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Katherine, you remind me of my Mom and my aunt. They are free spirits and love to travel and learn. Your channel is astonishing and wonderful. Thank you for sharing your life with the world. I love people, cultures and cinema. Your channel is better than anything I've seen in the movies.
Wow! That's a lot of plastic packaging for one ice cream. Hopefully China recycles plastic packing. Doesn't your dad have a shrine full of knick knack heirlooms he found on his walks which will be pass onto you? Isn't Shanxi where the ancient bronze artifact are found?
That's cool. You guys got to the Black Myth Wukong sites before all the other vloggers. AI love that dude on the motorbike selling yellow beef. His reaction to being chastized for being too loud is too cute! Hope your friends will continue to make China a regular sightseeing spot for themselves in the future.
Ping Yao is a UNESCO World Heritage Center which is why I flew there for a weekend visit in 1988. It was once the financial center of China. Because of its location and not a major city, it was not bombed during the wars years , retaining the buildings of centuries ago. Rented a bike to explore the wall city. My hotel was inside the city. Slept on a carpeted kang, had pillows filled with buckwheat and enjoyed northern food. As an ABC, I felt the ancient history I've read about come alive and imagined what life was like centuries ago.
Shanxi merchants invented the earliest banking system in China around 1856. Its Chinese name is 票号/Piaohao. However, in the late Qing Dynasty and the early ROC, the credit crisis spread in Shanxi financial circles.
I visited Pingyao about 10 years ago, and it reminded me of the place I grew up in Southeast China. In Pingyao I realized that every city the 70s and early 80s was a Pingyao, with many residential houses dating to the Qing Dynasties.
Do you noticed when you said that you are from America the locals are so friendly. No sign of hateful words. Always so friendly, polite and good response.
Whether they're the beautiful metro stations, high-speed trains, skyscrapers, the Forbidden City, or rural villages, they're all the real China. If it's in China, it's China.
@@SPLITSLEEVE Tibet offers more natural and pristine scenery, with a culture focused on Tibetan Buddhism. In Shanxi, due to the dry climate, many ancient wooden buildings have been preserved, showcasing the culture of northern ethnic minorities after their Sinicization. Since the northern regimes at that time followed Buddhism, there are also numerous Chinese Buddhist relics.
@@adamhuang6984 "the culture of northern ethnic minorities" Wrong. Shanxi was literally one of the birthplaces of the Chinese civilization. The original Sino-Tibetan language was formed at the eastern borders of Shanxi, at the foothills of the Taihang mountain range (captured in this video as Wutai Mountains), before it spread all across China. Only northern most part of Shanxi, areas bordering Inner Mongolia, has Sinicized ethnic minorities (once nomadic tribes). "the culture of northern ethnic minorities" is best used to describe Ningxia. Where you could find traces of the west Xia culture that were exterminated by the Mongols, as well as the culture of the Hui (Chinese Muslims), a mixed people between the Han Chinese, the "color-eye" people (predominantly Tajiks and Uzbeks) brought to China by the Mongolians, and other northern ethnic minorities in the nearby region (Mongols, Tibetans etc.).
There're many other international tourists sharing their China travel experience on RUclips, some of them show only positive espects, try to attract more followers from China, and some others do the opposite. But what Katherine's doing is very neutral and real. In her videos you can find both good and bad experience, advanced and backward, passionate, hospitable and rude, impolite. Which is perfect, because China is a normal country, like every other countries, not heaven and not hell.
I agree with your comment for Katherine’s great videos. However, we must also understand why there are positive comments from many foreigners when they travelled China in the last while… simply because the mass anti China smearing campaign and disinformation about how terrible China is has been in western mainstream media for decades and decades. It takes so much effort and all these foreigners’ positive videos to counterbalance these tremendous negative bias in the world. To be honest, many ppl around the world will never see China in a positive light simply because they have been surrounded by lies about China for years. Once human forms a bias in their mind, that’s likely it. Their mindset will never change. I personally know tons of people like that. It is sad but reality. Humans only believe what they “like” to believe.
Yes, good and bad; well managed as well as corrupted, certainly. But China is a normal country, like every other countries? I wouldn't put it so. China is the major and the most long-lasting civilization, a fast developing and ever-changing country with a unique and efficient political system, and a big united state that preserves very well every wonderful local ethnic characteristics.
