Bustling Tibetan city located at 4000m elevation!! 🐴 一起探索无穷草原中的繁荣藏族城市:理塘!

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  • Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
  • Welcome to life at 4000 meters, even higher than Lhasa! ⛰ Yaks, prayer wheels, grass, yaks, prayer wheels, grass… and repeat! Welcome to Litang 🌻 a bustling dot of life in a vast swath of grassland and mountains. Let’s see what life is like in this fascinating little Tibetan city 🤩
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  • @kats_journey_east
    @kats_journey_east  2 года назад +108

    🌻Thanks for joining today’s adventure, everyone! Follow me on Instagram for more updates about life in China: kats_journey_east 🌻
    How do I get such stable footage even while biking and walking? 📷 amzn.to/45rObZy
    She's waterproof, shoots in 4K, and is very tiny and portable, perfect for recording an action-packed day without the fuss of a fancy complex setup
    👽This is an affiliate link, so I will receive a small commission if you buy a product through the link👽
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    Content creators can enjoy unlimited access to a huge variety of music - funky, peaceful, upbeat, or whatever else you’re looking for - and eliminate the headache of navigating copyright strikes on RUclips! All I can say is... wish I knew about it since day 1 🤣

    • @thesavvyartist
      @thesavvyartist 2 года назад +10

      Congrats! You have given much happiness and calm to me and many around the world. If you believe in karma, it is being rechannelled to you! Have a great day!

    • @karinac.3378
      @karinac.3378 2 года назад +11

      Wooow 100!! Amazing and Gorgeous 🥰😍 love them all

    • @kats_journey_east
      @kats_journey_east  2 года назад +12

      @@thesavvyartist glad you like the videos, I love sharing our travels with you guys 🌸

    • @kats_journey_east
      @kats_journey_east  2 года назад +11

      @@karinac.3378 more coming soon😁✨

    • @tamdingphuntsok9280
      @tamdingphuntsok9280 2 года назад +6

      Congrats on your 💯 🎉🍾 Looking forward to many more, Tashi Delek (Btw I think Lithang is known for its manly men lol)

  • @hainanbob6144
    @hainanbob6144 2 года назад +76

    I never cease to be amazed at how different your lives, (and ours) are compared to what the media in the rest of the world thinks. More fool them I guess. Great video, as always.

    • @kats_journey_east
      @kats_journey_east  2 года назад +33

      Glad you liked it , more coming soon, we just arrived in Xinjiang so gonna be sharing that as well but probably not for like a month because I’m so behind on editing 🤣🤣

    • @blowindzhang6795
      @blowindzhang6795 2 года назад +10

      @@kats_journey_east 哇塞,新疆真的很美啊,我要嫉妒你了

    • @lj2935
      @lj2935 2 года назад +1

      @@blowindzhang6795 这是四川省甘孜藏族自治州的理塘县

    • @todlele9990
      @todlele9990 2 года назад +5

      @@kats_journey_east glad to hear you two arrived Xinjiang, I miss there so much. We visited south and west Xinjiang just before COVID, miss the food, views, and people, hope to revisit some time in the future

    • @jeremyyu4118
      @jeremyyu4118 2 года назад

      @@lj2935 他是回复阳离子上面那条,她说她们已经去新疆了,不是再说视频里的地方是新疆

  • @FRANCISCARUSOworld
    @FRANCISCARUSOworld 2 года назад +168

    I spent a month in China in 2019 and had an amazing time!
    Can’t wait to be able to visit it again and explore more parts of the country!
    Brazilian viewer here 🇧🇷👋

    • @kats_journey_east
      @kats_journey_east  2 года назад +20

      Hope you get a chance to visit again soon, there are sooo many interesting things here😁

    • @blowindzhang6795
      @blowindzhang6795 2 года назад +18

      welcome Brazil friends

    • @mochichichi2458
      @mochichichi2458 2 года назад +9

      I was there in 2019 too and I miss it so much 😢

    • @kovbrooth8984
      @kovbrooth8984 2 года назад +4

      welcome to Beijing my city

    • @user-mh4kh2uq6k
      @user-mh4kh2uq6k 2 года назад +3

      love brazil from nanjing

  • @PS-383
    @PS-383 2 года назад +107

    Fun fact: At an altitude of 4,014 metres, Litang is one of the highest towns in the world. For comparison, it is about 400 metres higher than Lhasa while the highest town in the US is Alma, Colorado at an elevation 3,224 metres. No wonder your manly partner is struggling with altitude sickness!

    • @kats_journey_east
      @kats_journey_east  2 года назад +28

      Omg, wish I had known that earlier, I would have put it in the video😱😱

    • @Corredor1230
      @Corredor1230 2 года назад +3

      I’m from Bogota, one of the highest major cities in the world (we’re at like 2700m or something) and even to me those numbers seem wild!

