When China build anything, they will build it long, build it high, build it big, big it tall, build it great, build it powerful. A great and admirable country and its people. I love China.
@@劉子立-l4d The tradition of having a strong central government has been in China for over two thousands of years. It is embedded in China's blood, and it's what made China China.
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Yes, I have visited the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall. That part is nice too, without too much crowd and it is a bit closer to get to from Beijing (the one you visited is better, I think). Despite all the hardships of traveling in China, these historical sights really make it worthwhile!
The walls were built to stop or lessen the frequency of seasonal raids by nomadic tribes into northern China, who would ride in, pillage, take belongings and leave. It worked very well in that regard.
The Great wall exists even before Qin Dynasty. Qin Dynasty just connected those walls built by several northern Kingdoms to defend the invasion from the nomadic nations. Most part of existing Great Wall we are visiting nowadays is actually built by Ming Dynaty . Have a nice trip !
Yes, it is a correct account of the wall being built even before the Qin first united China. And the great Ming extended many other areas around Beijing to strengthen the barrier but an act of treason by WuSangui let in the Qing.
Chinese started building the walls in 4th century BC. The scene is so impressive and beautiful. I'll plan a trip to Beijing one day with my family, but I need to save first
I’m so jealous that u guys can travel all around China in so many cities. I always wanted to do that ever since I left China when I was 15. I only get to go to Guangzhou for a bit of home visit every couple of years, but Never got enough time to travel around. Thanks for all the information you included in this channel, so valuable to me. The Great Wall, it’s stunning, and great background music!
Thank you for your kind words Mo! You should take a bit of time to discover some more places. You can easily reach other places with the bullet train from Guangzhou. Guilin is just a few hours. Where do you live now?
Naick & Kim Hey guys. I’m living in Australia now. Life is good and chill in Australia. But too good and too chill if u know what I mean. I travelled around in Australia every now and then, but rarely get excited, maybe because I get used to being in Australia too long and most places are similar. Still a good country to travel if you haven’t been here. Are you guys gonna visit the mountains with transparent glass bridge/walk path? Maybe I missed it. Definitely try to go if you can, that’s the very in-thing in China recently. Have fun in the rest of you’re trip!
You mean Zhangjiajie? Yes we went there! But we did not do the glass bridge bc it was pretty expensive and some people said other parts of the park are better. The Avatar mountains of the park were pretty cool, what a highlight for us 🤩
We loved the drone shots on the wall as well! We were really happy with how they turned out. We like spicy food. Although the Chongqing hotpot was a level of spice we are not really used to haha.
I went to that great wall for photography for two times. you could see the stars and the Milky way in the night there. the suset and sunrise are very impressive.I think it is the safest great wall, I could walk there alone in dark, only stars above me.
Thanks for watching Nicole. It's kind of surreal to see a comment appear from you! We've been watching your video and instastories for years now. Thanks a lot for leaving a comment, you made our day ;)
Thank you for reminding me how beautiful Jinshanling section is. I went there last year at end of the October for sunset (different season, not so green but with autumn colours) and it was incredible! Went also to the Huanghuacheng section which is built by the water, so also pretty impressive and not so difficult to get from Beijing. Can't wait go back to China there is so much to discover, hopefully the Covid thing will pass quickly..
When I went, we travelled to the Hebei section and that was so quiet, which we were really pleased about. Your trip looked awesome and I love the camerawork.
One of the great feats of the wall is the mathematics involved to build it on those snaking contours. Popular to misconception is that the wall didn't work - or course it didn't, it failed 3x in its 2,000 year history, but that glosses over the fact it protected China from the vast cavalries of the steppe peoples, such as the Mongols, for millennia. However whenever the wall fell, usually at the mountain passes, they tended to be when the dynasty was stagnating, rife with decline and corruption and the guards could be bribed. This was how the Mongols, the Jurchens and the Manchurians came to rule China, almost 'invited' in as the last dynasty fractured into civil war and warlord eras. It's interesting the wall came about because China- although having vast armies, armadas and military tech (such as gunpowder) didn't have effective cavalries. The soil in the empire lacked potassium, which meant horses were significantly weakened. Thus the walls had to be built.
Great info! Thanks for sharing. Do you know where I can find some info on the maths involved? Sounds interesting. As a scientist I'm always interested. It's true that if it only fails 3 times in 2000 years it isn't necessary a failure. We didn't know that about the horses and the potassium. What's very interesting is that China was ruled by various cultures throughout the ages, but still has a very distinct own culture.