@@floxshuilee1760 most of it is in Shanxi, not Shaanxi. Yungang Grottoes(云冈石窟), in Datong Yuhuang Temple(玉皇庙), located in Jincheng city Foguang Temple (佛光寺) is a Buddhist temple located five kilometres from Doucun, Wutai County Tiefo Temple(铁佛寺), situated in Gaoping Wooden Pagoda of Fogong Temple(佛宫寺释迦塔) is in Ying County etc.... they even went to some of the above in the video.
lmao the lady wearing a "pervert" shirt inside the temple, the seller peddling "big chickens," your friend confusing Taiyuan with Taiwan, the beef seller getting scolded for being too loud 😂😂 your videos are always full of hidden gems, just like the temples you find everywhere! Hope your friends enjoyed the trip!
It is heartwarming to see China develop even in the remote and previously poor region and turn these areas into tourist mecca to help the local ppl. Thank you again Kat for these videos, taking us on an awesome journey.
@@user-xy3jh9hp01j Shanxi is a gourmet desert, Hanghzou is a street food desert, where are these self-proclaimed "gourmands" coming from? Knife-cut noodles is famously from Shanxi. My 2 favourite noodles, the 莜面栲栳栳 and cat ears, are from Shanxi. The first thing i want to look for when i get there as a Cantonese soup lover is 太原头脑, have some local sweet & vinegar dishes made with local Shanxi black vinegar, and then some 泡泡油糕 for dessert.
@@user-xy3jh9hp01jNoodle is yummy. I miss Shanxi Noodle. Shanxi is by no means gourmet dessert. When we say "gourmet dessert" in China, to the north is Beijing, to the south is Hangzhou.
Love this video, and especially love this part 15:10. Many Chinese sees Americans as 好朋友 (good friends), but many Americans sees China as foes. Keep on making this kind of video, to show the world how peaceful the Chinese people are. Thank you.
There's something really gratifying about watching this. As a Chinese person, it warms my heart to see Westerners visit China, despite all the propaganda and negative press, to experience firsthand what the country is truly like.
I visited Ping Yao the ancient town a few years ago. It is an amazing town that hasn't changed for hundreds of years. It is like going back in time and seeing how people lived. I'll always treasure the ancient town and its amazing Chinese architecture.
1:22, I was like "what's so funny" then I realized the monk was gently pushing the curious (naughty) kid away😂 the hanging monastery you've been to is in 恒山 which is in Shanxi, not 衡山 which is in Hunan the spongebob popsicle should only be used in a horror movie scene........ Looking forward to your grand Shanxi biking tour, and Sofia and Haley's second China trip as well!
Wonder video and Kathleen is lucky to have visit Buddha sites before Wukong video explosion. It’s nice to have friends come to visit. Enjoy your time with friends. The motorcycle beef vendor crack me up 😂
Hey kat seriously my wife and my daughters can't get enough of your beautiful video add oils like I've said "KEEP ON TRUCKING ON CHINESE COUNTRY SIDE" MY FAMILY'S ARE IN "CALGARY ALBERTA CANADA "WE ARE ONE HOUR AWAY FROM "BANFF " U KNOWS BANFF RIGHT!!!!!!!!
Been watching her videos for years. I don't watch a ton in this genre, but as far as the ones that I have come across go, Kat is my favorite chronicler of China life through a Western/international lens. Always makes me feel more positive about the world. Thanks and keep it up
Your technique of photographing scenic spots is no worse than all your previous videos. I like it very much. ❤ What I saw in Shanxi is the China of my dreams! Thank you for sharing
Goodmorning Katherine. Happy to see your friends had a good time. I remember in one of your videos you had said that you had wanted to go to this region. So much history. I enjoyed watching. God bless.
Very happy that you and your american friends enjoyed nice moments in this amazing part of China. Beautiful scenery and historical sites of this fantastic province. Thank you for sharing and take care 🪻💕🍀
Always enjoy to see Catherine videos with nice commentary, mainly let pictures and roles speak for themselves. Especially this trip taking her friends to visit Shanxi scenic spots and the satisfaction exceeded expectations. Shanxi is an ancient and rich cultural place with a long history. There are so many places worth visiting. This wonderful episode made feel like I am actually there. I sincerely hope that Catherine’s parents will also have the opportunity to travel around China and fully enjoy the family reunion
Your friends are so lucky to have you as their tour guide. You are an expert in China’s off-beaten - track tourist spots. This is an eye opener for your friends. Hope they enjoy their trip.