    • @sunflu
      @sunflu 2 года назад +2

      @@Corredor1230 I spend a few month every year in bogota, it does take about a week to adjust to the altitude here. But it is not that bad.

    • @Corredor1230
      @Corredor1230 2 года назад +1

      @@sunflu 你是中国人吗?波哥大怎么样?

    • @dobmaster4412
      @dobmaster4412 5 месяцев назад

      What about la rinconada

  • @monkeynorn
    @monkeynorn 2 года назад +61

    Your videos are always so engaging, authentic and humorous. So envious of your lifestyle… being able to travel to so many interesting places in China.

  • @antiimperialism2739
    @antiimperialism2739 2 года назад +47

    Your “travelogues” are incredible! Thanks for sharing things that we would never know.

  • @khsaw6679
    @khsaw6679 2 года назад +109

    After over 100 days of UKRAINE stories, how wonderful and relaxing to be in your peaceful vlog, keep on going Jayoe

    • @epicsuper6775
      @epicsuper6775 2 года назад +3

      You will soon be losing those wonderful and relaxing days at the areas because NATO is coming into towns.

    • @rodolfo7077
      @rodolfo7077 2 года назад +2

      @@epicsuper6775 Russia will wipe nato out lol

    • @Cheesecake99YearsAgo
      @Cheesecake99YearsAgo Год назад

      ​@@epicsuper6775dedollarisation will only accelerate 😂

  • @alpovratia6488
    @alpovratia6488 2 года назад +34

    Hello “intrepid explorers”, Katherine and Wei! Many thanks for Your enlightening and entertaining travel blogs from the Central Realm!. I’ve visited China three times, but unfortunately not had occasion to visit Yünnan, Sichuan or Tibet proper. China has made tremendous progress in modernising and raising people’s living standards, even in many minority areas. It was interesting (albeit painfully claustrophobic) to see how people manage to flourish in the ravine city Derong. // As an Indo-Tibetanist I found your report from Lithang especially interesting. Lithang is home to a famous monastery (built 1580). The impressive monastery sponsored the production of the Lithang Kanjur (Buddhist Canon). Carving and editing of its 110 volumes of woodblocks (for printing) was completed by 1611. In the old days the relatively few Canon copies were a matter of prestige and beckoned monks to host monasteries for monastic studies, disputations, etc. Today Lithang is a vibrant centre also for popular Buddhist devotions. // In case you and Wei are still in Kashgar, you might investigate museum or historical traces of Baron C G Mannerheim’s sojourn there in 1906. He rested at the Russian legation in Kashgar while preparing his expedition (including 10 000 km on horseback!) eastward to Beijing and Japan. He was the second westerner to meet the 13th Dalai Lama. Because Mannerheim’s courtesy gifts were exhausted, on Wu Tai Shan he handed the Dalai Lama his revolver saying it might come in handy. Mannerheim later composed his 2-volume opus, “Across Asia from West to East in 1906-1908”. His collections are housed at several institutions in Helsinki.

    • @user-hz9cm9qy3n
      @user-hz9cm9qy3n 2 года назад +2

      The development of Western China depends on government regulation. The government requires eastern coastal cities to support western cities one-on-one. Send technicians and funds for investment and training. And allocate part of the financial resources of the east to support the West.

  • @cashmerecat9269
    @cashmerecat9269 2 года назад +26

    That little boy approached and hallo you then ran away..so cute!!! :)

    • @user-ub9qb7gd4e
      @user-ub9qb7gd4e 2 года назад

      2:23 so cute!

    • @LL-ls8es
      @LL-ls8es 2 года назад +1

      Chinese kids do these drive by hello. Cause they are shy and that’s all the English they know. Lol

  • @mohammedibrahim42
    @mohammedibrahim42 2 года назад +23

    It's good to see you again katherine sister with your boyfriend God bless you and bless your family ameen, stay healthy 😉

  • @RespectOthers1
    @RespectOthers1 2 года назад +72

    Never tire of watching you showing us the beautiful religious devotion of the Tibetan people. Living so high up it’s not a surprise they are closer to heaven than we are. :D

    • @xiaoq8329
      @xiaoq8329 2 года назад +2

      This is in Sichuan Province, not Tibet Plateau. Tibetan culture spreads across many provinces in China, including Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu, Qinghai, & Xinjiang. Just FYI

    • @Cats_Bread
      @Cats_Bread 2 года назад +2

      @@xiaoq8329 they are the same group of people anyway,been to both of them just similar to each other

    • @ttbrown9700
      @ttbrown9700 2 года назад +2

      @@xiaoq8329 he didn't say Litang is in Tibet, he said the culture is Tibetian, which is 100% correct. You need to improve your English and not correct people for the wrong reasons.

