This Ingenious System Brings Water to the Chinese Desert
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- Опубликовано: 29 апр 2019
- The Karez is a modern-day engineering marvel and a prime example of a native people working with, not against, the forces of nature to deliver their needs - in this case, water.
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This is probably the most amazing thing I've seen on RUclips. Imagine if we spent money on doing something like this instead of spending trillions of dollars on war.
War is the biggest business of America. What are you talking about.
@@user-dn2dc9px4y I think you are right, yet remember that what government does is usually not what the people want and do.
Wars are a way to maintain or gain wealth by stealing it. Secondly war is used as a means of control to scare others. Thanks to India, China, Russia, Iran, and Turkey I don’t think the USA could invade another country as easy as it was before.
@udlock9 Your comment is interesting.
not the only one of its kind, there are a few other places i have found with that same underground canal system, just don't know who built them.
The ancient people were really ingenious. Without machines ,they produced what is marvelled the world over.
Desperation breeds ingenuity, to bad China is putting them all in prison excuse me, reeducation camps or whatever they want to call them.
@@henrypotter3024 Yeah, such USA with its paper clip operation
The whole time I was thinking "Who made underground canals?"!!! That's a lot of digging! I'm really impressed.
They made best use of nature without harward Or Oxford
@@leonardpearlman9509 Aliens 👽
I was there and went into the Karez. They are incredible. Nice and cool (I was there in HOT August). Those grapes are so unbelievably sweet. No comparison to any others.
The little green grapes when left on the table will dry up. After one day, it can lost about 10% of water.
No matter who invented the Kaner well, ancient Chinese dig many 20-70 m vertical well on the slope of the mountain just by two hands. That is an amazing achievement.
i am an Afghan... we also have this system in my village... its called "Karez"
Yes, that sounds similar to the Uyghur pronunciation of the wells.
uyghurs may have some ancestors that were middle eastern migrants, so the wells may also have a common ancestor
Ancient cultures in my country Peru (South America) also had it but in the form of of irrigation canals that descend from the Andes, although their operation is still being better discovered.
Brother India also has this system. You can still finds them in India. wells of Ashoka period has this technology.
Lol. The Chinese even stole this.
Karez is a Persian word for underground canal. This form of water distribution was first devised on the Iranian plateau and then spread to other parts of Asia and Africa.
@Guybrush Threepwood
It's possible to know. Many books and articles have been published on this subject. Karez or Qanats have nothing to do with China or Chinese culture. They were invented long before China became a unified state over two thousand years ago. The oldest Karez are over 7,000 years old. Their origin belongs to the Iranian plateau, not China.
Wait Hol' up, did China copy another thing in the world?!
Until islam came and turned the people into mindless zombie soldiers of their muhamed?
This area is only china in name. The Tocharians were the people who built the silk road long before china. The aryans spread this knowledge all across asia. China will never release the results of the dna tests on the mummies from this region because they are European in origin. It goes against the china first policy. Even the paintings in the caves had their faces destroyed. The clothing still gave it away. Tartan patterns are a dead give away. They were master textile artisans. Soon even the origin of silk itself will be challenged. The chinese have alot of archaeological data they are not sharing because it doesn't fit with their narrative of china did it first. Professor Victor Mair of Penn museum has excellent documentaries on this region. Highly recommended
Most of Iranian culture predates Muhammad.
Additionally, Persian culture has had a large influence on Islamic self-perception,
although I have no idea why I am responding to a user called 'Shit Name'.
Edit: @@bsgauge7496 There is no such thing as a China First Policy. You literally just made that up.
I like seeing ingenuity used to solve problems
China must find ways to diverge Floods waters to the desert areas.
@@tomsutube51 That will do alot of damage to local ecosystems. And have you not heard of the what happened to the Aral Sea. The Soviets attempted to changes pathways pf rivers to assist farms, which ended up draining it. So, essentially they turned one of the largest lakes in the world to a tiny lake.
dont compare its as important as this
We have a Karez irrigation system in Pakistan too. Its an underground system of canals which actually dates back to the era of Indus river civilization.
Yeah lets not go there with the muslim and hindus bs. Indus valley was way before all that.
@stillwater 82 You missed the point, he advised people like you to stop with these senseless arguments
@stillwater 82 I know what you are trying to say but you are still missing my point though
Sorry Nabeel the karez system dates back to 1 millennium BCE Persia and parts of the middle East, yes there are extensive karez systems in Pakistan but only in Balochistan, which incidentally was part of the ancient Persian empire
@satyendra kumar Shrivastava Kumar the karez system was first developed in ancient Persia and middle East around 1 millennium BCE, please do some proper research before you start to glorify India, yes you have some great contributions but not the karez system ancient Persian border were at the Indus River, btw did you know the richest family in India is Persian? Can you name them?