Stunning city. Hopefully someday I will explore this epic city in my life as a Buddhist. I fall in love with your amazing videos. Sending love and hugs from India 🇮🇳 ❤🤗
Fantastic place to take your friends to. I never knew Shanxi was this interesting! I will go there for sure, following your agenda! Great place to get a real feel of the original China!!
cool, I did not know Shanxi is such a cool place, sorry to say I am a Chinese. My country is just way to big and got soooo long history, love her even more.
Well, isn't China a marvellous place. Katherine, you deserve your success. Your videos are fun, you are fun, and your editing is great. May your good luck have wings and your bad luck have shortness of breath!!
Glad to see your friends enjoyed their first trip to China! The places they visited look like a little slice of Tibet mixed with bits of old Han culture, and your video made me place the region on the list I want to take my wife and visit. Absolutely love the old town clips, they are fast disappearing from the developed provinces or turned into tourist traps.
Shanxi is closer to Gansu and Ningxia, where many China Hui people live. Hui people are Muslims of China. Mahayana Buddhism in Shanxi is different from Hinayana Buddhism in Tibet.
dear Katherine you are very much talented person I'm absolutely in love the way you speak and explore the place . I hope make another video from this area
Thanks for creating and sharing this beautiful video clip Katherine. The night scenes are amazing. Looking forward to your next clip. Take care brave gal. Best regards 🍻
Thanks, you explored such neat scenery many Chinese have never ever visited here before, see those ordinary local people and many visitors from outside the counties .This is real China and As an Chinese saying: 天高皇帝遠于我何🈶️哉！Who cares king’s authority! Whom is far away from us! We only care about our daily life.
As someone from HK, I find it incredibly satisfying to bring foreigners around to see China for themselves. They're pleasantly surprised/shocked everytime (though mainly around Shenzhen).
I think the best cultural ambassador in China should be Li Ziqi. But the stupid China government didn't help her win the battle for the RUclips account. Li Ziqi's account was permanently locked by the capitalist.😂
How awesome that you visited the town where many of the sights you visited are featured in the popular video game Black Myth: Wukong. An example is the temple that was built in the Jin Dynasty.
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什么时候也带你表妹来中国玩玩呀
五台山漏了佛光寺东大殿，这是真唐代建筑，还有金代是北方游牧民族政权，和我们宋代差不多年代
好像去了，后面镜头闪了一下
Katherine, you remind me of my Mom and my aunt. They are free spirits and love to travel and learn. Your channel is astonishing and wonderful. Thank you for sharing your life with the world. I love people, cultures and cinema. Your channel is better than anything I've seen in the movies.
Wow! That's a lot of plastic packaging for one ice cream. Hopefully China recycles plastic packing.
Doesn't your dad have a shrine full of knick knack heirlooms he found on his walks which will be pass onto you?
Isn't Shanxi where the ancient bronze artifact are found?
That's cool. You guys got to the Black Myth Wukong sites before all the other vloggers. AI love that dude on the motorbike selling yellow beef. His reaction to being chastized for being too loud is too cute! Hope your friends will continue to make China a regular sightseeing spot for themselves in the future.
Ping Yao is a UNESCO World Heritage Center which is why I flew there for a weekend visit in 1988. It was once the financial center of China. Because of its location and not a major city, it was not bombed during the wars years , retaining the buildings of centuries ago. Rented a bike to explore the wall city. My hotel was inside the city. Slept on a carpeted kang, had pillows filled with buckwheat and enjoyed northern food. As an ABC, I felt the ancient history I've read about come alive and imagined what life was like centuries ago.
Shanxi merchants invented the earliest banking system in China around 1856. Its Chinese name is 票号/Piaohao.
However, in the late Qing Dynasty and the early ROC, the credit crisis spread in Shanxi financial circles.
I visited Pingyao about 10 years ago, and it reminded me of the place I grew up in Southeast China. In Pingyao I realized that every city the 70s and early 80s was a Pingyao, with many residential houses dating to the Qing Dynasties.
Do you noticed when you said that you are from America the locals are so friendly. No sign of hateful words. Always so friendly, polite and good response.
