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In Bama County, Guangxi, China, living past the age of a hundred isn't just commonplace, it's become a tourist attraction. People from big cities flock to villages like Longhong to meet the centenarians and try to learn the secret of their longevity.
A self-proclaimed 118-year-old has adopted a flexitarian (or semi-vegetarian) diet. "He doesn't eat much meat," says his 87-year-old son.
One Chinese researcher suggests that several geological factors there contribute to longevity, including a karst landform, a higher than normal magnetic field, and a nearby fault zone.
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@RetroManiacFTW 8 лет назад

I actually feel bad for that 119 dude whos been made into an exhibition of some sorts, and he probably has to endure all those tourists storming into his house and taking pictures.

@jjjk24 8 лет назад

Well he's 118 old I'm sure he doesn't have much excitement in his day besides meeting new people so he probably doesn't mind it all that much.

@missbeccayoung2273 8 лет назад

Agree

@boonebixby 8 лет назад

Lol.😄

@advancedmonkey7702 8 лет назад

if you can live to 119, you would appreciate all kinds of human interaction.

@DeepSpaceBass1 8 лет назад

If I was 119 I wouldn't care, what do I have to lose?

@SprinkleofWilly 8 лет назад

he said as long as tourist don't litter, they welcome. It's sad because they will litter.

@nadiasn2012 8 лет назад

very true.. I wish that they will be more respectful than this. its a shame really if they did litter😢😢

@DeepSpaceBass1 8 лет назад

It happens to my small town too....considering getting some friends together to kick some asses since the police dont have the resources to stop them

@nadiasn2012 8 лет назад

You should put more signs .. like we are happy to have you in our town but will be happier if leave it clean. 😂😂 some times being nice pays back more.. hope that your town stay in peace and prosperity.

@DeepSpaceBass1 8 лет назад

When has being nice stopped disrespectful guests ever? If someone was throwing trash all over your house would you be nice to them?

@PerfectAlibi1 8 лет назад

Well they could put heavy fines on littering.

@0rggu262 8 лет назад

They don't have to rush anywhere. They don't eat junk food and white sugar, smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol. They don't feel need to have the best car in the neighbourhood or compete with coworkers... I feel sorry for people that live in big cities. They don't know what happiness is.

@Linkwii64 6 лет назад

0 r g g U when I retired I want to go lives a simple life like them. Plant my own food, go farming and be one with nature before I die.

@ColbyAiken 5 лет назад

A lot of them do consume cigarettes and alcohol, the main reason could be due to eating 100% organic and living a relaxed lifestyle

@mike.p.1400 5 лет назад

0 r g g U it’s a choice. I don’t care if you live in New York City. You don’t have to drink or smoke or eat sugar or eat junk food. Nobody holds a gun to your head. Your lifestyle is your lifestyle. I don’t care if you live in New York. Boston or LA or some tiny Asian village. It’s a choice.

@masterpalladin 5 лет назад

organic food, no gmos, less pollution....but also their not necessarily healthy, now new Zealand all organic local food.... a 103 year old was still homesteading and healthy

@masterpalladin 5 лет назад

hemp seed, seaweed and algae .......food from the sea little grain consumption and organic food right from the farm

@franciscofaustino6108 8 лет назад

Its so ironic that in developed and big cities we have so much doctors and pills to help us live longer but in these citites they dont have nothing of that and still live longer than we do...

@lincolnabraham4695 8 лет назад

It's because they don't put salt on food, sugar on food, processed food, pollution in the air. Exercise on their farms, they eat little meat and when they do eat meat it's usually fish. All these things together make you live long.

@QsteaI 8 лет назад

It's because the more pills we take,the weaker our immune system gets as our body tends to rely on antibiotics for help while these ppl rarely have taken antibiotics and thus has a strong immune system

@daivdcameom7203 8 лет назад

beautiful countryside The local dont like go to city , although they are little bit poor, long life more important

@animalkindness 8 лет назад

quality vs quantity, Long life sucks

@CarlH08 8 лет назад

Medicines actually makes us weaker.Pharmaceutical is a multibillion dollar industry,they wouldnt be able to sell thier products if we dont get sick.