That's why I love the Chinese. Very hardworking,planners n ingenious ppl.
They are not Chinese. They are turks. Uygur turkishs. This invention belong to turkishs. 1:54 watch. Sadik Eysa. It is turkish man.
@@rafailasadov6142 Yup, credits to Uyghurs. Who suffer hardships because of the Chinese government.
@@rafailasadov6142 what does it say on his birth certificate? Turk or Chinese?
@@jayceh İ Dont know exactly. But İ know they are Turk. Not chinese.
in Morocco this system consists in transferring the water from the mountains underground in order to avoid evaporation and also it requires the maintenance its is called '' khattarat ''
Uighur ancient system KAREZ more than 1000 years of irrigation system
now called Chinese?
Paper and silk another Uighur invention, was stolen and presented by Chinese invaders as Chinese .
Angela Merkel gave a map to Xi Jinping, when he visited Berlin .
The 1735 d’Anville map shows “China proper” as a landmass separate from areas like Xinjiang, Tibet, Mongolia and Manchuria. The island of Hainan is drawn in a different color, as is Taiwan. This depiction is utterly at odds with how history is taught here.
khattarat meaning dangers?
@@tourajtayebi2189 maybe Khat =line. The resr idk
@@thenutbrothers8726 uighurs are in which country?. Turkmenistan or where?.
@@nickngunjiri4282 In China.
These were dug in the ancient times, incredible
this system is old and known by the Persians and Moroccan, in morocco, it is used now in the mountain of atlas to irrigate the fields and garden of Marrakech, and I believe that it was used in Andalusia at the time of the Arabs in Spain
It's also used in desert areas of Pakistan adjacent to Iran.
Indeed... They don't really use them anymore in Andalusia, instead taking water from natural river systems as it is cheaper, causing the Provence to desertify more and more, every year.
Many people government refuses to acknowledge what is happening, and it is rarely mentioned in the news.
@@arminius6506 tu bhi niazi hai 😀😀😀
Yes. This ingenious system came to China through the Persians. The karez in this video is a great testament to the two ancient cultures' historical diplomacy. May the two civilizations today and in the future also be fruitful through cooperation and mutual learning thereby transforming the lives of the entire Eurasian continent for the better! 👍
China is working on being around another 4000 years
Yes and america won t last this century if it cintinues like the gop is d oing.
@@michaelpondo6324 America gonna end up covering the planet in plastic and oil spills and cook the surface with global warming
like the Owens Valley?
In Chinese has a old sentence：human can beat destiny!
@@WyvernApalis China is the largest polluter on the planet.
How i wish the video was longer and more detailed.😶😣
Tian no! Trump government usually says China stole technology from USA, that’s why US doesn’t have it anymore.
So everyone knows that there is no protection for American technology, and there is no backup. There is only one American technology file in the world.
lol
Do visit that place and see it for yourself whenever the pandemic is over.
I remember when I was a child my entire family and every home of the village, depend from a well, my father used to go all the way down to the well and clean up, water was very clean and taste a little bit of clay, beautiful.
How can it be a "modern- day engineering marvel" and an "ancient irrigation system" at the same time ?
Its called clickbait. Obviously.
Because the modern people marvel at the igneous design?
Because of the trolls ...
Maintenance is a marvel I guess? Or maybe the hundreds of years of use has mad maintenance more difficult and it has new challenges? 🤔
Modern because it is happening right now. Ancient because it is a very old tradition.
There are plenty of traditional canals like that in the desertic south of Morocco, they bring water from the Atlas Mountains to the desert they are called "khataras" nevertheless, this is a huge achievement.
I need more! it was just getting interesting.
They probably have a full documentary, this snippet seems like a small part of it.
We in Australia could really learn and innovate from this Chinese technology to combat our own water issues
Mr. Brixz But your fear mongering Aussie politicians will accuse the Chinese water technologies as “espionage” and “growing Chinese influence”.
As funny as the other dude's espionage thing goes, it's more likely that there just isn't enough water in Australia to begin with, and with Australia being so flat, it's unlikely to be viable. It would be far more cost efficient and easy to maintain if they just put pipes above ground
There is a thing called desalination plants.
The problem is that you don't have the Himalayas to get water. ( Tibet - controversially so may say they are taking water that doesn't belong to them- that is for another debate)
This is NOT Chinese tech! It is used by the Uigher in Turkistan for 2000 years.
