A village in China where people regularly live beyond a hundred

Описание: (25 Feb 2007)
Po Yue and Ping An Villages, Bama Country, Guangxi Province, China
1. Wide exterior scenic shot of river and mountains
2. Medium shot of fisherman on boat floating on green river
3. Wide high angle pan from rural hills to rustic village
4. Medium shot of villagers chatting outside houses
5. Medium shot of 108 year old Mrs. Huang walking around corner into up steps to her house
6. Medium shot of Mrs. Huang sitting on porch
7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese Guangxi Dialect): Mrs. Huang Malun, 108 years old
"I never expected I would live this long. I just take it day by day. I am not worrying about how much longer I will last.".
8. Interior shot of Mrs. Huang tending fire
9. Close up of Mrs. Huang's face looking at flames
10. Close up of fire
11. SOUNDBITE (Chinese Guangxi Dialect): Mrs. Huang Malun, 108 years old
"I could still go up on the mountain to get wood - but my children won't let me anymore!".
12. Interior tilt down from rafters of Mrs. Huang's simple house to Mrs. Huang watching TV
13. Reverse shot of Mrs. Huang watching TV
14. Wide of wall of main room with photos
15. Close up of her (dead) son's picture
16. Close moving shot of Mrs. Huang walking with her 3 year old great-grandson
17. Reverse shot of old and young walking away
18. Old man walking over to chat with ladies and child
19. Old ladies in the sun
20. Tilt up from shoes and cane to face of 106 year old Mrs. Huang
21. Close up of Mrs Huang's old weathered hands
22. SOUNDBITE (Chinese Guangxi Dialect): Mrs. Huang Malun, 106 years old (same name different person)
"At that time - when they were denouncing the landlords - they tied me up and people beat me from both sides with wooden sticks. If people hadn't stopped them from hitting me, I would have died that day".
23. Wide interior shot of granddaughter bringing food over to Mrs. Huang seated at lunch
24. Wide low angle shot of Mrs. Huang eating
25. Wide of Mrs Huang eating
26. Medium of old lady carrying baby
27. Medium of old ladies in the sun
28. Walking set up shot of Dr. Ye.
29. Pan from Dr. Ye to river
30. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin): Dr. Ye Zhairong, Chief Doctor (retired), Professor, Fuo ShanInsitute of Science, Guangdong Province
"The water that flows here is high energy water, full of micro-elements... mineral water from heavan. It is difficult and rare to find water like this in the world right now.".
31. Wide shot of Dr. Ye walking to spring / cave
32. Close shot of Dr. Ye's hands in the water
33. Wide shot of Dr. Ye drinking from the spring
34. Wide tilt down to clear water in the cave
35. Close shot of clear spring water
36. Wide shot of villagers (all ages) sitting in the sun.
37. Close shot of toothless old man
38. Close shot of baby eating
39. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin): Mrs. Huang Li, 30 years old, villager / young mother
"I expect to live to be 90 - at least 90... that should be no problem! At least 90!".
40. Wide shot of village market
41. Close shot of old lady moving through crowd in market
42. Medium shot of people of all ages mingling through the market
43. Close shot of old man walking hesitantly through crowd
LEAD IN:
A remote area of South West China has been hiding the secret to a long life.
It's not unusual for people to live beyond one hundred years.
One of the reasons could be a low calorie diet that contains little fat.
STORYLINE:
Mountains and rivers in South West China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have isolated Bama County for centuries.
But now that the remote area has roads and modern communications and that means the people's secret is finally out.
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