Explore the old city of Datong in China’s Shanxi province in this short video. An overnight train from Beijing will get you there in just over 5 hours. Check out the old neighborhood and the newly rebuilt City Wall, in addition to some other places of interest such as the Drum Tower, Grand Mosque, and Nine Dragon Wall. Feast on some spicy chicken and fish, and then get rowdy in a pool hall/KTV bar at night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9wseeCx-dg
北京站 – běi jīng zhàn
Beijing Railway Station
人太多了 – rén tài duō le
too many people
我们买了硬卧票 – wǒ men mǎi le yìng wò piào
We bought hard sleeper tickets.
大同 – dà tóng
Datong
山西省 – shān xī shěng
Shanxi province
城墙 – chéng qiáng
City Wall
青年旅舍 – qīng nián lǚ shě
youth hostel
快了宝贝 – kuài le bǎo bèi
Happy Baby
滑旱冰 – huá hàn bīng
rollerblading
鼓楼 – gǔ lóu
Drum Tower
清真大寺 – qīng zhēn dà sì
Grand Mosque
九龙壁 – jiǔ lóng bì
Nine Dragon Screen
清炒西兰花 – qīng chǎo xī lán huā
stir-fried broccoli
鱼香茄子 – yú xiāng qié zi
fish-scented eggplant
辣子鸡 – là zǐ jī
spicy chicken
烤鱼 – kǎo yú
grilled fish
吃饭以后,我么去打台球 – chī fàn yǐ hòu, wǒ me qù dǎ tái qiú
After dinner, we went to play pool.
Comments:
Peter Simon:
Hi Sasha, thanks. However, sadly, the video freezes at 2.29, nothing to be seen further on.
sasha:
I realized that… I have no idea why because the video is fine on my computer. Must have been a YouTube glitch. I’m re-upping it as we speak. Thanks for the comment!