#zhongdian

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Shangri la 2026

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Prayer flags overlooking Zhongdian, Summer 2009, photo by me @gwenllian-in-the-abbey So this old town was officially renamed Shangri-La in order to promote tourism, but I always knew it as Zhongdian. It's in the foothills of the Himalayas, in the ethnically Tibetan northwestern part of Yunnan province. These flags are near a gigantic prayer wheel that requires multiple people to spin.

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China 2014. Amazing colour and detail on the roof of an entrance portico to one of the buddhist temples in Shangri-la / Zhongdian.

And, one presumes, each item has its own deep symbology.

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Chinese monastery by renzo dionigi

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Monks outside the main hall of Ganden Sumtseling Monastery in Shangri-la, Yunnan

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Shangri La- Songzanlin Monastery, Yunnan, China

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Shangri la 2026

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Yunnan 2026