Naick & Kim Chinese culture is a very mixed one because of integrations with northern nomads and other ethnicities. The architecture style in Tang Dynasty over a thousand years ago is very different than those you saw in Beijing. Back then, Chinese did not have chairs and tables and ate sushi. Japan got to preserve more of that ancient China as it was like a copy of Tang Dynasty and was not really invaded by foreign powers. Beijing is abundant with Mongolian and Manchurian culture. The architecture style around Shanghai area which has less that kind of influence is black roof and white wall like in Suzhou. Also Mandarin is like Northern nomads pronunciations of Chinese. A thousand years ago, people were speaking more like Cantonese that has more tones. I guess northern ethnicities could not handle that.lol
Naick & Kim Building a Great Wall was the most cost effective way to guard against Northern nomads back then. Because they did not settle, you had to go all around the vast grasslands and could not find them. Then when you were exhausted, they suddenly appeared and defeated you. Like flash mob, they would loot villages and when you got there, they disappeared again. And yes, horses were a big problem for China while nomads had abundant grasslands and war horses. One reason why Mongolian cavalry could conquer half of the world back then.
Naick & Kim I think Chinese characters have a lot of credit that helped the culture to pass down. People all seemed to like them. Once they started to use Chinese characters and do calligraphies, they integrated themselves into Chinese. Ironically Manchurian ruled China for so long but it is probably the only ethnic group in China who lost its own language. No Manchurian can speak Manchurian now. The Chinese language does not depend on pronunciation to communicate. It probably has a nature to integrate people who are still using all kinds of dialects in nowadays China. I don’t understand what people are talking about in their dialects in surrounding cities, but it does not prevent us all being Chinese. China was also culturally more advanced than the northern nomads back then, so they wanted to learn Chinese culture and got themselves integrated eventually.
Glad you enjoyed your trip to China. Watch several your videos I think you did a pretty good job in planning and researching, and that definitely makes your trip a lot more smooth and comfortable. I also watched some other vloggers sometimes when you have to rush to the train station or stuck at some place, that would definitely affect your mood. 10:58 And btw the plastic wrapping in some restaurant usually means they sent their dishes to cleaning companies and kinda preferred by many local customers as a proof of sterilized. And About the environment China has one of the biggest plastic recycle industry chain in the world and used to take care of the recycling for not only China but also lots of other developed countries. But after the garbage import ban that happened few years ago, I saw a news saying right now a majority percentage of all domestic plastic wastes can be recycled and manufactured into new products, even some companies have to start contacting landfills to dig up old garbage to keep their factory running, which is an amazing news. Love your videos, please keep it up and looking forward to watch your next journey.
Thanks for watching. We did indeed spend quite a bit of time planning and researching. But we're not very good at time management, so we did have to rush a bit in the stations sometimes haha. Thanks for all the info. We're currently in Taiwan, very interesting place ❤❤
Definitely visit Jinshanling if you are thinking of going to the great wall of China!! I don't see how it can get any better than this visiting any of the other sections :) loved this day so much!!
Omg! How not to be impressed with the Great Wall! That section you visited looks so beautiful and well preserved. Looks like the wall never ends. Truly an amazing marvel! And what a sight to behold with your fantastic video capture of the place. Imagine they could build such a wall then! Donald the Twitter Duck is struggling to even begin to build the Great Wall of Mexico! Hahaha....Even the Great Wall could not keep out the barbarians. The Duck must be hallucinating to keep out the hordes he says is invading his country hehehe. Keep up the good work guys and continue to grow your channel. One day your channel will take off for sure. If youtube is not proscribed in China, imagine millions of Chinese subs!
Thank you so much! We were so impressed with this section of the wall! Someone yesterday told us that the emperor who built the wall is the same man who had the terracotta warriors built. He must have been big on crazy projects haha. Thanks for watching! :)
Yes we definitely didn't expect china to be so beautiful! Where are you guys heading in Central America? We started off in Mexico in January then headed to Guatemala and Honduras.