中国古人云:有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎。 来者皆是客人。只要你好，普通中国老百姓对你也会很好的。没有那么多的意识形态，都是平民老百姓而已😂不喜欢的只是政客跟一些不友好的人而已😊
Common people just wanna live with peace and love ❤
@@陈懂-t6x 你这种属于晚清思想
@@davidwong325你像是活在上帝视角一样 俯瞰众生！？
Whether they're the beautiful metro stations, high-speed trains, skyscrapers, the Forbidden City, or rural villages, they're all the real China. If it's in China, it's China.
Well said. Thank you
中国的现代化，烟火气，老百姓的温良可爱，深厚的文化底蕴多样的文化，我最最亲爱的祖国，愿你越来越好
什么时候去神农架和武当山啊，这两个地方也特别漂亮
Shanxi is the most well preserved province of anything ancient China, compared to other provinces, and time still stands still.
How dos it compare to Tibet.
@@SPLITSLEEVE 山西和西藏的文化不一样，各有各的特色吧.
@@SPLITSLEEVE Tibet offers more natural and pristine scenery, with a culture focused on Tibetan Buddhism. In Shanxi, due to the dry climate, many ancient wooden buildings have been preserved, showcasing the culture of northern ethnic minorities after their Sinicization. Since the northern regimes at that time followed Buddhism, there are also numerous Chinese Buddhist relics.
@@adamhuang6984 "the culture of northern ethnic minorities" Wrong.
Shanxi was literally one of the birthplaces of the Chinese civilization. The original Sino-Tibetan language was formed at the eastern borders of Shanxi, at the foothills of the Taihang mountain range (captured in this video as Wutai Mountains), before it spread all across China. Only northern most part of Shanxi, areas bordering Inner Mongolia, has Sinicized ethnic minorities (once nomadic tribes).
"the culture of northern ethnic minorities" is best used to describe Ningxia. Where you could find traces of the west Xia culture that were exterminated by the Mongols, as well as the culture of the Hui (Chinese Muslims), a mixed people between the Han Chinese, the "color-eye" people (predominantly Tajiks and Uzbeks) brought to China by the Mongolians, and other northern ethnic minorities in the nearby region (Mongols, Tibetans etc.).
Nice to learn all these unique historical information. Thank you gor sharing@taichiwinchester1102
Sofia and Haley are so fortunate to have you act as their trusty guide/translator so felt at ease with every new sight and sound! :D
Thanks to Katherine. 😄😃😀
There're many other international tourists sharing their China travel experience on RUclips, some of them show only positive espects, try to attract more followers from China, and some others do the opposite. But what Katherine's doing is very neutral and real. In her videos you can find both good and bad experience, advanced and backward, passionate, hospitable and rude, impolite. Which is perfect, because China is a normal country, like every other countries, not heaven and not hell.
I agree with your comment for Katherine’s great videos. However, we must also understand why there are positive comments from many foreigners when they travelled China in the last while… simply because the mass anti China smearing campaign and disinformation about how terrible China is has been in western mainstream media for decades and decades.
It takes so much effort and all these foreigners’ positive videos to counterbalance these tremendous negative bias in the world.
To be honest, many ppl around the world will never see China in a positive light simply because they have been surrounded by lies about China for years. Once human forms a bias in their mind, that’s likely it. Their mindset will never change. I personally know tons of people like that. It is sad but reality. Humans only believe what they “like” to believe.
Yes, good and bad; well managed as well as corrupted, certainly. But China is a normal country, like every other countries? I wouldn't put it so. China is the major and the most long-lasting civilization, a fast developing and ever-changing country with a unique and efficient political system, and a big united state that preserves very well every wonderful local ethnic characteristics.
因为一般的外国人在媒体上看到的都是负面的报道，甚至是扭曲的不真实的抹黑，但来到后发现其实很正常，甚至比一些自认为发达的国家还要正常许多。所以忍不住要赞美
Black Myth: Wukong，Filming Locations
山西≠陕西
@@floxshuilee1760 most of it is in Shanxi, not Shaanxi.
Yungang Grottoes(云冈石窟), in Datong
Yuhuang Temple(玉皇庙), located in Jincheng city
Foguang Temple (佛光寺) is a Buddhist temple located five kilometres from Doucun, Wutai County
Tiefo Temple(铁佛寺), situated in Gaoping
Wooden Pagoda of Fogong Temple(佛宫寺释迦塔) is in Ying County
etc.... they even went to some of the above in the video.
