The name was changed in December 2001.
Shangri-La County is called "Jietang" in Tibetan. Since the Tang Dynasty, the names of Jietang, Jiedam, Jiedam, Qedang, Dandang, Dandang and Dangdang have been found in Chinese and Tibetan historical records. , Jiyi, Jiedang, Jiedang, Jietang, Jietang, Jiatang, Jiatang, Zhendao, Jiameiduotang, etc. are all homophones of the word "Jietang". The word "Jietang" was first seen in "Yunnan Chronicles" written by Fan Chuo of the Tang Dynasty. His "Fourth Name Category" records: "Shunman is a type of Wuman who originally lived with the Shiman tribe. Sichuan. After losing Dengchuan and Langqiong, Meluopi and Duoluowang retreated and forced Naijian and Hunan to move to Tieqiao Shang, where they were named Jianqiang." (See Zhao Lufu's "Compilation and Interpretation of Yunnan Chronicles"), "Jian Fu", "New Tang Book? Nanman Biography", "Records of Fangyu Reading History", "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", "Yuan Shi Geography" after "Yunnan Chronicles" "Yunnan Chronicles", "Yunnan Chronicles" and "Yunnan System" books all use the word "Jian Fu" when quoting "Yunnan Chronicles", which can explain that "Jian Xun Fu" in "Yunnan Chronicles" is an error of "Jian Fu". "Jianqiang" is located above the Shenchuan Iron Bridge, northwest of Jianqiang, and Jianqiang is southeast of Jianqiang. It is undoubtedly the earliest name for Shangri-La. In earlier Tibetan ancient books, Shangri-La County was called "Jiu Di". "History of the Lang Family? Facts about secular affairs in the precious historical books of the Lang Family" contains: "If you want to briefly describe the lineage of heroes, it is: Lang Gu Rong Sengge lived in Jie Di (that is, Jie Tang, today's Zhongdian area - original note ) when the Sino-Tibetan war broke out, he marched into the Han region and captured Shuicheng Changlie in the Han region. As a sign of bravery, he brought back compensation from the Han region. Translated and edited by Chen Qingying, published by Tibet People's Publishing House in April 1989). During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, Jianfu was occupied by the Tibetans. The Tubo people discovered that this was the most beautiful and fertile place in Tibetan areas, so they praised it as "an extremely special treasure land". The Tubo people called it "Jie Di", and Nanzhao called it "Jian Fu". In the Song Dynasty, Chinese historical records translated "Jianfu" as "Qie Dang". Because "Qie" has a similar shape to "Dan", it was mistakenly written as "Dandang" or "Dandang" or "Dangdang" in the Yuan Dynasty. , called Dazhongdian "Dadandang", and in Tibetan it was called "Jiedamu". Today, "Jie Tang" is translated as "Jian Tang". After the Hongzhi of the Ming Dynasty, the Naxi language took the meaning of "the chief's residence" and called it "Zhu Di". The Chinese transliteration was "Zhongdian". It was first written as "Zhongdian" and later as "Zhongdian". In the Qing Dynasty, a hall was established and the name "Zhongdian" was used. On September 14, 1997, the Yunnan Provincial People's Government, based on expert arguments, believed that Zhongdian was very similar to Shangri-La described by James Hilton in the novel "Lost Horizon" in many aspects such as geographical environment and national culture, and announced to the world : The "Shangri-La" that the world has been searching for for more than half a century is in Zhongdian. On December 17, 2001, with the approval of the State Council, Zhongdian County was renamed Shangri-La County.