Where is Shangri-La located? What are the specialties of Shangri-La?

Shangri-La is a place that many people dream of. With its beautiful scenery, suitable climate and colorful food, people often linger there and are reluctant to leave. Today, Encyclopedia Knowledge Network will take you to Shangri-La to see what are the specialties of Shangri-La? And what are its more beautiful scenery?

Contents of this article

1. Which city is Shangri-La located in?

2. What are the specialties of Shangri-La?

3. Shangri-La City Attractions

Where is Shangri-La?

Shangri-La is located in Shangri-La City, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, with an area of ​​about 11,613 square kilometers. Shangri-La means "the sun and the moon in the heart" in Tibetan. Its original name is "Zhongdian County", which means "Jiantang" in Tibetan. Shangri-La has many beautiful and famous attractions, such as Dukezong Ancient City, Ganden Songzanlin Monastery, Shika Snow Mountain, etc.

The average altitude of Shangri-La is 3459 meters. The highest point of Shangri-La is Balagzon, with an altitude of 5545 meters, and the lowest point is Luojijihan, with an altitude of 1503 meters.

The Shangri-La Tibetan area has a long history and has many famous attractions such as Pudacuo National Park, Dukezong Ancient Town, Ganden Songzanlin Monastery, etc.

Pudacuo National Park in Shangri-La is the first national park in China. “Pudacuo” means divine help in reaching the other side of the lake by boat in Tibetan.

What are the specialties of Shangri-La?

Shangri-La's specialties include cordyceps, snow lotus, saffron, musk, and fritillaria, etc. Shangri-La is located on a plateau, with almost no human damage and pollution, and extremely rich natural resources. Wild medicinal materials are abundant here, such as cordyceps, white snow tea, red snow tea, fritillaria, gastrodia, angelica, snow lotus, saffron, musk, etc. Shangri-La has many Tibetan residents, and Tibetan medicine is also very famous, such as Seventy-flavor Pearl Pills, Twenty-five-flavor Pearl Pills, Changjue, etc., all of which are made of a variety of precious medicinal materials and have significant therapeutic effects.

Shangri-La Attractions

1. Shangri-La Pudacuo National Park: The park has an average altitude of nearly 3,500 meters. It has maintained a complete original forest ecosystem, alpine meadows under the blue sky and white clouds, and clear plateau lakes. It is a microcosm of Diqing's excellent ecological environment.

2. Tiger Leaping Gorge: It is the canyon with the largest drop in the world. The entire Achang Tiger Leaping Gorge is divided into three sections: Upper Tiger Leaping, Middle Tiger Leaping, and Lower Tiger Leaping, with a circuitous road of 25 kilometers. The river surface in each section is extremely narrow, and the north bank can only accommodate a single-lane mountain road. There are waterfalls cascading down and huge rocks everywhere.

3. Shangri-La Blue Moon Valley: The scenic area brings together the natural landscapes and biological and folk religious culture of Shangri-La, such as snow-capped mountains, canyons, forests, lakes, flowers and meadows, which comprehensively embodies the unique natural beauty and ethnic customs of the snowy plateau.

4. Shangri-La Grand Canyon: Located in the northwest of Shangri-La city, you can visit the deep canyon, towering snow-capped mountains, and drift in the beautiful valley. You can also visit the primitive Tibetan ancient village and take pictures of the beautiful scenery.

5. Napahai: It is one of the most plateau-featured scenic spots in Zhongdian and the largest grassland in the county. Snow-capped mountains, grasslands, cattle and sheep form the scenery of the north of the Great Southwest.

6. Xiage National Village: Dejilin Monastery in the scenic area is the only temple in Tibet that enshrines a life-size statue of Sakyamuni at the age of 12 and statues of the founders of the eight major sects of Tibetan Buddhism.