Fast Facts

Area: 11,613 square kilometers (around 4,484 square miles)
Position: It's in the northwest of Yunnan Province and bordered by Tibet and Sichuan.
Population: about 130,000
Nationalities: Tibetan, Yi, Naxi, Bai, Hui, Han...
Zip Code: 674400
Area Code: 0887

Useful Numbers:
Diqing Shangri-La Airport Inquiry: 0887-8229901
Tourist Complaint: 0887-8225390

Emergency Numbers:
Fire: 119
Ambulance: 120
Police: 110
Traffic: 122
Please click Useful Telephone Numbers to get more emergency numbers

Post Office: No.18 Changzheng Road, Shangri-La

Bank: There are many banks on Changzheng Road, Shangri-La County, and the Bank of China provides the service of exchanging foreign currency. But if you go to the surrounding places of the county, be sure to take along enough money.

Internet Bar: Internet bars can be found on Changzheng Road of Shangri-La easily. And there you can go to the post office to go on line. The charge is about CNY4 for each hour.

Hospital: Shangri-La People's Hospital is located on Changzheng Road.

Communication: China Mobile Communications Corporation is in the process of making the communication net cover the whole county. Now, the mobile phones can be used in most areas of Shangri-La. The signal strength may be very poor sometimes, especially in the mountains or in a gorge.


Festivals

Most Tibetans of Shangri-La celebrate the Chinese New Year (Chinese Spring Festival) and they also have the Tibetan New Year. Furthermore, there are some other festivals celebrated there:

Horse Race Festival: It's celebrated on May 5th according to the lunar calendar every year. The horse race is held at the foot of Wufeng Mountain and lasts for three days.

Dengbashi: It's celebrated on July 15th according to the lunar calendar every year. During the festival, all the Tibetans wear festival attire and worship gods for good fortune. Also they perform the Guozhuang Dance and hold the horse race.

Gedong: A traditional festival of Tibetan Buddhism held from Oct. 2nd to Oct. 19th   each year. During that time, there is a performance of the Mask Dance.