Tibetan youths value cultural heritage

KUNMING－About 160 Tibetan people gathered at Dukezong in the majority-Tibetan city of Shangri-La on Saturday for a contest of a traditional Tibetan dance－Guozhuang.

It is believed that the prototype of "Shangri-La", an earthly paradise depicted in the 1934 fictional book Lost Horizon written by James Hilton, is Zhongdian county in Deqen Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Southwest China's Yunnan province. In 2001, the county was authorized by the central government to rename itself Shangri-La city.

Guozhuang dance is a favorite collective bonfire dance of Tibetans, allowing them to show respect and reverence to nature.