Been watching your channel and your son’s for a while now.never knew that your wife’s Hakka ( welcome to the families lol ). I’m an overseas Chinese Hakka from Bangkok,been back to 梅洲 twice with my late mother to her village during the early ‘90s, so yeah it was pretty rural back then.just subscribed by the way since we’re 一家人！哈哈哈😜😂😂🧧Happy Chinese New Year โชคดีครับ!
The small town in this video is very similar to the city in which I live, and the city I live in is a provincial capital. China is indeed really advanced.
Happy new year! I was curious about the experience of driving an EV from Shenzhen to Meizhou and your video did a good demo. Maybe I'd give it a try next time.
We had no issues, we could have gone all the way without a charge, however as we were stopping aat a service station for the toilet and a snack we thought we might as well give the car a little charge.
Thanks for sharing your Chinese New Year celebrations with all of us on the internet. Definitely captured the festive mood and the close family ties. Good health and blessings in the Year of the Dragon.
Looking at the variety and abundance of food and fruits in this rural mini city in Guizhou, one of the poorer provinces, China can't be collapsing. I ain't going to believe what western media are telling me.
Thanks for sharing a great atmosphere of Chinese New Year. I love those small towns in China. There's so much freedom. We can play fireworks almost everywhere. Traditionally, we use to hang the long firecrackers from a bamboo pole from the rooftops all the way to the floor.
What a wonderful tour of what some Chinese would jokingly call a "18th tier city". The GDP of Guangdong Province surpassed 13 trillion yuan (about 1.83 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2023, topping the country for 35 consecutive years. Yet Guangdong people are low-key, pragmatic, hard-working, and rarely ostentatious compared to people in Shanghai and Beijing. Billionaires think nothing of wearing their simple T-shirt, shorts and sandals to eat at little restaurants, , and one would not know how many luxury cars are parked in their mansions.
Guìzhōu used to be a rather poor province and had little employment opportunites. But that changed a few years back. I was on a plane flying from Guǎngzhōu to Guiyang, and sitting next to me was a middle aged lady. She told me she had worked in Guangdong province for quite sometime, but then there appeared more job opportunities back home, so she was flying home for good. That was progress, and I wished the lady good luck. When I went into Guiyang City, I was really impressed by the living standard there, and the way Guiyang people behaved. Yes, I was pleasantly surprised. 😅
Glad to see rural China. Rural places would interest me as a traveler as it is good to take a break from mega first or second tier cities as well!. happy New Year of the Dragon. may you all continue to enjoy good health, prosperity, vitality and happiness!
Love the simplicity of that place, you're living the life there mate that's for sure, whether it's in the city, or rural... you can always find top quality grub in that part of China!
Your In-Laws family's house in hometown is so nice and big. Glad to see you have participated and enjoyed the traditional custom of setting off a massive firecracker and the fireworks which is kind of one the most symbolic thing of Chinese New Year
Barrett, do come and visit Sabah, Malaysia. Majority of the Chinese Malaysians here are Hakka people and speak Hakka daily plus other dialects such as Xiamen, Foozhou, Fijian, Cantonese and Hainanese. And of course, Mandarin which is the teaching medium in all Chinese schools in Malaysia.
The massive internal consumption within China can help the Chinese economy to grow. China should decouple from the US and focus on increasing trade and cultural exchanges with BRICS+ and friendly countries in the Global South.
That looks very much like my wife’s home town of Pubie in Guangxi where she is visiting now for Chinese New Year. I am currently back in the UK. For good cars in rural China, I remember seeing a Rolls Royce when visiting on one occasion
many famous south east Asian personalities came from Meizhou despite its small size most are hakka Lee Kuan Yew, Taksin Shinawatra, Rockefeller of the east Cheong Fatt Tze trully amazing all are hakkas
Watching your video, I nostalgia recall that I really enjoyed those delicious Hakka Char Yoke prepared by my Hakka grandaunt (late) for CNY meals during my childhood days many years ago 🙏 Nowadays CNY meals in the cities are likely restaurant food, so less home cooked food...
Chinese sure knows how to live meaningfully. Appreciate you load this video of rural side. Though rural, the super fireworks cheer one up with festive mood.
When you mentioned that your wife is from Meizhou, I was guessing that she is likely to be a Hakka. Thank you ,Barrett for the video in a part of Meizhou, has always wanted to visit the place. I am a Hakka from Malaysia. Love the fire crackers.
I love the markets and the chaos. As to the fire works - I used to have a quiet Chinese neighbor who compensated for his introversion with an hour of (illegal) Chinese fireworks at new years. Gosh, it was loud.
