The Utopian Philosophy of Shangri-La in James Hilton's Lost Horizon

The philosophy of Shangri-La Utopia on James Hilton's lost horizon may not be satisfying for some people. There are many problems in life such as death, pain, suffering. There is no hope. People can live a good life in various ways. This way of how people should live is handled differently throughout the world. James Hilton represents this combination of thought and culture of novel Lost Horizo ​​(1933). This novel is the story of four different people who retreat from the theater.

I remember reading a fictional place drawn by British writer James Hilton, a wonderful Shangri-La in 1933 novel "The Lost Horizon". He painted Shangri-La as a mysterious and harmonious valley. This myth became synonymous with the Earth paradise, especially the mysterious Himalayan utopia - a country of eternal happiness isolated from the outside world. For me, Tibet is truly this utopia, a non-imaginary Shangri-La artist. Songs, temples, chanting, smiles, horses, mountains of snow ... I am surrounded by Tibet every day; beauty is everywhere. I especially like the light of the Qinghai Tibet Plateau, and Tibetan skin color is very suitable for painting. So Tibet is my Shangri-La, my constant source of inspiration.

One way would be to pursue "secular paradise" James Hilton painted in his utopian novel "The Lost Horizon" (1933). Christopher Columbus followed directly on this tradition, believing he found the Garden of Eden when first met with the New World and its indigenous people at the end of the fifteenth century.

Shangri-La is a rare case - a fictitious place, eventually it will be a reality to satisfy the desire of travelers to visit! The name was invented by British writer James Hilton who published his novel "The Lost Horizon" in 1933. In this book, when four British people evacuated from India, they collided with the Kunlun Mountains (Western Tibet). They discovered themselves in the calm and isolated Shangri-La kingdom, which is governed by the monks. The hero found a spiritual harmony there and even suggested being a successor to Hirama. Hilton himself (although he had visited the Hunza Valley in Pakistan) has never been to Tibet, but he read a series of Tibetan relics at the British Museum and read a contemporary travel record. Shangri-la's name may come from a wonderful place of happiness from the Shamballa-Tibetan scripture