Wild China — S01E04 — Beyond the Great Wall
2008 · 59 MIN · IMDB 8.4 · DIR. George Chan
Overview
China's emperors built the Great Wall to keep their kingdom safe from the hostile barbarians to the north. This is a land of warrior tribes, bizarre wildlife and extreme weather, but also of vast and breathtaking evergreen forests, grassy plains and sweeping desert dunes, rich with history. The legendary Silk Road drew traders and their camels across the deserts in search of fabulous wealth, and fierce Mongolian horsemen conquered the known world. Today, nomadic tribesmen still race horses and hunt with golden eagles, while tiny hamsters and Asia's last wild horses struggle to survive in the world's most northerly desert.
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00:00:05 NARRATOR: The Great Wall of China was built by the Han Chinese
00:02:30 who share their world, we must leave the shelter of the Wall
00:05:00 But how can they catch their quarry?
00:07:58 Like the Hezhe people, the boars find it difficult to gather food in winter.
00:10:32 Here, a surprising herd of animals is on the move.
00:13:59 This is hardly the image of the dangerous tribal people
00:17:18 North of the Wall are huge areas of grassland
00:19:15 The annual Nadam Festival, held each July,
00:22:52 This place is known in China as Swan Lake.
00:25:26 There's little standing water here,
00:27:24 Jiayuguan Fortress was considered
00:29:12 Silk moths lay several hundred eggs, and the tiny caterpillars that emerge
00:31:54 For the ancient Silk Road traders,
00:34:04 "And when day breaks, they find that a cheat has been put on them.
00:35:53 With these adaptations, it can go for days without drinking.
00:38:09 But how on earth can a water-hungry crop grow in such abundance in a desert?
00:41:09 on the ground, unguarded?
00:43:15 where it's still traded today.
00:45:34 has been grazing their livestock all summer
00:48:17 In the darkness, a little Roborovski's Hamster
00:50:32 and so suffer bitterly cold winters.
00:52:29 By the time the wild horses can be released from the pen,
00:54:38 it will be the end of his hunting days.
00:58:10 Now it is possible to celebrate them, too.
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Wild China, season 1, episode 4: Beyond the Great Wall.
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