The composition of Thangka is diverse and rich, mainly including central composition, custom comic composition and mandala composition. The general characteristic reflected by these composition methods is that through these composition methods, thangka finally achieves the artistic effect of full composition, thick composition and strong visual impact.

1. The central composition method is the most common composition form of Thangka. The so-called central composition method is to use a certain thing as the center of the picture, and account for the largest proportion, usually reaching two-thirds or even four-fifths of the picture area. These things are what Thangka uses through this method. The central idea and content expressed by art.

The main contents to be expressed by thangka are Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, Jataka stories, Buddhist sutra stories, mandala and historical themes. Most of its specific contents are various famous figures who have a special and important position in the hearts of Tibetans.

2. The custom comic composition method is the second main composition method of Tibetan Thangka. First of all, the content represented by this kind of thangka, whether it is religion, myths and legends, historical stories, or traditional folk tales, expresses a fairly complete story process, so this composition method can also be called narrative. Composition method.

This composition method is somewhat similar to traditional comic strips. It is composed of multiple story pictures with organic and sequential connections. The difference between it and traditional comic strips is that traditional comic strips are composed of many different numbers. It is composed of several pictures and is often bound into a book. The composition method of Thangka's custom comic strip is to lay out several story pictures on the same canvas.

That is, arranging connected story scenes in a certain order on the same canvas. The most important form is the chess composition method. The thangka painter uses fine lines to divide the canvas into small and large numbers. Waiting grid.

3. The mandala composition method is a very unique composition method in Thangka art. The composition method of the mandala is mainly composed of various forms of geometric figures through various unique artistic layout techniques. This composition method is difficult to grasp and artistic processing is difficult. The geometric figures are intertwined and the pattern structure is complex. Therefore, only those Thangka artists with rich experience can master it skillfully.