How did Shangri-La become the contemporary "Peach Blossom Garden" in 70 years?

When it comes to Shangri-La, you have to mention a name? Hilton? Foreigners, instead of discovering Shangri-La, invented it? Shangri-la? Does it sound a little roundabout? However, listen to me carefully, and you will find your dream? Shangri-la? Have such a fascinating past life.

1933, Hilton published the documentary novel The Lost Horizon. In this novel, he describes a magical and beautiful paradise-Shangri-La hidden in the depths of the Himalayas.

The novel The Lost Horizon tells a story that happened in the early 1930s: Conway, Consul of the British Consulate, led Americans Marison, Barnard and missionary Miss Tubbrinklow to board a small plane for Peshawar, Pakistan, due to riots in Bascou, a South Asian subcontinent country. Unexpectedly, the plane was hijacked by a fake pilot and left the original route to fly from west to east and north along the Himalayas. Landing on a deserted plateau at night, the pilot was seriously injured and four passengers were safe and sound.

The next morning, the pilot died unfortunately. Before he died, he said intermittently that this is Tibet and there is a Lama Temple called Shangri-La nearby. They can only find accommodation there. According to the pilot's instructions, they searched hard in the dense forest. In a long and narrow valley, four people met an old man named Zhang Han, who was surrounded by a dozen Tibetans and could speak perfect English. The old man told them that this place is called Blue Moon Valley, which is the only way to Shangri-La. The snow-capped mountains in front of the valley are called Karakal.

Later, the old man took them to climb for almost a day, and finally passed through a foggy forest, and finally came to a Lama Temple in the center of Shangri-La, which is a combination of Han and Tibetan, with the imprint of Catholicism. Temples dominate the whole valley. Shangri-La is inhabited by thousands of residents, mainly Tibetans, with different beliefs and customs, including Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, but they are United, friendly, happy and healthy. The residents here live a long life, and many people 100 look very young when they are in their twenties. The highest Lama who has practiced Tibetan yoga for a long time is over 250 years old.

After living in Shangri-La for a period of time, four people also have different views. Conway is infatuated with the tranquility here, Barnard is reluctant to leave the gold mine, Brinklo wants to preach here, and Marison is full of complaints and always wants to return to England. During their stay, the Supreme Lama died, but entrusted the leadership to Conway. Marison questioned the nature of Shangri-La more and more after the death of Lama and often mentioned it to Conway. Conway and Marison finally left Shangri-La together. They climbed all the way over the mountains and finally returned to the city. Unfortunately, Marison died of a serious illness, and Conway suddenly lost his memory.

On the way to England by boat, Conway regained his memory while listening to Chopin's piano performance. We often say? What you can't get is always in turmoil? After living in the city for a period of time, Conway misses Shangri-La more and more and wants to return to a quiet environment. However, Shangri-La is not marked on any map and is unknown. How did Conway find the secret passage to Shangri-La on the snowy plateau? The novel ends in suspense.

The description of Shangri-La environment in the book is very beautiful: there are mysterious canyons, towering snow peaks, beautiful lakes, dense forests, scattered wooden houses, peach blossoms and plum blossoms in front of and behind the house, and residents live in harmony with nature. This is a comfort to westerners who had a hard life and empty spirit during the Great Depression. The English Writers' Dictionary declares: One of the advantages of this novel is the creation of new English words? Shangri-la a? "。

1937, Hollywood put the novel on the screen with the highest film investment of $2.5 million at that time. The film broke the box office record for three consecutive years and caused a sensation all over the world. A few years later, the film was introduced to China and translated into Peach Blossom. Peach Blossom Garden? Right? Shangri-la? It can be said that it is appropriate, but? Brilliant trace? The word is obviously contaminated with the dust that permeates the Shanghai beach. At that time, when Japan invaded China, movies brought short-term spiritual comfort to Shanghainese in the war.

197 1 year, Guo Henian, a Malaysian Chinese billionaire from Fujian, China, founded a five-star hotel in Singapore. Guo himself likes the book Lost Horizon very much, so he named his hotel. Shangri-la? . At the same time, he bought the copyright of the book "Lost Horizon" in traditional Chinese characters at a high price. He can buy different versions of this book in every Shangri-La hotel. Shangri-la once again attracted the attention of the whole world.

1975, the national tourism administration of India announced to the world that Ladakh, located at the southern foot of the Himalayas in Indian-controlled Kashmir, is the place people have been looking for for for a long time? Shangri-la? For a time, tourists swarmed in, and in 40 years, this originally unknown town created nearly 800 million US dollars in tourism revenue.

Wild horses in the mountainous country of Nepal were also used from 1992. Shangri-la? In the name of opening to the outside world, it attracts the attention of a large number of tourists.

However, according to Hilton? Shangri-la? Tibet, Baltistan and Mustang, which are located in the southern foothills of the Himalayas, obviously do not meet this standard.

At the end of the 20th century, people were looking for? Shangri-la? People gathered in Diqing, which borders Tibet in northwest Yunnan, as never before. People have carried out large-scale field investigation, historical tracing and textual research on this area from the perspectives of literature, ethnology, religion, geography, Tibetan studies and culturology, and confirmed what this area and Hilton described in Lost Horizon? Shangri-la? There are striking similarities.

1September 1997, Yunnan Province announced that Shangri-La was located in Zhongdian, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

When people flock to Zhongdian? Shangri-la? Later, Nujiang claimed that the real Shangri-La was in Bingzhongluo, Gongshan County, because there was a building as high as 5 128 meters? Ka vaccara? The peak of the mountain goes straight into the sky, which is also a place rich in gold, which coincides with the book.

Lijiang indicates that the book Lost Horizon written by Hilton refers to the notes of the explorer Joseph Charles Francis Rock, who has lived here for 27 years, so Shangri-La is here.

Just as all places are vying for Shangri-La, Daocheng, Sichuan also said that the snow peaks, canyons, grasslands, lakes, temples and quiet villages here are more like Hilton's paradise on earth.

The competition for the naming right of Shangri-La has caused a waste of tourism resources. In desperation, the three provinces and regions hold coordination meetings every year. It was not until the third Shangri-La Eco-tourism Coordination Meeting in Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet in June 2004 that the three parties reached an understanding of * * * *, and drew the Greater Shangri-La Region (with a land span of 94? ~ 102? , 26 north latitude? ~34? The core area is located at the junction of Sichuan, Yunnan and Xizang Autonomous Region provinces. The radiation range reaches Linzhi area in Tibet in the west. East to Luding, Sichuan, north to the east of Bayankala and the upper reaches of Minjiang River, including Golog Prefecture in Qinghai and the southernmost part of Gansu, and south to Lijiang Line in Yunnan. The landform is the main part of Hengduan Mountain System. ), so far more than 70 years of fighting has come to an end.