Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture County (formerly Weixi), and they all were under the administration of Lijiang. The Autonomous Prefecture was established in 1957 and named "Diqing" by its first governor. During the remainder of the 20th century, the prefecture's capital was called Zhongdian but was renamed on December 17, 2001 as Shangri-La City (other spellings: Semkyi'nyida, Xianggelila, or Xamgyi'nyilha) after the fictional land of Shangri-La in the 1933 James Hilton novel "Lost Horizon", with an eye toward promoting tourism in the area. On June 25, 2007 the Pudacuo National Park was established on in this prefecture. On January 11, 2014, there was a major
Paradise Lost (band) the band's songs credited to them. During the years, the band has only changed drummers. After their formation in 1988, Paradise Lost released three cassette demos, "Paradise Lost", "Frozen Illusion", and "Plains of Desolation", before being signed to Peaceville Records in 1989. They recorded their debut album, "Lost Paradise", at Academy Music Studio in December of that year. The album was released in February 1990. In November 1990, Paradise Lost returned to Academy Music Studio to record their second album, "Gothic", which was released in March 1991. The band began to move away from the death/doom sound of their previous