【美丽中国】精校字幕WildChina-04BeyondtheGreatWall.docVIP

Wild China-04:Beyond the Great Wall [00:03.76]NARRATOR: The Great Wall of China was built by the Han Chinese [00:07.84] [00:07.92]to keep out the nomadic tribes from the north. [00:11.12] [00:14.08]They called these people barbarians, [00:16.88] [00:16.96]and their lands were considered barren and uninhabitable. [00:20.76] [00:23.04]Northern China is indeed a harsh place of terrible winters, [00:27.88] [00:28.76]ferocious summers, [00:30.44] [00:31.84]parched deserts. [00:33.52] [00:36.28]But it is far from lifeless. [00:38.92] [00:42.76]With colourful places, [00:44.44] [00:45.92]surprising creatures, [00:48.08] [00:54.76]amazing people [00:56.40] [01:00.12]and strange landscapes. [01:02.44] [01:09.36]The further we travel, the more extreme it becomes. [01:13.36] [01:18.32]So how do people and wildlife cope with the hardships and challenges [01:24.32] [01:24.40]of life beyond the Wall? [01:26.40] [01:54.92]The northern limits of Ancient China were defined by the Great Wall [01:58.80] [01:58.88]which meanders for nearly 5,000 kilometres from east to west. [02:03.12] [02:08.52]The settled Han people of the Chinese heartland were invaded many times [02:12.52] [02:12.60]by warlike tribes from the north. [02:15.00] [02:17.36]The Great Wall was built to protect the Han Chinese from invasion. [02:21.32] [02:25.88]To meet those fearsome northerners and the wild creatures [02:29.12] [02:29.20]who share their world, we must leave the shelter of the Wall [02:33.64] [02:33.72]and travel into the unknown. [02:36.16] [02:39.44]Northeast China was known historically as Manchuria. [02:43.28] [02:45.00]Its upper reaches are on the same latitude as Paris [02:48.80] [02:48.88]but in winter it is one of the coldest, most hostile places on the planet. [02:54.28] [02:59.60]Bitter winds from Siberia regularly bring temperatures [03:03.08] [03:03.16]of 40 degrees below zero. [03:05.20] [03:13.84]Dense forests of evergreen trees cover these lands. [03:17.52] [0