I love seeing the woman wearing the traditional red wedding dresses. They should have a sedan chair for the couple to sit inside to take pictures and have a little ride. I remember thinking that the women were quite beautiful when I last visited Xian in 1985.
You're such a caring gentleman, my dear friend. Thanks for your sharing of 1985. I can imagine the smiling faces of the 1980's women in China. Thank you!
The different views of the city along the wall is beautiful. You are really brave to ride the bike with one hand and the camera in the other! The different camera shots and description in the video was very helpful. Great work!
Xi'an one of my favourite city in China. Thank you brother for this wonderful video. Hats off ❤️. China ancient culture I ❤️ most. China - India friendship forever ❤️❤️❤️🙏 .....
I ❤ Ancient Chinese architecture.Thanks to the Chinese government for preserving their ancient past.The City of Xian is rich with ancient history because it was the capital of quite a few dynasties.
Definitely, the city of Xi'an is really impressive! And I think it's even more impressive for me, who is not used to seeing this kind of architecture. Especially in France! It is simply magnificent! thank you for sharing with me beautiful cities each time.
Max, thanks for taking us along this bicycle ride. This is another one of those bucket list things to do in China for me. You certainly picked a fine day to do this video. Great work as usual.
Yes, you sent this one into my bucket list before. Now I can say I'm a man who had taken a bike riding tour on the Xi'an City Wall. The weather was great. Much better than winter time in Xi'an!
Cycling on Xi'an Wall are one of greatest thing to do in Xi'an. I done my cycling in morning and complete the circle in 2 hrs 45 minute. 56:02 Entrance of Xi'an most famous Muslim quarter street food.
Another great effort showing the beauty of Xian. Had the opportunity to bike around the wall in 2014 and remember it well. The wedding couple reminded me of a bride I photographed while in Wuzhen. The red bridal outfits are spectacular! Thanks again WalkEast. 🤗🇦🇺❤️🇨🇳
I absolutely love your no comments videos enabling your viewers to see & hear the city instead of the person shooting the video. Your attention to detail & respect for where you are & those around you is superb. Thank you & I wish you continued success.
Awww... This give me soo many memories back from when i lived in Carcassonne... XD I used to love running on the wall and i liked to play imaging myself as a knight or a king and trying to figure out the best tactic to protect the castle from the big trucks and bus that wre passing nearby XD i remember people looking at me like if i was a crazy kid XD, yelling like "It's a dragon ! defend yourself!" or "bandits attack!" .. XD soo many memories XD. Couldn't do that with bike, the wall wasn't big enougth to drive on top of it without risk for me or others people. When isaw the small modele of the city, i just get mind blow... it's massive ! crazy big! i thougth it was the same size as some others temple and place you visited that were not that big :O people back in time were very smart, great tacticians and all. We get soo much from them. Even todays we still continu to use technics that are thousands years old and they still work perfectly. Also people in old time were building super strong things. Todays houses barely can resist time for a dozens of years without starting to fall apart. But some very old building are super strong, even without the maintenance. Love theses old places, full of stories and memories. It's crazy when you left... you see old city with wall and all, and then you turn, BAM! super modern city with tall buildings, cars and all .. it's like a completly different world everytime XD Thank you for this visit :D i really love theses old places, i can imagine soo many stories and things that could have happen in places like this. Visiting them is like reading a giant book, but you are the ink, sliding between the pages and stories :D And i agree, it's super similar to a banjo XD, even the sound is kind of similar hahaha XD
Hey, Frank, I was super busy these days. Now I got some time to talk with you. I googled Carcassonne: Carcassonne became a border fortress between France and the Crown of Aragon under the Treaty of Corbeil (1258). I hope I could visit this historical place someday. It must be amazing! ---------- used to love running on the wall and i liked to play imaging myself as a knight or a king and trying to figure out the best tactic to protect the castle from the big trucks and bus that wre passing nearby XD Frank, every boy had such kind of dreams. I wanted to be a warrior at my childhood too! I wanted to be hero to protect people too! ------------ people back in time were very smart, great tacticians and all. We get soo much from them. Even todays we still continue to use technics that are thousands years old and they still work perfectly. That's exactly the thoughts when I saw this kind of ancient masterpiece, friend. I always can't believe how smart the ancient people was... They're so smart to build so many wonderful thing, even with today's modern equipment, people are very hard to build those things... --------- It's crazy when you left... you see old city with wall and all, and then you turn, BAM! super modern city with tall buildings, cars and all .. it's like a completely different world every time XD Yes, Frank, yes! Xi'an is so lucky to get ancient city walls and modern city together! It made this city very special! That's why I love Xi'an so much! --------- Visiting them is like reading a giant book, but you are the ink, sliding between the pages and stories :D I can't agree more! Visiting this places is like reading a great book for me too! I have seen a lot of things and I have learned lots of knowledges. ----------- And i agree, it's super similar to a banjo XD, even the sound is kind of similar hahaha XD Haha, yes, that music instrument is so amazing! Frank, hope you have a wonderful new week. I'm in my home now and I will share your the look of Changsha next. Good day!
Take note to all who doesn't know. Xi'an or Chang'an during the Han dynasty period was an ancient capital since the Qin Dynasty. It wasn't only the capital of Sui or tang dynasty as the Qin Dynasty established Xi'an or Chang'an to be their own capital.
Very impressive to see, how lot efforts authorities of China investing in conservation of historical heritage sites. This wall - most better evidence of nurturing and conservation of history in China.
Fun fact, Chinese city walls were too big and fat to blast with cannons. Up until modern artillery in the late 1800's, they could only be scaled or dug under.
last visited the city in 1983. there were so many hungry people in the restaurants waiting to pick up your unfinished food. i can still remember these clearly.
I stumbled across the Fortifications of Xi’an by chance on Geo Guesser. Now, I’m completely addicted and have fallen in love with it and Chinese culture. It’s just so... traditional feeling. Like there’s purpose, pride, and honor in almost everything you interact with. I would love to go. It would be the only other country I’ve been in (so far).
I did run the full loop of the City Wall back in 2018 (a little over 8 miles so if you are used to 10k runs this would be nothing). I picked a weekday (few tourists) and it was very pleasant. Want to go back again badly but this unfortunate pandemic...I started from the West Gate (Gate AnDing, or Peace and Stability), actually right in front of the bike rental place.
@Walk East Sorry if it's a stupid question or something, but... I just wanted to ask if I can use some clips from your videos in my works? Do you allow it in general (with mentioning you as an author of course), or it's a nono?
Thank you for sharing ! During these days this easy way to travel, better than nothing. Some day this is over , waiting for better times. Thanks Max ❤❤❤
Every Country should understand Communism is the future of living, Democracy looks only good in books their applications are not for Real. Communism is a key of Success The ones who understand it, implement it and the ones who doesn't understand get to the Hell.
i am not sure what "rebuilt" means。 if that means the wall had almost collapsed and rebuild almost from 0.....no.. if means the wall had damage and "repair"....yes... the basic structure still ming dynasty city wall
