Daocheng Yading China
In 1933 the English writer James Hilton first introduced the magical place called Shangri-La in his novel, Lost Horizon. But the exact location of this imaginable wonderland had always been debatable except that it was estimated to be located somewhere near the border between the Sichuan and Yunnan provinces. Finally a little town in the Yunnan province was renamed as Shangri-La. However, the debate still carries on.
Regardless of wherever Shangri-La is, Daocheng/Yading (稻城/亞丁) in Sichuan is generally accepted as the soul of Shangri-La.
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Mugecuo (木格措)
Wu Xu Haizi (五須海)
A river at roadside
Xinduqiaozhen (新都橋)
Daocheng (稻城)
Yading (亞丁)
Sangdui (桑堆紅草灘)
Tibetan Village (藏式村寨)
Haizishan (海子山)
The town of Litang (理塘)