Does This Village in China Hold the Key to Living Past 100? | National Geographic
Vložit
- čas přidán 23. 08. 2024
- 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.
➡ Subscribe: bit.ly/NatGeoSu...
About National Geographic:
National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer to the stories that matter and past the edge of what's possible.
Get More National Geographic:
Official Site: bit.ly/NatGeoOf...
Facebook: bit.ly/FBNatGeo
Twitter: bit.ly/NatGeoTw...
Instagram: bit.ly/NatGeoInsta
Does This Village in China Hold the Key to Living Past 100? | National Geographic
• Does This Village in C...
National Geographic
/ natgeo
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.
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.
Agree
Lol.😄
if you can live to 119, you would appreciate all kinds of human interaction.
If I was 119 I wouldn't care, what do I have to lose?
he said as long as tourist don't litter, they welcome. It's sad because they will litter.
very true.. I wish that they will be more respectful than this. its a shame really if they did litter😢😢
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
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.
When has being nice stopped disrespectful guests ever? If someone was throwing trash all over your house would you be nice to them?
Well they could put heavy fines on littering.
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.
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.
A lot of them do consume cigarettes and alcohol, the main reason could be due to eating 100% organic and living a relaxed lifestyle
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.
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
hemp seed, seaweed and algae .......food from the sea little grain consumption and organic food right from the farm
No stress, healthy eating, natural manual labor
+hampe hjsjdf
Food still plays an important role though
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
and above all else no internet, not tv and no moronic SWJ groups screaming in your ears
Joseph Harding they also probably eat only plants
somalia today okay so don't kill people.. whatever the reason is..
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...
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.
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
beautiful countryside
The local dont like go to city , although they are little bit poor, long life more important
quality vs quantity, Long life sucks
Medicines actually makes us weaker.Pharmaceutical is a multibillion dollar industry,they wouldnt be able to sell thier products if we dont get sick.
Notice how green the river is? Looks healthy, not too polluted.
Actually the river is brown, I was wondering if they are dumping their sewage into it. It is not green.
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.
they shouldn't let it become a tourists place :(
Sad to say but the communist Chinese government decides that. The village cannot say "no."
@@Hmongboi228 SB
The tourists should be forced to use bikes to go to these towns
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.
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
*Last week, Hong Kongers were crowned the people with the highest life expectancy rate in the world. China must be doing something right. xD*
Why i spoke English instead of Mandarin during the whole visit in Hong Kong lmfao
such a beautiful place
the chinese are smart not eating alot of meat but alot of plants vegetables.
These are probably not even Chinese as you can see it is an autonomous region
Niko here
Then Indians are smarter.😎😎😎
Aberfoyle Samson
Not everyone is a neanderthal meat eater.
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 😡
Stress-free lifestyle and balanced diet in accordance with their activity levels.
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!!
😉😘
Living in villages helps a lot too.
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.
I really don't understand how infrared radiation or magnetism could help you with anything... 2:35
Right after at 2:42 he said "It improves the immune system." Seriously bruh 😂😂😂
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
***** 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.
It doesn't really, it's like how some "experts" believe that aliens made the pyramids. He's bullshitting right there.
Maybe placebo effect, I don't know. But it is mostly, I think, an attraction for the tourist
I'll love to live here calm and peace :)
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.
It's nice to have people like you tell them what poor really is.
@@onigbajamo This is the "new" trend: pretending to know everything, or at least assert everything.
This reminds of the book "The China Study"
I don't think i'd want to live past 100 at that point you're basically crippled.
unless they make cells be able to regenerate itself we can look 21 for the rest of our lives, science fiction though
+Gerald Soria - The population would increase and not be good for earth
right? I don't want to live past 70 lol....Wearing diapers and have someone bath me sounds terrible
+Eduardo Sanchez that's why outer space and advance future technologies exist for a reason...
lol most of the people in this video are over that age and i don't see anyone bathing them lol
clean air and vegetarian diet are key to long healthy life
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.
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
Well depend on where you live because most centenarian in blue zones are living functional and healthy lives.