@@floxshuilee1760 呵呵，主要是山西
YES. 75% is from Shanxi province.
wow, nice.
homeboy selling beef on his motorcycle was the highlight of this video🤣💕
what a blast cultural wise, The magnificent China, no wonder Haley, Sofie and yourself want to return. Thank you.
Please Katherine.Bring more pretty Americans to visit China anytime🤩
And useful guides for visa application
They’re pretty, cute.
lmao the lady wearing a "pervert" shirt inside the temple, the seller peddling "big chickens," your friend confusing Taiyuan with Taiwan, the beef seller getting scolded for being too loud 😂😂 your videos are always full of hidden gems, just like the temples you find everywhere! Hope your friends enjoyed the trip!
Omg yes it’s always so much fun watching her videos, her humour is great 😂
我是中国人，大鸡鸡有另外的含义😂
Love your enthusiasm. China is great, all over the nation.
It is heartwarming to see China develop even in the remote and previously poor region and turn these areas into tourist mecca to help the local ppl. Thank you again Kat for these videos, taking us on an awesome journey.
If you come again in early winter, when the mountain is covered with slices of snow, you will find it more beautiful.
真的是宝藏女孩 一个美国人居然会对我们的传统文化产生这么大的兴趣 真的棒🎉
Shanxi is really underrated. It is so rich in history and beautiful. Planning my trip there.
Please note that there is no delicious food in Shanxi. Shanxi people are used to eating all kinds of noodles. We call it a gourmet desert.😂
@@user-xy3jh9hp01j Shanxi is a gourmet desert, Hanghzou is a street food desert, where are these self-proclaimed "gourmands" coming from? Knife-cut noodles is famously from Shanxi. My 2 favourite noodles, the 莜面栲栳栳 and cat ears, are from Shanxi. The first thing i want to look for when i get there as a Cantonese soup lover is 太原头脑, have some local sweet & vinegar dishes made with local Shanxi black vinegar, and then some 泡泡油糕 for dessert.
@@user-xy3jh9hp01jNoodle is yummy. I miss Shanxi Noodle. Shanxi is by no means gourmet dessert. When we say "gourmet dessert" in China, to the north is Beijing, to the south is Hangzhou.
Love this video, and especially love this part 15:10. Many Chinese sees Americans as 好朋友 (good friends), but many Americans sees China as foes. Keep on making this kind of video, to show the world how peaceful the Chinese people are. Thank you.
Agreed! 😄😃😀
The architecture of Shanxi makes everything I've seen in other parts of china was built yesterday - well said
Shanxi's dry climate slows down corruption, and most of them are hilly and mountainous plateaus, which survived the Japanese bombing in WW2.😊
There's something really gratifying about watching this. As a Chinese person, it warms my heart to see Westerners visit China, despite all the propaganda and negative press, to experience firsthand what the country is truly like.
The Chinese people show the world the wisdom, humility, warmth and friendliness of the Chinese nation
Katherine's videos are always the best! She deserves much more views and subs 😄
你真棒，知道中国的宝贝在哪儿！
畢竟住了五年。。
@@yong9613五年这样很厉害了
@@amyyang1797 她會說中文，也因該看得懂簡單中文吧，即使遇到只能用鄉音溝通的本地人，在電話上打中文就可以傳意了。。因該是這樣吧！也許在哪裡去了好幾次，都可以算是半個地頭蛇。。🤭
@@yong9613 hahahaha
I hope your lovely friends enjoyed their time in China!
Been YunGang Budda Cave 14 years ago, an inspiring memory last lifelong! Thank you for the video bringing the sweet time back.
Thanks!
thanks for supporting this channel ❤️❤️
陽離子 週日愉快❤️🤗
shanxi people are so kind and simple, beautiful souls of mankind.
阳离子去的这些地方我碰巧一个月前也去过，山西确实旅游资源太丰富。另外太原也不是一无是处，太原有晋祠，是北魏时期建的中国现存最早的皇家祭祀园林。很大风景 非常好，而且意外惊喜太原女孩整体颜值比较高
@@aminitum 我觉得大同的女孩子也很漂亮呢，可能是民族融合的缘故
晋祠、崇善寺、纯阳宫（山西省艺术博物馆）、永祚寺双塔、文庙、山西省博、（一直爆满的）北齐壁画博物馆、大关帝庙。周边什么净因寺多福寺龙泉寺窦大夫祠，天龙山石窟蒙山开化寺阳曲不二寺等等更不可胜数。和山西大部分地区一样，太原是留给有准备的人的。
Thank you as ones of the few European Americans visiting China, despite of overwhelming narratives to bash and to frame China.
