4 special wonders that everyone thought were fiction but turned out to exist really

Although the mythical world is illusory, yet it still inspired from real places.

So at the intersection between myths and reality, you will meet majestic and beautiful landscapes like a legend.

1. Shangri-la, Tibet: Heavenly paradise

In 1933, writer James Hilton published a novel called Lost Horizon. The book tells the story of a paradise in the place of humanity (Shangri-la) that bears the color of Eastern Buddhism.

In Hilton's description, this paradise is located at the western end of the Kunlun Mountains, a completely isolated land, eternal happiness of Tibetan culture. The people of Shangri-la are almost immortal, having lived for hundreds of years and still retain their youthful features. They get old but the aging process is very slow.

Shangri-la.

Soon after being published, Lost Horizon was also made into a movie and musical. The name Shangri-la becomes curious. Everyone is curious to know where this holy land is located. Hilton did not give an answer, but most people still agree that Shangri-la is the Huong Cach Ly Lap of Yunnan, China.

In and around Huong Cach Ly Lap, there are many famous and beautiful pagodas.

The name of the phonetic version of Hương Cách Lý Lạp (香格里拉 县) is also Shangri-la. It is an autonomous district of Tibetans, with a cold climate, the summer season is only up to 19 degrees Celsius, while the winter is lower than -10C. Not only that, in and around Huong Cach Ly Lap, there are also many famous, beautiful pagodas, which are very suitable for what Hilton sketched in "The Lost Sky."

2. Mount Olympus: Round table of 12 Greek gods discourse

According to Greek mythology, Olympus, the year-round mountain of white clouds playing around is the "home" of 12 gods. They live in crystal castles, conduct important talks, regarding the existence of humanity on a white cloud table.

According to Greek mythology, Olympus is the "home" of 12 gods.

Located between the Greek-Macedonian border, Mount Olympus of realism has a real name Mitikas . It belongs to Mount Olympus, has a height of 2917m above sea level, famous as the highest peak in Europe.

In fact, except for Mount Mitikas, Mount Olympus still has other heights, such as Skolio (2912 m). Climbing is quite difficult because of the slope and the danger. However, if you have enough courage and effort, you can still reach the position of the gods once meeting.

Mount Olympus in real life.

3. Trojan Trojans (Troy: Remains of ruins in Anatolia, Turkey)

Throughout the length of the history of the human race, the Trojan War is a topic that is constantly being repeated. If you've ever read "Odyssey" or "Iliad", you definitely see how important this castle of defense is.

According to Greek mythology, the battle of Troy revolves around the unconscious "golden apple" of the goddess Eris, causing the Parisian Prince and King Menelaus's queen Helen to leave and leave for Troy and everything becomes chaotic.

Troy Castle was built in 3000-2600 BC and is a defensive city.

But unlike the romantic cause in myths, the battle made Troy a real life sinking in blood for profit reasons. It broke out because of disputes over trade and money.

Troy Castle was built in 3000-2600 BC and is a defensive city. The whole city is surrounded by walls over 5m high, still remains in Anatolia, Turkey.

4. Giant's Causeway, Ireland: Hexagonal rock dunes encroach on the sea

In the old story, in Ireland, there was an extremely strong and good warrior. His name is Finn McCool.

McCool was very fond of fighting, so there was no rival on the continent. Listening to the other side of the sea, in the opposite state of Scotland there is also a bigger warrior than Benandonner, McCool is eager to try.

Hexagonal dike of giants.

Because of the way the sea stopped, McCool could not see Benandonner. He screamed and shouted, hoping Benandonner could hear it too.

Benandonner heard the truth, but answered with no words at all. McCool exasperated the calf into the sea, built a dike to cross the waves, determined to run to "teach" the rude rival across the shore.

So eager, but when he saw Benandonner in Scotland, McCool had shattered all his limbs. Benandonner is not big but super giant. He was also frantically sweeping angry eyes that wanted to sparks fire in search of those who dared to loudly claim to protect him.

Hexagonal rock dunes encroach on sea in real life.

McCool retreated silently. But bad luck for him is Benandonner "hit" again. He immediately rushed to chase. McCool ran to death, not forgetting to break the new rock dike to stop Benandonner's feet. Song Benandonner still succeeded in "hunting" McCool to his hometown. Luckily thanks to his wife McCool quickly dressed him up as a child, Benandonner feared that the "kid "'s father would be" even more horrible "than he could only pursue, returning to Scotland.

Coming to Ireland today, you will still see the McCool dike to cross the sea, located in Altrim county. There is something in the real world, Giant's Causeway, that is 50-60 million years ago. It consists of 40,000 black, hexagonal stone pillars, a wonderful wonder that attracts most visitors to Ireland.