@ThecrazyJH96 8 лет назад

No stress, healthy eating, natural manual labor

@bleachclorox5291 8 лет назад

+hampe hjsjdf Food still plays an important role though

@guulwade989 6 лет назад

it doesn't matter 100 one million death is the end we are not in this world for games there is reason that is the worship of the creator ALLAH there's nothing like unto him

@bokvarv1926 6 лет назад

and above all else no internet, not tv and no moronic SWJ groups screaming in your ears

@Pongi626 6 лет назад

Joseph Harding they also probably eat only plants

@MrAlipatik 6 лет назад

somalia today okay so don't kill people.. whatever the reason is..

@cinthia9602 6 лет назад

Notice how green the river is? Looks healthy, not too polluted.

@kimbieandi Год назад

Actually the river is brown, I was wondering if they are dumping their sewage into it. It is not green.

@waterbottle8692 5 лет назад

So basically people in this village live long because of clean air and no pollution. This fact brings tourists which helps bring the town out of poverty. Except this tourism will pollute the air and the land, decreasing the age of its inhabitants and therefore make this once unique town like all others. Sad.

@luvsamma 8 лет назад

they shouldn't let it become a tourists place :(

@Hmongboi228 6 лет назад

Sad to say but the communist Chinese government decides that. The village cannot say "no."

@culture5679 2 года назад

@@Hmongboi228 SB

@gfbtfbtfilyfxbtyewqqef 7 лет назад

The tourists should be forced to use bikes to go to these towns

@iinRez 8 лет назад

Spiritual wealth is what invigorates these people and their land was a sanctuary for life _because_ financial wealth was out of the picture, but now the most toxic pollution of all will flood into this area. Greed.

@kimbieandi Год назад

The idea to longevity is not sitting in a chair like a lump, it's being active, talking, mobility - I sure don't want to live 100+ and be sitting in a chair in a lump

@ChannelofRK 7 лет назад

such a beautiful place

@shanghainoon7829 8 лет назад

*Last week, Hong Kongers were crowned the people with the highest life expectancy rate in the world. China must be doing something right. xD*

@elbertliu6814 8 лет назад

Why i spoke English instead of Mandarin during the whole visit in Hong Kong lmfao

@Nikohere 8 лет назад

the chinese are smart not eating alot of meat but alot of plants vegetables.

@ColbyAiken 5 лет назад

These are probably not even Chinese as you can see it is an autonomous region

@adityanawani8134 5 лет назад

Niko here Then Indians are smarter.😎😎😎

@adityanawani8134 5 лет назад

Aberfoyle Samson Not everyone is a neanderthal meat eater.

@HishamR89 8 лет назад

Stress-free lifestyle and balanced diet in accordance with their activity levels.

@msmicheal2321 6 лет назад

And they have a very low breast cancer rate... I've heard. We really need to study their lifestyle more!! We need to stop fighting amongst ourselves and learn from one another!! 😉😘

@cinthia9602 4 года назад

Living in villages helps a lot too.

@BattousaiBrown 8 лет назад

I don't think i'd want to live past 100 at that point you're basically crippled.

@geraldsoria1764 8 лет назад

unless they make cells be able to regenerate itself we can look 21 for the rest of our lives, science fiction though

@esanchez682 8 лет назад

+Gerald Soria - The population would increase and not be good for earth

@jonbemerkin 8 лет назад

right? I don't want to live past 70 lol....Wearing diapers and have someone bath me sounds terrible

@watgoog 8 лет назад

+Eduardo Sanchez that's why outer space and advance future technologies exist for a reason...

@acutelilmint8035 6 лет назад

lol most of the people in this video are over that age and i don't see anyone bathing them lol

@eater1526 4 года назад

I'll love to live here calm and peace :)

@nelizajoey26 5 лет назад

I don't understand why tourist throw trash everywhere when they are visiting the place. When people throw trash you are killing the soil, the air, and the water . These are the most important than money. A healthy environment = to a healthy human being.

