Prayer Wheels

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Whilst on holiday I became more obsessed with Tibetan prayer wheels.  These are outside Nanwu Temple, in Kangding, a Tibetan  temple with parts of three different sects ( nyima, gelug (yellow hat sect), sakya). Its called Lhamo Tse in tibetan.

For centuries  Kangding , (Dartsendo  in Tibetan) at about 2600mhas been the meeting place of many cultures and was on the Tea Horse Road. It has been a trading centre between the Han Chinese and Tibetans. Today the population is approx 40% Han, 40% Tibetan and 20% other minority groups.