The century-old handmade incense
Go...
Okay...we are doing the spinning.
Look...
Do you see it?
The thorns.
What is it? Stinging Nettle.
How do you eat it? There are so many thorns.
To catch the iridescent shark
And the silver dollar.
Nice. Let go of the rod.
Do you see it? It's up.
Provincial Highway 14
The Stele of Taiwan's Geographical Center
This is Puli in Nantou.
In front of us....
It's the famous Provincial Highway No 14.
It starts from Changhua.
It goes to Puli and Musha.
Puwu Highway is from Puli to Musha.
Provincial Highway 14, known as Puwu Highway, is not new to many people.
Before the open of PH No. 6, Puwu highway is the main road to Puli, SunMoon Lake, and Musha.
It's also the best way to visit Central Taiwan for seeing beautiful mountains and rivers.
Before we drive along PH 14 from Changhua to see the amazing mountains and forests in Taiwan.
There's one century-old traditional industry we need to visit in Changhua.
In Taiwan
There are many temples.
You would see this...
Incense sticks.
This...
You always see it.
But you might wonder...
How do people make it?
There are many machine-made incense sticks now.
This time, we are looking for
the most traditional and oldest
handmade incense sticks maker.
The earliest record of the use of incense can be dated back to BC 221 in China.
People use to carry a tiny bag with incense inside
or use incense to make their clothes with a pleasant smell
especially at the time of the dragon festival.
In Taiwan, people always burn incense sticks in the ceremony of worshipping their ancestors, deity or buddha.
It's essential and representing the path to communicate with the deity.
The smoke seems to carry countless wishes and hopes to be delivered to the deity.
Standing here, you can smell the incense.
Look...
Let them dry.
Hello...
Hello...
Hi
Hi
Do you make all these?
Yes
We can control the quality when making the incense on our own.
It's better for the environment. 
It wouldn't produce too much smoke.
It is less smoky.
Why are they wet?
They are just made.
Haven't dried yet.
Not dry.
Fewer and fewer people make incense sticks manually.
Young people consider it as a demanding job.
They don't want to learn.
We're the last generation who make these.
The nest generation won't learn the skill. 
They think it's too hard.
There are different sizes.
It's 43.2 cm long.
43.2 cm
That was  53.3 cm.
The next size is 60 cm.
60 cm long is Gong Xiang.
Gong Xiang
There are 3 sizes. 60cm, 70 cm and 72.6 cm
People rarely use it.
People rarely use it.
Normally, we use 3 sizes.
43.2 cm or 53.3 cm
A few people use the stick at the size of 46.7 cm.
Or 36.3cm long incense stick.
People would need to take an apprenticeship to learn how to make incense.
The apprentice would need to spend lots of time with various aromatic materials.
They need to start to work at 4 a.m.
They prepare all incense sticks before the sunrise to let them dry.
If it rains, all incense sticks need to be put away to avoid getting wet.
There are at least 15 types of gesture for making incense.
You need to have a good mentor and receive 3 or 5 year-long training.
What is it?
We're spreading the sticks.
Spreading out the sticks.
It's like...
Do you know an old game?
The four colour cards?
Make them look like a fan
You take the game as an example.
Spreading out sticks.
Yep, so, we need to...
Like this...a bundle of sticks.
Nice
Like a fan
Wait...
Wait for me...I...
I know
I've dropped some sticks.
This is it.
It's normal that you can't do it.
One of our apprentices has learnt this for 3 years and 4 months.
Even get his hand hurt.
Really?
Yep, it takes time.
The...
These are dry now.
When they are wet, the whole bundle ...
These...ok..
They would stick to each other when wet.
At first, you take one to get water on it.
Yep
Then...
You coat it with powder.
We do this step repeatedly.
Get wet and coat with power.
At least, we did it 5 times to get to the size.
5 times.
5 times!
This step normally takes about 2 hours.
Do it 5 times will take 10 hours.
Correct.
Spread them out and shake them.
