China‘s VENICE, the Water Town of China 🇨🇳 | S2, EP54

China‘s VENICE, the Water Town of China 🇨🇳 | S2, EP54

Good morning everyone this is yan Welcome back to the channel And I am so happy to see you again Hey look There is a train crossing the city In my last episode I was still in Yunshe A village near Fanjing mountain And my original plan was climb This mount Fanjing

However, the weather was not so good And I knew that it’s a bad idea to climb the mountain on a rainy day So I’ve changed my plan And I took another bus To this historical city (Zhenyuan) Now it is the low season So there aren’t many tourists

But when I reach the hotel The manager gave me an upgrade And now I have a spacious room With a beautiful view over this historical bridge and pagoda And it is only 120 yuan per day My plan to today is quite simple I haven’t done any food vlog for a while

So today I am going to explore Some nice food And also the historical area Of the city The weather report said It’s going to be rainy today I hope it won’t be rainy very soon And that is my hotel My hotel is just next to this bridge Called Zhushengqiao

It’s quite an old bridge Probably built in Ming & Qing dynasty And there is a pagoda nihao! nihao Help yourself If you like our wine You can try for free hello sister How old is he? 4 month old. Only 4 month? Do you want some wine?

What do you have? Mild wine There are low wine With rose flower It’s sweet Ok, I’d like to try some What is this? Rose flower It’s the lightest, 8% Rose liquor. We also have peach liquor And chestnut rose fruit Sticky rice And bayberry. They are all low wine This is sweet

It’s sweet This is peach liquor It’s made with peach This is 10% the previous one is 8 % No wonder this tastes stronger Oh, this is sticky rice This one has stronger rice fragrance It’s similar to sweet wine The fermentation is longer 7 or 8 months fermentation

Sweet wine is fermented for only 5 day’s how strong is this? 12% Stronger than the other 2 I see, I hope I won’t get drunk You won’t This isn’t much You won’t get drunk I bought a rice wine Thanks! Take care, see you! See you. This is with pepper

And this without And this is sweet potato I see, that’s spicy Yes. How much is that? One yuan for 3 pieces Try one! Ok, try one Try one Try to see if it’s too spicy for you It’s a bit spicy This one is not spicy It’s tasty, the spicy one

I’ll take two this, and one that And what is this? Sweet potato It’s also one yuan for 3 pieces I’ll take one for each Take one less, because… no worries That one is free to try It’s ok. Thanks. You’re welcome Here we use hui-mian Which is rice milk

So it’s made of rice Yes, rice Yes, rice milk Guizhou food is also know for it’s spicy food Look at those Dried chili pepper and bottled chili paste I have alway loved To go the market Because it is an intimate dive Into people’s lives You instantly know What they eat

And it’s also about the noise The smell The lightings It’s just a sensation Shifu, how much is the fare to the other side? One yuan. Can I pay through WeChat? Wechat payment, 2 yuan Shifu, I will take a round way I’ll take the ferry back So 2 yuan

This is a ferry for the locals Because if you want cross to the other side The 2 bridges are still quite far And this ferry makes their life More convenient I like it When the city keeps the old means of transportation It gives a different feeling Have you paid?

Yes I did. If not, I’ll lose money Haven’t seen you for a long time The Main Street if full of traffic It’s quit noise But when I take the small alley Now it’s just at the riverside Some people are fishing Zhenyuan is also called The oriental Venice of China

Because the city have very good access to water The houses are packed Along the riverside They are super long And super narrow But all have balconies With a great view I took a walk at night yesterday And the whole city Is even more beautiful at night

Because when all lights are turned on There is a dream-like reflection Of all the lights from the rivers since the city is built partially on the mountain All the roads aren’t straight And the building the layout of the city Are not so symmetrical And all the roads

All the houses They grow organically uphill Zhenyuan has a mixed population Of Han, Miao and Dong ethnic group So architecture style is also quite mixed To my right side That one, it’s a brick house With stepped walls, i.e., Matouqiang That’s very typical to han architecture But right next to it

This one is a wooden house And this one too This is also a wooden house Those wooden house Are more typical to Miao and dong people So you can often find those houses In mountain villages in Guizhou Manager, can I order? Yes. ok Shall I write? yes ok

There aren’t so many people At the moment But I’ve got a piece of paper And I can tell her What I want Chef What’s this made of? The fern on the mountain We dig out the root And we smash it Filter the liquid And make flour

