🇨🇳 5 Ancient Towns in China You MUST Visit

These are the top 5 ancient towns and villages that you should visit on your trip to China. What do you think about the list? Have you been to any of them? Any others you recommend?
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[@garylee9668]

wow， you visited so many places in China😀

[@mikemike-oy2fk]

There are tons of ancient towns worth visiting in china

[@Rickie4990]

Thank you for sharing.

[@tukinooen1815]

Thanks for the top 5 and how to get there, really help us who want something out of the box, hope we are as lucky as you to visit those places.

[@prayogapetra2541]

Thank you so much for sharing this! I fell in love with Shaxi right away

[@TianqiZhan]

Love it. plz do post more videos like these. It’s really nice to watch (as a Chinese who unfortunately didn’t got the chance to visit a lot of places in China before leaving for studying abroad😢

[@ymhktravel]

Some of these places I've not heard of. Great recommendation. The reason they are less visited by both locals and even less so by foreigners, is that they are not that accessible. China is so big that some ancient towns and cities that even locals may not have heard of. I've become weary of watching the same touristy ancient towns that people have vlogged and continue to do so. it's like being viral makes it even more viral, with more people visiting those places, and then in time, it became too overcrowded and touristy, and lose the tranquility it once had.

[@bryanlee3337]

real good sharing

[@sh-hh4ws]

Thank you so much for your introduction 😊

[@cogniktive1147]

I think that vlogging couple Flora and Note recently did Shaxi. Simply a magical destination, it appears

[@guangzhouguide]

first time to hear about Yongtai Fortress, it's the typicay western old town which I want to explore, thanks!

[@Leelylbc]

Thank you for sharing these hidden gems off grid! I will definitely visit 瑶里古镇，程阳八寨 and Shaxi ancient town in the near future.

[@ruideng-rq7oy]

Your works deserve more views

[@varivavariva6045]

Great picks 👍👍👍

[@rayMan-tq5do]

I like that turtle town, never seen something like that, thanks for sharing.

[@l34han]

I have never heard of some of these towns as a Chinese. 8:30 The Yongtai Fortress really looks like an ancient city from history textbook. But most ancient city walls were made of bricks instead of clay. You can even see the shape of city moat at 8:33.

[@yueying1961]

Great video! Thanks 👍🍎

[@chemicalnorth2034]

Seriously a hidden gem of a KZbin channel. Truly my go to Channel for well thought out and level headed China related videos ever since Serpentza and Laowhy86's content quality went in the shitter. Keep it up!

[@Eric_Garrison]

Thanks! Appreciate it for sure

[@passby8070]

If you dont want to drive and public transportation is not convenient, just use Didi or any number of ride hailing. They are super cheap and very accessible.

[@tomsunuwar6940]

Stunning beautiful great anicent 🇨🇳🌎❤️‍🩹💐

[@junren4586]

Great job！Thank you for sharing！

[@Afhjitvdasvbjtrscv]

Such a good video!

[@Ivan-bg1jp]

For me, it's okay that buildings are reconstructed as long as it stays true to its original form. All towns are authentic because it's built by the Chinese people in their own architectural style. P.S. You forgot to mention Pingyao!

[@hawkkim1974]

very good

[@chopsticksandtrains]

Good video Eric. About Yaoli Village, you suggested that people stay the night there… have you checked to see if there are any places there that would accept foreigners, as many of these small towns/villages in China don’t accept non-Chinese guests….

[@Eric_Garrison]

I stayed there (just outside the village technically but just walked to it) so I suppose they take at least one laowai at one place there

[@chopsticksandtrains]

@@Eric_Garrison good to know. Very beautiful footage in this vid. Thanks for sharing!

[@Eric_Garrison]

No prob, hope you make your way to the ones you haven’t been yet

[@HeinzWilhelmGuderian]

mgj，我一个都没去过耶

[@henry-pj9zo]

you recover your memory!

[@stanbimi]

Excellent list. Hope you don't spoil these towns by bringing hordes of tourists.

[@Eric_Garrison]

Luckily no one watches my videos :)

[@haniahannslew4108]

Totally agree 👍 he complains popular places touristy and spoiled, but then he goes online to tell people go to less known places in China to eventually makes these less known towns becoming touristy and spoiled.

[@JetWings]

why have you come to China? what did u do for a living? I cant seem to remember. you're a China scholar now.

[@geekUSA101]

But you can’t use google in China sir, is banned along with KZbin 😂

[@yoingen]

I'm in China and using a VPN. Relax, you are not a criminal and no one will arrest you.

[@AmelieZh]

VPN

[@JetWings]

they were not banned, they withdrew from China, in face of terms far less strict than what Tiktok is dealing with rn

[@haniahannslew4108]

Dude. Wake up and stop believing those fake news. Yoo toop withdrew from China 🇨🇳 it was not banned

[@davisma445]

So funny you learn the liuzhou dialect which literally means balls fall to the ground😂