Sunday, September 03, 2006

Tibet Clockwise - Part 4

Part 4 is now up at Livejournal. Here's a preview.

John wearing a traditional silk Tibetan prayer shawl.
Lhasa, Tibet - May 2006

This is a shot of the street outside the Daxia Hotel – entrance at right - with the symbols of the morning festivities. Note red paper on ground at left – remnants of the morning fireworks; congratulatory flower stands on each side of the hotel entrance; pan of burning herbs sitting on tripod; auspicious markings on the ground right in front of the entrance.
Lhasa, Tibet - May 2006

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

very colorful! 5 colors represent water, fire, gold/metal, wood, earth. i learned this before our Beijing trip. which is for which, i already forgot:(
--weiqing