Obnoxious noise and scatterbrain streets but I suppose if you can handle it for a weekend it's okay. Get a good rest and some peace and (not as noisy) quiet when you get back home.
@@suckmemore I've done that too many times. I'm not a fan of obnoxious noises but the last time I found some of those industrial headphones. It helps a lot.
@@铿铿大虾 Yes but somewhere else being far far more noisier still doesn't reduce the noisiness there. but yes, some places are far worse. Happy Lunar New Year!
This motorway service area looks fantastic! Are these available everywhere? I am looking forward to roadtrips in China but worry about washroom availability
There are many like this one, however there are also some that are not as good as this one, some of the older ones are being replaced with new ones. More and more Chinese now own cars so the service station infrastructure continues to be upgraded.
I just noticed you have corrected the name of the province. Guangdong is the name of the Province, while Shenzhen , Meizhou and Dongguan (the one you said ) are all cities in Guangdong.
Waited 40 minutes, but over 50 orders were completed in that time. It's kind of impressive if you think about it. Maccy Ds here in Manchester takes at least 10 minutes when there's only 6 or 7 people waiting.
Does it really take more than an hour to charge your car? People sold it to me that it should only take about 15-30 minutes in-which most drivers just buy a drink and relax at the service station. So we are still not at the stage where we can charge a car in ten minutes? I mean I suppose it makes sense. Even phones can't charge that quickly and they have smaller capacity. Edit: If you don't use EV for road trips technically it is pretty nice never having to worry and find a fuel station. Just plug it in when you come home and be ready to drive in the morning.
There are different types of charger, the latest ones that will charge in around 10 to 15 minutes, however there are not many of these installed at this time.
I heard there is Haka conference every 4 years. Haka from all over the world will meet together because they are one family, somewhat like family re union. There are a lot of famous and rich Haka people and they want to keep their Haka culture.
Thanks for the video. But i guess the Guangdong province is generally wealthier than other provinces so that's why you see people having good lifes in Meizhou.
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Happy New year Lee to you and your Chinese Family 🎉
Same to you!
Whats the car you have Lee.model , leather seats, verdict?.
Love going to the country side in China, it make you feel like going back to the childhood.
Yes, I think its much better than the big cities at Chinese new Year.
Chinese New Year vibe in Rural area is very different to big cities 😊
Yes it is!
remember when I was young, 40 years ago I went back rural china in CNY. it was so great atmosphere with great food!
The atmosphere is better than in the cities for sure, very different indeed.
I'd kill to be able to experience china 20 and more years ago!! 😮
thanks for showing meizhou, im a 3rd generation malaysian. thats my grandpa hometown. im planning next month going to meizhou (first time)
Oh, thats great to hear...
马来西亚人是我们的兄弟
Small cities in china looks a lot like South East Asian cities
That’s a whole loads of fun. Thanks for sharing such Chinese New Year joy 👏👏👏
Happy new year!!
Great! I missed the firecrackers. Letting off firecrackers was banned in Singapore since the 70s.
We didnt really have firecrackers in the UK either. You hear them for many days over the new year period here in China.
Thank you. You are a true friend of the Chinese
Thank you..
Great video, Lee! I love these "on the ground" perspectives of life in China. Happy New Year to you and your family!
Glad you enjoyed it, and a happy new year..
Thoroughly enjoyed this video of Chinese New Year at your in-laws Lee. Gong xi fa cai to you and your Chinese family.
The street views like the Biggest City Tai Pei of Taiwan Province 😂. Thanks for sharing ! Happy Chinese New Year!
Happy new year!
Been watching your channel and your son’s for a while now.never knew that your wife’s Hakka ( welcome to the families lol ). I’m an overseas Chinese Hakka from Bangkok,been back to 梅洲 twice with my late mother to her village during the early ‘90s, so yeah it was pretty rural back then.just subscribed by the way since we’re 一家人！哈哈哈😜😂😂🧧Happy Chinese New Year โชคดีครับ!
Thank you for subscribing, and a happy new year of the dragon to you..
Nice video thanks for taking us along with you.......China is different and always nice to see their lifestyle and environment.
Thanks for watching!
The small town in this video is very similar to the city in which I live, and the city I live in is a provincial capital. China is indeed really advanced.
Thanks for the Chinese new year upload, rural China gives me goosebumps! & those fireworks were bada$$!! 🎆
Fireworks in China are super cool...
Happy new year! Fireworks meant to be prohibited in Shenzhen but every night I hear hundreds going off. 😂💥
Happy new year to you too. And, yes, I also hear a lot in Shenzhen too.