You need to shake them.
Tidy...
Tidy..
So hard.
How do I do it?
It takes 3 years to learn.
3 years.
You can't be this quick to master it.
When it comes to the handmade incense, it's such a professional skill.
There are 15 essential steps to master,
including mixing powders,
rolling out, cutting and shaking,
spreading incense sticks and
coat them with colours, etc.
We're now doing the most crucial step for handmade incense sticks.
We need to spread out the sticks in the shape of a fan which is the best way to coat them with powders.
We then need to shake them to get rid of extra powder to ensure the perfect size of each incense stick.
It's mixed.
What do you put inside?
There are...
Herb medicines.
I just guessed.
Yep, herbs.
Really?
Yep
There are many materials to choose.
It depends on your need.
The better material is Agarwood.
It costs you several thousand dollars every 500g.
It's too expensive for people living in the countryside.
That's for urban dwellers.
People living in the countryside would use any incense sticks.
Showing your respect is more important.
I agree.
This is how we spread out sticks.
Ok, let me show you.
Like this.
Okay.
Spreading out...
Am I doing okay?
Don't be scared.
Try hard. Like me.
Don't worry. You can wash later.
No...not that.
I don't know how to do it.
This...
It smells so similar to the cough medicine.
It feels like the roasted wheat flour.
So fine.
It's like mint.
Would it smell differently if we burn it?
Different.
It smells differently before burning it or not.
If you burn it, you can tell the materials by sniffing it.
That's it.
If you don't burn it....
Some people worry about the quality of the sticks.
It smells good before burning it.
But it might be....
So good.
It smells really good.
But it...
keeps falling...
They keep falling...
Yep...I can't do it...
It's okay. That's normal.
The work is associated with the weather.
Do you know? 
You can't use a fan in hot weather.
How do you cope?
It's so hard.
No wind and no rain.
Yep
It's can't be too hot.
You can't dry the incense sticks if raining.
Yep
Surprisingly, people use plants or herbs to make incense traditionally.
No wonder some people suggest eating the ash from incense for treating illness.
Indeed, this is a saying
The best way is to see a doctor when ill.
There are more things to know about incense sticks.
People might try to burn the incense stick for its smell.
That's a good way to tell the quality.
You need to see it's easy to burn or not.
Look at this one.
It's okay even if we are outdoors.
It's okay to do outdoors or even if it's windy.
This one will be hard to light up outdoors.
Why?
Look at the burning part.
It's longer.
This is shorter.
Yep
The shorter one is suitable to use indoors.
It is less smoky.
It's better to use indoors.
I heard that long ago, people would guess numbers for the lottery by the smoke of incense sticks.
Or something else.
How did they do that at that time?
They wouldn't let the sticks burn to the end.
You know? They would keep it...
To keep the green layer...
Don't burn that part.
Then they would look at the burnt incense ash.
It wouldn't fall and it's up to everyone to guess the number.
That was how they did it.
With the advancement of technology,
more and more machine-made incense sticks replace the manual incense sticks.
Some handmade incense masters are insisting on this traditional skill retention.
The cultural value and meaning of handmade incense sticks are worth our understanding and preservation.
Travelling along PH 14,
there is one particular place in Puli which allows us to know more on top of traditional culture.
Excited....
Tornado
Wow...nice.
Come...here.
Are you okay?
Very good.
It looks awesome.
You flies so long.
I saw you down there.
But you kept flying up and up.
The instructor is so good.
And I can hear you from here.
Is it you first time?
Yep
How...
It's my first time.
Is your heartbeat racing?
No, the instructor is good at controlling it.
You aren't scared at all.
Nope.
Why did you scream?
Happy.
Is it?
I'm pumped.
Would you do it again?
Yep. I've asked the instructor.
I want to join as a member.
She would come frequently and join the member.
Yeah, that's what I want to do.
Join the member right away.
Yep
Is the terrain of this place unique in Taiwan?
Indeed.
