Zhongdian Travel Guide

Last Update: 2011-3-31 2:43:00; By coconut

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The word "Shangri-la" first appeared in James Hilton's 1933 novel Lost Horizon; the story of three American pilots who, while flying over the Sino-Indian air route during World War II, crash-land in the midst of Paradise.  This place of tranquility and peace is described as having "snow-covered mountains, grasslands, and red soil plateaus, populated by Tibetan people, with three rivers traversing the landscape". A half a century of research has determined that the beautiful "Shangri-la" described in "Lost Horizon" is, in fact, the city of Zhongdian, located in the Deqen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (also known as Diqing) of Yunnan Province. What a coincidence that "Shangri-la" means "Sun and Moon in the Hear"  in the Tibetan Language while in the hearts of the Tibetan people,... [ View Details ]

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Napahai Lake

Lake Napa 5-star

Napa Hai (Lake behind the forest) Nature Reserve is a state-designated wetlands area situated some 8 kilometers north of Shangri-La County (aka Zhongdian County) on the Yunnan-Guizou Plateau in northw... [ View Details ]

Meili Snow Mountain

Meili Snow Mountain 5-star

Meili Snow Mountain (aka Kawa Karpo) in reality, a multi-peaked mountain range is located in the western section of Deqin County, Yunnan Province, on the border with Tibet Autonomous Region. Apart f... [ View Details ]

Songzanlin Lamasery

Songzanlin Lamasery 5-star

Song Zanling Lamasery, a collection of monastic buildings that cover a mountain slope, is located about 5 kilometers from the town of Shangri-la (aka Zhongdian), the seat of Shangri-la County. Song Za... [ View Details ]

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"Zhongdian is awlsome"

132.235.27.* said at 2011-6-7 17:00:00

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It's the most peaceful and beautiful place in the world

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