In the 1970s, the American film The Lost Horizon portrayed Tibet as a Shangri-La, isolated from the rest of the world and full of mystical religious wisdom. Today's Tibet receives an unending stream of pilgrimage tours, and even the Lamas and high monks must constantly leave their studies to receive visitors.
上一世紀七○年代，美國電影《飛越地平線》中，西藏還是與世隔絕的「香格里拉」，充滿奧秘的宗教實驗場；今天，西藏鎮日觀光客絡繹不絕，朝聖團一波接一波，管你喇嘛上師、高僧大德，都不得不放下功課趕去「接客」。