Shangri-la is a FICTIONAL place imagined by an early 20th century British writer. He created the place as a general summary (or stereotype) of everything "exotic" and mysterious about the far east.
It was inspired by various regions and tucked away villages/cities in the Himalayans and parts of western China...but the actual place of "Shangri-la" doesn't exist!
Leave it to early 19th/20th century Europeans to misinterpret and distort the history of other cultures... cough cough...Mayan 2012 end-of-world-bullsh*t...
Shangri-la is a FICTIONAL place imagined by an early 20th century British writer. He created the place as a general summary (or stereotype) of everything "exotic" and mysterious about the far east.
It was inspired by various regions and tucked away villages/cities in the Himalayans and parts of western China...but the actual place of "Shangri-la" doesn't exist!
Leave it to early 19th/20th century Europeans to misinterpret and distort the history of other cultures... cough cough...Mayan 2012 end-of-world-bullsh*t...