Puli is at the geographic centre of Taiwan.
It's at the centre.
There isn't any influential wind coming here, even the northeast monsoon.
So Puli is perfect place for paragliding.
That's right.
You can perform paragliding all year round.
As long as it's not raining.
It's similar to eagles hovering in the air.
The same mechanism.
Eagles are our instructors.
People always say that Puli is a place with beautiful mountains and rivers.
Standing on the top of Hutoushan
looking at the Puli Basin and the surrounded mountains, you see the beauty of Puli.
It's a perfect place for paragliding lovers
because the mountains are 500 or 600 metres high in altitude with the steady air currents.
It's my turn.
Come on
Let's put the equipment.
Ok
I don't feel any wind now.
Let's get ready and wait.
Yeah, there might be a stroke of wind coming at any time.
Then...we can go.
OK
Come
When is the best time to come?
Autumn and winter.
That's the best time.
Because the air currents or temperature.
The air currents are much steady in autumn and winter.
We always say...
Yep
It's so unsteady in spring.
The wind is too strong in summer.
Autumn and winter are the better time.
It almost has a routine everyday. Ok
There is a period that you can stay longer in the air.
Ok.
The air currents are weaker in spring.
You would feel unstable when paragliding.
Ok
In summer.
It's hot and the wind is too strong.
It's not safe to fly in strong wind.
That's summer.
Ok
The wind in autumn and winter is much stable.
You would feel better.
The instructor also mentions that Puli is the only place in Taiwan
that you could take off and land in the same spot if the condition is excellent.
You also have a chance to experience various stunts when doing the paragliding.
It's so hard to walk...gosh...
Go
Go
Keep running.
Run...
It's almost to the end.
Finally.
Wow..we just...
just can't run at all.
Nice.
The wind now...
It's good.
We're flying up.
You can see the whole Puli town.
It's so flat.
Mountains surrounded the town.
Yep
It's a wonderful place.
We're flying up...do you feel it?
Yep
So, the wind takes us along the mountain.
The air current is coming along the mountain.
Is it stronger?
Yep. The wind comes along the mountain.
We're taking it and flying along the mountain.
It goes up quickly.
Yeah. Take the tree as a reference point.
We're flying up.
Yep.
This is amazing.
Flying up in the beautiful blue sky and looking at the mountains and Puli town.
I can't ask more but make myself lost in such incredible flying experience.
Wow..we fly up so high.
Okay, let me show you some tricks.
Something exciting
Tornado
Okay...here it comes.
There are eagles.
How many eagles living around here?
To catch the iridescent shark and silver dollar.
Nice
Let go of the rod.
Do you see it?
It's up.
This is awesome.
We saw some eagles flying below us.
They are just there.
What are we doing now?
Pirate ship
Pirate ship?
Both sides.
You pull...
Then forward..
It's similar to the pirate ship swinging back and forth.
So cool.
It's so fun.
We tried both stunts.
It feels like I'm doing it myself.
We can stay in the air for so long.
Run.
The landing is fantastic.
Excellent.
I see and try it.
It's awesome to fly with the instructor.
This is so fun.
I was not expected to perform the extraordinary stunts when paragliding.
Besides seeing the views,
It's certainly an adrenaline rush experience which makes you addicted to it.
There are many fun places to go in Puli.
The instructor also suggests another farm offering exciting and fun activities in the water or on land.
Ok. We've done the fist layer.
Do we continue?
Yep
Look...there are nails on the sticks.
These nails can help us one thing. Look...
To fix?
When we put these sticks together and the nails would create space.
This space allows the fire to burn quickly.
There is air flowing.
In this way, the oxygen keeps coming in from the bottom.
The smoke would go out from the top.
It's like the stack effect.
OK
There will be a big fire.
Yep
Normally, it's our staffs to make the fire.
Safety concern
Yep
Do we put more?
Let's move.
Go
The boss invented these special bricks to build the earth oven.
It is easier and more convenient to cook the food inside.