Hello Mister Lee_Barrret. Always good to see you doing well.
Thank you very much.
Happy new year! I was curious about the experience of driving an EV from Shenzhen to Meizhou and your video did a good demo. Maybe I'd give it a try next time.
We had no issues, we could have gone all the way without a charge, however as we were stopping aat a service station for the toilet and a snack we thought we might as well give the car a little charge.
Thanks for sharing your Chinese New Year celebrations with all of us on the internet. Definitely captured the festive mood and the close family ties. Good health and blessings in the Year of the Dragon.
Happy new year to you too. Hope you enjoyed my video.
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ettYT
Looking at the variety and abundance of food and fruits in this rural mini city in Guizhou, one of the poorer provinces, China can't be collapsing. I ain't going to believe what western media are telling me.
Life in rural china is the best place to relax and to have a mini break. So happy for you. Great life.
So true!
Thanks for sharing a great atmosphere of Chinese New Year.
I love those small towns in China.
There's so much freedom. We can play fireworks almost everywhere.
Traditionally, we use to hang the long firecrackers from a bamboo pole from the rooftops all the way to the floor.
Barrett is always alone outside to explore something new for us TKS ...finally having a united dinner with all the members ..SO HEART-WARMING 💥
Wait, that is rural. Look more like a mini city to me. Happy New Year to both Barrett.
Happy new year!
村（自然村），乡镇（乡村和乡镇），区县（城区和县城），地级市，省和直辖市，国家。在这个视频里是自然村和乡镇。
Hi Lee,Happy CNY. Glad to see you ride in the brand-new AITO M5, a car fully supported by Huawei. You can talk about the ride experience someday.
Happy new year to you too. First video of many about the car coming soon.
Even rural China has charging stations ! Amazing !
Yes, I was also quite surprised too..
The EV charging stations is everywhere in China even in rural areas the west has no chance whatsoever !
WOW! I’m rather surprised you are married to a Hakka lady :).
You are one of us then now my friend or what we fondly regard as 自家人 (ci2 ga1 ngin2).
Wow, thank you
Hakka women are very hardy abd hardworking they are also very fierce
@@BarrettYTgood for you ❤👍
@@hooikeatang8000 are you Singaporean or Malaysian, my friend..?
@@hooikeatang8000 moon chong ti poy tiao ki pit working hard.
Chinese are living a good life all over the country. It doesn't matter whether it is a city or a rural.
What a wonderful tour of what some Chinese would jokingly call a "18th tier city". The GDP of Guangdong Province surpassed 13 trillion yuan (about 1.83 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2023, topping the country for 35 consecutive years. Yet Guangdong people are low-key, pragmatic, hard-working, and rarely ostentatious compared to people in Shanghai and Beijing. Billionaires think nothing of wearing their simple T-shirt, shorts and sandals to eat at little restaurants, , and one would not know how many luxury cars are parked in their mansions.
There is indeed a lot of wealth within China. Chinese are a nation of mainly savers..
Guìzhōu used to be a rather poor province and had little employment opportunites. But that changed a few years back. I was on a plane flying from Guǎngzhōu to Guiyang, and sitting next to me was a middle aged lady. She told me she had worked in Guangdong province for quite sometime, but then there appeared more job opportunities back home, so she was flying home for good. That was progress, and I wished the lady good luck. When I went into Guiyang City, I was really impressed by the living standard there, and the way Guiyang people behaved. Yes, I was pleasantly surprised. 😅
Glad to see rural China. Rural places would interest me as a traveler as it is good to take a break from mega first or second tier cities as well!. happy New Year of the Dragon. may you all continue to enjoy good health, prosperity, vitality and happiness!
Yes, Rural places indeed show you the real China, and its great!
Glad to see rural Chinese living so well!
Lee, your EV is very nice inside and out.
Thank you very much, video on it coming soon.
Thank you love this town and love place like this in China
You are very welcome, hope you enjoyed the video.
Happy new year Barrett and all the best to you and your family. Bless you from the UK
@@BarrettYT indeed, we watched a lot of the videos produced by you
Lee, do not bend over to light the fireworks, always light by squatting at the side.
You don't want your face blown up.
Great advice, thank you.
Frankly is the same as South east Asia...😅😊😁👏👏👏👍📹👏👏👏👍🐉👍🇨🇳😁 Lots of mandarin orange in stores, whole streets..😊
This must be what a collapsed economy looks like! Ha..........