I visited Ping Yao the ancient town a few years ago. It is an amazing town that hasn't changed for hundreds of years. It is like going back in time and seeing how people lived. I'll always treasure the ancient town and its amazing Chinese architecture.
China is so vast, so many places to explore...keep adding onto my bucket list :)
15:20 😂😂😂😂😂so funny!!
15:17 he was selling beef
Your friends are so cute.😊
Have a good weekend, Kat
1:22, I was like "what's so funny" then I realized the monk was gently pushing the curious (naughty) kid away😂
the hanging monastery you've been to is in 恒山 which is in Shanxi, not 衡山 which is in Hunan
the spongebob popsicle should only be used in a horror movie scene........
Looking forward to your grand Shanxi biking tour, and Sofia and Haley's second China trip as well!
It is no high 5, that mudra with the palm facing outward means "no fear" of walking on streets in China.
那俩大爷也太可爱了🤣还有那个大鸡鸡😂
Wonder video and Kathleen is lucky to have visit Buddha sites before Wukong video explosion. It’s nice to have friends come to visit. Enjoy your time with friends. The motorcycle beef vendor crack me up 😂
Hi Katherine. 👍 Very, very, very fascinating place. I love it.
Hey kat seriously my wife and my daughters can't get enough of your beautiful video add oils like I've said "KEEP ON TRUCKING ON CHINESE COUNTRY SIDE" MY FAMILY'S ARE IN "CALGARY ALBERTA CANADA "WE ARE ONE HOUR AWAY FROM "BANFF " U KNOWS BANFF RIGHT!!!!!!!!
Been watching her videos for years. I don't watch a ton in this genre, but as far as the ones that I have come across go, Kat is my favorite chronicler of China life through a Western/international lens. Always makes me feel more positive about the world. Thanks and keep it up
That guy on the bike is instant meme material
Definitely! 😂
15:17 selling beef guy
There’s a saying for seeing ancient China. Above ground: ShanXi (山西) Under ground: ShaanXi (陕西)。
So true!
Your technique of photographing scenic spots is no worse than all your previous videos. I like it very much. ❤ What I saw in Shanxi is the China of my dreams! Thank you for sharing
Love that beef seller! Your friends are very cool!
So lovely! I’m still waiting for my friends and family to come out to China and visit me 😅
wutai mountain is the highest mountain in the north of china，almost 4000m high
Westerners feet are much more resilient to cold.
Goodmorning Katherine. Happy to see your friends had a good time. I remember in one of your videos you had said that you had wanted to go to this region. So much history. I enjoyed watching. God bless.
Very happy that you and your american friends enjoyed nice moments in this amazing part of China. Beautiful scenery and historical sites of this fantastic province. Thank you for sharing and take care 🪻💕🍀
So cool! Thanks for the wonderful video, and hope I can have a visit!
15:19 好可爱😂
謝謝分享。不知道山西有這麽美的地方 - 永安！
Miss Catherine, I found many of your video is worth to rewatch it again and again,so much information and very interesting, well-done!❤❤❤❤❤
Always enjoy to see Catherine videos with nice commentary, mainly let pictures and roles speak for themselves. Especially this trip taking her friends to visit Shanxi scenic spots and the satisfaction exceeded expectations. Shanxi is an ancient and rich cultural place with a long history. There are so many places worth visiting. This wonderful episode made feel like I am actually there. I sincerely hope that Catherine’s parents will also have the opportunity to travel around China and fully enjoy the family reunion
Your friends are so lucky to have you as their tour guide. You are an expert in China’s off-beaten - track tourist spots. This is an eye opener for your friends. Hope they enjoy their trip.
Thry were fortunated to had you as the tour guide. Keep up the good works Catherine!!
Fantastic trip , I also love all the little guys on every roof and corner. They are the best in Xishuangbanna!
Stunning city. Hopefully someday I will explore this epic city in my life as a Buddhist.
I fall in love with your amazing videos.
Sending love and hugs from India 🇮🇳 ❤🤗
15:18 Damn, he's so cute.
Fantastic place to take your friends to. I never knew Shanxi was this interesting! I will go there for sure, following your agenda! Great place to get a real feel of the original China!!
cool, I did not know Shanxi is such a cool place, sorry to say I am a Chinese. My country is just way to big and got soooo long history, love her even more.
