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Himalaya: Ladder to Paradise

2015 film

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 24, 2024
Entity authorityQ21198248 ↗
Source-derived summary

Himalaya: Ladder to Paradise (Chinese: 喜马拉雅天梯) is a 2015 Chinese documentary film directed by Han Xiao and Junjian Liang. The film was released on 16 October 2015.

Cast

Suo Langduoji

Pu Budunzhu

Ge Sangyingzong

Ci Renduobujie

Jia Bu

Reception

The film has earned CN¥0.545 million at the Chinese box office.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Himalaya: Ladder to Paradise” as 2015 film. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Himalaya, Ladder and Paradise.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2015—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2015. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Himalaya, Ladder and Paradise providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Himalaya: Ladder to Paradise”, the useful work is to connect “2015 film” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 24, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q21198248. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2015.

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This entry incorporates text from “Himalaya: Ladder to Paradise” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.