese artists: Pan Shixun and Ye Xingsheng, and to analyze the degree of art’s influence on the preservation of intangible cultural heritage. Chinese painting contributes to the unity of traditions of the past and present, as well as the integration of classical and contemporary elements in the technique of modern times. In their works, the masters, using elements of classical Chinese, Western and Tibetan painting, conveyed unique features of the national culture and history of Tibet. The work systematizes the complex of customs and religious rites, traditional costumes and treats of the Tibetan New Year festival. The artists’ works are considered as a mechanism for transmitting traditional Tibetan folk and religious art.
About the Author
Li Meng Die
Far Eastern Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
10, Building 7.1, Campus of the Far Eastern Federal University, Ajax, Russky Island, Primorsky Krai, 690922, Russia
ORCID 0000-0002-3619-7330; SPIN 3553-1133
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Meng Die L. Traditions of the Tibetan New Year’s Festival in Contemporary Chinese Painting: Pan Shixun and Ye Xingsheng. Observatory of Culture. 2020;17(2):214-223. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25281/2072-3156-2020-17-2-214-223
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