In 1944 Mr. Liu Dong, an inscriptive calligrapher in Tianjin, was born in a family possessing a tradition of learning. When he was a boy he begun to learn painting, calligraphy and appraisal and appreciation of antiques. In 1961 Mr. Liu joined into PLA in which he spent three years of Vietnam war in middle of 1960s. In 1969 he had a chance to touch Tsha Tsha. It has been over thirty years from then to present. The family lived frugally upon their poor salaries. At same time he relied on the incomes obtained from selling his artistic works and the contributions of friends and relations, Mr. Liu Dong has collected a thousand of ancient Tsha Tsha works. He insisted on investigating on the spot and gathering information in the areas in which Tibetan Buddhism was popular. In recent ten years having studied the Tsha Tsha theory with great concentration Mr. Liu acquired an outstanding achievement in the field, which filld the blank of the topic. In 2000 his book the Clay Votive tablets of Tibetan Buddhism: Tsha was published in Tianjin, which is the first catalogue to introduce Tsha Tsha systematically at home and abroad.

The 300 Tsha Tsha works exhibited here include the followings: Tsha Tsha made by the fifth Dalai Lama and other saintly monks; the clay Tsha Tsha found in the Gu-Kingdom of western Tibet; the Tsha Tsha made of earth mixed with bone ash of the sixth Gong-thang and mer-ka Bsam-bstan; the Sman-tsha mixed with precious Tibetan medicine; Sku-tsha mixed with earth and body fluid of late Lamas; the Tsha Tsha with date inscription.
Such as "made in the period of Qianglong, Great Qing". In the exhibition there are also some ancient G-vu shrines, mould of Tsha Tsha and other collections.

The special exhibition is accompanying with a series of photos. The documented photos display the process of making Tsha Tsha, the place for worshiping Tsha Tsha, the rab-gnas ritual in Tibetan monasteries, the scenes of Tibetans making different Tsha Tshas.
The exhibition can be seen as a reflection of the Tsha Tsha history of thousand years, a cultural trip to Tibet we have no necessary to be there but we can do, as well as an uncommon and special show of Tibetan art and cultural relics.

Mr. Ren Jiyu, an eminent scholar in the field of social sciences in China, praises Tsha Tsha and Mr. Liu's book as "the bridge between Han-Chinese and Tibetan Buddhism, and the art treasure of Chinese nation." Mr. A-phod ngag-dbang-vjigs-med, the Vice Chairman of CPPCC, thinks that Mr. Liu Dong "not only opened a new branch of Tibetan studies but also made a great contribution to preserving, studying and promoting the best of Tibetan tradition." He thinks also "it is a creation without parallel in history."

We appreciate that you come our exhibition and read Mr. Liu's book on Tsha Tsha. Please leave your invaluable suggestion and comment.
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