Mysterious Kingdom's Horse Caravan Road (Entering Muli)

Author: Chen Xiaoling, Chen Jianfu
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Before the rainy season arrived, I followed the renowned horse caravan route across the country and entered Muli, a sacred site in the Tibetan language meaning the residence of the goddess Padma Lhamo. Entering Muli was more like an adventure and a search than a mere tourist trip. It was an ancient, magical, and alluring sacred land. The American-Austrian scientist Joseph Rock visited it three times, calling the land a hidden paradise unknown to the world. The British writer Hilton then, based on Rock's travelogue, created the world-famous novel "Lost Horizon," in which Shangri-La is remarkably similar to the mountains and waters of Muli.