Qinghai artist creates thangka for National Day

　　Picture shows Niangben, a Qinghai artist displaying his completed thangka, a scroll painting on cloth or silk, "Princess Wencheng into Tibet," Aug. 12, 2009. (Xinhua Photo)

　　Niangben, artist from Regong Region, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southeastern Qinghai, is the typical heritor of Regong Art, the national intangible cultural heritage. He plans to dedicate two pieces of thangka, "Princess Wencheng into Tibet" and "Founding Ceremony," to the government for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People‘s Republic of China. Now, the former has been completed and the latter will be finished before September.