China's Once Highest City At Over 4000m Altitude I S2, EP94
thanks to the kind local people they let me sit in the front row good afternoon everyone welcome back to the channel i am now in a car in a stranger's car on my way to daocheng so for your information this morning i finished filming in Eya and i was looking for a bus or someone who can take me to daocheng Yading, however there is no bus and then i decided to try my luck by the roadside i had one hitchhike that took me to the intersection and i waited for about 30 minutes and finally a car passed by and it stopped and that's why i am here now but now we have a bit problem because there was a heavy rain yesterday so many of the roads got damaged it's still under repairment from muli to daocheng the road was very bad and the driver was driving very carefully later i found that they are going to litang for the famous horse racing festival i decided to come along after about eight hours long ride we finally reached Litang town at midnight sunlight is so strong and it feels so warm so this city is called litang and it's also China's sky city with the altitude of more than four thousand meters that's pretty high and in the past it used to be the highest city in China was a population of around fifty thousand and now the first place is taken over by Shuanghu County i think it's in xiziang Tibet Autonomous region the main population in Litang is also the Tibetans so you can definitely feel the Tibetan culture people dress up very differently and you can see a lot of monks on the street and i came here to see the famous horse racing festival August 1st Horse racing day, today the festival is going on but i decided to go tomorrow because i just want to spend one day relaxing and recovering from the previous trips and just to walk around and feel the city Himalaya ghee store this is the shop that sells brick tea Zhuan-cha (brick tea) and butter and other dairy products Thanks no thanks I'm just here to take a look Thank you i was a bit afraid of staying for too long because they all assume that i would want to buy some mushrooms so now it is a mushroom season those farmers they get up very early they go into the forest to look for mushrooms and i really wish that i can go as i really love mushroom hunting Litang spreads on the vast pasture land and is surrounded by grassy hills to the very north of the town is Litang monastery the biggest Gelug monastery in Tibetan kham region it's also the highest point where you can see the whole city at night they are dancing in the square they are dancing the Guozhuang dance which is the traditional dance of the tibetan and no matter men or woman old and young they all can dance it's such a free dance that anyone can join in so as long as you want you can jump in and the circle is also getting bigger and bigger and I see some foreigners are having lots of lots of fun the horse Racing festival is held on a race course several kilometers away from the town my guest house manager zhuo-ma also planned to go there when she asked me if i want to join them i was more than happy Bought three bread Mmm, it smells good. It smells so good. So fragrant yes Just got it out Still a little hot yes, straight from the oven What is this This one Usually eat this Oh, what's it made of? highland barley made of highland barley Highland barley bread Smell so good in a car i met Zhuoma's brother he is a monk and has been studying Buddhism for over ten years How many years? More than ten years, 16 years 16 years right I'm still learning I will get my master degree next year Oh, you're a master's in Buddhism. Yes, master's. Master's degree next year After graduating from the master's degree 6 more years of study Six more years Right Six more years and then OK You know that? That gêxê You know what? I don't know I don't know. Hmm. What is Gussie? gêxê is what we want after graduation there's going to be a puja meeting and become a gêxê It's like Is a position The master of knowledge OK There are two black tents Our tent is on the south side Oh yeah.
that tent Just keep an eye on it （speaking tibetan） lots of locals that are going there with food and milk tea so this festival is also an important time for family gathering they just want to have fun together there are over， i think there are over a thousand tents it's all over the place and that's the main place for horse racing the Tibetans in Litang are Khampas who are usually herders every summer the khampas come to trade horses celebrate, and ride horse racing festival is a tradition to compete for the best horse it is celebrated in every county from July to August everyone joins this big festival they bring food drinks friends, they set up tents and stay for a few days there are so many tents that she even has trouble finding her tent （speaking tibetan） Finally we found it (speaking Tibetan) Hello OK Thanks Thanks they served me some salty butter they served me some salty butter tea and the bread Is this meat raw? Dry Dried yak meat Well, it's raw meat and dried Oh, yeah. Wow. that is dried yak meat it's quite challenging for me before the real show starts i just want to check out this tent area and see what people are doing right now their tents are very beautifully done look at this one it has two roofs because if it's only one roof it can be quite hot because of high altitude so during the day the highest temperature is 14℃ (57.2℉) and the lowest is 2℃ (35.6℉)
but during the day under the direct sunlight it's still quite hot i went pass by another tent where they're grilling and i stopped for a photo and i got a grilled chicken please take a photo for everyone OK I can send it to you then. This lady is particularly beautiful introduce her to the world Introduce her to someone Which sister? This sister The most beautiful The most pretty Okay, okay. I'll take a beautiful picture of her Hahahaha Hahaha Beautiful woman I want to ask What's the filling for this dumpling? Beef. Beef.