    • @irvanabidin7440
      @irvanabidin7440 2 года назад

      @@xiaoq8329 delusional

  • @pb1482
    @pb1482 Год назад +1

    what a beautiful eyes you have and show us everything from your sight,love you peaceful souls ❤

  • @kimleongthen7555
    @kimleongthen7555 2 года назад +68

    Another exceptionally well narrated video demonstrating to the world that the Tibetan culture, religion, language and values are indisputably well maintained and preserved.

    • @ongsengkee2530
      @ongsengkee2530 2 года назад +5

      Brilliant statement.

    • @tedaspane1493
      @tedaspane1493 2 года назад +5

      Well, the western media and governments said that China has carried out Tibetan cultural genocide.

    • @chriswestwood3289
      @chriswestwood3289 2 года назад +3

      My view is that they actually need to improve and develop modern society. No western countries live in the past, why others have to?

    • @zhiyu1778
      @zhiyu1778 2 года назад

      Western media are liars! According to them, nothing is good from China!

    • @aliciawong6207
      @aliciawong6207 2 года назад +2

      @@chriswestwood3289 Well on that topic I actually talked with some friends from that region and it’s rather interesting. I’m from what you can say is inland China and a city that’s “metropolitan ”. We have high risers everywhere and subways & malls all that. So in uni we have a couple of classmates that are from Tibetan area. After getting to know each other we become friends. At our junior year summer vocation they invited me to travel to they hometown and I went. I had an amazing time and the night before I came back home we sat together and talked you know about career planing after graduation since it’s only one year away and she said to me that she’s gonna come back home. You can imagine how surprised I was when I heard that cause it never crossed my mind that she would give up the chance to stay in a much wealthier city and have a great career and just go back home. But she said she liked it home. Even thought in big cities life is fun but her mind feel at ease back home. After that night I realized something which is everyone’s mindset is different & what we think is good and fun may not be the case for another. So I think the same may apply to what you propose there maybe I say maybe they like their home just the way it is and not some big modern style like every other metropolitan cities.

  • @dennish5150
    @dennish5150 2 года назад +5

    Kat you really are going places. Love you showing us the less commercialised cities. The culture has been well preserved and that is what make them unique and beautiful.

    • @shaunyang1354
      @shaunyang1354 2 года назад

      culture and modern development are not always at conflicts with each other. what's important is to find the balance between the two. preserving the culture and increasing people's living standard are both really important. they actually did a great job in increasing the living standard of people while preserving the culture, like the new road.

  • @susantadeb7666
    @susantadeb7666 Год назад +2

    Hello sweet couple, you are in my dream city. The monastery is very busy with people.
    Must be a famous one.

  • @user-gl2wu2fs8h
    @user-gl2wu2fs8h 2 года назад +16

    Katherine,
    🙏🙏Thank you very much for sharing your journeys in China. You and Wei have done well in presenting the diversity, scale and intensity of China's terrains, ecology, economic development, culture, food and transport infrastructure My family members thoroughly enjoy your educational and entertaining videos.
    辛苦了你们了!

    • @kats_journey_east
      @kats_journey_east  2 года назад +2

      Glad you guys like the videos , more coming soon🤩

  • @aungaisum8654
    @aungaisum8654 2 года назад +5

    Love your videos. Full of harmony and peace. This is what today's world needs. Keep it up.👍

  • @ellashy6539
    @ellashy6539 2 года назад +11

    your vlogs is always so soothing with all the troubles in this world the villagers are like living in an utopian paradise with no worries of the global geopolitics love it!❤

  • @arthurchen8216
    @arthurchen8216 2 года назад +13

    It reminds me of my time in Tibetan region, as if I could smell the smell of yak butter.

  • @Anonymous------
    @Anonymous------ 2 года назад +119

    Thank you for another excellent original raw video of the peaceful healthy Tibetan life. I feel so sorry for the native American people in USA, why doesn't the USA government allow them to freely have their own place like this?

    • @ongsengkee2530
      @ongsengkee2530 2 года назад +7

      Agree with you

    • @willengel2458
      @willengel2458 2 года назад +16

      they killed off all the buffaloes to deny the natives their nomadic way of lives. then they herded them into the reservations. they do have their own place, the Indian Reservations throughout the US.

    • @fishoverseasable
      @fishoverseasable 2 года назад +9

      I think it has something to do with buffalos. Remember than the indigenous people here in America rely a lot on buffalos. But the British colonizers kill them and sell beef. Once the animals were destroyed, Locals lost their traditional way of living. I can imagine what would happen if there were no yaks in Tibet

    • @bee4590
      @bee4590 2 года назад +14

      it sounds like you're not familiar with native americans and their condition in the united states (and canada). we have not treated native americans/indigenous canadians well, both in the past and today.
      so they do have reservations where they can live freely, but a lot of the time the land they were given isn't good for growing food, it's located far away from cities so the education and job opportunities aren't great, there's little infrastructure or stimulation so people get bored and use alcohol and drugs, etc.
      also, you have to keep in mind that we've killed off entire tribes of native americans, killed off thousands of bison so they would starve, kidnapped their children and placed them into white families or schools so they'd be "normal", etc-we truly damaged them in horrific ways and never gave them a chance to heal and recover (and at that point, _can_ you recover?)

