$0.70 Haircut & 15-Cent Snacks! The Most Authentic Rural Market in China

Step back in time with me as we explore the bustling Cao Village Market in Xi'an! From a $0.70 (5 RMB) haircut under the open sky to the crispiest 15-cent (1 RMB) fried oil cakes, this market is a treasure trove of authentic culture and incredible bargains. We’ll see traditional popcorn cannons, meet a super cool grandpa with a "pimped-out" tricycle, and taste the real flavors of rural Shaanxi. This is the China most tourists never see! 00:00 Video Overview 00:51 $0.73 haircut 01:22 $0.15 crispy flaky fried cake 02:22 $1.03 stir-fried cold noodles 03:14 Fruits 03:31 Old grandpa's cool tricycle 05:05 Traditional sacrificial offerings 05:58 $0.73 bag of popcorn 07:30 $0.29 piece of pea cake 08:10 Sugarcane 09:32 Zongzi (sticky rice dumplings) 09:56 Baked sesame flatbread 11:17 Rice skin / wheat skin noodles 11:41 Steamed peanuts 12:04 Sweet potato vermicelli 12:22 Iron stick yam 12:43 Poultry chicks 13:21 Fried cake and zongzi 14:30 Loofah sponge (scrub) 15:46 Kaifeng baked sesame flatbread and local green onions 16:34 Pumpkin stall vendor 17:05 Fried cake 17:39 $0.73 cotton candy 18:25 Roasted sweet potato and roasted corn 18:54 Steamed layered cake and cucumber