Yeah, Definitely collapsed, LOL
Happy Dragon Year , Barrett, your video is already on my list for watching.
Happy new year of the dragon to you too.
Love the simplicity of that place, you're living the life there mate that's for sure, whether it's in the city, or rural... you can always find top quality grub in that part of China!
Absolutely
Spectacular fireworks, Lee. I have:t seen this since the 50s. Bravo!
Yes, I really enjoyed them.
Thank you for showing places that I would love to go but couldn't due to my health.
Hi, Barrett , Nice to have a Chinese wife. Good for you and congradulation.
Thank you..
中国新年还是农村热闹。
New Year in rural China is much festive than in the city.
It is indeed.
Anglo-Saxon regimes will not be happy.
Your In-Laws family's house in hometown is so nice and big. Glad to see you have participated and enjoyed the traditional custom of setting off a massive firecracker and the fireworks which is kind of one the most symbolic thing of Chinese New Year
Thank you, I really love fireworks.
@@BarrettYTWish you healthy and your career get better and better in 龍年
The black colour looks like the knight rider car Kitt. Sweet ride buddy. Oh, and happy Chinese new year to U and fam.
Video of the car coming soon, and a happy new year to you too.
Happy new year, Barrett! so you are Hakka in-law, lol....that's cool.
Same to you! Yes, Indeed, my wife is Hakka
I am in Shenzhen futian, let me know when you come over here next time, my friend!@@BarrettYT
very nice live showing authentic Chinese little town's scenes
新年快乐.龙年大吉！！这是梅州吗？
Wow Insta360 Ace Pro had done a great job🎉
Its a very capable little camera indeed.
@@BarrettYT 👍😋
Barrett, do come and visit Sabah, Malaysia. Majority of the Chinese Malaysians here are Hakka people and speak Hakka daily plus other dialects such as Xiamen, Foozhou, Fijian, Cantonese and Hainanese. And of course, Mandarin which is the teaching medium in all Chinese schools in Malaysia.
Happy Year of Loong to you & yours! 🐉🧧🎋🧨🍊
Happy year of the dragon to you too.
先生，如果你想你的身體恢復及健康改善，多點住在梅州，我的一個朋友也是那種病，在廣州、佛山、深圳看西醫、手術等，后來聽中醫醫院的醫生講回鄉住，并進行針炎及中藥。后來廣州的醫生都不相信，好了。后來中醫講不會反復的原因是農村食物、及生草藥🌿的作用。㊗️春節快樂🎆🍾️🎉🎊🎈！身體健康，一切順利！
The massive internal consumption within China can help the Chinese economy to grow. China should decouple from the US and focus on increasing trade and cultural exchanges with BRICS+ and friendly countries in the Global South.
That looks very much like my wife’s home town of Pubie in Guangxi where she is visiting now for Chinese New Year. I am currently back in the UK. For good cars in rural China, I remember seeing a Rolls Royce when visiting on one occasion
many famous south east Asian personalities came from Meizhou despite its small size most are hakka Lee Kuan Yew, Taksin Shinawatra, Rockefeller of the east Cheong Fatt Tze trully amazing all are hakkas
Fabulous!
Watching your video, I nostalgia recall that I really enjoyed those delicious Hakka Char Yoke prepared by my Hakka grandaunt (late) for CNY meals during my childhood days many years ago 🙏
Nowadays CNY meals in the cities are likely restaurant food, so less home cooked food...
Glad you enjoyed it!
🎉🎉🎉
Chinese sure knows how to live meaningfully. Appreciate you load this video of rural side. Though rural, the super fireworks cheer one up with festive mood.
So interesting to experience new year in rural China.
Indeed it was. Hope you enjoyed the video.
This is a small town about one hundred km Southwest of Meizhou
Please advise Meizhou(梅州)town council to maintain the market place CLEAN 。I see waste papers or debris around on the streets.
No way! I'm 3rd gen overseas chinese and my grandparents were from Meizhou. Thanks for showing my ancestral hometown.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Lee, what is the English name of your wife? She treats you very nice. Happy new year ! :)
Her English name is Vicky, Happy New Year to you too..
@@BarrettYT Lee & Vicky, Happy new year, and enjoy life everyday ! :)
When you mentioned that your wife is from Meizhou, I was guessing that she is likely to be a Hakka. Thank you ,Barrett for the video in a part of Meizhou, has always wanted to visit the place. I am a Hakka from Malaysia. Love the fire crackers.
I love the markets and the chaos.
As to the fire works - I used to have a quiet Chinese neighbor who compensated for his introversion with an hour of (illegal) Chinese fireworks at new years.