    • @qjtvaddict
      @qjtvaddict 2 года назад

      USA is a regime

  • @gulseeo_
    @gulseeo_ 2 года назад +13

    I really like your videos, it's an experience for me, I want to go to China, I hope i can

  • @ohmylrrr6575
    @ohmylrrr6575 2 года назад +7

    到达世界最高城,理塘!
    太美丽了理塘!
    哎呀,这不丁真么?
    看看远处的雪山吧家人们。

    • @sushang_cn
      @sushang_cn 2 года назад +2

      我终于找到这条评论了

    • @ohmylrrr6575
      @ohmylrrr6575 2 года назад

      @@sushang_cn 你好李鑫

    • @winniekuma4542
      @winniekuma4542 2 года назад

      满意的离开评论区

    • @ohmylrrr6575
      @ohmylrrr6575 2 года назад

      @@winniekuma4542 就是说啥呢,就是说,啥呢,我不管他是啥,你知道么,不管他是啥

    • @joeylee7777
      @joeylee7777 2 года назад

      @@ohmylrrr6575 铝合金 你别走啊

  • @silverbeernuts4229
    @silverbeernuts4229 2 года назад +12

    "Manly man" I almost had an accident laughing out. K, and W, you're both looking great together! I'm happy for you both! You're my goto channel to be happy!

    • @silverbeernuts4229
      @silverbeernuts4229 2 года назад +2

      K, did you know how your hair almost turns red in the sun? It's beautiful and tell W. how blessed he is to have such a woman with him!

    • @silverbeernuts4229
      @silverbeernuts4229 2 года назад +1

      Tell W, that he is such a "bro" to walk a path with a special lady by his side.

    • @kats_journey_east
      @kats_journey_east  2 года назад +2

      Glad you like the videos 🌸🌸 we have lots more adventures coming soon, looking forward to sharing with everyone 🤩

  • @jcaam8094
    @jcaam8094 Год назад

    Spin it like you mean it, don't be shy.

  • @zhenhuanwang9852
    @zhenhuanwang9852 2 года назад +13

    Arrived world's highest city, Litang! So beautiful,Litang! Aiya, isn't he Dingzhen? Look snow mountains far away families.

    • @ohmylrrr6575
      @ohmylrrr6575 2 года назад

      就是,啥呢,你是不是有点犟嘴了

    • @xiaoerwang4693
      @xiaoerwang4693 2 года назад

      家人们,我们的口号是:aoa芭蕾,eqe亏内

    • @ohmylrrr6575
      @ohmylrrr6575 2 года назад

      @@xiaoerwang4693 代表着开心

  • @2morrowsworld
    @2morrowsworld 2 года назад +23

    Litang sits at about 4000m asl, which might represent the top of the tree line there. This is one of those towns the traveller will pass through on the public bus between Shangrila, Yunnan and the Garze prefecture in Sichuan, eventually to Kangding. I seem to remember that mining (probably coal) was taking place not far from Litang.

  • @jurrasicpig2426
    @jurrasicpig2426 2 года назад +5

    that steak pizza burger deli fresh fruit drink restaurant is hilarious! I wonder if they have fish & chips... when I was a kid, I'd believed the prayer wheels are some kind of power genenerators, they used the believers' labor to power up the temple....lol

    • @yapingli3650
      @yapingli3650 2 года назад +1

      🍟🍔In fact, in China, there are fried chicken nuggets, French fries and hamburgers in this kind of Western fast food restaurant, but the taste is different.

    • @kats_journey_east
      @kats_journey_east  2 года назад +2

      Yeah they should harness some electricity from those things haha there is so much energy being put into them every day with all that spinning

  • @sic8098
    @sic8098 2 года назад +11

    Thank-you for your centenary video...for me it's only been the last several.months as a fan of your lovely documentarys and history lessons..i love your enthusiasm for appriciation of an old civilisation and culture without prejudice...
    Are there many similarities back home..
    ❤🙂🙏

  • @void3748
    @void3748 2 года назад +7

    太美丽了理塘~

  • @mansun256
    @mansun256 2 года назад +3

    Really amazing 😍. Thank you for bringing these unique images online. To me even as a Chinese, I have never been to those places myself.

  • @abirbo
    @abirbo 2 года назад +7

    Absolutely loved it Katherine! Breathtaking view of the plains and hills, yaks grazing on the desolate fields, punctuated with exceptional narration! TLC should approach you and sponsor such series. Trust me, loads and loads of people will get to see what nobody showed them before!

    • @kats_journey_east
      @kats_journey_east  2 года назад +1

      It’s a cool place isn’t it , one of the most interesting stops on our journey 😁

    • @abirbo
      @abirbo 2 года назад

      @@kats_journey_east Absolutely!!