There are gaps between bricks, allowing a good level of air circulation.
The oven is ready for the customers to use in less than 30 minutes.
This high-efficacy earth oven makes it so easy to enjoy the old-fashioned fun.
Put them down along the edge.
That's ok.
Don't worry.
You guys look...
Move
Do it.
Just throw them in.
Throw
Ok
Sweet potatoes.
Are these sweet potatoes?
I would cover the oven.
Ok
Yep, cover...
Use this...
Cover
Just push the bricks down.
Ok
What's next?
Let me show you.
Lift it..
We're men.
We have power.
Ok
Ok...look.
Smash it.
Like this, ok?
A brick once.
You can take this.
Ok
Harder.
Men
The bottom of it...
What are you laughing at?
The bottom has broken.
It's...it's smaller...
Okay, there are some more.
Two more...
Do you have a girlfriend?
I can answer for him.
You just make fun of him.
Do you have a girlfriend?
No...
Prefer not to say...
That's my buddy. He's always trying to make friends.
You have just been gossip.
This is the critical time to cover the oven.
He asks me to stand on the top of the oven.
Is it safe for me to do so?
Please
It's not hot.
It's no thot at all.
I would help.
Ok
Just turn slowly.
You three, please protect him.
Stand around him.
Please let your palm face up.
The trust game and I lie down.
Let your palm face down.
Hold each other on the wrist.
It's like a ritual.
Wrists.
Not holding your girlfriend's hand.
I'm scared.
Wrists.
That's it. Hold the wrist.
Ok
Are you going to light the fire?
Slowly
No rush
Good.
Gary, do you feel good?
Yep
You should come down.
It's fine.
I can give you instructions when standing here.
keep turning...
Don't just talk. I am.
I am turning.
Excellent.
My body and my soul, both turning....
Good job, Gary.
He's doing  great.
3 of you...come on.
Good.
So far so good.
While waiting for the food to be cooked,
he will take me to his farm to see diamonds growing on the trees.
I've seen many things growing on trees, but I have never heard diamonds on trees.
Look...
Many trees..
Yep, where is the diamond?
In the shop.
I don't know.
Where is it?
Come...this way..
Black...
Something black and shiny...
I know...I know this.
What is it?
We call it...
Jabuticaba
Yep, correct.
The Brazilian grape trees
I've seen pictures.
Look...
This is how it grows.
One by one...like a small tree burr.
These are the Brazilian grape trees (jaboticaba).
The fruit is rarely seen on the market and not easy to care.
It's normally sold at the price of NT$ 150 for 500g.
I'm so lucky to see these fruits after the torrential rain last night.
Of course, I'm going to pick more.
Up there...
The top
I'm not sure. Would I reach it?
Ok, 1,2,3
Yes.
It falls.
There are plenty up there...
So many...
Yep
Are these all the Brazilian grape trees?
That's right.
Do you see the ants? The fruits are so sweet.
It's interesting.
I'm touching them...
It's so sweet.
Yep
My hands are sticky...
That's right.
This fruit originated in Brazil.
It takes 7 to 10 years for the tree to produce any fruits.
They look so unique because the fruits grow on the truck like strings of black pearls.
It's similar to normal grapes.
The colour of the fruit is firstly green, then red and turning into purple.
It's said that the jaboticaba might taste like 3 or 4 types of fruits.
The various tastes of the fruit might surprise you in every bite.
The sour smell is quite interesting.
Yep
A bit similar to Noni fruit but so light.
The smell of noni fruits is strong.
But this is light.
Do you think that it is quite...
It's so sweet.
Yep, but it feels like...
Extreme sweet?
The sweetness is similar to custard apples.
The seed is similar to grapes seed.
Yep
There are many things to do and see except for fruits.
There is a 1650 m² big fishing pond, and some big guys are hiding inside.
We would need talented young fisher to help us to get these big animals.
Look
We rarely see 3 children and 1 adult standing near a fishing pond.
