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Story of Shangri-La
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Zhongdian County, capital of Diqing (Deqen) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in southwestern China's Yunnan Province, was changed to Shangri-La County. After nearly nine months of research, specialists and scholars now conclude that Zhongdian is the Shangri-La of the 1933 novel "Lost Horizon" by James Hilton. |
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The Three Rivers
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The Three Rivers referred to are the Jinsha (the upper reaches of the Yangtze River), the Lancang and Nujiang rivers. They originate on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and flow torrentially from north to south along the Hengduan Mountains at the juncture of Yunnan and Tibet, separated by the Yunling, Nushan and Gaoligong mountains. |
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Zhongdian food
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In Zhongdian, usually, the locals like to eat Zanba with butter tea. Pipa Meat, a non-greasy preserved form of pork, is considered to be a local delicacy and normally kept for entertaining guests. You will have lots of chances for tasting various local food and drinks in Zhongdian. |
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| Kunming, Dali, Lijiang, Shangri-la Tour |
from $896.00 |
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| Spring city of Kunming, Stone Forest in Lunan, traditional architecture complex of Bai minority in Daili, tranquil Lijiang old town, mysterious remote land of Shangri-La (Zhongdian). |
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| Zhongdian, Meili Snow Mountain Tour |
from $1,042.00 |
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| Zhongdian County (Shangri-La) is a primarily Tibetan county, synonymous with a "heaven away from the turmoil of the mundane word". And gazing up on the Meili Snow Mountain towering above the clouds, you can't escape feeling a sense of the divine. |
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