@TheFishCostume 8 лет назад

I really don't understand how infrared radiation or magnetism could help you with anything... 2:35

@Soldierboss 8 лет назад

Right after at 2:42 he said "It improves the immune system." Seriously bruh 😂😂😂

@rubenscott3972 8 лет назад

If u believe in it u can make your self suck so why not the same if u believe in it u can make your self better

@TheFishCostume 8 лет назад

***** No shit, but that doesn't explain anything about how it would improve your immune system or quicken your metabolism, and if you think that reading two sentences is enough to understand something in biology, you're extremely mistaken.

@ryandot4 8 лет назад

It doesn't really, it's like how some "experts" believe that aliens made the pyramids. He's bullshitting right there.

@YD-di3pm 8 лет назад

Maybe placebo effect, I don't know. But it is mostly, I think, an attraction for the tourist

@LordKohaegan 8 лет назад

I don't want to live past 80, and I most definitely wouldn't want to live past 100. Your body and often your mind breaks down so much by then, it's no longer living, but rather just surviving.

@kimbieandi Год назад

I guess you're really young, I know a lot of people beyond 80 who still are active. The only thing is a lot of them have hearing aids. 90+ is where you start having other issues

@agusaffandi2347 Год назад

Well depend on where you live because most centenarian in blue zones are living functional and healthy lives.

@gilong1311 8 лет назад

This reminds of the book "The China Study"

@debralawrence3582 3 года назад

clean air and vegetarian diet are key to long healthy life

@piscesrain8882 8 лет назад

I'd rather live "poor" heathy and happy than "rich" stressed and sick. They think that they are poor yet they have all they need in front of them.

@onigbajamo 8 лет назад

It's nice to have people like you tell them what poor really is.

@rathernotsayatall 2 года назад

@@onigbajamo This is the "new" trend: pretending to know everything, or at least assert everything.

@jayteet.8204 6 лет назад

I don't get it why we call them poor. They seem so rich to me.

@luzgriselda9484 8 лет назад

Nice

@user-vz3lu1ek1t 7 лет назад

When people say meat is bad, I laugh. Seriously, where did you learn that? lolz

@koffz-nl2118 7 лет назад

Takashi Takamatsu westerners should cut down the amount of meat they take in

@gammondog 4 года назад

From the same experts that said smoking was good for the nerves.

@BLamorous 7 лет назад

Humans are so rude. Don't let tourists in, they'll only destroy this beautiful village. If you're going to go to villages, have respect & don't bloody litter 😡

@Pirustae 8 лет назад

You should check about the Hunza people instead. They're divided in a few groups but centurions are very common amongst them.

@illusionxmuta 3 года назад

It’s been documented that many of the ages are exaggerated, some by as much as 20 years.

@Nikohere 8 лет назад

to live a pro long life is to deal with stress the right way and love your friends family stay in touch with them have a good career and take care of your body stay healthy by not eating so much meat everyday or drinking at all and youll be good cause people who eat alot of red meat and drink die so early like age 40 or 50.

@PlutoO0 8 лет назад

Sometimes people just need to show a little respect....

@alphax1049 8 лет назад

I am Chinese, yet I can't speak mandarin well. That's sad

@irosenodka1921 3 года назад

有什么sad的我感觉现在保护好地方语音/方言或文化反而更加可贵，除非你工作需求很大

@changwenchien 8 лет назад

living in the wealthy polluted cities, or the pure, clean, but poor village, it's always a hard choice, if you do have the choice.

@jnusslein6301 2 года назад

Beautiful environment

@xavierrainey8747 4 года назад

“We eat what we plant”

@sunnyjoseph558 3 года назад

Not always

@astrophysx7523 7 лет назад

I was born in China, i left to live in Canada i was about 3. When i went to visit during the summer i remember getting off the airplane and developed a cough first thing out of the airport. I had that cough for my entire stay there. When i walked out of pearson airport, toronto, my cough went away. And toronto isnt even that green lmfao.

@rockyhustler9416 2 года назад

Amazing guy.