  • @blkoay
    @blkoay 2 года назад +3

    Lintang is a beautiful place. Life is so laid back and unpretentious. Another great video. Love the simple and informative narration.

  • @gabriellagirardi4741
    @gabriellagirardi4741 2 года назад +10

    Great video, as usual. Litang is really a beautiful and characteristic little town where the atmosphere is typically Tibetan and also the environment has a lot to offer. Really worth visiting.Thank you for sharing this awesome video with us. Your reports on China are always beautiful.

    • @user-dj4jp2dz9v
      @user-dj4jp2dz9v 2 года назад

      Litang is one of he Capital of memes in China lol.

  • @gloucesterjet1
    @gloucesterjet1 2 года назад +7

    What an interesting video about Litang. I love the bridge building you do via your videos to connect China to the world. Keep up the good work! And wishing Wei and you good health and happiness always! :)

  • @yapyapyap2805
    @yapyapyap2805 2 года назад +5

    Thank you for showing us all these remote but beautiful places.

  • @Daniel-vt9hx
    @Daniel-vt9hx 2 года назад +4

    Very wonderful scenery and friendly local people. I like this place.

  • @thewishmastur
    @thewishmastur 2 года назад +1

    Wei is hilarious. Beautiful couple

  • @jerometsowinghuen
    @jerometsowinghuen 2 года назад +32

    Everywhere are perfectly preserved in Litang (理塘) of the Tibetan City (藏族城市), allowing visitors to learn its culture and knowledge about the tribes (民族) in China.

    • @FRANCISCARUSOworld
      @FRANCISCARUSOworld 2 года назад +2

      Oh I’ve seen you commenting on Kaja’s channel 😃

    • @jerometsowinghuen
      @jerometsowinghuen 2 года назад +3

      @@FRANCISCARUSOworld really, I did not know that.

    • @WaMo721
      @WaMo721 2 года назад

      Not tribe....clans in Tibet .....tribe means naked people from northeast india

  • @SohThirsty
    @SohThirsty 2 года назад +9

    Such a pretty landscape! I personally prefer the naturistic landscapes to the temples haha

  • @colinchai
    @colinchai 2 года назад +6

    Thank you Katherine for another awesome video. Love it so much. Litang is really an eye opener for us. Take care and god bless.

  • @sweeleangloh
    @sweeleangloh Год назад +1

    I like that kid! "Hello!" so cute..🧒

  • @hendrik7502
    @hendrik7502 2 года назад +5

    Another awesome video from my favourite China explorer. Thanks to you Katherine. Cheers!

  • @rebecca2950
    @rebecca2950 2 года назад +3

    💕💕💕💕💕You have been so many beautiful, unique places , meet all kind of people and experience so much abs many things with Wei and his family’s and your friends in China Looking back every video you posted I don’t know how you both can be apart and leave him alone after what you both have had . I can see he enjoys your presence and he is relying on your attention watch out for him as well ❤️.

  • @truthseeker000000
    @truthseeker000000 2 года назад +5

    Your happy travel videos around China always puts a smile of my face. It’s so nice to escape to these magical cities and towns. 💖🥰The guy with the crude worded shirt in the holy temple was a surprise.

    • @kats_journey_east
      @kats_journey_east  2 года назад +2

      Glad you like the videos , and yeah I see profanity on peoples shirts sometimes I’m sure none of them know what it says but its funny anyway😂lots of clothes have English letters on them and it’s often mis spelled , I have a few of those weird English shirts myself that I got at random street markets Lol

  • @alfref
    @alfref 2 года назад +7

    that city is so pretty wow

  • @user-mx9uy2ih8k
    @user-mx9uy2ih8k 2 года назад +1

    我第一次去高原地区旅游,去了四川色达,当时下车根本走不动几步,而且还背了一个很重的包,只能坐在路边不停的喘气,然后住了一个小宾馆,那天晚上特别倒霉,零下20度的气温还停电了,只能多盖几床被子取暖,而且要把头皮和眼睛包起来不然冻的难受😭,一晚上都没睡着,还吐了好几次,还好迷迷糊糊熬过去了,第二天身体感觉好多了,就背着我沉重的包到处去浪了。

  • @mori-self6968
    @mori-self6968 2 года назад +16

    After watching your videos for over a year my next time in China is going to be long lol

    • @kats_journey_east
      @kats_journey_east  2 года назад +9

      I gave myself a whole year of time to travel around the country before getting a job and settling down and I still feel like it’s not enough Lol the more traveling I do the more I feel like there is so much left that I haven’t seen yet

    • @FRANCISCARUSOworld
      @FRANCISCARUSOworld 2 года назад +5

      Same here

    • @iWantPeace838
      @iWantPeace838 2 года назад +5

      Agree!

