Zipline, wobbly suspension bridge: join Xinhua at Hou'er Tiankeng in SW China's Guizhou

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:00]gency reporting from Cayangi in southwest China's Guided Province. Right now I'm standing on the edge of a 280 m deep sinkhole and today we are not just looking at it. We are actually going into it. Over the past few years a lot of young people in China have started traveling differently. This is no longer just about sightseeing. It's about experience. And this place is a perfect example of that.

[00:00:27]Let's go.

[00:00:29]Oh wow, look at the bridge. It's called the Rainbow Bridge. It's very poetic, right? Let's have a try. Uh before we reach the Temple Run Project starting point, we need to climb up and cross uh this Rainbow Bridge first. Wow, it's shaking. Oh my god.

[00:00:51]As you can see, there's cliffs all around.

[00:00:56]It's really a perfect natural place to help those at own export projects.

[00:01:06]Wow, it's shaking.

[00:01:09]As I reach to the middle point of the bridge, it's shaking more and more frequent.

[00:01:16]You must be very careful to not fall into the net. But uh it's not that much scary because there are double layers of net to protect you. So it's all right.

[00:01:34]Come on. I need to hurry up.

[00:01:38]Oh, I can see the different kind of out sport uh outdoor sports. Look on the cliff. There are via there are some tourists experiencing this project.

[00:01:56]Oh, this is the starting point of our temple run. Wow, the sunshine comes out.

[00:02:10]I need to use my whole body to keep a balance because it's shaking more.

[00:02:17]Every steps must be very careful or else you can fell into the net.

[00:02:29]Woo!

[00:02:34]Wow! There are some tourists experiencing different kind of projects here.

[00:02:45]Wow, a lush green.

[00:02:51]So beautiful here.

[00:02:55]Woo! There are people falling down to the river.

[00:03:01]That must be the big swing.

[00:03:10]Because I am holding one camera and another hands I used to climb and hold the bridge. So it's more difficult for me to keep a balance. Let's go. Wow.

[00:03:27]Finally reached a solid ground.

[00:03:35]Look at the view. So fantastic here.

[00:03:38]And the air is so fresh.

[00:03:42]This is the project of Temple Run that I will give a try later.

[00:03:49]We need to climb up and down before we finally reach the starting point.

[00:03:56]Let's go. I'm so excited.

[00:04:01]But a little bit scary because I am afraid of the feeling of falling down.

[00:04:09]Extremely afraid of that.

[00:04:12]But we have arrived. So why not give it a try? Let's go.

[00:04:20]Look.

[00:04:23]This place is called the Howard Tenken X Sports Cool Park. And this is for the name for the whole park. And we are going to experience the temple run project here.

[00:04:43]Oh my god.

[00:04:46]Look how deep is it?

[00:04:52]Oh, I can see other people screaming, screaming out. Oh my god.

[00:04:59]Later I will become one of them.

[00:05:05]Let's go. Finally reached the starting point.

[00:05:10]>> Yeah.

[00:05:12]Oh.

[00:05:15]Wow. There are so many people waiting here to experience this project.

[00:05:21]Let's have a look whether it will go.

[00:05:35]Whoa, the swing the shaking.

[00:05:39]>> Can you see that?

[00:05:46]It's so exciting. Oh my god.

[00:05:52]Whoa.

[00:05:53]Like a body swing in the air. My god.

[00:05:57]Look at the cliff. Let's see around.

[00:05:59]It's not uh our turn. So, let's have a tour around.

[00:06:10]Oh, this is the view platform.

[00:06:14]Let's have a look of the total view of the canyon.

[00:06:25]Woo! Look at the blue air and blue sky.

[00:06:29]Look at the blue sky, the green water and lush green mountains all around.

[00:06:36]Nature, beauty, scenery.

[00:06:41]In this platform, you can see different projects of this park has provided for tourists. The rainbow bridge we have just experienced and the starting point uh for the temple run and the varata project on the cliffs. Woo and the big swim.

[00:07:09]It's so gray, right? Have a total look.

[00:07:20]So beautiful.

[00:07:25]Wow. Because the sunshine has come out.

[00:07:28]So it's more beautiful view. Oh, I can see the rainbow on the rainfall. Very beautiful.

