Chinese spouting bowl awed international audience

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A Youtube video featuring China’s spouting bowl making dancing water in slow motion has gone viral and awed over 1.4 million netizens in recent days.

The Slow Mo Guys started using high-speed cameras in 2010 to show videos hundreds of times slower than what we see with our own eyes.

Screenshot from The Slow Mo Guys video

In the video, as soon as the duo simply rubbed the handles on the bowl, the water inside became boiling-like and the spraying streams of water were shining like diamonds under the sunshine in slow motion.

International audience has been mesmerized by the scene.

Screenshot of the comments on Youtube

@Nasser Feed said, “This video gives me inner peace, why!?”

“Magic tricks in slow motion?” said @Caden Posavac

“Love it! Really beautiful!”

“That bowl is so freaking cool!”

As some audience quest where to buy such a magic bowl, others are being helpful.

Screenshot from the comments on Youtube

At the same time, some people are curious to know how it would perform with denser liquids.

Screenshot from the comments on Youtube

“What if you put a more viscous liquid on the bowl?” asked @Bruno Signori.

However, such magical bowl seems unfamiliar to Chinese unfortunately.

Screenshot from comments on Youtube

“Does anyone know what it is called?” @Bing qiandele asked.

@Endohmiharu said, “I’m Chinese. Didn’t know there was a thing…”

Screenshot of water droplets from the video

Chinese spouting bowl is in fact called Yuxi in Chinese with fish patterns on the bottom, while basin with dragon patterns is called Longxi.

Screenshot of Chinese spouting bowl on sale on Ebay‍

It is believed such bowls have a history of over 2,000 years. As an ancient noble plaything, the ripples, waves, splash, and sound created by resonance make the fish and dragon lively, as if they are swimming in the basin and spouting out water from their mouths.

The bowl demonstrates ancient Chinese people's high mastery of scientific knowledge.