Deqen Tibetan Autonomous
Prefecture
Three counties Zhongdian, Deqen, and Weixi
¨Care under the jurisdiction of the Deqen Tibetan Autonomous
prefecture, located in a delta where northwest Yunnan borders
on sichuan and Tibet. The Prefecture is in the centre of
a famous scenic area where three mighty rivers converge.
Aginest the majestic backdrop of a blue smudge of snowy mountains, rivers winds their way through meadows, forests extends
as wide as an ocean, and there is an abundance of flora and
fauna. Poets always liken the prefecture to a paradise under
heaven. The mysterious and bewitching Zhongdian County,
where the prefecture is headquartered, is the setting for
the ¡° Shangri-la ¡°, a hidden paradise
is James Hilton¡¯s 1933 novel Lost Horizon. A
highway links Zhongdian to Kunming over a distance of 700
kilometers, and by 1999 an airline has been commissioned
between the two places.
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