Name: In a Remote Town in China...
Uploaded: 2018-08-10T06:01:45.000Z
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I have just gotten ready to leave for my newest
trip within China.

Today I am so excited to be going to a town
in midwestern China called Lin Zhou.

Headed off to the airport, I'll be taking
a 3-ish hour flight to Handan,

and then the town is about 2 hours outside of the airport.

Need to say bye to Livio because he is going
to be staying back here in Shenzhen

I don't know why this is the ride but... it
is.

It has a coffee machine, it has a fridge,
it has satellite TV.

This is basically the view from the hotel.

The hotel is there, and then... there are
these mountains in the distance.

Right now we are going to an award ceremony
for an art competition.

The town actually sponsors this competition.
And they invite locals and farmers to participate

in the competition and they actually buy all
of the art supplies for the people.

Everything, and they just give it to the people.

And then everyone that wins an award gets a cash prize.

It's to kind of foster creativity among people
that might not necessarily

get so many opportunities to let their creativity shine.

They are really for everyone being able to
get an education

and a chance at making something of themselves

not just the rich are rich
and the poor stay poor

So they try and support the community and
yeah, it's just a really cool mindset

So, Jason is showing me around, um... yeah,
apparently in style.

Really cannot get over how beautiful it is.

Walking along one of the canals right now.

I really feel like I am in another world right
now.

It was really amazing to watch, and in this
gorgeous scenery.

This must be one of the most beautiful places
that I have ever seen in my life.

Hi guys, I am here at part of the Hongqi Canals.

the canals here have just a really fascinating story.

you would never guess that for hundreds of years,

this area was actually the site
of drought, famine, and starvation.

This is a story that they were trying to get
the water from a very long distance

The bucket of water was just flipped, and
then they were so disappointed,

Ever since the 1400's, people's lives here
were majorly affected by a lack of water.

And as the centuries went on, the problem
just got worse.

People couldn't farm, and without farming,
they didn't have enough food to eat.

Water was so rare here, it became a currency,

but one far more valuable than actual money or gold

By the 1950's, times here in Lin Zhou were
worse than ever.

But the village leader had an idea to build
a complex system of canals

that would bring water - and life - back to the area.

Building the canals was dangerous and difficult -
even politically dangerous

because at the time, the chairman of China didn't approve of the canals,

and he had ordered steel mills to be built instead.

Because there was political opposition, the
project wasn't government funded

and the people that worked on the canals were volunteers.

Ordinary people, from all different villages,

coming together to work on this seemingly impossible project.

The leader even sold his personal belongings
to keep it going.

At the end of 10 years of hard work, the canals
were finished.

There were enormous celebrations, and people
didn't have to go hungry anymore.

Also, further into the project, Chairman Mao
actually recognized the vision behind it,

And after the canals were finished, he gave
the village leader a very high ranking job in the government.

I've always thought that some of the best
stories are ones about

ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

And the story of the Hongqi Canals is definitely
just that.

This tiny little village, coming together
- to accomplish something.

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