This system was used in the olden days when there was no electricity and pumps.
In the Philippines we have our own natural rock water reservoir under the mountains. We just put bamboo on the side of the mountain where water leaks. Continues supply without experiencing droughts.
Philippines is in tropical area
shouldnt it have plenty of water?
@@ken-ch1rp that sadly was before
I love this stuff
This is very similar to the well canal system in the Sahara in southern Algeria, the water feeds their date production.
Like said in the video it's really an ingenious example of people "working with mother nature".
It's great to bring mother back nature to life.
While US spends money on wars, China spends on human development.
Support from Pakistan. ✌🇨🇳🇵🇰
Hard working chinese peoples.....Showing the world that massive positive outcomes only need the will and support of the people. Amazing continuing results.
I salute you all
Holy Moly! That is incredible.
So awesome, wish other places would think and work the same
Wonderful
Interesting and worthwhile video on a rather obscure topic in Chinese history and their ancient technology.
Thank you CHINA for your contribution to protect environment and safeguard mother nature. The Earth is a better place to live in.
These trees are not democratic.
Some media will definitely report this way.
@Priyojit chatterjee opinionated.
@Priyojit chatterjee I have been to China myself. . Hahaha.
@Priyojit chatterjee Onlythoseofyouwhoonlylistentowhatotherssaycanbelieveinconcentrationcamps..Youcan'timaginehowstablethelivesofpeopleinXinjiangare..Stoplisteningtoothers,If you want to know, you can verify it yourself.
Ihave been toXinjiang5times.(Freetravel)。
Real Leader of World and Great china Most Respected President Mr Xi jinping, Most Respect and Love From Your "iron Brother" pakistan...
People working with Mother Nature, a noble endeavour 👍
The kehriz system was used extensively in the middle east till very recently and those canals were dug out by men using picks and shuffles only. It was a way of transporting water from a spring to further places but now technology has replaced that where now deep wells are bored and water transported by pumps and pipes.
It's Old Iranian Technology of under water transport for irrigation. Same Technology is used in North Africa, Iran and western part of present day China.
We need to use this technology in the US to irrigate our desserts.
Seriously an Iranian technology. very doubtful about that
ITS HAS BEEN USED BY ALGERIAN IN THE SAHARA FOR LONG TIME BY LOCALES PEOPLE
AND IT SCALLED BY TOURAG PEOPLE FOUGAARAA, MEANING TUNNEL WELLS.
GOGGLE IT
WY ATTRIBUTING EVERY THING TO CHINA , EVEN GROWING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN THE ALGERIAN SAHARA STARTED IN 90S POTATOES IS THE BIGGEST SUCCESS STORY .
@@dellsoprano8110 Nobody has attributed it to China. It is just a system used in different parts of the world. So are you claiming it is iniyially an Algerian technology as well? 😂
@@wickywak1 Seriously yes, an Iranian technology that goes back to the Achaemenids.
From the hat gear of one of the workers one can tell he is a Uyghur and his fellow workers may be Han or Uyghurs. They work and speak mandarin to each other. This scene belie the racial hostility situation often described by the western MSM in that area.
Uighur ancient system KAREZ more than 1000 years of irrigation system
now called Chinese?
Paper and silk another Uighur invention, was stolen and presented by Chinese invaders as Chinese .
Angela Merkel gave a map to Xi Jinping, when he visited Berlin .
The 1735 d’Anville map shows “China proper” as a landmass separate from areas like Xinjiang, Tibet, Mongolia and Manchuria. The island of Hainan is drawn in a different color, as is Taiwan. This depiction is utterly at odds with how history is taught here.
@@thenutbrothers8726 "the white men speak with forked tongues"
-Native American proverb
@@thenutbrothers8726 that's a lot of claims compared to the jarring lack of evidence.
@@user-wb7ez9ud4p if Chinese had such a system ,why they don't have it in China?
Only in Eastern Turkistan?
@@asyersathanas666 Uighurs are killed by Chinese, just like native Americans by white.
Chinese lie and discredit of Uighur nation and false fight against terrorism- this proverb used wrongly ,you have think before writing, and think twice.
it's another great example of people remembering what works and continuing to use it in a sustainable way...
Wonderful maintenance of heritage
"坎儿井"
Some of these comments immediately turn the landscape engineering topic to an anti-China talk. Salty, period.
@blue copper thanks for sharing your opinion. I think those Uigher people are doing a good job to ensure they are able to feed their people, irrigate their crops, using a sucessfull but low tech method. Same too, with the dehydration of grapes.
