it's really kind of creepy
Hello, everyone - the weekend is here! It is Saturday
and me a couple of the guys are setting to an ancient town.
We're going to another one that's less well known. Should be a lot like Wangyu Village
By the time you watch this, you should have seen my Wangyu video. If you haven't,
click above! There's a card and there will be a link in the description below.
yes keep going and see when we get there.
alright -- it looks like here's lunch! Yum!
Look at that! Looks delicious!
So we've got this kind of breaded beef right here and then a cold pepper chicken dish. And then
eggplant in a garlic sauce, along with this like horrible gloopy tofu stuff.
You, know whatever...is a little bit of blood not my thing,
but plenty of people like it! Let's chow down!
this is a pretty typical setup in one of these small towns, Sichuan villages.
You've got people selling stuff off on the side of the road you got a mix of
these old wooden buildings and some of the newer concrete buildings, along with
some of the slightly less new brick buildings. And then just mountains on
both sides of the town. Just people walking around with -- you can see
that basket on that lady's back -- she's going back to the farm to get some more
stuff to bring back here. Yeah, that's pretty pretty typical village life here.
Looks like we found a baijiu factory of some kind. Oh, it's bigger than I imagined!
They've got a video going.
Whoa dude --- this is like the storage room!
Oh, so this is the kind that they actually bury. They put it in the ground -- it's like in the ground
for three or four months and then it's pretty much ready to go. There's some
some more over there that are above ground. just chilling. Hey, Ni Hao!
yep -- he said "take a look at whatever you want." Well, I think I'm gonna do that!
This is a lot -- oh there's another room back there it looks like. Now is the part
where I would explain how baijiu is made, but I don't really know. Hey, lights! cool!
they're all numbered, of course. oh yeah -- I didn't expect...didn't expect this
Ooooh, that's not good to go. There's been an accident.
The dude is actually gonna break out some of this baijiu for us here okay here you first char
Doesn't smell too bad. No, smells alright!
Here, you first.
(in Chinese) What's the proof?
Okay -- fifty -- fifty two percent.
how would you rate it?
(in Chinese) Yeah, it's alright! It'll do.
Have a go - that's actually not bad
Oh yeah, (in Chinese) -- it's light and fragrant!
It is pretty strong.I'll finish it off - all right!
Oh, geez - I'm hiccuping.
Man, we are up in it! So if you ever see Huaxiyuan around, this is where it all happens. That's cool!
oh these are good to go! Seal of approval - all right!
I think the word you're looking for is creepy...check out that spiderweb!
this is yeah we're just in someone's crib. That's cool though -- you don't see
many ancient towns like this. I don't know --- this is just a village. I don't know if I
call it an "ancient town." But you don't see a lot of them with people actually
living there. It's just funny because it's got all this is the brick and in
the wood and all that and then there's a satellite dish. They've got TV; I can hear it!
But the ambience is quite good! well, that was quite the little detour...
but are we done yet? No, we're not -- we're just getting started!
so right here, we actually have the temple that the town is named after.
right there! So this is Gao Mia. this is actually the place.
I'm not gonna film inside it because it's pretty disrespectful to film and take photos
inside a templ, but this is what it's all built on! this and baijiu.
This and Baijiu seem to be the main claims to fame for this particular village.
But it's a really interesting mix because like there's all those modern buildings
that you saw earlier in the video and then there's all these really really
traditional wooden buildings that you see there mixed in with
the brick. I mean, it's just something very very different, and I
really like it -- this particular place -- because like in a lot of ancient towns / villages
that you go to...they are mainly tourist attractions or they're completely empty.
But this actually still has a little bit of life to it. It's still got people here and
it's a really rare find in China. So it hasn't been spoiled yet, you know?
You have to get on a bus from Chengdu to Hongya and then get on the bus from Hongya to come here.
It's about a four hour journey or so.
You can -- you can come here it's not that difficult and definitely definitely
worth the trip
you can see the traditional characters. Zhongguo Renmin Yinhang.
and the "Guo" and the "Yin" right there - those are the traditional characters...that's kind of cool!
Hey! They're saying hello, yeah
Ah, check that out!
I don't even know if you can hear me over the water...
Man, this place is cool!! I DEFINITELY recommend this!
let's do this! oh yeah ah that's so cold oh my goodness Oh
but what a feeling! what a feeling! look at this view!
There's another bridge right there
oh man that is nice! I just feel alive! I feel alive, right?
love it
yeah it's awesome oh there's someone crossing it as well
you got river here. You got river there. bridge there, bridge there. More river
behind us. That's a life, man!
After just chilling at the river we made our way back up top, and we
are at this little tea house just sitting up above the river actually.
I've got a nice little room with a view. So, from here, I think we are
going to check it out -- because there actually is a hotel just right there. It's a small
hotel. We may actually stay here tonight, and then tomorrow morning go to
other ancient town, which is way more touristy....but it'll be nice to see
the contrast. We can just talk sh*t about the other town. And yeah -- looking forward to it!
I think we're pretty much winding down for the day.
Man, it just started pouring...it...just like that, the skies just opened up, and it just
unleashed this torrential rain out here just in like two minutes.
It sprinkled a bit and then just BAM! Just pure insanity. We were walking down the
street and the locals were like "Jia You!" they're like "come on! You guys can do it!"
But a lot of them were also like "Come stay here. Don't go outside. Just come chill with us."
So now we -- we made it and I think this is where we're gonna have to just
stay for the rest of the night so
what kind of sound is that
look at this
that's really creepy. It's really kind of creepy. oh that actually might be they
Are these graves? Oh yeah...they might actually be, yeah.
Oh, this one's open - Oh man, there's... I think there's a coffin in there .
No, it's just wood. I don't. I'm not looking.
I don't know...this sound is WEIRD, man...
I anybody knows what this is, let me know
Good morning everyone. It is day two - we are in Gaomiao ancient town village, and
Gaomiao is legit! This is an awesome, awesome place that I totally recommend.
We've just woken up because we were able to stay in the town. And going down and we're
going to maybe try and find somewhere that's got breakfast here. There aren't many
restaurants / places to eat...but we'll see what happens. We're gonna head to Liujiang,
another more developed, more touristy ancient town, and we're gonna just kinda compare the two