Origin of butter sculptures
In 641, when Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) went to Tibet to marry the king of the Tubo Kingdom (629-846), Songtsan Gambo, she brought along a sculpture of Sakyamuni (Buddhist founder), which was later enshrined and worshipped at the Jokhang Temple.
To show their respect, the Tibetans presented offerings in front of the Buddha. According to the traditional customs observed in India, offerings to Buddha and Bodhisattvas were divided into six categories: the flower, Tu incense, divine water, Wa incense, fruit, and the Buddha light. By that time, however, all of the flowers and trees had died, so the Tibetans made a bundle of flowers from butter instead.
Butter sculptures are a kind of butter-molded craftwork where the major raw material is butter, a creamy food among the Tibetans in China. The solid material, which is soft and pure with a faint scent, can be molded into vivid, bright, and exquisite craftworks.
In the beginning, butter sculptures were simple and the techniques were rough. Later, two institutions were set up in the Taer Monastery to train monk artists specializing in this art. With a passion for Buddha and the arts, the monks worked hard and learned from each other to overcome their own weaknesses, thus enriching the art in terms of pattern and content.
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