@@NaickKim Yes can't wait to see Asia, It seems a world away from anywhere we have been before. We have 1 more week left in Italy then we travel to Mexico via LA then Guatemala, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, we're spending between a month and 6 weeks in each country so haven't planned any further than that yet! All very exciting, any must know tips are welcome of course! :)
@@Hungry_Voyager sounds like an awesome itinerary! We spent 10 weeks in Mexico and 5 in Guatemala. We wrote a blog post with our best tips & recommendations for each of those countries on Flyertalk forum. For Mexico: www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-reports/1965506-10-weeks-mexico-itinerary-top-tips-budget.html#post31312694 For Guate: www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-reports/1973955-guatemala-5-weeks-adventure.html#post31280394 If you have any questions, feel free to fire away! So cool you're going to Costa Rica too, we heard it's amazing 😍👌🏻
Beijing was not on my bucket list( but other places in China) i will now add it up for sure! You really made me wanna go there...I'm loving this China serie...loved the Mongolia 🇲🇳😍 serie also! Epic travels one might say Bisous Sabrina 🇬🇧
hey guys , great video agin , ive been watchign a good few of the china trips and alooking forward to hopefully visit this country next year and yous seem to hit the spots im planning to go and take some awsome photos hopefully , anyway keep up the great work ,
Hi Martin! China is incredible, there is so much to do 😊 you're in for a great adventure! And we're glad our videos are useful in planning your own trip 👌🏻
Yes, really beautiful lanscape. I've visited Badaling, liked it very much, but I think Jinshanling is even better. By the way there are not so much crowds on Badaling if you manage to climb high on the mountain. As for me, China is a country that really worth travelling, so many exotic things to see.
Yes so far we have loved China too! The variety of places you can visit here is just staggering. We have about 3 more weeks here probably, going to explore as much as we can 😊 Naick also visited Badaling 6 years ago when he was in Beijing for work. It was in November and there weren't that many people then either because it was low season. Thanks for watching 😉🙏🏻
@@АндрейМ-п1й we have 5 weeks here in total, and about 3 more left right now. We may stay a little longer, we're not sure yet. But we love it here and are already thinking of coming back again 😊 when I think of leaving I already miss the food, even though we're not even close to leaving yet 😅🤷🏻♀️
Gong bao chicken actually have different flavors, depending on whether it’s made in the northern China, in which it is more of sour and sweet, or southern China, where it is hot and spicy.
@@PhilsDroneZone haha ok, well if there's anything great that comes to mind in terms of beautiful and not-so-touristy nature spots, feel free to let us know ;)
What a lovely informative blog ,Naick /Kim ,few questions : -How far is this section of GW from Beijing? - What distance did you walk on the GW ? - Entry ticket price
It's about 2.5 hours from Beijing. You can take the bus as indicated in the video from Beijing. We walked about 7-8km I think. Not sure Admission was 65CNY. More info: www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/scene/beijing/jinshanling.htm
Great compilation of videos .. I am just doing some research on the trans Siberian railway and came across your channel .. myself and my wife done 10 weeks in China years ago .. is Xian too far to travel to ?? Well worth the trip to the terracotta army.. Most importantly Enjoy
We're in Xian right now! Just visited the Terracotta army today, super impressive isn't it 🤯 when would you be doing the Trans-Siberian? 😊 if you have any questions, feel free to ask away! We also wrote a post on Flyertalk forum on the Trans-Siberian: www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1983475&goto=newpost
Pretty stiff the next day! It just kept going up and down, up and down. And sometimes there was a part that was pretty straight and then it went down 3m again and back up. But I'd say it was worth it. Did you also visit the Jinshanling section?
Naick & Kim Yes we went to that part of the wall... I loved it!!! Almost empty and sooo beautiful!!! We went with a tour cos we didn’t have time but it was more a transportation option. The tour guide just walked with us and gave us all the time in the world until was time to go back. So each one walked in their own time, just what I wanted.
People often mistake that the Chinese Walls are completely defensive, however, with the newest archaeological evidence found in (Outer) Mongolia, there are Walls that were actually far more north than today's, used as a forefront attempting to keep xiongnu even thousand miles away from current walls.
actually we like calling the wall curving along the mountains Chinese dragon instead of snake. glad the tour deserve your expectation. try to have more fun. have been to Wuyi Mountain in Fujian yet?
The full list is on the description of our latest video. Our camera is the Canon 80D. We have 3 lenses: Canon 10-18 mm wide angle lens (main vlog lens), Canon 50 mm f1.8 lens (which we use to shoot most of our b roll) and Sigma 24 mm f1.4 lens (our favourite lens! excellent in low light and just incredible image quality). Drone is a DJI Mavic Air. Stabilizer is the Zhiyun Crane Plus :) we love our set up :)
We found the quality has improved drastically since we started shooting everything in manual mode instead of automatic mode though. That's only been a fairly recent change but it has made a really big difference for us!
