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From a fictional place described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by British author James Hilton (1900–1954): see the quotation below. A Tibetan origin has been suggested, from ཞང (zhang, “name of a district of Ü-Tsang”) + རི (ri, “mountain”) + ལ (la, “pass”).
Shangri-La (複数形 Shangri-Las)
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出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/07/14 04:37 UTC 版)
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. In the novel Lost Horizon, the people who live at Shangri-La are almost immortal, living years beyond the normal lifespan and only very slowly aging in appearance. The word also evokes the imagery of exoticism of the Orient. In the ancient Tibetan scriptures, existence of seven such places is mentioned as Nghe-Beyul Khimpalung.
the blue sea―the blue water
ヒメシャクケイ
chachalacas
a pine-clad hill
Saint Nichiren.
the dahlia
sheldrakes
スチックウィード
ヒメシャクケイ
chachalacas
pilchards
ピルチャード
pilchards
gavials
sheldrakes
chuckwallas
クマネコ類
binturongs
シャクガ
thornbills
thornbills
jacamars
gladiolas
cornetfishes
sandgrouses
くび
saigas