[00:07:37]Do you see the rainbow over there? Wow, it's so cool.

[00:07:42]Experiencing the outsports.

[00:07:46]Wow. People are doing the temple run.

[00:07:50]Look at it. Wow. Shaking. Big swing. W screaming and jumping. Oh my god. So exciting. So much of joy.

[00:08:08]Wow.

[00:08:12]Tourists can come here and experience these outdoor sports, extreme sports and at the same time appreciate the wonder and the nature uh beautiful views at the same time.

[00:08:32]No wonder Gujo is renowned as the Disneyland or heaven for the outdoor outdoor sports lover.

[00:08:41]Let's go to give it a try.

[00:08:47]I am really afraid of this project, but let's give it a try.

[00:09:13]Oh, come on.

[00:09:26]>> Oh, the swing. Big swing.

[00:09:44]You might remember the mobile game temple run. Running, escaping, reacting in seconds. Well, here that idea has been turned into something real. No scream, no second chances, just you and the job. And I'm about to try it. All right.

[00:10:01]Um, let's go. Here they are helping me to gear up right now.

[00:10:06]>> Yeah.

[00:10:09]And you can see uh the harness and they were helping me to wear the helmet.

[00:10:15]Everything is double checked. Honestly, my heart is already beating pretty fast.

[00:10:22]So what's going to happen is I will be flying across this sinkhole on a 300 and me zipline. Let's do this.

[00:10:32]Well, >> the coaches are telling me something I need to be care of. I'm a little bit scary.

[00:11:01]Stop.

[00:11:11]Okay.

[00:11:20]You always got to We're going to have a try.

[00:12:18]>> Let's go.

[00:12:21]It's so fast. I can feel the wind. It's blowing. Woo! It's accelerating. My god.

[00:12:29]Woo! Good swing. Good swing. Oh my god.

[00:12:34]Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. A big swing.

[00:12:42]Oh my god.

[00:12:56]It's so fast. I can feel the wind. It's blowing. Oh, it's accelerating. My god.

[00:13:05]Good swing. Good swing. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. The big swing.

[00:13:17]Oh my god.

[00:13:25]Finally arrived.

[00:13:29]Oh my god.

[00:13:32]>> Okay.

[00:13:35]>> Oh, thank you.

[00:14:05]Okay, that was so intense. For a second, it really felt like I was just a floating in the air. My soul is still chasing behind me. The drone followed me the whole way and I am told I'll get a 4K video in a few minutes. And that's the new tourism. You don't just see the view, you get become the view. And this zipline has gone very online. And their main visitors are mostly young people, especially Gen Z. They don't just want to see the view, they want to be part of it and share it. and city. It looks extreme extreme, but every visitors is checked before each ride. So, they will use professional equipment and have trained rescue staffs on site all the time.

[00:14:57]>> Yeah. Let's uh interview our coaches for a few questions. Yeah. Welcome. Uh how's the project and does many visitors come here to visit?

[00:15:20]>> There are many visitors here come to visit and experience this project.

[00:15:28]>> Uh what about their feedbacks? how they feel about this project.

[00:15:35]Show them.

[00:15:54]So um most of them are 20 or 30 years old and uh they think this project is very exciting and most of them like it very much. Thank you. Thank you for joining us today.

[00:16:11]>> Uh you have just experienced it. How was it?

[00:16:28]So it's very exciting and he have experienced that project and it's true exciting for him and looking uh the view down there is very beautiful and uh experience is very good.

[00:16:54]Why you choose this place to experience rather than a normal scenic spot?

[00:17:08]So he's going to take a visit around Gujo and he have saw some videos online and about this project. So he want to give it a try. Thank you for joining us today. Where did you find from?

[00:17:24]>> I come from Shinjang.

[00:17:25]>> Oh, welcome.

[00:17:28]>> Have a nice trip in in this place.

[00:17:30]Safety checks are done before every single ride and the park also limits the number of visitors each day. The scenic area continues to enrich its offerings.

[00:17:41]It also provides options like via ferrata climbing and cave exploration.

[00:17:48]So what we are seeing here is a shift from seeing landscapes to experiencing them. And places like these are turning natural terrain into something entirely new. That's all from Cayan County in Gujo Province. Thank you for watching and we will see you next time. Bye.