Earthen Towers in Southern China《老外视线》

In this episode of Foreigner Perspective, follow host Steven Weathers through the mountains of Fujian, southern China, to discover the ancient architecture of the TuLou earthen towers. Wander inside a 300-year old and 500-year old structure to catch a glimpse of local life as is now and how it may have been years ago. Learn how early clansmen and families lived together inside, and see the texture of the earthen walls. Are you ready? Let's go!

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• 福建，厦门

[marksmall1]

Thanks for the great video production. Have you been to Jakarta? I understand the inventor of Tiger Balm was Hokka and started his business there.

[sdweathers]

@marksmall1 You're welcome, Mark. I love making these videos although I haven't posted a new one in a few months. I didn't know about the Tiger Balm history, and I find that fascinating. If I ever travel to Jakarta, I'll keep that in mind -- til now, I've only been to Bali (a wonderful and mysterious island).

[Octo777]

My wife said that your mandarin is pretty good. When did you move to China? We are living in Greenville for about 4 years now. I am jealous of your mandarin dude!! good job.

[sdweathers]

@Octo777 Thanks! I moved to China in 2005 and it took about a year just to be able to hear and imitate the four tones. Ask your wife if she's seen the TV series "WoJu" or "DuLaLa's Promotion." She'll know me from those.

[GerlaineReliford]

I love learning about other cultures. Thanks for this vid!

[sdweathers]

You're welcome. I love discovering places in China that so many of us haven't heard about before.

[sirhendro]

Thanks for this video, very interesting.

[angmohtsao]

that dish looks horrible...-_-...

[sdweathers]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching!

[sdweathers]

You're welcome! Now I'm filming a weekly show on Shanghai's local English channel, so I'm having little time to post more here. I will tweet the shows as their posted on the TV station's web site, however!

[sdweathers]

Yeah, I didn't film the ride there. :) Interestingly enough, a couple of months later, after I returned to Shanghai, I was asked to be a travel host on 1 of their shows in the same place in Fujian! So I went back for 5 more days to film a longer show (which ended up winning 2nd place in a CCTV competition & aired on CCTV4).