A lot of Westerns are taught at an early age to hate the Chinese. It's a never ending ignorance.
@@dearlove3158 oh, I don’t know where you heard this lol, most westeners dont ducking care about China at early age. But for people not to hate China, mb you should get ducking out of Tibet and leave Uigurs alone
I really admire China for doing this instead of spending their money to wars and conflicts like what USA do
Thomas Shelby Leader of the Peaky Fookin Blinders nah uyghurs settled on Chinese lands
This is a great project
The USA spent twenty trillion usd just the last twenty years on wars.never on anything like this.
Its the ccp who wants war.
You think China did this? They ain’t put no money into this 😂😂
Have you read about the dam and canal system throughout the Southwestern United States? And BTW, China did not do this engineering. Thank the indigenous people and culture who the Chinese (CCP) are systematically erasing from the earth.
LmfY
@@jonstruck9919 ...
There is a similar irrigation system in Africa.
We may wonder for how two separated regions got the same irrigation system.
Old global civilization ?
haha probably
China has been actively investing in Africa for more than a decade. They're going to transform the whole continent into a cheap manufacturing. China plays dirty politics but they're leagues ahead of other countries in term of long term planning
@@sidharthjagan3449 So changing other countries with war or color revolution is clean politics? Of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, only China has not waged war in the past 20 years.
Common problems often have similar solutions.
Unbelievable !!!
Those brave men descending into a hole in the ground- -heroes, indeed!!!
OMG! So wonderful! I really love this! Thank you so much!
This method has been used in Iran 2000 years ago, there are 2 names for that : Cariz or Ghana. They dig a lots of wels ,starting near mountain and connect all these wels under ground together. Under ground it look like a small river water flows by gravity to the low land.
Thats anciant persian tech speard to china through silk road. Like many chinese tech speard to mid east through the road.
Great ideas transforming peoples' livelihoods for the better. All the best to you all people of God🙏🏻
What a brilliant idea
Perseverance and hard work did the miracle 👍👍👌
what's the possibilities of sinkhole forming? honestly that's the first thing that comes to my mind.
it has lot to do with soil chemistry. If there are not water soluble or water reactive components then there shouldn't be problem. The documentry says the system is centuries old and you don't see much erosion but silting instead. When water erodes, it even eats through solid rocks and cliffs.
Thank you for your explanation. As I'm ignorant in this topic your explanation relieves me.
@TheIkawatay are u on olanzapine?
Lorni Lula that would never happen to them, their Chinese😂
Amazing...😁😁
great work
At least I know that the satellite pictures aren't something weird going on!
Good idea!
... Amazing ❤❤
Thank you for sharing. These are wonderful men who are working to keep their Village water safe. I love the fact that this was an ancient solution. I hope the men realize how much we appreciate their work and effort in this water solution
It's really wonderful and I hope modern human beings will also understand that it's in the best interest of mankind to work hand in hand with mother nature.
Quetta, Laptop.
1947, 05/12/2020.
This is so amazing!
Koriz in Uzbekistan .
This is also available in Arabia and called Aflage, in Oman and Saudi Arabia
Made in China
Yes I believe desert people invented it and this tech spread to places where it's needed, solutes to those true survisors!
Tarword Tarword1 ,does it means that climate changes only affects China only and the rest of the world is quite saved.
We have spring fed creeks here in Central Mississippi. The water is sweet and clean. Most farms/plantations dig their own wells near their house. These old dudes, back in 1830, could dig a 150 foot well with mules.
Brilliant!
An amazing achievement for ALL MANKIND, we should be so proud
Were these underground canals man make ? If so, amazing achievements.
no, allah made them for ur mother
@@blahbleh5671
Thanks for your contribution.....NOT.
not made by chinese but someone more ancient
@@ZionistWorldOrder Han dynasty, and now 98% of Chinese population is Han... So is pretty much Chinese
@@riza-2396 This was not done by the Han dynasty. Xinjiang was not part of China during that period. 新疆独立。
VERY VERY VERY GOOD!
Very simple but innovative concept
When world mind stop working
China let me think 😉😉😉😉😉😉
Imagine...as he ascended...and then you stop the tractor and you told him that the tractor is damaged.
Simply amazing 😇
Wow this is incredible
This is a method that Uyghurs have been using on since very old times. The place shown in the video is in Xinjiang.
Özkan Çapraz bruh
China wants to put its hands on their lands. That's why they're being re-educated.
Definitely. And?
