Shangri-La

Shangri la is known as "mountain garden", "animal and plant kingdom", "non-ferrous metal kingdom". From Dali, 315 km northbound along Yunnan Tibet highway, you can reach the central town of Shangri La County, capital of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, 659 km away from Kunming, 50 minutes by air. There are 24 famous tourist attractions in Shangri La. It is a rich area of natural landscape and cultural landscape. It is one of the eight golden tourist Hotlines in China.

Shangri la is located at the southeast edge of the Qinghai Tibet Plateau, the north end of the southern section of Hengduan Mountains, and the hinterland of "Three Parallel Rivers", forming a unique landscape integrating snow mountains, canyons, grasslands, alpine lakes, virgin forests and ethnic customs. Diqing Prefecture covers an area of 23870 square kilometers. It is connected with Changdu Prefecture in Tibet in the north, Ganzi Tibetan and Liangshan Yi in Sichuan in the East, and Lijiang and Nujiang Lisu in Yunnan in the South and West. There are many snow peaks in Shangri La scenic area, and Kawagebo peak, the highest peak in Yunnan Province, is majestic and magnificent. In Zhongdian County, there are 470 snow mountains with an altitude of more than 4000 meters and deep canyons. The most famous are the grand canyons such as Hutiao gorge of Jinsha River and Lancang River Gorge, as well as the vast alpine grassland pasture, wild virgin forest and scattered alpine lakes.

Shangri-La

Shangri la, which means "sun and moon in the heart" in Tibetan, is the prefecture level administrative capital of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province,

Located in the northwest of Yunnan Province and the hinterland of Hengduan Mountain Area of Qinghai Tibet Plateau, it is the junction of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet, and also the location of the world natural heritage "Three Parallel Rivers" scenic spot.

As of 2014, Shangri La has a total area of 11613 square kilometers, with jurisdiction over 4 towns, 7 townships, 6 communities and 58 administrative villages. At the end of 2011, the total population of Shangri La city was 174585, including Han, Naxi, Yi, Bai and other nationalities in addition to the main ethnic Tibetan, with a population density of 10 people per square kilometer, making Shangri La one of the cities with the largest area and the lowest population density in Yunnan Province. In 2016, Shangri La completed a total of 11095.19 million yuan of GDP.

Shangri la appeared in British writer James Hilton's famous novel "Lost Horizon" in the 1930s, and it was yearned for by the world. Soon it was made into a film of the same name and won a number of Oscars, which made it more well known to the world. Shangri la Tibetan area has a long history and beautiful natural scenery. It has Pudacuo National Park, dukezong ancient city, Gandan Songzanlin temple, Hutiaoxia and other scenic spots. On April 30, 2019, the people's Government of Yunnan Province decided to withdraw Shangri La from the sequence of poverty-stricken counties.

In November 2019, Shangri La city was named "four good rural road" national demonstration county.

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Historical evolution

The origin of place names

Shangri la, formerly known as Zhongdian County, is called "Jiantang" in Tibetan. It is said that Batang and Litang were the fiefs of the three sons of the king of Tibet. "Dian" seems to be Yi, meaning "Bazi" and "Pingdi". It is said that Zhongdian is a Nasi language, which is a transliteration of "land", meaning "the place where the chief lives" or "the place where yaks are raised". Shangri la is Diqing Tibetan, which means "sun and moon in the heart". In 1933, James Hilton, in his novel the lost horizon, described for the first time "Shangri La", a place of eternal peace and tranquility in the mountains of the East.

In October 1996, an investigation to find Shangri La in Yunnan was launched. In September 1997, the Yunnan provincial government held a press conference in Zhongdian County, the capital of Diqing Prefecture, announcing that Shangri La, the paradise the world is looking for, is in Diqing. On December 17, 2001, with the approval of the State Council, Zhongdian county was renamed Shangri La County. On May 5, 2002, a ceremony of renaming was held.

Evolution of organizational system

In the Han Dynasty, it was the land of yak and Qiang.

In the Jin Dynasty, it was the horse who dared to land.

The southern and Northern Dynasties belonged to the Dangxiang department.

Sui belongs to Nanning Prefecture.

In the early Tang Dynasty, it was the place of the governor of Tubo, and the Nanzhao state was the place of Jianchuan Jiedushi.

The state of Dali in Song Dynasty is Dandang (now shangri la), which belongs to Shanju county.

In the Yuan Dynasty, it was called "dadandang". In the 30th year of the Yuan Dynasty (1293), it was transferred to the xuanzhengyuan and other xuanweisi.

After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, it was Zhongdian, which belonged to Lijiang military and civilian government of Yunnan Province.