  • @mytubeful
    @mytubeful 2 года назад +8

    Awesome video. Showing many to understand the life and scenery of Litang. 💕

  • @clochettestarz
    @clochettestarz 2 года назад +6

    Thank you so much for the video, I've always wanted to go to Litang and this confirmed my impression, it looks incredible! I've been to other Tibetan places in Yunnan, Sichuan and Gansu, but the scenery here is on another level. Looking forward to part 2!

    • @kats_journey_east
      @kats_journey_east  2 года назад +1

      Hope you get a chance to go, it was one of the most interesting places we visited 😁 the geography is super unique

    • @kats_journey_east
      @kats_journey_east  2 года назад

      And we were there in the spring before the grass came out, the scenery is on another level in the summer 😛

    • @clochettestarz
      @clochettestarz 2 года назад +2

      I hope so too, once (if) China reopens to foreign travellers, I will definitely make a note to go in the summer 😊

    • @user-hz9cm9qy3n
      @user-hz9cm9qy3n 2 года назад

      Altitude sickness there is no joke

  • @peakserv
    @peakserv 2 года назад +3

    Love your videos.
    Love you showing us the real rural China as is.

  • @jasonsell1435
    @jasonsell1435 2 года назад +1

    He Katherine and Wei,thank for sharing incredible video that we would never see,especially you and Wei so sweet couple having a funny conversations to each other and make me laugh 😆. Love ❤️ you guys.

  • @just4therecord
    @just4therecord 2 года назад +1

    they should put a small generator/dynamo thingy on the prayer wheels to generate some electricity 💡

  • @joewong438
    @joewong438 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for the update. It has been a long time. Keep up the good work. Keep well and stay safe.

  • @theolich4384
    @theolich4384 2 года назад +3

    To digress a bit on the prayer wheels: whilst the idea of Dharmachakra, or the wheel of law exists throughout Buddhist regions and the Tibetan prayer wheels being the most visible representation today, There is a variation endemic to East Asia. Called _lunzang_ in Mandarin or _rinzo_ in Japanse, people began to build these "spinning libraries" in temples from the 10th century onwards. They're like regular prayer wheels, just huge and with lavishly ornamented bookcases built-in, stocked with thousands of sutras instead of mantras scripts. When spun, they're supposed to exert dharma into the universe like a prayer wheel, but also serve the purpose of easy ventilation for preserving the valuable sutras. While they're quite ubiquitous in Japan (117 in total), only 10 has survived in China to this day. There's one in Jiangyou, Sichuan, where I gather is not far from Chengdu. What makes this one special is it's the original 12th century setup, making it one of the oldest, housed in a rare building of the same vintage. And you can actually spin it, if you got the might of three. Worth a visit if you got the chance.

    • @kats_journey_east
      @kats_journey_east  2 года назад +1

      Thanks for the info , hope I get a chance to see it 😁😁

  • @evolution118
    @evolution118 Год назад

    The quality of the light is breathtaking. What a magical place. Thanks for your vlog.

  • @user-fq6hq8vh9k
    @user-fq6hq8vh9k Год назад +1

  • @limwiching2277
    @limwiching2277 2 года назад +1

    This Litang city will be change in next 5-6 years , new railway line and new airport will be start built here soon.

  • @malgok9733
    @malgok9733 2 года назад +1

    Interesting place. People there make beautifull very colorfull houses. I did checked altitude of this region 4000 metres sooo high ! Awesome Mountain people with yaks 😁

  • @MrKeyman2002
    @MrKeyman2002 2 года назад +10

    Would you have a plan to do a series on the "Silk Road" cities ???

    • @kats_journey_east
      @kats_journey_east  2 года назад +10

      I want to but I’m out of time before my trip back to the US in late July , my schedule is already packed 😭 hope to see those places when I come back in a few months 😄

    • @MrKeyman2002
      @MrKeyman2002 2 года назад +1

      @@kats_journey_eastThose cities should be quite attractive for people outside China and inside , to a certain extent.

  • @user-bc1it5cd4z
    @user-bc1it5cd4z Год назад

    So beautiful

  • @xiaolanqian1468
    @xiaolanqian1468 2 года назад +2

    1!5!

  • @suyang2057
    @suyang2057 2 года назад +7

    到达世界最高城,理塘

  • @rapidrainc9318
    @rapidrainc9318 2 года назад +2

    Thank you for sharing another very cool episode Katherine. Humors, Wei's before and after some climbing and the Chinese guy who wear some weird writing in English which he probably had no ideas of the meaning (common in China), in an otherwise quiet and spiritual small place. Towards the end, I just felt like you should have a lot of good opportunities in your career development ahead. The combination of your intelligence, knowledge, skills, experience, and a more unique spirit that are shown through your digital presentations, and many people probably can sense those qualities too. You have the "right look" too. Can picture you either in suit type of attire or more casual looking outfits like what you normally wear in different occasions for different jobs too. Wish you guys even better times ahead in the future.

