Giant Thangka on show during Sho Dun Festival

A giant Thangka, a traditional Tibetan Buddhist painting, is displayed for the first time to celebrate the Sho Dun Festival in Tibet Autonomous Region, August 21, 2017. It took over a year for Tibetan Buddhists to finish the 60-meter-long, 40-meter-wide Thangka. [Photo: China Plus]

A giant Thangka, a traditional Tibetan Buddhist painting, is displayed for the first time to celebrate the Sho Dun Festival in Tibet Autonomous Region, August 21, 2017. It took over a year for Tibetan Buddhists to finish the 60-meter-long, 40-meter-wide Thangka. [Photo: China Plus]

A giant Thangka, a traditional Tibetan Buddhist painting, is displayed for the first time to celebrate the Sho Dun Festival in Tibet Autonomous Region, August 21, 2017. It took over a year for Tibetan Buddhists to finish the 60-meter-long, 40-meter-wide Thangka. [Photo: China Plus]

A giant Thangka, a traditional Tibetan Buddhist painting, is displayed for the first time to celebrate the Sho Dun Festival in Tibet Autonomous Region, August 21, 2017. It took over a year for Tibetan Buddhists to finish the 60-meter-long, 40-meter-wide Thangka. [Photo: China Plus]

A giant Thangka, a traditional Tibetan Buddhist painting, is displayed for the first time to celebrate the Sho Dun Festival in Tibet Autonomous Region, August 21, 2017. It took over a year for Tibetan Buddhists to finish the 60-meter-long, 40-meter-wide Thangka. [Photo: China Plus]