Nowadays, Tangka is not only regarded as the symbol of Regong art, but also being more and more involved in a global process of making cultural heritage. Actually, the value, inheritance way and craft expression of Tangka, the so-called Regong art, is related to its special cognitive system, so it is questionable to name it "art". Taking this as an example, this paper critically analyzed the inheritance ways of the cultural heritage of ethnic minorities in contemporary China.