XI Shuang Ban Na

This is a Chinese ink-and-wash painting of fine brushwork. However, it has a three-dimensional feeling suggestive of oil paintings. The first version of it was just a quick sketch made by H.H.
Dorje Chang Buddha III in Xi Shuang Ban Na, Yunnan Province. After He brought it back to Sichuan, He completed the painting with fine, delicate, meticulous brushwork.

In order to achieve charming, harmonious coloring that provides a sense of comfort and warmth, He chose light brown as the main color. There is also fresh, clear water and misty air circling between the trees. As an additional embellishment, a few girls of the Bai nationality are making waves, chatting, and enjoying themselves as they wash clothes by the riverside. Cobblestones are naturally scattered in the water at different depths near the riverbank. The setting resembles an illusion or a place described in a poem. The local conditions and customs of Xi Shuang Ban Na, a small portion of a large territory full of beautiful mountains and rivers, seem to appear before our eyes in this painting in fine brushwork.