Gosh, it was loud.
Yep, it's very noisy indeed over the new year period.
Greetings from a Hakka. It's the typical life in South.
Meizhou actually is one of poorest cities in Guangdong province. Anliu is only one of smallest towns in Meizhou.
people mountain people sea！Yes that’s what you see in China especially in Chinese New Year days. And that feels sooooooo good. 各位，新年快樂，龍年大吉🎉🎉🎉
你这人山人海，可真到位😂
Amazing. Even the rural places in China are rapidly progressing. In my county, this is already considered a city.
Hakka woman is one of the most hard working & caring... I'm Hakka 2
Yes, she is indeed...
Happy Chinese New Year Lee
Same to you..
oh those still working people should take a break. How could they work all 365 days of a year?
Bahkan pasar tradisionalnya pun lebih bersih daripada mall di Indonesia.
Very different from the big cities! How many inhabitants? Some people Chinese cities with less than one million are small
haha, that is true. It can only be called a town if the population is less than 1 million in China. lol
Obnoxious noise and scatterbrain streets but I suppose if you can handle it for a weekend it's okay. Get a good rest and some peace and (not as noisy) quiet when you get back home.
This is not noise in China. Many places in Fujian Province will last for 15 days. Happy Chinese New Year.
Maybe you need to get live!
@@suckmemore I've done that too many times. I'm not a fan of obnoxious noises but the last time I found some of those industrial headphones. It helps a lot.
@@铿铿大虾 Yes but somewhere else being far far more noisier still doesn't reduce the noisiness there.
but yes, some places are far worse.
Happy Lunar New Year!
Sin Nien Fai Lok (Happy new year in Hakka) ❤
Happy new year to you too
Love small towns and villages 😂
Happy to see you are reliving your childhood days in rural China. Thanks for sharing n happy CNY to you n family!
Yes Indeed, I just love fireworks...
This motorway service area looks fantastic! Are these available everywhere? I am looking forward to roadtrips in China but worry about washroom availability
There are many like this one, however there are also some that are not as good as this one, some of the older ones are being replaced with new ones. More and more Chinese now own cars so the service station infrastructure continues to be upgraded.
I just noticed you have corrected the name of the province. Guangdong is the name of the Province, while Shenzhen , Meizhou and Dongguan (the one you said ) are all cities in Guangdong.
过年的时候，乡镇菜市场就是这样的，热闹得很，我们中国人叫人间烟火气。
Waited 40 minutes, but over 50 orders were completed in that time. It's kind of impressive if you think about it.
Maccy Ds here in Manchester takes at least 10 minutes when there's only 6 or 7 people waiting.
Actually it was quite slow by Chinese standards!!
Nice car!
Thanks!
Rural China - MINT 👍
my god that's a long long long fire cracker . Oh I speak Hakka too 😆😆
Happy Chinese New Year Barrett! Enjoy the holidays with your family🧧
Same to you!
had visited Meizhou before .very interesting
Thanks for watching..
rural village dont looks that rural, its more of town rather than a village
我觉得你还是用那个大疆运动相机拍视频效果清晰度要更好一点。
Very Interesting.
3:53 Snake Firecracker!
Does it really take more than an hour to charge your car? People sold it to me that it should only take about 15-30 minutes in-which most drivers just buy a drink and relax at the service station.
So we are still not at the stage where we can charge a car in ten minutes? I mean I suppose it makes sense. Even phones can't charge that quickly and they have smaller capacity.
Edit: If you don't use EV for road trips technically it is pretty nice never having to worry and find a fuel station. Just plug it in when you come home and be ready to drive in the morning.
There are different types of charger, the latest ones that will charge in around 10 to 15 minutes, however there are not many of these installed at this time.
some source says during the festival China consumed about 450000 tons of fire powder, equivalents of 9000 tons of TNT🤣
I heard there is Haka conference every 4 years. Haka from all over the world will meet together because they are one family, somewhat like family re union. There are a lot of famous and rich Haka people and they want to keep their Haka culture.
Great fire cracker
Indeed it was.
Go with a empty stomach and do a eatery tour of everything
我很想祝你新春快乐。但不得不遗憾的告诉你，这院子里的小孩子们会恨你一整年，因为你把他们的烟花全给点了😂
Nobody in China is sleeping good at night for an entire month with all the fireworks! lol. 😅 Enjoy and safe travels.
Thanks for the video. But i guess the Guangdong province is generally wealthier than other provinces so that's why you see people having good lifes in Meizhou.
Actually Meizhou is quite poor area.
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