There are three famous great walls in Beijing. BaDaLing Great Wall, MuTianYu Great Wall. But we only go to the most dangerous JianKou Great Wall. It was a wonderful day when you were on the Great Wall👍👍👍👍👍
@@NaickKim ruclips.net/video/BpEWKBB6lYw/видео.html ruclips.net/video/4K8kelBYYNM/видео.html Every year people get killed and injured climbing the JianKou Great Wall, so it's very dangerous. If you want to go there, be extra careful. The JianKou Great Wall is in HuaiRou township of Beijing.
Just imagine China built thousands kilometers wall to avoid being robbed. Correction, Qin dynasty was not the first United China. It was after many years separations, Qin dynasty finally United whole China. Before the separations, there were central government already, he did give lands to different kings yet they theoretically are under the central government control. Qin dynasty changed this method of management after reunite China.
The Wall was actually useful for several centuries and did protected China especially during the Ming Dynasty, which was considered the Golden Era of China. How did the Manchurians eventually came through the walls, is that a Ming General sided with the Manchurians and opened the gates that lead the Manchurians straight to Beijing, invading and occupying China for 300 years and becoming the last Dynasty of China. Luckily all invading and occupying forces throughout chinas history were willing to assimilate into chinese culture and society, making China the longest continuous civilization on Earth!
Hi John, that is awesome to hear, thank you! We took the shuttle bus from Beijing Dongzhimen wai station to Jinshanling. It runs from 8:00 am daily (April to October)
That's great! Where are you planning on going in China? You can find detailed information right here: www.beijingwalking.com/jinshanling-bus/ It is very easy to find the bus station and very convenient.
Hi. I love your videos! You are such a cute couple. I am traveling to Beijing next week. I would love to visit the section of the Great Wall in your vlog. It’s beautiful. Could you share info on how you traveled from Beijing to that section of wall? The info would be helpful. Thanks.
Hi Barbara, thank you so much 😊 you can find all info on getting there on this site: www.beijingwalking.com/jinshanling-bus/. Great choice going to Jinshanling, it's absolutely stunning! Enjoy your trip 🤗🌏
Welcome to China! I hope you enjoyed your stay, I do apologies for some ill-mannered people that you might probably meet but still, the majority of Chinese are kind!
Hahaha thanks and that's quite alright 😉 your fellow Chinese were very nice to us during our stay there, we did not have any bad experiences and really enjoyed China 🇨🇳👌🏻
Welcome you to visiting my hometown Xi’an , which is 1of 4 ancient city in China, and you will see Terra cotta warriors .The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China.
It is a gray area. We did some research online and most posts seem to point in the direction that it is allowed. Although when we were flying, some random tourist said it was not allowed. We did not see anything in the contrary of it being allowed.
@@NaickKim No I don't, but I can imagine what a drone does, just like the magnificent video you have made, I can also imagine that the drone is hiding somewhere in your backpak :)
Hi Ryan, no we didn't have any problems. It is not allowed in Beijing and did not fly there. You do have to register online and print a QR code and attach it to your drone.
@@NaickKim I saw her initual fingers replacement and I commented, but when she started to actually use, it's almost the same way as yours, that's why you are a couple, lol
Would recommend Nanjing and Hangzhou in Southern China for sure - especially the Nanjing Massacre memorial and Sun Yatsen Mausoleum which are incredible. If you’re in Shanghai make sure you check out the Shanghai History Museum - it’s brand new and housed in the former Shanghai Race Club building but very underrated.
wow Hangzhou especially looks so beautiful! thank you for the recommendation, we'll see if we can fit it into our plans :) will depend on whether or not we make it to Shanghai - that is also still on the list but we're not sure if our budget can take another major city (especially one where there's such an amazing food scene as we've heard there is in Shanghai) haha, Beijing put a bit of a dent in our budget ;) is Shanghai comparable to Beijing in terms of prices? thank you for your very useful input!!
Glad I found your channel! Seems like you Belgians all have that friendly disposition like the tennis great Kim Clijsters. Not sure if Jordan is in you future plans for travel, but a mate of mine had his drone confiscated at the border from Israel.
