Lungta at Yumbulhakhang's by plancarpin

Zetang - China, Tibet prayers's flags are are poetically called "Lungta" in tibetan, meaning " horses of the wind". Yumbulhakang, in the Yarlung Valley, is the place where, legend says, sacred buddhist books fall from Heaven. The first Tibetan kings were burried close nearby.

Uploaded: Nov, 26 2008 | Taken: Mar, 30 2007| Viewed: 50 times  | 8 votes Camera: PENTAX Corporation | Model: PENTAX *ist DL

pesu - Nov, 26 2008 01:11pm Merci, Monsieur le Professeur, pour l'enseignement - :-) aufgehts - Nov, 26 2008 06:11pm I love the meaning of the name "Lungta"...great info. frenchfrog - Nov, 27 2008 12:11pm Que dieu entende toute ces prieres emportees par le vent! The Blue colour represents the Sky, the white the air or the wind, the red the sun, the green the water and the yellow represents the earth. pesu - Nov, 27 2008 12:11pm Isabelle, thanks for the added info about the horses of the wind! marianne - Nov, 28 2008 07:11am Wow! That is a jumble of prayer flags. How did he disentangle them?