Welcome to Foreigner Perspective. This is a video that features Chinese and American
culture. I'm Steven, and together we'll discover Chinese and American travel, business, and
every day life. Are you ready? Let's go! Most people think that Shanghai is only a modern city
with no history. But that's what we call a misconception
-- faulty thinking. Welcome to Foreigner Perspective. I'm Steven Weathers. I'm Christy Shapiro. And today we're going to explore the ancient Shanghai
town of QiBao. Are you ready? Let's go! This 1000 year ancient town of QiBao is only
11 miles from Shanghai's center. Historically, it was known for 7 great
treasures, Such as a magical tree, a golden rooster,
and other mythical items. Join us today, and we'll show you
7 modern treasures for a fun afternoon. Tell us what you think of QiBao
town here I think it's incredible, actually,
that you see it so close to,
within the modern
part of
the
city. Just right inside here with all
the canals, all the shopping. It's like we've stepped back
in time completely. It's
incredible. Cool. Good. Are you hungry?" I am hungry. Alright, let's go eat! What did you eat? Is this
local food? Yes! What did you buy? So you peel off like this? It is sweet. It is a little sweet. But I have to
get in to it. It looks like a little
creature. Mmm. Not bad. Hmm. It is good. A little bit like
an apple. What's it called? What's
the name? In China, we call them Ling Oh. Ling oh? Thank you! We gotta go! Bye bye! See
you later! This is a great shot. You've got tea
over here, local snacks. Spicy peanuts! That looks like ye zi - coconut. yeah. I love coconut. Tell me about this street. Well on this little street, it seems
like to me there are a lot of little
local food
shops. Local delicacies -- restaurant. Um,
I saw a guy up here spinning what
looks to
me
like a scallion
pancake. Right here. Ah, cool, let's check this out. No, this is a dessert, I think. Miss, what is this? This is a corn pancake. It's corn! Oh, this is corn, made out of cornmeal,
but I think it's a bit
sweet. Is it good? Yeah, it is. How much? 10 yuan. Okay, Christy, you go first! I'm going to break off
a piece here. We're
going to be
so
full! Mmm! Not bad! Very
nice. This is great! It is
good. Please give me two. Here we are at lunch.
We've got Shanghai
dumplings, and we also have these
little birds on a
stick. Quail? Isn't it? Okay, are you ready?
One . . . Wait, toast first. Cheers. Cheers. One, two, three, go! That's pretty good,
actually. That's
really good, I
have to say. Nice and spicy.
He added some
spices. Not bad! It's
kind of delicious. Okay, to
eat a Shanghai
dumpling
properly, first you
pick
up one of
the dumplings
with
your chopsticks and
hold
it over the
spoon. Then you
take
a little bite
like
that, and
pour
out the soup. Okay, this
is the
crab soup inside.
Then you
drink the
soup. See, that's
good to
know. Ah. Mm. Delicious. And then
you dip
this in
the vinegar.
I like
to scoop
up a little
vinegar
inside. And then
you eat
it again. Mmm. Good. Delicious?
Christy, did you
know that one of
the sports
of ancient
QiBao town is
cricket
fighting? I didn't know it
was specific to
QiBao, I just knew
it
was something in
Shanghai. Yeah, yeah, here
in QiBao,
ancient history, there were
two types
of crickets
that
were the
most fierce
-- the
strongest crickets. We're going
to go
inside and look
as some
of
the cricket
specimens. Excellent!
Can
we see some
cricket
fighting? Hopefully
so.
Can we eat
the
crickets? Oh, no.
I don't
know
about that. Cool.
Let's
go upstairs. Woah!
This
is where
they
fight
the crickets! They
put
one cricket
in
this side,
and
one cricket
in
this side,
and
then they
. .
. Lift
up
. . . Swooshhh
. .
. 10 yuan
one
person 10 yuan
one
person Okay,
here
are the
tickets.
Give
it to the
beautiful
girl. This
is
the river going
down
QiBao
town.
We're
now going
under
a bridge. There
are
nice little
tea
houses and restaurants
along
the
way. It
looks
like. Ha ha
ha,
it looks like
it's
hard
to
do. It is hard to do! Yeah, I bet. Am I steering us off course? He's going to help us here. We're going to crash! I'm hopeless. I have no license for this. An ancient town so close to Shanghai, QiBao is
a perfect spot for modern day treasure hunting. Join us next time when we travel to
the seaside city of Qingdao. Follow my friends and me as we to the old German district And the International Beer Festival. Thanks for watching Foreigner Perspective. I'm Steven Weathers,
and I look forward to seeing you next time.
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