I don't get it why we call them poor. They seem so rich to me.
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.
You should check about the Hunza people instead. They're divided in a few groups but centurions are very common amongst them.
I am Chinese, yet I can't speak mandarin well. That's sad
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
Nice
It’s been documented that many of the ages are exaggerated, some by as much as 20 years.
When people say meat is bad, I laugh. Seriously, where did you learn that? lolz
Takashi Takamatsu westerners should cut down the amount of meat they take in
From the same experts that said smoking was good for the nerves.
Sometimes people just need to show a little respect....
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.
Beautiful environment
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.
很亲切的镜头，国家地理组辛苦了(≧∇≦)/
I LOVE CHINA. I LOVE PANDAS. I LOVE CHINESE FOOD. I LOVE SLANTED EYES!
Most of the Chinese eyes ane not slanted.
I like Panda Express
ok we get it
“We eat what we plant”
Not always
I hope the tourists stop littering there.
Pakistan. China.friendship.💜💛💚💖💜💖
no stress would help a lot on its own.
who wants to live a hundred years......living long enough to see yourself become the villain......
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.
I believe China is one of the most polluting countries out there their air isn't exactly 100% pure.
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.
+Kong Wee Peh yes it is same plants purified the air like filters so is good
+VigilantAssassin
India is actually the most polluted country in the world.
true, some pars of india are vile
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.
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 ?
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.
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!
Amazing guy.
I am a Pakistani Lahori and I wish it was there.
My dream, to live in such a place.
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
It proves more convenient high equipment meant shorts life.
this place have high spiritual energy thats why they live longer
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!
Karl Pilkington would say '' are they that old tho''.
The air pollution is so bad in China and yet chinese people still manage to live for so long
Do not put this village under spotlight, otherwise more "tourists " would go there and destroy it
pills dont make us live longer 😂
Imagine the world population if everyone lived that long.
haha
I really like his clothing.
Panjang umur masyarakat China..
maybe school has a high magnetic zone
Am I the only one that realizes this village is plant based? They eat mostly plants less meat?
don't do it. it will only get worse! live your peaceful lives!!!!!
Painful to watch
Painful to read
+Vivian Li painful to hear too and we all Chinese ay
Yeah I agree, but I was talking about his (or her i can't tell) comment
hi, person about to comment first
darn
I'm sure that your teacher made you watch and summarize this video my eapp mate.
this is sad we dont even care for environment wow
africa was the same until europeans had the audacity to colonise with no restraint
Is it Mandarin?
It could have been worst if it where Instargammers.
A person can live past 100 because around 120-130 is cutoff goodbye.
Sadly though in 21st century, bio hacking with stem cells and proper organic non toxic nutrition is the only way to longevity.
live stress-free and live a long life. sounds boring.
theguythatcould you mean sounds relaxing?
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.
The first comment to rule them all
+EmmaTheGymnast thats a bummer!
Well then this once beautiful place is going down the toilet too because nothing is sacred to humans anymore! Nothing!
Not 100
Over 120 years old
The key is to defeat the legend 27
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.
Then go live on the north pole.
I dont wanna become that old...
dammm china is beautiful.
yeah kapitalisim makes and is sick god help us plz
What's a tervist? The narrator keeps talking about tervists.
I think he meant tourist...
Humans (tourists) are so selfish 😡
I don't get why people want to live that long.life just stops when u get old seriously.
Not there, apparently
I've got enough Time to be death so
I rather wanna be old if I still can think that is.
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.
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
so no one
"Made in China".
1000 likes?
2020 anyone? After Corona?
I got the keys the keys the keys 🔑 #djkhaled
😂😂
+Official Cavebob follow me on ig .Young__kobe .hit me up
with 1 _ or 2 __
+Official Cavebob 2
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.
I hate the world.
Nay!
3
Dang I'm early
301 club, lol. 37th like. I know no one cares
Everyone knows you're lying. The infamous "301 View Freeze" has been long gone.
Whaaaattttt!.
live long enough to become a skeleton with skin!