It's big...
It's big for kids.
I don't know.
Hi...
Ok, Shang Xuan.
Can you teach me please?
Do you use chicken livers?
What kind of fish is it for?
To catch the iridescent shark
And the silver dollar.
Hold it this way.
Hold this..
About here?
Yep
Let it against my forearm.
Yep, it's easier to pull.
But the rod and line are both long.
Do I pull it up if it takes the bait?
Like this.
I can show you.
It's easy to say.
Like this?
This...
It will be up.
You don't need to pull it so hard.
It would come up.
Correct.
Really?
The iridescent shark?
Why is the shark living in this pond?
According to our talented fisher, this is the tomb for fishing rods.
It would be best if you prepared before you try to fish here.
Wow..they are big.
There are some silver dollar fish.
They are fat.
It's about this big, the silver dollar.
Really?
Yep
Have you seen it?
Sure.
Are you joking?
No
Do you want to be bitten? We can jump in together.
Ok, then you can't scream.
You can't scream if being bitten.
Tilapia
You need to put it back with a minute.
Ok, you can count.
It's so big.
Very pretty.
The eyes look good.
For tilapia...
As you know..
We see the fish quite often.
It's big.
Ok, it's about 30 seconds.
Let's put it down.
Is it okay?
OK
Wow…there are also silver dollar fish living in this pond.
It used to be water bamboo field.
This pond is just like a treasure trove which might be gifted by the rich natural environment in Puli.
Nice.
Is it silver dollar?
Correct.
It's quite strong.
How long did you do it?
I started from there to here.
It's about 20 minutes.
Let's have a look.
May I?
Sure.
Ok
Look, how pretty.
I guess that It's 3 to 3,5 kg.
3 to 3,5 kg
Yep.
It took you 20 minutes to pull the fish up.
So strong.
There are bigger fish in the pond.
You can feel its muscle...so strong.
It might live in the pond but it's so strong.
Yep
Look at its teeth...
So sharp.
Like human teeth.
Yeah.
The key is that the silver dollar is looking similar to the piranha.
This fish is from amazon river, and its teeth aren't as sharp as the piranha.
The biggest difference between the silver dollar and piranha is that
the silver dollar prefers a vegetarian diet, but the piranha eats meat.
Many visitors would prepare all sorts of fruits fo them.
So quick.
No fish come to me.
Let the rod down.
Like this
Then you can see clearly...
Why? There is no fish come to me.
It's gone!!
When?
No...
Leave no track!
Oh…no. The enemy has taken actions, but I didn't realise it.
While I was regretting my silliness, out talented fisher, Shang Xuan, might have good news.
Our talented fisher.
Come
You get a big fish!
Yep
What do you think? How big is it?
Not knowing yet.
Wait...
Do you want to pull?
May I?
Ok
Pull harder...
Do I need to move back?
Wait...
You can move back.
What is the longest time for pulling the fish up?
About 20 minute with thinner lines.
Just hold like this?
Yep.
Wow...
You can pull more.
You're good. 20 minutes.
It's so achy.
Yep.
Would the rod be broken?
No
Do you see the fish?
No
Not yet.
It should be the iridescent shark. Is it?
Look.
Stinging Nettle.
How do you eat it? There are so many thorns.
If I try to lift the rod, it pulls me down.
I hope it's a big fish.
It would suddenly pull...
Yeah, it's playing with you.
Not you play with it.
What?
Right.
Gary, we close at 6 p.m.
Please don't do it until then.
Okay?
Come on
Ok
Have faith in me.
I didn't realise that it required skills and techniques to use the fishing rod.
My previous experience of fishing reel is not helpful.
I've caught a shark in Japan before.
I can't let you down.
Lift it more...
More? Yep
I worry it might break.
Then just hold dit.
It pulls suddenly.
Hold it.
You can let go if you can't do anymore.
It's up.
Do you see it?
It's big...may be 5 kg.
It's strong.
Exciting.