@big3ye378 7 лет назад

I hope the tourists stop littering there.

@user-pv1hp5qn4c 7 лет назад

很亲切的镜头，国家地理组辛苦了(≧∇≦)/

@lolitzvelda 8 лет назад

I heard that in China the girls are growing to be taller and taller!! I wonder why but I'll be glad to move there lol!

@swadey2.017 8 лет назад

This makes me want to leave my fucking job, god what the fuck am I doing stressing over bills and hanging out with clowns taking substances that are giving me the illusion of happiness and wisdom. God what am I doing with my life!

@ttfan3257 2 года назад

Ducks, fishing, carefree fried green veggies Corns peas , all sorts veggies, lil meat Sunlight has lots of Far Infra red Is on fault Karst landform Magnetic level high Ducks seen Crabs seen ?

@mustyfan1584 7 лет назад

Eat a diet of starch and vegetables, and live a long and healthy life. Not such a crazy concept, but one most people in the West have forgotten.

@EDDIE-zw2xl 7 лет назад

pills dont make us live longer 😂

@HASSANJI_made_in_AMERICA 6 лет назад

I LOVE CHINA. I LOVE PANDAS. I LOVE CHINESE FOOD. I LOVE SLANTED EYES!

@ctleung168 6 лет назад

Most of the Chinese eyes ane not slanted.

@Jimbogf 6 лет назад

I like Panda Express

@anonymousplayer8174 2 года назад

ok we get it

@paul3003mathew 8 лет назад

who wants to live a hundred years......living long enough to see yourself become the villain......

@savedandblessedvance1602 8 лет назад

no stress would help a lot on its own.

@josiebravo1819 8 лет назад

Everything is more organic the air is clean they exercise more. In the city we can anything but not the same. Simple the medicine cure one thing but it has secondary consequencies thats why.

@BattousaiBrown 8 лет назад

I believe China is one of the most polluting countries out there their air isn't exactly 100% pure.

@kongwee1978 8 лет назад

That village is that is the south of China, it is much less pollutive. You can see it is surrounded by a lot of greens.

@josiebravo1819 8 лет назад

+Kong Wee Peh yes it is same plants purified the air like filters so is good

@bleachclorox5291 8 лет назад

+VigilantAssassin India is actually the most polluted country in the world.

@kylie3366 8 лет назад

true, some pars of india are vile

@andreipadlan3562 8 лет назад

hi, person about to comment first

@creepersgonnapay 8 лет назад

darn

@anonymousplayer8174 2 года назад

The air pollution is so bad in China and yet chinese people still manage to live for so long

@robertsterling1351 8 лет назад

I wonder if they prepare the corn as it was done traditionally. Otherwise it can bring health issues. No doubt that the corn is a new addition to their traditional diet. Who knows what other foods they have adopted.

@jatoijatoi214 5 лет назад

Pakistan. China.friendship.💜💛💚💖💜💖

@kiminseattle3476 6 лет назад

It proves more convenient high equipment meant shorts life.

@rockyhustler9416 2 года назад

I am a Pakistani Lahori and I wish it was there.

@g33k_Tech Год назад

this place have high spiritual energy thats why they live longer

@Emma-vc8iw 8 лет назад

Do not put this village under spotlight, otherwise more "tourists " would go there and destroy it

@lukehall7112 7 лет назад

My dream, to live in such a place.

@Mr_Quacks_Official 2 года назад

I speak Chinese sometimes and I can teach you:dà means big xiâo means small duō means many sháng means above did means below zuô means left yòu means right

@buhadiyah4181 2 года назад

Panjang umur masyarakat China..

@GhostofRhurValley 7 лет назад

Karl Pilkington would say '' are they that old tho''.

@metasek1098 5 лет назад

Am I the only one that realizes this village is plant based? They eat mostly plants less meat?

@rchuso 8 лет назад

Imagine the world population if everyone lived that long.

@kimbieandi Год назад

haha

@Miquelalalaa 7 лет назад

I really like his clothing.

