Lost ANCIENT TOWN hidden deep in rural Chongqing, China

In this episode, we headed to a historical town tucked away in the mountains called Ningchang Ancient Town(宁厂古镇). With a 4,000-year history and a reputation for producing salt, this town used to be known as Wuxian country. But suddenly, tens of thousands of people left their homes, leaving only a few hundred residents. What happened in this place? Let's get ready to find out!

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:15 Explore the Ningchang Ancient Town
11:05 Natural Salt Spring and The Dragon King Temple
16:30 Salt Production Plant

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[antonj]

China truly is a beautiful country and culture. Sometimes it's hard to watch the heritage of the past being lost in what we say is progress. Culture is and always should be a strength that binds the nation. Anton

Excellent field survey of a beautiful ancient area adjoining the Daning river. ❤. Superb English diction from a Chinese beautiful mind. 🎉

[GreenManalichi]

Living in ancient China through your eyes and words is truly a delight. My wife is from Guilin and I've become obsessed with Chinese history for the past 10 years. Thank you for your videos.
If I may be so bold as to make a request.... The background music tends to drown out your narrative, so if you could decrease the music volume or increase your speech, things would be better...at least for me.

[KyoHoliday]

Incredible footage and journalism. Glad the algorhithm brought this to my feed and looking forward to watching all your other videos. I absolutely love the architecture of China.

[cp_honey]

From this alone your channel deserves to be flooded with subscribers, this is awesome!
Such a beautiful video and so informative, about an amazing place I'd never have known about otherwise. I can hardly imagine how busy and beautiful this place must have been for so very long.

[jeonswink]

I'm Indian. I have a great respect to China. I don't know why I'm so obsessed with Martial arts and Chinese cultures. I think when I was so young like 4 years, I watched a Chinese martial arts movie, but unfortunately I was so young to look for the movie name. (I still trying to find the movie by some sences that still in my head) From then, I'm in love with Martial arts and Chinese If I really visit China then I'll make sure to visit this place.

[tedtombling]

The narrow valley road and ruined salt town reminds me of the western Sichuan towns I've seen and traveled through, situated alongside rivers in narrow and steep sided valleys. Your video shows us that this ancient village developed into a busy industry. No doubt there were many people living there and it was an important economy to those living and working in the area. The old buildings and. your narrative helps us imagine the hustle and bustle of life in the salt town. Your command of English language is very good as well as your descriptive observations. You have a an interesting channel which teaches us how life is now, and was, in China. Thankyou.

[Dave_McKee]

Sadly this is not solely a issues within China, I spent 15 yrs of my life living in Japan and everyday a piece of history was lost. Kyoto was a prime example with it's unique style of tradional home called a Kyo Machia, the city keeps ordering them to be removed, it is foreigners who are buying these and restoring them to their former beauty. Foreigners are having to help preserve a aspect of Kyotos history that the Local people seem unwilling to do.
Their is a old saying not sure by who, to know ones self is to know ones past, only then can the future be embraced, I hope beautiful China can learn from it's storied history, that not all that is new and shiny is Gold. Loved the video you have a new subscriber as China has always facinated me and I love seeing not only the new but the old China, many blessing upon you, thank you!

[ZhuoAo]

Upon watching this production, I imediately thought I needed to subscribe.

[BuzzSargent]

I had just watched "Little Chinese Everywhere" channel and then this popped up in the list to watch. Thank you for a wonderful, historic tale. I like your choice of quiet music and soft voice in telling the story. Salt is a part of history that covers the rise and fall of mankind itself. Thanks for a very nice show. I subscribed and liked. Happy Trails from Florida.

[rosswebber]

Your heart- felt sincerity is obvious . Please continue your work . Thanks kindly

[yih]

You're so talented, the storytelling and editing and the way you explain everything. I definitely subscribed and your channel deserves to be seen by so many. Commenting in the hopes this helps the algorhithm - I hope more people find your wonderful channel 💕

[bayinggg]

one of the reasons why i want to visit China, because of how they preserve their historical sights and culture.

[bellabale]

What a beautiful programme.
Stunning place. I can imagine the towns folk all those years ago going about their daily lives.
I really like the original sound, , walking up the steps, water running etc.
And a waterfall in the house!! What!!!! Epic!!!! ❤😊

[EVL-xjvc]

This is an excellent production - the script, cinematography and music. Thank you for showing us the history of your country. I am a Chinese in south east asia and would love to visit China one day. I won't be able to access places like this so I appreciate seeing it through your lens.

[krazorspoon]

Thank you for sharing! Your coverage of this historical ancient town was educational, measured, and fair. I think you presented the city beautifully. So informative, well spoken, and fantastic footage and editing, as well! I look forward to watching more of your content!

[douglaslillifield]

Thanks for the tour. Salt out of a mountain spring who would imagine. Rugged beauty.

[paulmaclellan]

Thank you for your amazing educational clip on a beautiful country and people who have continued to give the world a look at its wonderful history, inventivbeness, and stunning progress.

[Akishimatsu]

Thank you for recording this one. It makes me sad that such history is slowly forgotten by time. 4000 years of salt making and now the town is almost abandoned. It might be gone completely in the next 20+ years but videos like this one preserve the history forever.

[peterfinlay]

amazing history and culture .reminds me of my home country ireland . ❤