Zhaxideli, Tibet

Tibet has produced one of the world's most unique and easily-recognizable forms of architecture. Nevertheless, systematic study of Tibetan architecture is still a comparatively unexplored field. There are three options for tent: well-knit and waterproof woolen tents, flowery canvas tents and common cloth tents. 

Housing styles in Tibet vary according to regional conditions. The most common style is the white Stone Tower .A handful of standardized principles give Tibetan buildings their characteristic organic design. These include:

• Symmetries in lay-out and façade design;
• Slightly trapezoidal form, heavy at the bottom (stone foundations) and light at the top, generally with battered walls;
• Flat roofs with parapets;
• Detailed code for the decoration of doors, windows and parapets;
• Painted black frames around doors and windows, and complex wooden overhang decorations;
• Intricately carved interior timber frame following standardized design principles;
• Organic design – buildings appear to grow out of the landscape.

Tibetan buildings are not only a fascinating blend of man-made structure and nature, but they are well-suited for local climatic and geographic conditions. After they have outlived their usefulness, every part can be re-used, and if lived to decay, they simply become hills of earth and stones again. 

A  Thangka is an exquisite scroll painting consisting of a picture panel either painted or embroidered, a textile mounted together with some ornamental and functional accessories.