  • @cjoe6908
    @cjoe6908 Год назад

    Great vlog. I was a visit there 18 years ago, spending about a week in Litang, driving all the way from Lijiang, Yunnan. Great memories.

  • @philwilliams953
    @philwilliams953 Год назад

    I was in Litang in 1993. Thanks for the memories.

  • @susantadeb7666
    @susantadeb7666 2 года назад +1

    Your presentation is best. Can you show a monastery of Buddhist Nuns (Anis).
    Also any Yak race?

  • @Aureola0901
    @Aureola0901 2 года назад +3

    Arriving at the highest city in the world, Litang!
    So beautiful, Litang!
    Aiya, isn't that Dingzhen?(adjust lens orientation)
    Watch those snow mountains in the distance, fellas.
    To those who lives in the actual highest city: it's a meme in china.

  • @TheJohnwingkayip
    @TheJohnwingkayip 2 года назад +1

    Thanks Katherine your video ❤️

  • @user-qn1tp6kr1r
    @user-qn1tp6kr1r 2 года назад +16

    撇去宗教因素,每天徒步三四十分钟转经筒,是非常有益的散步健身,而且也是增进群体认同的社交活动,信仰则保证了恒心。看来我健身总是坚持不下去就是缺了一种信仰……那个巨大的转经筒让我眼珠子差点掉下来了🤣

    • @icylakepaxphile
      @icylakepaxphile 2 года назад +2

      我看过很多藏族长者也是这种心态。 很多人没有我们想象的那么严肃。 边转边聊, 拉家常, 哄孩子, 喝茶, 转经筒什么的都在同一个空间里发生。

    • @Eric-Zhang.
      @Eric-Zhang. 2 года назад

      🌚家里的沙发太软,让我失去了出门跑五公里的动力

  • @yuntonger
    @yuntonger 2 года назад

    去年夏天去过理塘,有绿色草原的季节是另外一种风情,非常美。

  • @jennyohara4011
    @jennyohara4011 2 года назад +1

    Congratulations on your 100th Video..you are a special person in many peoples eyes.

  • @stephenvictor8961
    @stephenvictor8961 2 года назад +1

    I like your work. I too have a love for China. Take good care.

  • @rebecca2950
    @rebecca2950 2 года назад +1

    🥰🥰🥰IWow Katherine this is one of unique places I have seen . I love the back ground music works so beautiful with your video . There are so many beautiful stones and many colorful wheels make the temple so unique . Is the weather hot there ? You need a lot of energy and determination to walk a long way . Oriole who live there definitely keep good health there . I’m amazed by elderly who live there able to walk such a long way daily . 👍I have sympathy for Wei because I can’t walk a long way like the local residents. I need to have ice water and snacks to keep me going …. 🤣🤣🤣

  • @qingquankuang1743
    @qingquankuang1743 2 года назад

    Ohhh did not expect your video popping out before sleep. But I'm sure I'll enjoy a peaceful and tight sleep after this video, thx Kate

  • @ghostofsolomon237
    @ghostofsolomon237 2 года назад

    Most tourists stop by 理塘 at noon, have lunch, take a shot at the giant golden archway and leave. You're the 1st one venture into the back alley. Inspiring!
    Yeah I had lunch, took a shot at archway and left.

  • @ongsengkee2530
    @ongsengkee2530 2 года назад +2

    Katherine you are doing a super great job. Looks like you have merged extremely well into all corners of china. Please quickly walk down the aisle with your partner and live happily ever after in china.

  • @midwestmeiliguo
    @midwestmeiliguo 2 года назад +2

    I love your well documented adventures ❤️ ! Keep up the good work 👏 🙌 👍 👌 💪

  • @Mayangone
    @Mayangone 2 года назад +3

    My curiosity got the hold of me to look up at Litang, when Wei was gasping. Litang's altitude is about 13,000 feet and its population is 45,000. The effective O2 concentration is 12.7 which is about half that at sea-level. Litang is about 530 km west of Chengdu. Because there is no vegetation, I read the diet is meat and milk. What is the name of the temple where the large prayer wheel is. Thanks for the upload. It is very interesting and educational.

    • @bonawang4995
      @bonawang4995 2 года назад +1

      practically one of the highest towns in the world

    • @kats_journey_east
      @kats_journey_east  2 года назад +1

      Wow that’s a really interesting stat about the oxygen concentration, I wish I had known that so I could put it in the video 😭😭

    • @kats_journey_east
      @kats_journey_east  2 года назад +1

      The name of the place with the big wheel is 白塔公园

    • @Mayangone
      @Mayangone 2 года назад +1

      @@kats_journey_east Thank you. According to the web, the large prayer wheel was built about 30 years ago. It is understandable as the wheel requires an operating bearing to bear its weight and helps rotate. However, the Baita Temple itself is much much older.

  • @elainenorthcutt3585
    @elainenorthcutt3585 2 года назад +4

    Almost as good as being there!-- Though the altitude wouldn't do me any favors.