Genghis Khan didn't conquer Beijing. he died at war with xia, in current ningxia region. his son or grandson conquered Kaifeng, the capital of Jin dynasty set up by minority from Northeast China. his grandson Kublai khan conquered Hangzhou, capital of southern song dynasty and later set Beijing as capital of yuan dynasty. Beijing became capital due to northern nomad.
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When China build anything, they will build it long, build it high, build it big, big it tall, build it great, build it powerful. A great and admirable country and its people. I love China.
They have some very impressive feats indeed!
I love China, except the government.
@@劉子立-l4d The tradition of having a strong central government has been in China for over two thousands of years. It is embedded in China's blood, and it's what made China China.
@@劉子立-l4d I love Chinese Gov. , but not Chinese..
This is so far the BEST video about Great Wall. I have to say again "You guys are so great at filming"
Thank you so much Leo 😘🤗
Thank you for watching our video - we appreciate that you're here! Have you visited the Great Wall of China? If so, where did you go? Also, if you have any tips for other great places to go in China, we would love to hear your input so please share below!! Don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss out on the rest of our China trip! See you in the next one? Buh-bye!!
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The water section of Great Wall is a nice place for tourists
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Yes, I have visited the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall. That part is nice too, without too much crowd and it is a bit closer to get to from Beijing (the one you visited is better, I think). Despite all the hardships of traveling in China, these historical sights really make it worthwhile!
The walls were built to stop or lessen the frequency of seasonal raids by nomadic tribes into northern China, who would ride in, pillage, take belongings and leave. It worked very well in that regard.
That is great!
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Not just pillage, they killed indiscriminately and kidnapped women. They were also big-time arsonists.
This is one of the best video about the Great Wall, thank you.
Thank you!
The Great wall exists even before Qin Dynasty. Qin Dynasty just connected those walls built by several northern Kingdoms to defend the invasion from the nomadic nations. Most part of existing Great Wall we are visiting nowadays is actually built by Ming Dynaty . Have a nice trip !
Thanks for the info!
Yes, it is a correct account of the wall being built even before the Qin first united China. And the great Ming extended many other areas around Beijing to strengthen the barrier but an act of treason by WuSangui let in the Qing.
Those drone shots with the background music was EPIC.
Thank you 😉🙏🏻 Naick is our resident drone pilot and he does a really good job!
Chinese started building the walls in 4th century BC. The scene is so impressive and beautiful. I'll plan a trip to Beijing one day with my family, but I need to save first
It is indeed very impressive. Especially the Jinshanling section. Hope you get to visit it soon!
perfect filming~ wonderful scenery~
thank you Ray!! :)
I’m so jealous that u guys can travel all around China in so many cities. I always wanted to do that ever since I left China when I was 15. I only get to go to Guangzhou for a bit of home visit every couple of years, but Never got enough time to travel around. Thanks for all the information you included in this channel, so valuable to me. The Great Wall, it’s stunning, and great background music!
Thank you for your kind words Mo! You should take a bit of time to discover some more places. You can easily reach other places with the bullet train from Guangzhou. Guilin is just a few hours. Where do you live now?
Naick & Kim Hey guys. I’m living in Australia now. Life is good and chill in Australia. But too good and too chill if u know what I mean. I travelled around in Australia every now and then, but rarely get excited, maybe because I get used to being in Australia too long and most places are similar. Still a good country to travel if you haven’t been here.
Are you guys gonna visit the mountains with transparent glass bridge/walk path? Maybe I missed it. Definitely try to go if you can, that’s the very in-thing in China recently.
Have fun in the rest of you’re trip!
You mean Zhangjiajie? Yes we went there! But we did not do the glass bridge bc it was pretty expensive and some people said other parts of the park are better. The Avatar mountains of the park were pretty cool, what a highlight for us 🤩
Really awesome video! Love your drone and panning shots, and your honesty :) I have no idea Belgium people like it spicy!
We loved the drone shots on the wall as well! We were really happy with how they turned out. We like spicy food. Although the Chongqing hotpot was a level of spice we are not really used to haha.
Awesome video of the wall, glad you guys are enjoying Beijing!
thank you! yeah loving Beijing! we're reluctant to leave actually, haha
I went to that great wall for photography for two times. you could see the stars and the Milky way in the night there. the suset and sunrise are very impressive.I think it is the safest great wall, I could walk there alone in dark, only stars above me.
Hi Cary, that must have been so cool! Watching the stars from the great wall, wow, what a night :)
Wow, that would be great to visit it at night. Do you have your pictures online somewhere, we would love to see them?
