The invention provides a method for automatically segmenting consistent damage areas for buddha figure Thangkas. The method includes the steps of conducting vertical projection for a head light area of a Thangka image, obtaining an image symmetric axis by using a one-dimensional function symmetry detection method, obtaining an initial segmentation result by employing a partitioning segmentation method based on the symmetric axis, obtaining the image covered by the damage areas, extracting texture characteristics by using Gabor transformation, constructing a multi-scale and multi-characteristic set in combination with Lab space color characteristics, employing KNN classification to obtain a secondary segmentation result, further refining the damage areas by using morphological operation, and removing small damage areas to finally obtain a template of consistent damage areas. Through the method, various large-scale linear and block falling areas in the buddha figure Thangkas can be automatically segmented, the segmentation speed is fast, the efficiency and accuracy are high, and rapid automatic segmentation of the damage areas of buddha figure Thangkas can be realized.