On our second full day in Tsetang we visited several royal tombs in the Shantung Singh Valley on which temples were built, some of them centuries ago.
Steep earthen wall of a royal tomb near Tsetang, with only a small opening above.On the stone, a faded wheel in red and yellow, the colour already washed out.Incised script on a stone, and behind it the yellow-painted wall of a royal tomb.A golden spire between blurred prayer flags in turquoise, yellow and red.Blue, yellow and orange prayer flags hang close together, with script on them.A yellow print with a round pattern hangs beneath the painted beam in the temple.A large metal pot in front of the window, the wall behind it yellow and green.The script on the dark temple wall is peeling, with gold patches left in between.A red wooden post in the foreground, and behind it the window of a temple at the royal tombs.A small yellow print with a turquoise border, a banknote tucked just beneath it.A clay jug and a brass ladle lie on the dark slab in the temple.The prayer wheel stands directly beside the stacked firewood.An orange prayer flag on the line, with more flags and a printed sheet behind it.Prayer flags and cloths in red, yellow, green and blue hang from a pole.Yellow steps and red roofs lead up the slope of a royal tomb in the Shantung Singh Valley.A black kettle with a golden lid in front of the peeling red wall in the temple.A pale, densely printed sheet on the written-on red wall in the temple.Thangkas in the temple of the royal tombs, with long white cloths hanging in front.Burning butter lamps in a bowl, the temple almost dark all around them.A crowned figure in front of colourful thangkas, white cloths hanging at the sides.Banknotes lie on the red shrine, with a band of golden pattern beneath them.Densely written lines on an old, yellowed sheet in the temple.Through the car window near Tsetang: people, a dog and a red tractor in front of the mountain.A man on a red tractor between bare trees in the valley near Tsetang.
