Shangri-La (Shangri-la) Tibetan meaning "heart of the sun and the moon", is the city and capital of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, located in northwestern Yunnan Province, the Tibetan Plateau Hengduan Mountain region hinterland, is the junction of Yunnan, Sichuan, Tibet, and is also the World Natural Heritage Site. "Three rivers" scenic spot location.

Administrative divisions

As of 2014, Shangri-La Municipality has jurisdiction over 4 townships and 7 townships (including 1 ethnic township),*** with 6 communities and 58 administrative villages. The specific townships under the jurisdiction of Shangri-La City are: Jiantang Township, Xiaozhongdian Township, Tiger Leaping Gorge Township, Jinjiang Township, Shangjiang Township, Sanba Naxi Township, Luogi Township, Nixi Township, Gezhan Township, Dongwang Township and Wujing Township. The municipal government is located in Jiantang Township.

The origin of the name

Shangri-La City, formerly known as Zhongdian County, the Tibetan language, called "Jiantang", according to legend, and Batang, Litang Tibetan king of the three sons of the fiefdom. "Dian", seems to be Yi, meaning "dam", "flat". A said Naxi Nakshi, for the "land" phonetic translation, meaning "chief residence" or "keep yak dian place". Shangri-La, is the Diqing Tibetan language, meaning "the heart of the sun and the moon". 1933, James Hilton in his novel "lost horizon", for the first time depicted a far away in the East in the mountains and mountains in the land of eternal peace and tranquility "Shangri-La".

1996

The search for Shangri-La in Yunnan began in October 1996, and in September 1997, the Yunnan provincial government held a press conference in Zhongdian County, the capital of Diqing, to announce that Shangri-La, the world's most sought-after paradise, was in Diqing. On May 5, 2002, a ceremony was held to celebrate the name change.

Climate

Shangri-La is located in a high-altitude, low-latitude zone, where the climate varies with altitude, with six climatic zones appearing in sequence

. It is a typical "three-dimensional agro-climate", and its climate is characterized by:

1, monsoon climate

Southwest monsoon and the south branch of the westerly rapids of the alternating control of the wet and dry seasons, June to October rainy weather, rainfall accounted for 10 to 80% of the annual precipitation, the formation of the wet season. 11 to May, sunny, sunny, and high evaporation. November to May, sunny days, enough light, evaporation, rain accounted for 10-20% of the annual precipitation, the formation of the dry season.

2, three-dimensional climate

County snow-capped mountains, deep river valleys, the climate changes with the elevation, from an elevation of 1503 meters of the Jinsha River Valley to an elevation of 5309 meters of the top of the Haba Snow Mountain, in order of the valley of the northern sub-belt, the mountain warm temperate, mountain temperate, mountain cold temperate, mountain frigid and mountain frigid six climatic zones. County climate width, narrow band formed "a mountain divided into four seasons," the typical three-dimensional climate.

3, plateau climate

County in the Tropic of Cancer 3 ° 25 ′, to the size of the Zhongdian Dam mainly Shangri-La Plateau, an average elevation of 3450 meters, the sun's radiation energy throughout the year, the annual difference in temperature is small, no summer throughout the year, an average of 5.5 ℃ temperature. But high atmospheric transparency, strong solar radiation, warming during the day, night cooling fast, the temperature difference is large, dry season temperature difference can reach 30 ℃, can be called "a year without four seasons, a day with four seasons".

4, topographic microclimate

Shangri-La terrain in the south low north high, the south to meet the south of the warm and humid air flow, precipitation is relatively abundant, the climate is humid, the northern part is relatively dry. Shangri-La's topography is complex, with a variety of climatic types embedded and intertwined, and within the same climatic vertical zone there is a forest climate, grassland climate, lake basin climate and other individual microclimates, forming a "different day in different places" climate characteristics.