@chestertang7226 8 лет назад

Painful to watch

@vivianli1249 8 лет назад

Painful to read

@AndyZULUL 8 лет назад

+Vivian Li painful to hear too and we all Chinese ay

@vivianli1249 8 лет назад

Yeah I agree, but I was talking about his (or her i can't tell) comment

@elizasimon822 8 лет назад

don't do it. it will only get worse! live your peaceful lives!!!!!

@elizabethbonner2420 7 лет назад

this is sad we dont even care for environment wow

@nickless3923 Год назад

I'm sure that your teacher made you watch and summarize this video my eapp mate.

@motionztm3790 8 лет назад

maybe school has a high magnetic zone

@hamburgermanwitch7994 5 лет назад

It could have been worst if it where Instargammers.

@will4evermoore 8 лет назад

A person can live past 100 because around 120-130 is cutoff goodbye.

@avayu2289 5 лет назад

Sadly though in 21st century, bio hacking with stem cells and proper organic non toxic nutrition is the only way to longevity.

@jackypurts 7 лет назад

why on earth did they employ a narrator who pronounces 'R's as 'W's? Like a 3 year old. I can't bear it.

@theguythatcould 7 лет назад

live stress-free and live a long life. sounds boring.

@abyssstrider2547 7 лет назад

theguythatcould you mean sounds relaxing?

@joegalo3251 4 года назад

Not 100 Over 120 years old

@oujisanhikari18 8 лет назад

dammm china is beautiful.

@juliaedwins2699 7 лет назад

africa was the same until europeans had the audacity to colonise with no restraint

@taschentuchgefahr52 7 лет назад

The key is to defeat the legend 27

@MajorCulturalDivide 8 лет назад

What's a tervist? The narrator keeps talking about tervists.

@kylie3366 8 лет назад

I think he meant tourist...

@paulramos7497 8 лет назад

The first comment to rule them all

@paulramos7497 8 лет назад

+EmmaTheGymnast thats a bummer!

@netengoniwase4206 6 лет назад

Is it Mandarin?

@guthnar Год назад

yeah kapitalisim makes and is sick god help us plz

@ussfrhni8085 8 лет назад

I dont wanna become that old...

@aserrodriguez6609 5 лет назад

Well then this once beautiful place is going down the toilet too because nothing is sacred to humans anymore! Nothing!

@alexlopez882 8 лет назад

Humans (tourists) are so selfish 😡

@RememberVietnam 8 лет назад

"Made in China".

@Faz13able 4 года назад

2020 anyone? After Corona?

@Josh-gy1xk 8 лет назад

1000 likes?

@originalideas9617 8 лет назад

According to theory of relativity, time is a relative. Bama is a singular point on earth magnetic field, so time is lower there. But it's has no meaning to get such Longer life, since activity and meaning of life is always same in different time-space system.

@ralghahhallas2460 8 лет назад

Then go live on the north pole.

@cct7558 8 лет назад

I hate the world.

@sukruoosten 8 лет назад

our days are all numbered !!! some smoke for 80 years en some are very healthy but suddenly collapse 1 day en die young !!!! its all in the hands of THE ETERNAL LORD OF ISRAEL

@dontignorewatchme5851 8 лет назад

so no one

@KingoftheGods123 8 лет назад

Nay!

@blususpect 8 лет назад

I don't get why people want to live that long.life just stops when u get old seriously.

@vivianli1249 8 лет назад

Not there, apparently

@Biggvs_dickvs 8 лет назад

I've got enough Time to be death so I rather wanna be old if I still can think that is.

@ssilverwolf7887 8 лет назад

Life only stops if you let it or its your time to go. You can allow life to lose its luster and your abilities very young, and some very old. It's the age within that matters....they rest are purely physical. We are more in change of our conditions than most ever imagine.

@mann_kong 8 лет назад

Dang I'm early

@aleempervaiz8789 4 года назад

Why people are interested in longer lives? Longer life is a pity a pain and disgusting. Get rid of longer lives. The longer life one will spend the more sins he/she will commit. There is no escape from death. Old homes, miserable life.