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The city currently known as Shangri La,

DSC_4067 s.JPG An orchid found in 4200mThumbnailsNyade as the local Tibetans used to know the place, Yading in Chinese.An orchid found in 4200mThumbnailsNyade as the local Tibetans used to know the place, Yading in Chinese.An orchid found in 4200mThumbnailsNyade as the local Tibetans used to know the place, Yading in Chinese.An orchid found in 4200mThumbnailsNyade as the local Tibetans used to know the place, Yading in Chinese.

formerly for 50 years Zhongdian and before that for many many centuries as Gyalthang, the royal plains by its Tibetan inhabitants.