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| Yinshan cliff painting exhibited in Bayannur Municipal Musuem. (China Daily/Wang Kaihao) |
Lhkagvadorj Sukhbaatar from Mongolia is a member of a national association of traditional Mongolic painting, which involves 250 top-level painters in that country. He is attracted to the atmosphere in Zhang's place and is looking for more inspiration in Inner Mongolia.
According to Sukhbaatar, his paintings using mineral dye on cloth have some similarities with thangka in Tibet, but also bear unique characteristics in images and styles. A painting will usually take half a year to finish.
Sukhbaatar says an arts academy in Mongolia produces 12 painters every year who can practice this kind of traditional painting, but it is not enough to keep the skill alive because fewer young people are interested in learning.
He therefore hopes to combine the efforts of China, Mongolia, and Russia to draw more international attention to better protect this traditional art, a campaign he is launching from Hohhot.
"Who knows what will happen? Though my energy is limited and I am devoted to my own work, maybe I can also have some Chinese students one day," he says.
The project has gotten off to a good start, and Zhang feels confident his ambition to gain international interest in the work will be a success.
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