In “Lost Horizon”, Shangri-la is a Buddhist monastery in a Tibetan valley where people enjoy a happy trouble-free life and live to be more than 200 years old by doing yoga, breathing in the mountain air and eating tangatseberry (a native herb). It won several Oscars but seems quite silly and dated when viewed today. Frank Capra did a 1937 film version of the novel, which starred Ronald Colman and Jane Wyatt. “Lost Horizon” was published the year that Hitler rose to power and topped the best seller list for two years.
It refers to a beautiful mystical place discovered by four Westerners who crash land in an airplane there. The term "Shangri-la" was coined by English novelist James Hilton in his novel “Lost Horizon”.
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