We can enjoy our food.
Ok... let it down.
Finally...
It's up...we get it.
So sore...
It's big.
So fat.
Does it weigh more than 5 kg?
So fat.
It might be heavier.
Maybe
Come.
Do you see it?
The body... is pretty.
So heavy.
It looks like a shark if it's bigger.
It looks so similar.
The dorsal fin.
It belongs to the family of catfish.
Look at its head.
The mouth is similar to catfish.
Yeah.
It looks similar to a shark if just have a glance.
Sure. there's scales on it.
It's silver and the dorsal fin.
Look at the belly...
It might have eggs.
Look at it...under the sunlight.
Its belly.
I can't point now.
Ok
Can you point its belly?
Here?
Belly...
The cloacal fin...
Do you see the colour of silver and red?
It's shiny.
Very pretty.
Yep.
The iridescent shark isn't a shark.
It is a species of catfishes.
This fish is hard to catch because it likes to hide.
There aren't any scales on the fish, and it only survives in clear water.
I'm so lucky to see the iridescent shark.
Now, it's time to enjoy the food from the earth oven.
The earth oven food...
This
It's still hot.
Yep
It's still hot.
The sweet potato.
When we just open it...
It looks like soft-boiled egg.
Yep
I wanna try the sweet potato.
It's  drier.
This isn't.
It smells good.
The smell of sweet potato.
It also has the good burnt.
A good burnt.
Ok. No 57.
Soft and mushy.
It's like soaked with sugar water.
This is incredible...the sweet potato.
So moisture..it's like soaked with sugar water.
Yep
No
That is naturally how the sweet potato is.
Absolutely.
It reminds me of my lovely childhood when eating the grilled sweet potato.
It's highly recommended to try the chicken.
The meat is soft with good texture, and even the chicken breast is not dry at all.
The chicken soup is also fantastic and makes a perfect ending for our earth oven meal.
However, since we are on the farm, we must try the fish.
Ok
Don't knock too hard.
You still need to control the strength.
Ok
Here?
Yep
Again.
Ok
Salt-crusted gilled fish.
Yep
Nice
It looks great.
Is it?
It smells wonderful.
You get it?
Be careful. I remove this.
Do you see it?
Its fat and moisture are sealed inside.
Look at the fish...
The moisture...
Yep
There are fillings.
Honestly, this fish isn't easy to make.
It's hard to make.
You can try it out.
When it is hot.
So nice. Smell so good.
You can taste ginger and garlic. It's light.
Is it sweet?
It is.
It like adding sugar in it. Right?
It's incredible.
We didn't add sugar. This is how the fish taste like.
This is how the fish taste like.
You just put spring onion, ginger and garlic. 
Nothing else?
Correct.
The flavour is rich.
Yep
I just ate the sweet potato to wash down.
Then try this. It's not salty at all.
Yep
It's...just perfect.
This is a great test to show you the quality of the fish in Puli.
The fish is so good. It's almost like having a meal in a high-class restaurant.
If you have the chance to visit the farm in Nantou, you must remember to make a reservation.
Another exciting thing is that someone is trying to eat the poisonous plants
rather than fishing or cooking food with the earth oven.
It sounds dangerous.
Mr Jane.
Hello
Hello
I'm Gary.
Hi
Did you built this?
Yep
It looks nice.
What are you drinking?
Coffee.
May I have some?
Ok. Sure.
Ask for coffee. Haha...
Do you grow the coffee beans?
Yep, I grow them.
The several hectares fields of the mountain were belonged to his grandfather to grow bamboo shoots long ago.
The Nationalist Government had taken over the right of land use in 1945,
and they need to rent the land from the Forestry Bureau.
You also have the grill.
Yeah, BBQ
The Tsou-style BBQ.
That's for us this afternoon.
This afternoon?
Wow...Sounds good?
The whole chicken.
Yep
Pork belly.
What's it? Do you make it?
The traditional sausages.
Just meat?