During the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, Wu Sangui gave Zhongdian to the Dalai Lama, and in the fourth year of Yongzheng (1726), it was transferred to Lijiang Prefecture. In April of 1727, the fifth year of Yongzheng reign, Jianchuan Prefecture was transferred to Zhongdian, and was assigned to the military and civilian office of Heqing. In July of 1730, the eighth year of Yongzheng reign, Heqing mansion belonged to yixidao. In May 1756, Qianlong set up Zhongdian hall and Tongzhi in Zhongdian, which belonged to Lijiang mansion.

In April 1913, Zhongdian hall was changed to Zhongdian County, yixidao to dianxidao, and Zhongdian county belongs to dianxidao. In 1914, Dianxi road was changed to Tengyue Road, which belonged to Zhongdian county. In 1929, the province directly under Tengyue road was abolished. In 1942, it was the seventh administrative supervision district of Yunnan Province (located in Lijiang County). In 1948, it was the 13th administrative supervision district of Yunnan Province (in Weixi County). In 1949, it was the tenth administrative supervision district of Yunnan Province (in Heqing County).

On May 10, 1950, Zhongdian was peacefully liberated, belonging to Lijiang special area.

On September 11, 1956, the State Council decided to establish Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, and the people's Committee of the Prefecture was stationed in Zhongdian county.

On September 13, 1957, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture was officially established.

In 1961, Weixi County was divided into five districts (townships).

On December 17, 2001, the Ministry of Civil Affairs approved the renaming of Zhongdian county to Shangri La County.

In 2002, Xiaozhongdian township was withdrawn to build a town (approved by the provincial government on July 16, 2002) and Jinjiang township was withdrawn to build a town.

On November 8, 2005, Yunnan provincial government moved Geza village from wengshang village to Geza village.

On December 16, 2014, Shangri La was approved by the State Council.

administrative division

As of 2014, Shangri La has jurisdiction over 4 towns, 7 townships (including 1 ethnic township), 6 communities and 58 administrative villages. The specific towns under the jurisdiction of Shangri La city are: Jiantang Town, Xiaozhongdian Town, Hutiaoxia Town, Jinjiang Town, Shangjiang Township, Sanba Naxi Township, Luoji Township, NII Township, Geza Township, Dongwang Township and Wujing township.

The municipal government is stationed in Jiantang town.

geographical environment

Location context

Shangri la city is located in the triangle region of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in the northwest of Yunnan Province and in the hinterland of Diqing Shangri La. 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. The total area of the city is 11613 square kilometers.

Geology and geomorphology

Shangri la is located in the east of the three river valley of Hengduan Mountains on the southeast edge of the Qinghai Tibet Plateau. The Shaluli mountains enter the county from Ganzi, Sichuan, and are surrounded by two branches. The Jinsha River enters the county from tuzhaobi, flows southward between sasubi in Jinjiang Township and shigu in Lijiang, and suddenly turns northeastward until luojihan flows into Pingzi, Sichuan, and encircles the south of the county. Shangri la has become a majestic city with narrow ends and wide middle, "Snow Mountain as the city and Jinsha as the pool". The general trend of the county's topography is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. The highest point of balagzong is 5545 meters above sea level, and the lowest point of luojihan is 1503 meters above sea level. The altitude difference is 4042 meters, and the average altitude is 3459 meters. According to the morphology, the county's landform can be divided into mountain, plateau, basin and valley.

hydrology

rivers

All rivers in the territory belong to the Jinsha River system. There are 244 large and small rivers in the territory except the main stream of the Jinsha River. Among them, 13 tributaries with annual average flow of 3.7-43.7 m3 / s are shuodoogang, Gangqu, Dongwang River, Niru River, Jiren River, Langdu River, Anan River, Liangmei River, tangman River, Anle River, Baishui River and Maidi River, with a length of 545km and a drainage area of 8065.9km Square kilometers, respectively into the Jinsha River in different reaches.

lake

There are 298 high mountain lakes (including moraine lakes) in Shangri La, which are distributed at an altitude of 3000-4500 meters. The area of more than 10 mu is located in Cuona of Dongwang township. In Geza Township, there are heel Ni Co, Yue Zi Co, a Wang Cai Co, Dang Co, Damo Co, Cuona, cuoman, Huodi Co, gaigong co Na, gaigong co Se and Cuowu. In Luoji Township, there are sele and dinglang Co, and in Jiantang Town, there are Jidi co Bo, Jicha CO and Napahai It belongs to Duhu, cuowala, cuojiu, Bitahai and nishcuona, abujicuo, shaocuo and sanbihai in Xiaozhongdian Township, Baihai, shuanghai, Heihai, Qinghai, annancogeda, jiuzihai, Haba Heihai and Wanhai in Xiaozhongdian Township and Jinjiang township. Among them, the largest area and the most beautiful landscape are Napahai, Bitahai, gudu lake and sanbihai.

climate

Shangri la is located in high altitude and low latitude,

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