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When you first set eyes on Mt. Kagebo/Mt Kawakarpo/Taizi's majestic silhouette and gaze up on the pyramid-shaped peak towering above the clouds, you can’t escape feeling a sense of the divine.
As one of the most important pilgrimage sites in Tibet, Kawakarpo (or “Kagebo Peak”) tops the list of the “Eight Holy Mountains”. |
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Mount Kawakarpo’s fame lies not only in its religious significance. At 6,740 meters above sea level, it is the tallest mountain in the entire Yunnan province and has never been scaled, despite numerous attempts since 1902 by experienced English, Chinese and Japanese climbers. It’s one of those rarities in today’s global village, a virgin peak. Precipitous cliffs, frequent avalanches, thick fogs, dense clouds, heavy rain and sudden storms have so far kept mountaineers from reaching the top, and added greatly to its legendary mystery. |
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When British writer James Hilton published his book "Lost Horizon" in 1933, he might never have thought that so many people from different nations would have crazily followed his fictitious, mysterious story in search of "Shangri-La", which is said to be a Tibetan word for the paradise, or an ideal place.
Ever since the novel went off the press, many places in India, Pakistan, Nepal and China have claimed they are the very home to " Shangri-La". In the 1990s, most of the "Lost Horizon" fans or researchers turned their eyes to Deqing County in the Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, where people could find almost everything the author described in his novel.
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Mother Nature has endowed Shangri-la with bountiful natural wealth, making the land a happy home for the 100,000 Tibetans, Lisus, Naxis and Yis who call the area their home. As is this pristine natural enviroment, these nationalities are all kind, honest, extremely hospitable to outsiders.
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