  • @snowsmile7113
    @snowsmile7113 2 года назад

    4:57 the two of you are so cute pls 🥺

  • @user-up9rg6nv7w
    @user-up9rg6nv7w 2 года назад +2

    谢谢阳离子🙏

  • @bombomu2
    @bombomu2 2 года назад

    you are so lucky , have so many experience with unique culture and place all over china.

  • @josephlian3895
    @josephlian3895 2 года назад +1

    谢谢 Katherine 的视频

  • @boonteoh2346
    @boonteoh2346 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for the memorable journey!! I have become an armchair traveller now!!😀🤗

  • @grantguy8933
    @grantguy8933 2 года назад +3

    Feels like South America.

  • @manimalworks7424
    @manimalworks7424 2 года назад +1

    Nice video showing us the real life. Thanks.

  • @pencil8979
    @pencil8979 2 года назад +1

    哈哈哈,小王总说:“老婆,给我买罐氧气瓶”说好的镜头面前永远男子汉呢。

  • @lifeisgood2286
    @lifeisgood2286 2 года назад +1

    It would be much more beautiful in the summer

  • @JSTech2012
    @JSTech2012 2 года назад +1

    Nice to see you both again 👋love to listen your Chinese accent😀

  • @digicurve1845
    @digicurve1845 10 месяцев назад

    this could be part of the original 'silk road'

  • @bob.b.s8338
    @bob.b.s8338 2 года назад +1

    Nice to see prayer wheels.

  • @yeowtong9865
    @yeowtong9865 2 года назад +1

    你比小王总強多了!你不需要氧气,但他已經開始透不過氣了。4000米是真的太高了!

  • @gigishaw3318
    @gigishaw3318 2 года назад

    Don’t trust Wei and do/prepare needful things whenever you have a doubt. Wei is just too proud to admit something he can barely do.
    Looking forward to your next visit.

  • @davepsk7334
    @davepsk7334 2 года назад +6

    Just could not imagine how these desolate places were populated. One thing for sure though, their houses and yards seem very large. Plenty of empty spaces to build their dream houses I guess. Did you have phone reception at a place like that?

    • @kats_journey_east
      @kats_journey_east  2 года назад +5

      Yes we did , but we also didn’t venture infinitely far into the grass so I’m sure you would lose it at some point 🤣 the grass just goes on forever and ever

    • @Cats_Bread
      @Cats_Bread 2 года назад +7

      Yes,there are pretty much 4g covered all the areas in China

    • @davepsk7334
      @davepsk7334 2 года назад +4

      Well at least there's phone signal. I just went to the Tip of Borneo and stayed one night. To my utter shock there was intermittent power, hardly any water and no phone signal at all. And that was a chalet we rented.
      Apart from that it's gorgeous torquise blue waters with pure white beaches and magnificent sunset.
      Regrets??? Well maybe.
      Facilities could be way better I guess.

  • @Jack-gc262
    @Jack-gc262 2 года назад

    You have a very experienced eye for finding very unique things to look at! Well done.

  • @iWantPeace838
    @iWantPeace838 2 года назад +6

    It's incredible! This town doesn't look like a wealthy place (correct me if I was wrong), but they managed to pour so much resources into building a nice temple. Just look at the monstrous prayer wheel, and you know how dedicated they are to their religion. When you said grassland, I thought "where?". It may be seasonal, but the grass didn't look very lush to me. How can it support the number of livestock there?

    • @kats_journey_east
      @kats_journey_east  2 года назад +5

      The grass is only lush for about three months out of the year, I have no idea how the yaks survive on that dry brittle grass the other nine months 😂 life is rough

    • @tsuikr
      @tsuikr 2 года назад +3

      @@kats_journey_east rough for the yaks only, I hope!

    • @lchen28
      @lchen28 2 года назад +9

      I have no doubt the nice temple and the paved roads are funded by the central Chinese government, not the locals.

    • @loneblade6198
      @loneblade6198 2 года назад

      @@kats_journey_east Similar to outsiders having a difficult time breathing there, the yaks there adapted to their environment since birth.

    • @paliraslinlas4733
      @paliraslinlas4733 2 года назад

      ​@@lchen28 你想多了,大部分都是当地建造的,由此可以想象到当地人的信仰有多可贵

  • @jasonhuang4333
    @jasonhuang4333 Год назад

    到达世界最高城,理塘!

  • @Gbottle881
    @Gbottle881 2 года назад +1

    Such a loving couple 👏👏👏

  • @directxxxx71
    @directxxxx71 2 года назад

    Just learn about Litang town 理塘县 thanks to your clip. This place just a little north of my country, Mynmar. Glad to learn this awesome little town which is located at an altitude of 4,014 metres ( Wikipedia).

  • @micho999
    @micho999 2 года назад +1

    Love your videos. So refreshing .👍