Students create Thangka works at school in Rangtang County, China's Sichuan

A student practises Thangka painting skills at a school in Rangtang County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 24, 2019. The school of Thangka painting art has enrolled more than 200 local students during the past nine years. Thangka is a Tibetan Buddhist scroll painting on cotton or silk with mineral and organic pigments derived from coral, agate, sapphire, pearl, gold, and others so that the color stays for centuries. The paintings date back to the 10th century and typically depict Buddhist deities. (Xinhua/Zhang Chaoqun)