Beef buns This is a bun？ This is a bun. Right? Right, right, right. Beef buns Oh. That's a bun. how to cook it Is it steamed or? steamed! Steamed. They are steaming. Well, they're steaming over there.
It's already being steamed Already steamed It's in the pot, it's already in the pot. Why don't you eat one? Come and eat later Try one Here, try one. Thank you. Thank you. There's water Take those and drink them Thanks it's ok Are you all family? We are from the same company We are frome one company Thanks it's a very nicely made baozi so soft with a fragrance of beef meat I feel this way I can walk pass by any tent Say hello They might all say Come here Have some tea and eat something The people here are really nice thanks to Socialism Right? Right So come in and let's chat Right? Right Right and enjoy the time together Just make a friend Litang OK There are two parts The first is the agricultural area The second is pastoral area And farming areas? The agricultural area specializes in farming Right? Right And elevation is lower where the elevation is around 2700, 2800m It's all farmland Litang There are 5 townships in one area OK It's the pastral land It's a place for raising yaks Every household probably has In some places there are more than 300 yaks Wow, more than 300.
Like our family The poorest is probably 500 cows (kidding) I never count numbers I don't care they asked me yesterday You lost one at home (joke) They killed him I'm too lazy to count anyway (joke) You can't stop it We started from June to July July, we have fun on the grassland OK Firstly, to have fun with the family The second to meet friends and relatives OK And the third is classmates reunion Well, the fourth is the comrade-in-arms party Um fifth Five is that. Just hanging out with brothers and friends in one year Almost the whole summer we spend it on the grassland Really like this Let's all have a meal together Have a drink and chat Just like this OK Our pace of life is slow Very slow We are going to Chengdu and we're not use to the life there it's too fast paced they're busy all day long We are playing all day long Hahaha so basically they told me that you can literally walk into any tent and people will treat you very nicely they will offer you food and drinks because that's the hospitality here shabaz Shua-ba-zi that's a new word that i learned today probably it's sichuan dialect and basically it means to play on the grassland so every year in summer in July August when the weather is good when the grassland is green they come out meet friends and families and have fun the cloud at the horizon feels so unreal it feels like the windows desktop the equestrian already started and i'm trying to look for a spot where I can film the horses it was simply very difficult to film at this moment because there are always lots of people and the tibetans on average they are quite tall so i wasn't able even to hold my camera like this i flew my drone and i only catch some few climpse of the race and now very soon, it'll be over but there will be soon more in the afternoon at noon i went back to Zhuoma's tent the lunch was boiled yak meat bread and some potatoes 谢谢 after lunch i took a lot of photos for family then i went out to see some more matches He listens to you I'll get the camera I'll take a picture for you let me get the camera This is the, sort of, walking horse Ah, it's a walking horse. Yes, yes, yes. It's like a race walk.
Well, give it a twist. Ok what we say now is hard for you to understand Yeah, yeah. A horse like this How much does a horse like this cost? according to them this horse is called the zou-ma a walking horse and later there will be a race and apparently this horse walks differently it's similar to the i don't know how to translate it but it's comparable to the walk race in the Olympics You can sit in the front. There? I'm afraid the police won't let me sit They're just sitting there Say you work for TV station It doesn't matter if you say it. I'll ask them later.
Yeah, OK. thanks to the kind local people they let me to sit in the front row It's about to start. How to win like this Three times, they race three times Then count the time Whoever has the shortest time wins, right? Not this one. if he didn't walk properly That doesn't count. It counts only if it walks properly it has to walk properly and steadily and they compete the speed The speed。yes, the speed Move steadily If the move is wrong, it loses Wow So strict canclled Cancelled.
No points He was the one who went off course Right? Yeah, yeah. How much money can the first place get? it was not announced It was not annouced but there is a bonus so i see for the Khampa men riding horse is a glorious thing nothing can be happier than to gallop on horseback across the boundless grassland there is also an antique market that sells all kinds of old stuff although i doubt if everything is that old so there are lots of lots of beautiful carpet and some big pots like that and also small containers like that in which tibetans store their highland barley flour what i found is that the locals they really love jewelries whether it's made of metal or made of stones look so many people are here even the monks i am going back now after a one day, a full day event there is still so much going on over there there is a fun park for the kids and in my back if you hear the music that is a stage for performances and i'm pretty sure there will be some party time tonight so if you stay longer enough you can even go from one tent to another meet new people drink with them talk to them sing with them dance with them in one word a lot of fun by the end of this video i hope you enjoy this beautiful sky city of litang as well as the amazing culture and if you liked this video please press the like button for me thanks for watching and bye bye
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