Love China From Pakistan ❤
Ingenious and amazing work of modern China !!
This system is common throughout NW China. The early inhabitants of the region were Sino-Tibetan, East Iranian and Tocharian (a misnomer by Early European scholars. They called themselves by the towns they lived, such as Tuti and Agni). The inhabitants were Indo-European Buddhist for millennium and Islamization started in around 10th century AD. They are now known as Uighur but this is also a misnomer as the real original Uyghur people spoke a Siberian Turkish language and believed in Shamanism. There are direct descendants of Uyghur living in Gansu who still speak the Uyghur language and are Buddhist. The Xinjiang Muslim Uyghur speak a Chagatai language which is almost identical to the Uzbek language.
Imagine they digging this hundred of years ago!😮😮😮
For a moment there i thought it was mars.
Awesome.
Epic engineering:)))
LOVE such content!!
I was like whew they have a cable and pulley at least, its legit.
Flashes to man on riding lawn mower putting it in gear to lower him down....
Pakistan has world's largest Canal based irrigation system!
Good Luck to our friend China 🇨🇳🇵🇰
Super !!! This is the healthy future 🌴🌿🪴🌵🌳🌴🌿🪴🌵🌴🌿🌵🌵🌳🌿🌴🌿🌵🌏🌍🌎🌏🌍🌎🌏🌍🌎🌎
great and beautiful...
China is a great Country & a land of lovely people who believe in bringing prosperity to other poor nations by building roads, railways, bridges & ports. China makes investments in the other countries thereby enabling them to get the benefits of the trade and prosper, China and Chinese should not be distracted by all those crazy noises from the West but must keep on marching forward towards a more Prosperous Stronger United future. Huge Respects to the Mighty China from Pakistan, Iron Brother.
They also purge their ethnic minorities
Oh man I'm so tired of those fight between Chinese and Americans everywhere
Edit: westerns and easterns too
leave them alone...Just be yourself!
We're all tired of this fight, i wish we didn't have to.
@@user-wb7ez9ud4p Peace btother
Got to adapt the Bruce Lee philosophy, take what is useful and throw out the rest!
We are tired, too. Yet those politicians and military industry leaders just won't let it end.
This system has been used in Iran for thousands of years and it is called QANAHT. That's a very economical way moving water from higher surfaces to lower ones. All they need to do in order to keep it for long time secure is to protect the walls and ceilings with premade armed and oval shaped concrete. And it just needs to be cleaned out of dirt once in a while.
The best solution to have cheap and high quality water.☁☁☀☀
Impressive!
that's it? it's great but it was too short. what a tease.
Like from Pakistan 🇵🇰
Thats incredible....
The beauty of the Chinese mind....
Uigur, not Chinese
these are Uighur turks invention smh. I wonder if those people are Uighur or just Chinese that replaced them
This what we can accomplish if we do not stay glued to smartphones
Amazing.
This is what we call a GENIUS
Happy they gave distinguished and nourished this technology from classical religious sperstitions.
Long live china
This system is invited by ancient Persians. However, it has flow. High usage of water dries underwater supply.
BUT MASTERED BY CHINESE
@elmer cook no. Usa is only powerful if it has nato, think us alone
@@warhammer8403 Uighur ancient system KAREZ more than 1000 years of irrigation system
now called Chinese?
Paper and silk another Uighur invention, was stolen and presented by Chinese invaders as Chinese .
Angela Merkel gave a map to Xi Jinping, when he visited Berlin .
The 1735 d’Anville map shows “China proper” as a landmass separate from areas like Xinjiang, Tibet, Mongolia and Manchuria. The island of Hainan is drawn in a different color, as is Taiwan. This depiction is utterly at odds with how history is taught here.
@@warhammer8403 Chinese even not able pronounce KAREZ and Chinese do not have bread, they grown up without bread
Chinese commit plagiarism and now Persian,
But the video shows KAREZ ,Uighur word in Kashgar, Turpan in Eastern Turkistan aka Xinjiang not in China and not in Iran.
Great and wonderful policy. Good.
Good job
China will bring water from the flooded Altai Region into the Urumqi canal into the Talamakan Desert.and under ground exidting rivers.
Since Chinese invasion 1949, disaster and destruction happened in Eastern Turkistan aka Xinjiang.
Demographic disasters as Chinese government immigrated endless Chinese immigrants for the past decades, Chinese use GMO and all round Monsanto chemicals and destroy nature and animals.
Tibet destroyed too,as Chinese will use their water for Chinese purposes.
Chinese destroy Africa as well.
No respect for humans and animals and nature!