@@NaickKim thank you, here it is . 500px.com/cary_zphoto
@@caryzhang9371 太酷了看了你照片！
This section of the Great Wall is so beautiful! Definitely worth visiting! You made the right choice to come to this one! Thank you for your video.
Yes it was great. Really loved this place. We would definitely go back if we make it to Beijing again.
Definitely marking this as the the place to go if I ever go back to Beijing! Thanks :)
Thanks for watching Nicole. It's kind of surreal to see a comment appear from you! We've been watching your video and instastories for years now. Thanks a lot for leaving a comment, you made our day ;)
Thank you for reminding me how beautiful Jinshanling section is. I went there last year at end of the October for sunset (different season, not so green but with autumn colours) and it was incredible! Went also to the Huanghuacheng section which is built by the water, so also pretty impressive and not so difficult to get from Beijing.
Can't wait go back to China there is so much to discover, hopefully the Covid thing will pass quickly..
That is about 800 years old wall, it was rebuilt by Ming Dynasty gov. about 800 years ago....to fence off Manchus from the northeast of China...
When I went, we travelled to the Hebei section and that was so quiet, which we were really pleased about. Your trip looked awesome and I love the camerawork.
Yes it is really nice to go to the quieter sections, makes the experience better. Thanks for watching Dominic.
One of the great feats of the wall is the mathematics involved to build it on those snaking contours. Popular to misconception is that the wall didn't work - or course it didn't, it failed 3x in its 2,000 year history, but that glosses over the fact it protected China from the vast cavalries of the steppe peoples, such as the Mongols, for millennia. However whenever the wall fell, usually at the mountain passes, they tended to be when the dynasty was stagnating, rife with decline and corruption and the guards could be bribed. This was how the Mongols, the Jurchens and the Manchurians came to rule China, almost 'invited' in as the last dynasty fractured into civil war and warlord eras.
It's interesting the wall came about because China- although having vast armies, armadas and military tech (such as gunpowder) didn't have effective cavalries. The soil in the empire lacked potassium, which meant horses were significantly weakened. Thus the walls had to be built.
Great info! Thanks for sharing.
Do you know where I can find some info on the maths involved? Sounds interesting. As a scientist I'm always interested.
It's true that if it only fails 3 times in 2000 years it isn't necessary a failure. We didn't know that about the horses and the potassium.
What's very interesting is that China was ruled by various cultures throughout the ages, but still has a very distinct own culture.
@@NaickKim because finally those cultures are absorbed or assimilated by Chinese culture, and almost disappear....
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Chinese culture is a very mixed one because of integrations with northern nomads and other ethnicities. The architecture style in Tang Dynasty over a thousand years ago is very different than those you saw in Beijing. Back then, Chinese did not have chairs and tables and ate sushi. Japan got to preserve more of that ancient China as it was like a copy of Tang Dynasty and was not really invaded by foreign powers. Beijing is abundant with Mongolian and Manchurian culture. The architecture style around Shanghai area which has less that kind of influence is black roof and white wall like in Suzhou.
Also Mandarin is like Northern nomads pronunciations of Chinese. A thousand years ago, people were speaking more like Cantonese that has more tones. I guess northern ethnicities could not handle that.lol
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Building a Great Wall was the most cost effective way to guard against Northern nomads back then. Because they did not settle, you had to go all around the vast grasslands and could not find them. Then when you were exhausted, they suddenly appeared and defeated you. Like flash mob, they would loot villages and when you got there, they disappeared again. And yes, horses were a big problem for China while nomads had abundant grasslands and war horses. One reason why Mongolian cavalry could conquer half of the world back then.
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I think Chinese characters have a lot of credit that helped the culture to pass down. People all seemed to like them. Once they started to use Chinese characters and do calligraphies, they integrated themselves into Chinese. Ironically Manchurian ruled China for so long but it is probably the only ethnic group in China who lost its own language. No Manchurian can speak Manchurian now. The Chinese language does not depend on pronunciation to communicate. It probably has a nature to integrate people who are still using all kinds of dialects in nowadays China. I don’t understand what people are talking about in their dialects in surrounding cities, but it does not prevent us all being Chinese. China was also culturally more advanced than the northern nomads back then, so they wanted to learn Chinese culture and got themselves integrated eventually.
I went to the great wall last April. the wall was surrounded by flowers. u can imagine how beautiful it is
Wow, that must have been spectacular!
Glad you enjoyed your trip to China.
