每个民族每种文化都有自己的圣地和天堂,由于生存条件和发展程度的不一,理想中的圣地也就有了不同的超脱现实的方面。例如,藏文化中向往的圣地尽管有雪峰和草原等青藏高原的典型景观,也有高原上罕见的森林、果园甚至小桥流水人家。在藏族学者阿芒班智达的著作中,就这样描述了藏民心中的极乐园:香巴拉是人类文明的圣地,状如八瓣莲花,中心的边缘及叶子两边环绕着雪山,叶子之间由流水或雪山 Every nation has its own sacred place and paradise for each culture. Due to the different living conditions and development levels, the ideal sacred place also has different aspects of detached reality. For example, the holy places in Tibetan culture, typical of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau such as Xuefeng and grasslands, have rare forests, orchards and even small bridges in the plateau. In the writings of the Tibetan scholar Amin Ban Zhida, it describes the paradise of the Tibetan people: Shambhala is a sacred place of human civilization, shaped like an eight-petal lotus. The edge of the center and leaves are surrounded by snow mountains and leaves on both sides Between the water or snow-capped mountains