The Path of the Horse Caravan in the Mysterious Kingdom: 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 horseback mail route across the country and entered Muli, a sacred land in the Tibetan language, where the goddess Padma Lingma is said to dwell. Entering Muli was more like an adventure and a search than a mere tourist trip. It was an ancient, mystical, and alluring sacred land. The American-Austrian scientist Joseph Rock visited it three times and called it a hidden paradise on earth, unknown to most. The British writer Hilton, 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.