Prayer flags at the base of Mount Nyenchen Tanglha of 7111 meters high. Tibetan prayer flags flutter over the whole world of Tibetan culture. A typical prayer flag in its central image is a horse who carries on his back the Three Jewels in flames. This horse is known as the Horse Wind and flags gives its name in Tibetan "Lung-Ta." The three jewels symbolize the Buddha (the state of enlightenment), dharma (Buddhist teachings) and Sangha (the Buddhist community).