Don 39;t Miss Must-Sees For Shangri-La Travel

Garden Songzanglin Monastery

Founded in the 17th century during the reign of the Great Fifth Dalai Lama, only 2 kilometers to the north of county proper, being one of the thirteen Tibetan monasteries in the Kangba Region, where Tibet, Yunnan and Sichun join, Garden Songzanglin Monastery is a nicknamed by local the Lesser Potala Place. Holding about 700 monds and one living Buddha, the monstery is a must-go in the region.


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Napa Lake

Napa is a seasonal lake just a few kilometers away from Shangri-la. In dry season, the lake area turns to a swamp that provides open ground for horse riding and an ideal localtion for migrant birds. In rainy season, with a backdrop of green mountains in a distance and blue sky, it offers quite a few photogenic opportunities.

Pudacuo National Park

35 kilometers, or 45 minutes ride to the east of Shangri-la, the Pudacuo National Park is China's first national park maily composed of the Bitahai Nature Reserve and Shuduhu Scenic Area.

Bitahai is a plateau lake that provides ideal habitat for birds and animals. Rhododendrons are so plentiful in the lake area that in April and May, the Lake is surrounded by flowers in colors of red, pink, kynghidongduong.vn white and purple.


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Shudu, or here milk gathers in Tibetan, is one of the biggest plateau lakes in the region. The Lake is surrounded with deep primebal forests of fir and dragion spruce.The silver birch covering the eastern part of the Lake turns to golden yellow in autumn, providing very photogenic scenes. The natual grassland around the Lake is the best pasture in Shangri-la. At the turn of spring and summer, we may have pastoral scenes of the lake with herds of sheep and cattle.

Tibetan Village

With a population of 112 thousand people, the Tibetan minority takes up one third of the totals in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. They believe in Lamaism, a major brance of Buddhism. During the New Year on Tibetan calendar and the horse racing festival on the fifth day of the fifth month on Chinese lunar calendar, there are big gatherings of Tibetans in Shangri-la, Deqin and Weici celebrating the festivals.







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