Wow, it puffs up when fried yes, it puffs up So I’ve ordered 3 dishes This is dou-fu-nao Tofu curd I’d prefer my tofu to be salty So I put some chives and pickles in it It’s very tender Zha-jue-ba Which is a fried cake Made from fern root The manager

She just told me that I have to eat it When it’s still hot And after frying It grows up In the oil This zhajueba doesn’t have a lot of taste But it’s crispy on the surface And it’s chewy Very gummy In the middle And the best way

Is to dip it In chilli pepper And this is yangmeitang Chinese bayberry soup This bayberry soup isn’t so sweet It’s almost the natural sweetness From the bayberry itself And it’s slightly sour as well And I saw her She just scoop it out from the fridge And it’s super refreshing The fruit itself

Is also super soft It almost melt in your mouth In China and Japan Bayberry is a very common material To make dessert Or to make alcohol But it’s so hard to find it in Europe Online streaming? I am shy not as you imagined You don’t have to talk

Yes, you can do online streaming And you don’t have to talk You can just do embroidery Yes, just do embroidery And They are discussing doing online streaming To get them more customers So those are the patterns That’s a small butterfly Beside those simple ones Those are more complicated patterns

That takes 3 days. That’s paper cut embroidery There is a paper From our Dong people Paper cut embroidery Yes, there is paper The white one is paper So the paper is stitched inside? Yes, the paper is inside First, we draw the pattern And then cut it out with scissors

And glue it with sticky rice And finally stitich There are 4 steps I see. This is for belly band Oh, the belly band We tie 2 stripes on top And some fabric under it And more fabric on top So it’s from the traditional clothes But now the grandmas are getting older

They can’t see very well So they turn to Making those simpler patterns manager Can I have a crispy sticky rice Crispy rice cracker? Yes, I want one Do you want chilli pepper? It’s all chilli pepper I see, all are spicy Except for this one Those are not so spicy

My chili peppers aren’t so spicy It’s specially for people from other provinces I can’t make it too spicy But spicy is appetizing yes I’ve just got my sticky rice cracker It’s another street food The best way to enjoy street food Is just to sit on the street There is potato, carrot beans

And of course chili pepper I found Guizhou people really love spicy food They put chili pepper In almost everything How much is one? One is hundreds grams Less than 500 gram The big ones are sold out Are those local Of course Really? Yes, local I just want one to try

I want a small one 10 yuan 10 yuan? Ok, wait Get another one, this is so small I don’t want so many This fruit is quite pricy! It has a subtle sweetness It’s not very sweet Those who want to buy me ask If it is sweet I said it’s not sour

It is not so sweet I see, some subtle sweetness Yes, it‘s naturally ripe This fruit is super interesting It looks a little bit like Annona squamosa But it isn’t My honest opinion is that It’s not the most tasty fruit It’s very bland It tastes almost like water But I would still do it

Cuz it’s the first time That I’ve seen a fruit looks like this I came back to the hotel again I just took a hot shower It was really cold outside Yesterday I felt it was around 18 or 20 degrees But today it felt like 5 or 6 degrees

So after 2 hours walking outside My hands, my feet are really freezing And on my way back I also got some junk food This is my 5 yuan popcorn Something like popcorn 5 minutes ago I was struggling whether To go out for a proper dinner or not But now my mind is set

Because I found a restaurant in town apparently They sell super yummy beef dry pot And it’s very cheap And I haven’t seen any bad reviews I just took a bus From one end of the city to another For this beef pot And this part is apparently Much less touristy

I haven’t seen any souvenir shops manager Can I have one beef dry pot? One portion dry beef pot One portion is 35 Ok please take a seat Please don’t give me too much It’s just me and I can’t eat much We count people One portion is 35 Only 3 minutes

And my dry pot is ready I’ve also got a big bowl of rice This pot is still sizzling Underneath there are some fresh veg. And on top That’s cattle beef So it’s more tender than buffalo beef I took a long walk Back home for digestion And I found Zhenyuan is prettier at night

Than during the daytime Because during the daytime When it’s cloudy It’s kind of gloomy and cold But now At night Everyone comes out All the light are turned on And the whole city Has a cozy, warm atmosphere

Zhenyuan City in Guizhou Province is also known as the Venice of China, simply because it’s surrounded by a river which is also one of the main transportation routes through the city. The city offers an amazing choice of different local foods, together with a mix of different Chinese cultures.
In this video I am taking you through China’s Venice Zhenyuan, and show you what it’s like.
Join me on this adventure in Guizhou Province 🎬

0:00 Intro
1:25 Food Tour
6:25 City Water Tour
14:45 Zhenyuan Handicrafts

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