Section Ⅴ Project[原文呈现][读文清障]ShangrilaWould you like the chance to discover a place of mystery and beauty① in thesouthwest of China
If your answer is ‘yes’ , consider a trip to② Shangrila
How to get thereStart in the city of Dali and drive north along the YunnanTibet Highway③ until you reach Zhongdian (Shangrila), the capital of Diqing
Zhongdian is 659 kilometres away from Kunming, and there are regular flights④ between the two cities
The worldfamous Chinese ShangrilaThe word ‘Shangrila’ first appeared⑤ in a classic⑥novel⑦ by James Hilton
Today, Shangrila has become a common English word meaning heaven on earth ⑧
Hilton described⑨ a beautiful kingdom⑩where three rivers joined together ⑪ , steep⑫ mountains reached to the sky, and fields of long grass covered⑬ the earth
In this perfect