Tsha-tsha is the transliteration of Tibetan for the small Buddhist votive clay tablets and stupas made by stamping or molding methods.The tsha-tsha unearthed at the north zone of the Dunhuang Caves can be classified into the molded stupas and molded Buddha figures.This paper made typological studies on these tsha-tsha,analyzed their characteristics and estimated their dates.Through the comparative studies on the tsha-tsha unearthed from Dunhuang Caves and that from Tibet and Xixia and the shanyeni(virtuous karma clay,Buddhist votive clay tablets or stupas) in the Central Plains,this paper suggested that these tsha-tsha were from Tibet and are the results of the northward diffusion of the Tibetan Buddhist art.
