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Shangri-La (other)
Shangri-La is a fictional valley in the 1933 novel ''Lost Horizon'' by James Hilton. Shangri-La may also refer to: Buildings *Shangri La (Doris Duke), a mansion built by Doris Duke outside Honolulu, Hawaii *Shangri-La (house), a Denver, Colorado, mansion built by Harry E. Huffman *Hotel Shangri-La, a hotel in Santa Monica, California *Living Shangri-La, a skyscraper in Vancouver *The St. Francis Shangri-La Place, a condominium in Mandaluyong, Philippines *Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts **Edsa Shangri-La, Manila, Mandaluyong, Philippines **Makati Shangri-La, Manila, Makati, Philippines **Shangrila Resort, on Lower Kachura Lake, Skardu, Gilgit−Baltistan, Pakistan **Shangri-La Hotel (Dubai), a hotel on the Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai **Shangri-La Hotel Singapore **Shangri-La Colombo, Sri Lanka **Shangri-la Plaza, the retail arm of the Kuok group **Shangri-La Toronto, a hotel/condominium under construction in Toronto Music *The Shangri-Las, an American girl group of the 1960s Albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shangri-La
Shangri-La is a fictional place in Asia's Kunlun Mountains (昆仑山), Uses the spelling 'Kuen-Lun'. described in the 1933 novel ''Lost Horizon'' by English author James Hilton. Hilton portrays Shangri-La as a mystical, harmonious valley, gently guided from a lamasery, enclosed in the western end of the Kunlun Mountains. Shangri-La has become synonymous with any earthly paradise, particularly a mythical Himalayan utopia – an enduringly happy land, isolated from the world. In the novel, the people who live at Shangri-La are almost immortal, living hundreds of years beyond the normal lifespan and only very slowly aging in appearance. Ancient Tibetan scriptures mention the existence of seven such places as ''Nghe-Beyul Khembalung''. Khembalung is one of several Utopia ''beyuls'' (hidden lands similar to Shangri-La) which Tibetan Buddhists believe that Padmasambhava established in the 9th century CE as idyllic, sacred places of refuge for Buddhists during times of str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |