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Chinese monks with guns

A visit to Zhongdian county or Shangri-La County, a primarily Tibetan county in northwestern Yunnan Province in southwest China and the capital of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

The county was formerly called Zhongdian County (Chinese: Zhongdiàn Xiàn) but was renamed in 2001 after the fictional land of Shangri-La in the 1933 James Hilton novel Lost Horizon, in an effort to promote tourism in the area. The local Tibetan population refers to it by the name Gyalthang. "Shangri-La" or "Zhongdian" may also refer to Jiantang Town (Jiàntáng Zhèn), the capital of the county. (Source: Wikipedia)

We visited Zhongdian town in December at the time of festivities at the Songzanlin Monastery. On the photo: two Chinese monks, dressed in red, with a gun.

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A visit to Zhongdian county or Shangri-La County, a primarily Tibetan county in northwestern Yunnan Province in southwest China and the capital of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.<br />
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The county was formerly called Zhongdian County (Chinese: Zhongdiàn Xiàn) but was renamed in 2001 after the fictional land of Shangri-La in the 1933 James Hilton novel Lost Horizon, in an effort to promote tourism in the area. The local Tibetan population refers to it by the name Gyalthang. "Shangri-La" or "Zhongdian" may also refer to Jiantang Town (Jiàntáng Zhèn), the capital of the county. (Source: Wikipedia)<br />
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We visited Zhongdian town in December at the time of festivities at the Songzanlin Monastery. On the photo: two Chinese monks, dressed in red, with a gun.