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The city currently known as Shangri La,

DSC_4067 s.JPG Nyade as the local Tibetans used to know the place, Yading in Chinese.ThumbnailsAn orchid found in 4200mNyade as the local Tibetans used to know the place, Yading in Chinese.ThumbnailsAn orchid found in 4200mNyade as the local Tibetans used to know the place, Yading in Chinese.ThumbnailsAn orchid found in 4200mNyade as the local Tibetans used to know the place, Yading in Chinese.ThumbnailsAn orchid found in 4200m

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