Nope, we need to pick up some wild vegetables.
We?
Of course. You prefer to stand here and wait?
That's what I'm thinking.
I thought that I can sit and wait.
Not that easy.
Let's go. Pick some vegetables.
OK OK
The indigenous food is another attraction in this farm.
Mr Jane has grown many unusual plants,
and some of them are poisonous besides the tasty Tsou-style BBQ.
However, he has tried to cook and serve these special plants to customers.
Let's pick these.
It looks good. The amaranth.
Amaranth
Do you grow it?
Amaranth
Yeah, you just plant it and it would grow.
Amaranth
It grows well.
The Japanese used to call it the fireproof.
Why?
The plant used to grow near railways.
The old trains burn coal and sometimes, there was burning coal falling off.
Yep
They always grow this plant next to railways.
They are kind of...to stop the fire.
So, they call it the fireproof.
I can't smell anything.
It's tasty.
I smell nothing.
How do you know it's edible?
I want you to try.
I didn't try it.
What?
How do you know which is edible?
I don't.
You try it out. 
You are the guinea pig.
I haven't tried.
If you are fine after one hour.
Then it's okay.
I can offer it to customers.
Because you've tried it out.
I see.
Gary.
Gary is strong. Try this out.
No..I am fragile.
I can't.
Do you want to try something so unusual?
What is it?
This
I've picked some.
It's your turn now.
Just the top.
Okay...I pick...
Do you see it? There are so many thorns.
It's hard.
It would make you swollen.
Nope. No?
If you get hurt, I will tell you what to do.
Okay. Easy
Look...
So hard.
It would make you swollen.
Nope. No?
If you get hurt, I will tell you what to do.
Ok. Easy
Look...
The thorn...
What does it look like?
It's like an electric shock.
It's getting painful.
Yep
You know?
It would be swollen, then red rush...
It would then fester...
Then there is your bone left....
Just shake it...
Nothing would be left...
Then...
I just pick up my bone...
I won't feel hurt...
I have a knife...
Need it?
I'm fine, thanks.
No worry.
It hurts.
What is it?
Stinging Nettle.
How do you eat it? There are so many thorns.
Can we eat it with thorns?
It's fine.
We will deep fry it.
Wow…that hurts to get stung by a stinging nettle.
Are you sure it's a good idea to eat this poisonous plant?
People typically eat the sweat vegetable, but you are picking up the calico plant.
I never heard people eating this. 
Would it be too different?
Try it out.
Try it...the leaf...
The sound.
So crispy.
Good.
Try this out.
Would I be stung?
Maybe
Really?
You're joking.
Crispy.
So crispy.
So crispy.
Dip with the wasabi sauce.
Wasabi, salt and pepper.
So good.
Not feeling thorns?
Nope...delicious.
It's good.
Your face...getting darker...
Quick...hospital...
What is it? You are holding...
Tea
Tea?
Tea in bamboo.
You can smell the bamboo.
We start to prepare from this morning.
Hot.
Is it?
It's so fragrant.
It's just water.
Yep
Nothing else?
No
Good?
My first time.
OK
It's so fragrant.
The smell of bamboo...so strong.
It's so fragrant.
This is so interesting.
It's delicious, tasty and able to learn plenty of knowledge about the wild plants.
Mr Jane also recommends one unique dessert in the world for us to try.
Hello.
Do you make the aiyu jelly?
Do you make it?
Yep
It's all natural.
It grows in the forest where are 1800 metres in altitude above the sea level.
At least, you need to spend 4 or 5 hours each time.
Do you make the brown sugar?
Yep
It's perfect to go with aiyu jelly.
It surprises me that this unique dessert is aiyu Jelly which is a typical dessert in Taiwan.
Provincial Highway 14, the road is so close to the geographic centre of Taiwan.
This time, we've travelled along PH No.14 from cities to mountains.
During our trip, we've met many extraordinary people, unique things and unusual places.
All are worth your further exploration and understanding.