Watch several your videos I think you did a pretty good job in planning and researching, and that definitely makes your trip a lot more smooth and comfortable. I also watched some other vloggers sometimes when you have to rush to the train station or stuck at some place, that would definitely affect your mood.
10:58 And btw the plastic wrapping in some restaurant usually means they sent their dishes to cleaning companies and kinda preferred by many local customers as a proof of sterilized.
And About the environment China has one of the biggest plastic recycle industry chain in the world and used to take care of the recycling for not only China but also lots of other developed countries. But after the garbage import ban that happened few years ago, I saw a news saying right now a majority percentage of all domestic plastic wastes can be recycled and manufactured into new products, even some companies have to start contacting landfills to dig up old garbage to keep their factory running, which is an amazing news.
Love your videos, please keep it up and looking forward to watch your next journey.
Thanks for watching. We did indeed spend quite a bit of time planning and researching. But we're not very good at time management, so we did have to rush a bit in the stations sometimes haha.
Thanks for all the info. We're currently in Taiwan, very interesting place ❤❤
Definitely visit Jinshanling if you are thinking of going to the great wall of China!! I don't see how it can get any better than this visiting any of the other sections :) loved this day so much!!
Don't forget the name of the bus station: Donhzhimenwaixiejie. If you say that 10 times very quickly, a magical bus appears.
Great video! The combination of Naick's dry joke and Kim's reaction made me laugh out loud.
Hahaha. We're sometimes very silly. Thanks for watching Scott!
One of the best reports from the great wall. Thank you Well I Be. Near word for word. cheers
Thanks a lot derrick! glad you enjoyed it. Have you visited this section?
Beautiful pictures from the wall with the drone! Love to see you both how you complete each other.
thank you Tamara :)
Omg! How not to be impressed with the Great Wall! That section you visited looks so beautiful and well preserved. Looks like the wall never ends. Truly an amazing marvel! And what a sight to behold with your fantastic video capture of the place. Imagine they could build such a wall then! Donald the Twitter Duck is struggling to even begin to build the Great Wall of Mexico! Hahaha....Even the Great Wall could not keep out the barbarians. The Duck must be hallucinating to keep out the hordes he says is invading his country hehehe. Keep up the good work guys and continue to grow your channel. One day your channel will take off for sure. If youtube is not proscribed in China, imagine millions of Chinese subs!
Thank you so much! We were so impressed with this section of the wall! Someone yesterday told us that the emperor who built the wall is the same man who had the terracotta warriors built. He must have been big on crazy projects haha. Thanks for watching! :)
Wow beautiful! We will be heading to Asia in spring next year once we have completed central America, this look to be a highlight!
Yes we definitely didn't expect china to be so beautiful! Where are you guys heading in Central America? We started off in Mexico in January then headed to Guatemala and Honduras.
@@NaickKim Yes can't wait to see Asia, It seems a world away from anywhere we have been before. We have 1 more week left in Italy then we travel to Mexico via LA then Guatemala, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, we're spending between a month and 6 weeks in each country so haven't planned any further than that yet! All very exciting, any must know tips are welcome of course! :)
@@Hungry_Voyager sounds like an awesome itinerary! We spent 10 weeks in Mexico and 5 in Guatemala. We wrote a blog post with our best tips & recommendations for each of those countries on Flyertalk forum. For Mexico: www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-reports/1965506-10-weeks-mexico-itinerary-top-tips-budget.html#post31312694
For Guate: www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-reports/1973955-guatemala-5-weeks-adventure.html#post31280394
If you have any questions, feel free to fire away! So cool you're going to Costa Rica too, we heard it's amazing 😍👌🏻
Beijing was not on my bucket list( but other places in China) i will now add it up for sure! You really made me wanna go there...I'm loving this China serie...loved the Mongolia 🇲🇳😍 serie also! Epic travels one might say
Bisous Sabrina 🇬🇧
Beijing is amazing indeed. Even though we were there for a while, there was still so much more to see there. We would love to visit China again.
Thank you for enjoying there! I am so glad you liked it.
Thanks for watching!
Enjoy watching your contents. Really enjoyable with quirky entertaining personality!
Thanks a lot!
what a clever people in 2:50.outer Monglian actually is one part of chinese ，but Soviet Union separated us
Welcome to China. Your videos are full of enthusiasm and makes people happy. I like it very much.
