Shangri-La Tibetan area has a long history and beautiful natural scenery, including Pudacuo National Park, Dukezong Ancient City, Gadansong Zanlin Temple and Tiger Leaping Gorge. Tibetan means "the sun and moon in my heart", which is located in the northwest of Yunnan Province, in the hinterland of Hengduan Mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is the border of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet. As of March, 20021year, Shangri-La has a total area of 1 14 18 square kilometers, governing 7 townships and 4 towns.
Shangri-La appeared in the novel "The Lost Horizon" by British writer james hilton in the 1930s, which was admired by the world. It was quickly made into a film of the same name and won many Oscar awards, which made it more famous to the world.
geographical position
Shangri-La, formerly known as Zhongdian County, is called "Jiantang" in Tibetan. According to legend, it is the fief of the third son of the Tibetan king, Batang and Litang. "Dian" seems to be Yi language, which means "dam" and "flat land". When Zhongdian is Naxi language, it is a transliteration of "land", meaning "the residence of the chief" or "the place where yaks are raised", while Shangri-La is Diqing's Tibetan language, meaning "the sun and moon in my heart".
Shangri-La is located in the Yunnan-Sichuan-Tibet triangle in the northwest of Yunnan Province, in the hinterland of Shangri-La in Diqing. Shangri-La borders Daocheng and Muli counties in Sichuan Province in the east, Lijiang and Weixi counties across the Jinsha River in the west and south, and Deqin county in the north, with a total area of 1 1665438 square kilometers.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Shangri-La