2006-11-22 20:42:55 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Shangri-La is a fictional place described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by British author James Hilton. In the book, "Shangri-La" is a mystical, harmonious valley, gently guided from a lamasery, enclosed in the western end of the Kunlun Mountains. Shangri-La has become synonymous with any earthly paradise but particularly a mythical Himalayan utopia — a permanently happy land, isolated from the outside world. The word also evokes the imagery of exoticism of the Orient. The story of Shangri-La is based on the concept of Shambhala, a mystical city in Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
2006-11-22 20:45:55 · answer #1 · answered by Lorenzo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shangri-La has become synonymous with any earthly paradise but particularly a mythical Himalayan utopia — a permanently happy land, isolated from the outside world. The word also evokes the imagery of exoticism of the Orient. The story of Shangri-La is based on the concept of Shambhala, a mystical city in Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
2006-11-22 20:48:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shangri-La is a fictional place described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by British author James Hilton. In the book, "Shangri-La" is a mystical, harmonious valley, gently guided from a lamasery, enclosed in the western end of the Kunlun Mountains. Shangri-La has become synonymous with any earthly paradise but particularly a mythical Himalayan utopia — a permanently happy land, isolated from the outside world. The word also evokes the imagery of exoticism of the Orient. The story of Shangri-La is based on the concept of Shambhala, a mystical city in Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
Shangri-la is often used in a similar context to which "Garden of Eden" might be used, to represent a perfect paradise that exists hidden from modern man. It can sometimes be used as an analogy for a life-long quest or something elusive that is much sought. For a man who spends his life obsessively looking for a cure to a disease, such a cure could be said to be that man's "Shangri-La". It also might be used to represent perfection that is sought by man in the form of love, happiness, or Utopian ideals. It may be used in this context alongside other mythical and famous examples of somewhat similar metaphors such as The Holy Grail, El Dorado, The Fountain of Youth, and to an extent "white whale" (referring to the white whale chased by the obsessed Captain Ahab in the book Moby-Dick).
2006-11-22 20:50:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
THe world will end in 2012.
2016-05-22 21:36:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-12 07:25:30 · answer #5 · answered by leeming 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a place that is beautiful.. oasis probably listened to the kinks before witing it! hence ray davies(shangri la)
2006-11-22 20:51:09 · answer #6 · answered by skimad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shagri-la is a utopian place of beauty and peace from eastern beleifs. Much like Nirvana or Heaven.
2006-11-22 20:48:16 · answer #7 · answered by PsiKnight9 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a name for paradise which is another las vegas hotel
2006-11-22 20:51:30 · answer #8 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the equivalent of "utopia"
2006-11-22 20:46:30 · answer #9 · answered by renclrk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
isn't it a hotel?
2006-11-22 20:45:07 · answer #10 · answered by aziz m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