[DOC] [TLE] Shangri-La - Wikipedia [PAR] Shangri-La is a fictional place described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by British 
author ... In modern China, Zhongdian county was renamed Xinggll (
, ... religion, so could not have been Hilton's cultural inspiration for Lost 
Horizon. ... Places like Sichuan and Tibet also claim the real Shangri-La was in 
its... [DOC] [TLE] Lost Horizon - Wikipedia [PAR] One such town, Zhongdian, has now officially renamed itself Shangri La (
Chinese:  Xinggll) because of its claim to be the inspiration for the 
novel. [DOC] [TLE] From Zhongdian to Shangri-La | Myth and reality at the footsteps of ... [PAR] Jun 30, 2015 ... In the Yunnan-bound travelers' collective imaginary, "Shangri-La" refers to the ... 
his novel inspired the northwestern Yunnan town of Zhongdian () to change 
its ... Called 'Shambala' in Sanskrit, it means 'Place of Peace'. ... in the National 
Geographic in the mid-1920s and titled 'China on the Wild Side'. [DOC] [TLE] Could this be the way to Shangri-La? - Telegraph [PAR] Jul 29, 2002 ... Instead of being, as the Chinese suggest, near Zhongdian, it is 200 miles away ... 
"There is no question in my mind that this is the place that inspired Hilton. ... have 
laid claim to be the setting of the mystical kingdom of Shangri-La. ... Descriptions 
of both the king and the meeting were not dissimilar to Hilton's... [DOC] [TLE] Shangri-La: A Travel Guide to the Himalayan Dream - Michael Buckley [PAR] Caught between Mr Rock and a mythical place in Sichuan and Yunnan ... In 
March 2002, Zhongdian County was officially renamed Shangri-La County by ... 
In fact, all the Shangri-La claims in southwest China go back to Joseph Rock. ... 
ten articles for National Geographic, some of which may have inspired James 
Hilton. [DOC] [TLE] Read Online - JStor [PAR] Zhongdian in the Chinese province of Yunnan. Whilst some of the ... Key words: 
China, Yunnan, tourism geographies, imaginative geography, place identity. 
Introduction ... as both 'signposters' and 'gatekeepers' to desired ... inspiration for 
the construct of Shangri-La in James ... imaginary earthly paradise' (1 999, 1 31 7
). [DOC] [TLE] The New Shangri-la | Travel + Leisure [PAR] In southwestern China's Yunnan province, not far from the borders of Burma and 
Tibet .... Both of us, I realized, were there because of Lijiang's opening up and .... 
like Shangri-La and may have been the inspiration for Hilton's imaginary 
paradise. ... Even though we were in one of the places that claims to be Xiang Ge 
Li La,... [DOC] [TLE] Shangri-la : rebuilding a myth | The China Story [PAR] Nov 16, 2015 ... The town of Zhongdian  in China's southwest Yunnan province ... Zhongdian 
(now Shangri-la  or  in Chinese) had fended off a .... 
Zhongdian was a dusty place at the edge of the Tibet Plateau in Yunnan .... The 
name, The Raven, was inspired by the research of American scholar Eric... [DOC] [TLE] Shangri-la: rebuilding a myth1 - Crawford School of Public Policy [PAR] in Tibetan. Zhongdian was a dusty place at the edge of the Tibet Plateau in ... 
writings for National Geographic are said to have been the inspiration for James 
... his American partner, both of whom had relocated from Lijiang in search of 
new ... Zhongdian's old town was still a mini Chinese version of the Wild West  
a place. [DOC] [TLE] Has Hilton's Shangri-la been found in Zhongdian? | Daily Mail Online [PAR] Jan 20, 2010 ... The lamasery of Shangri-la,' is how he begins to describe it in his novel. Seven 
years ago the Chinese decided officially that it was in a place called Zhongdian ... 
here --it's never been proved - it could well have inspired his Lost Horizon. .... 
claims she was refused early boarding on US airline with daughter

Question: Zhongdian & Deqin, China both claim to be the inspiration for this imaginary place
Answer: Shangri-La