The first westerner who explored Gannan, collected creature specimens and drew maps there firstly, lived there for long time, and he published photos and articles in National Geographic, which provided excellent materials to the creation of James Hilton’s Lost Horizon. The great explorer is Joseph Locke who firstly found Zhagana and introduced it to the world, and he also described Zhagana like this “It is so marvelous, I am feeling kind of guilty if I don’t take pictures of this wonderful place." "I’ve never seen such a beautiful landscape before. If the Lord of Genesis saw the beautiful sceneries of Diebu, he will create Adam and Eve here undoubtedly. Diebu really impresses me, the wide forests is just like a botany museum, absolutely like a virgin. It's a paradise for the naturalist."
Although this idyllic land was deemed as the birthplace of Adam and Eve by Locke, it is still like a virgin place until now. Zhagana is lengendarily regarded as the alter of the mountain spirits, actually, it is the homeland of indigenousTibetan people. In the north of the Stone Town, the mountains are surrounded by luxuriantly green pines and verdant cypresses, enclosing four cottages inside, which presents to the world a pastoral scenery combined with pure nature and manpower. There are rivers, fields, hot springs, natural pavilions, and woody terraces.
It is a huge carved rock museum. The patterns of the Zhagana’s carved rocks are plenty. The primitive jungles sit on many rocks. When human wants to enter, there're only some stone climbers.
It is close to Shaanxi Province. If you have a Xian tour and are interested in Zhagana, you can visit here by the way.
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