在英文里山西和陕西的拼音是完全一样的，在山西保存了中国历史最多的地上遗存，而在陕西的地下则保存着最多的遗址。
不一样的，Shanxi和Sha'anxi
I hope you and your friend had a great time. Your friend looks so nice and very shy hope they enjoy the rest of the trip 🥰❤
Well, isn't China a marvellous place. Katherine, you deserve your success. Your videos are fun, you are fun, and your editing is great. May your good luck have wings and your bad luck have shortness of breath!!
黃牛肉太搞笑啦哈哈哈
Katherine, Take me with you next time!
This episode is the best.
I am in love with your videos, please keep filming, as those of us who can't make it to China can only live through your lens of filming. Thank you.
Glad to see your friends enjoyed their first trip to China! The places they visited look like a little slice of Tibet mixed with bits of old Han culture, and your video made me place the region on the list I want to take my wife and visit. Absolutely love the old town clips, they are fast disappearing from the developed provinces or turned into tourist traps.
Shanxi is closer to Gansu and Ningxia, where many China Hui people live. Hui people are Muslims of China.
Mahayana Buddhism in Shanxi is different from Hinayana Buddhism in Tibet.
fun group, great experiences!
Thank you please update as soon as possible I like your channel very much
dear Katherine you are very much talented person I'm absolutely in love the way you speak and explore the place . I hope make another video from this area
Coming next year …. Or 2026, depending on the pace of my bike tour LOL
@@kats_journey_eastTake your parents to visit this beautiful ancient town again.
I've been looking for a good Chinese translation for the word "discreet" for a very very long time. The word 低调 you used in this video is so spot-on.
Google Translate: Discreet = 慎重
@@jeremyxu8155 Not really a good translation in the context of this video.
I have to say that I like the vibe in your vblogs. Very enjoyable!
Your videos are so cool. I long to visit China. I only wish I had a friend there who could show me round the way you did with Hailey and Sophia!
Love this video.
thank you for the video. I really need to visit China more often...
Thanks for creating and sharing this beautiful video clip Katherine. The night scenes are amazing. Looking forward to your next clip. Take care brave gal. Best regards 🍻
This is so good. The 17 minutes video can be easily expanded to a fabulously two-hour documentary movie.
I love this version so much ,thank you Catherine.😂🤡💖
Thank you!
I love seeing these preserved spots, and I hope to see more of the region during your road trip next year.
Kat: "... We did spend a few days in Hangzhou & in M Y V I L L A G E ..."
It's so cute that you're sharring w/ us YOUR VILLAGE's Beauty.
Wow! Will target to visit ShanXi b4 it modernised further.
Another beautiful vlog. Regards from Indonesia! Wow Shanxi even more ancient than xi'an (zhang an).. pingyao 👍, really wanna explore it with my bike!
Xi 'an is the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, and its history is in the catacombs. 山西 is the supply station of the Silk Road, with more culture.
Thanks, you explored such neat scenery many Chinese have never ever visited here before, see those ordinary local people and many visitors from outside the counties .This is real China and As an Chinese saying:
天高皇帝遠于我何🈶️哉！Who cares king’s authority! Whom is far away from us! We only care about our daily life.
How exciting! And SO beautiful! Thank you for sharing! I love the little plush tiger!
As someone from HK, I find it incredibly satisfying to bring foreigners around to see China for themselves. They're pleasantly surprised/shocked everytime (though mainly around Shenzhen).
Kathy, China really should hire you as a cultural ambassador, because you have been doing the work of a cultural ambassador for some years already!
I think the best cultural ambassador in China should be Li Ziqi. But the stupid China government didn't help her win the battle for the RUclips account.
Li Ziqi's account was permanently locked by the capitalist.😂
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blessed is a person who has been to the middle kindom & enjoy all to see & do at awesome china!
Another fascinating episode, love the local people!
it is very cheerful to watch this video
How awesome that you visited the town where many of the sights you visited are featured in the popular video game Black Myth: Wukong. An example is the temple that was built in the Jin Dynasty.
阳离子真的是太了解中国了，外国人来旅游，北京算是新手村，阳离子带你领略进阶版甚至是高级版的中国(山西)文化
moment at 15:15 was so wholesome
Hey kat another fantastic video we all loves you keep on trucking add oils