CHINA'S 1000 YEAR OLD SOCIAL MEDIA? Huashan Rock Art

On this trip we are at the UNESCO site Huashan Rock Art. It is about 3 hours outside Nanning along the Vietnam border. The rock paintings are as the site officials say about 1000 years old. There are recent carbon dating that says they could be as old as 16000 years. They are about the daily lives of the people and village life as it was in ancient times along the Ming River in Guangxi Autonomous Region of China. I believe it is the social media of the day. Everyone wants to tell their story and back then painting it on a mountain was the same as entering it on your Huawei Cell phone.

[yu-jdjg]

Gweilo60 should have a telescopic-cam to show us all those high up rock paintings. As they say, a pic is worth a thousand words

[guanda]

It's a great time for the Chinese to explore within China, since the world is practically shut to tourism.
People are actually discovering the jems and heaps of preserved history so close proximity to them.
Amazing work Kirk!

[greyfox]

I went there about 4 years ago and it was a spectacular site. I remember everything you show in the video! Thanks for sharing!

[wbtwbt]

Hi Dude, How could You shoot video on all nice place...love it..😍👍🙏👍

[yuetcheung]

Beautiful video as usual thanks Gweilo60! I guess those rock paintings were done when water level was a lot higher back in 1000 years ago.

[catonpillow]

Great video Gweilo! The combination of nature and ancient culture in China are making it really attractive for tourism.

[paris-sun]

the landscape is wonderful, it's magical !

[chfgbp]

U r so lucky to be able to explore without the usual crowds of tourists. It s a great time for any travellers who happen to be there or who can get Visa. :(

[rickyhsu]

Great people, mutual help, amazing food and the right leadership .
So rich in history and heritage .
I rather be in China .

[Michael-kvpp]

When I was a kid 25+ years ago I did a river cruise down the Yangtze River and remembered looking up and seeing wooden pillars driven into the side of the cliff face with coffins place on top of them, 1/4 of the way down the cliff face.

[kmmiller]

Brings back fond memories of my trip going down the Li river in Guilin

[trevornorman]

how comes the you tubers that tell the truth about China are getting all the good trips around a great country. keep up the good work. respect to you kirk. lee, oli and the rest of the guys

[John_]

That was very interesting, and gets a special thumbs up and thank you for including the map.

[cheese-dfyx]

very special unique art on cliffs! Thanks！

[johnsamu]

In "ye olden days" there was actually more room for the water to expand because it could go to a higher level and disperse across a wider area.
Nowadays big dams limit the flow and level of the water and the riverbanks are intensively used by people and industry, so spreading across a wider area is out of the question.
That means the only way to get rid of excessive rainfall nowadays is by speeding up the flow of the excessive water which sometimes doesn't work.

[davepsk]

Another interesting adventure for gweilo60. Kirk you should keep this up. I was like eagerly waiting for a video from you every sunday. Thnks

[maxsweetman]

Hey Kirk you need a drone loved this video

[Mayangone]

I suppose humans make arts to communicate thoughts and meaning to other humans. Thus arts could be viewed with focus to extract the deeper meaning. As some mentioned in books, this could involve the selection of distinctive characteristics which may be represented by shape, color, or other features. Whenever, I visited a museum, I looked for printed guides or museum personnel that can help me extract meanings of what the artists intended to convey. It would be very worthwhile if Huashan Rock Art has printed materials for either self tour or guided tours. I wonder If carbon dating on the paintings can be used to approximate the ages of those writings. Thanks for posting.

[cheese-dfyx]

how are these arts made? so dangerous for ancient people with modern tools. amazing!

[fjculver]

That's not the only place in China getting busy. In Hubei province a lot of tourist locations have free admission now which is drawing huge crowds. There is no shortage of historical site signs to follow wherever you go in China. How is it I can visit caves (didn't see any bats) near the Wuhan epicenter and the virus is gone but it's thriving in America and everything is restricted or closed?