Thank you. glad you are enjoying it!
hey guys , great video agin , ive been watchign a good few of the china trips and alooking forward to hopefully visit this country next year and yous seem to hit the spots im planning to go and take some awsome photos hopefully , anyway keep up the great work ,
Hi Martin! China is incredible, there is so much to do 😊 you're in for a great adventure! And we're glad our videos are useful in planning your own trip 👌🏻
Yes, really beautiful lanscape. I've visited Badaling, liked it very much, but I think Jinshanling is even better. By the way there are not so much crowds on Badaling if you manage to climb high on the mountain.
As for me, China is a country that really worth travelling, so many exotic things to see.
Yes so far we have loved China too! The variety of places you can visit here is just staggering. We have about 3 more weeks here probably, going to explore as much as we can 😊 Naick also visited Badaling 6 years ago when he was in Beijing for work. It was in November and there weren't that many people then either because it was low season. Thanks for watching 😉🙏🏻
There are so many interesting places in China that 3 weeks seems too short time.
@@АндрейМ-п1й we have 5 weeks here in total, and about 3 more left right now. We may stay a little longer, we're not sure yet. But we love it here and are already thinking of coming back again 😊 when I think of leaving I already miss the food, even though we're not even close to leaving yet 😅🤷🏻♀️
Great to know that you love my hometown! Have a great time in China! :)
Thank you!
Gong bao chicken actually have different flavors, depending on whether it’s made in the northern China, in which it is more of sour and sweet, or southern China, where it is hot and spicy.
Oh that makes sense. Thanks!
Lovely video of the wall...plan to visit when i finally finish teaching...nice job
Thank you! Our of curiosity, where exactly are you teaching? 😊
@@NaickKim I am working in Vietnam as an Academic Manager for my sins Naick
@@PhilsDroneZone cool! If you know of any off the beaten path places in Vietnam, we'd love to know more about those 😉😊
@@NaickKim So many places Naick...I wouldn't know where to begin :)
@@PhilsDroneZone haha ok, well if there's anything great that comes to mind in terms of beautiful and not-so-touristy nature spots, feel free to let us know ;)
在您們的攝影鏡頭帶領下，長城離我們是如此接近，長城跟您們，彷彿就在我們眼前，謝謝您 ! 辛苦了！
I have to thank you for showing this section of great wall which I never knew. It is much more beautiful than BaDaLing.
Yes, it so beautiful! And almost no people!
What a lovely informative blog ,Naick /Kim ,few questions :
-How far is this section of GW from Beijing?
- What distance did you walk on the GW ?
- Entry ticket price
It's about 2.5 hours from Beijing. You can take the bus as indicated in the video from Beijing.
We walked about 7-8km I think. Not sure
Admission was 65CNY.
More info: www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall/scene/beijing/jinshanling.htm
Great compilation of videos .. I am just doing some research on the trans Siberian railway and came across your channel .. myself and my wife done 10 weeks in China years ago .. is Xian too far to travel to ?? Well worth the trip to the terracotta army..
Most importantly Enjoy
We're in Xian right now! Just visited the Terracotta army today, super impressive isn't it 🤯 when would you be doing the Trans-Siberian? 😊 if you have any questions, feel free to ask away! We also wrote a post on Flyertalk forum on the Trans-Siberian: www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1983475&goto=newpost
Wow, this is awesome! I think I need to update my places to go. Great video, loved it
thanks Eibol! You made it to Puerto Rico yet? :)
@@NaickKim almost, I fly out tonight 😀
@@eibolmd oeh so exciting! Have fun 😊🤗
How were ur legs after the wall? I was sooooooooooo tired!!!
Pretty stiff the next day! It just kept going up and down, up and down. And sometimes there was a part that was pretty straight and then it went down 3m again and back up. But I'd say it was worth it. Did you also visit the Jinshanling section?
Naick & Kim Yes we went to that part of the wall... I loved it!!! Almost empty and sooo beautiful!!! We went with a tour cos we didn’t have time but it was more a transportation option. The tour guide just walked with us and gave us all the time in the world until was time to go back. So each one walked in their own time, just what I wanted.
Sounds like a great tour. I read somewhere that people even do multi-day hikes across the wall. That would be very interesting to do!
Naick & Kim yes, I saw videos where people camping during the night or stay with a local family. We want to do that, but we will see..
People often mistake that the Chinese Walls are completely defensive, however, with the newest archaeological evidence found in (Outer) Mongolia, there are Walls that were actually far more north than today's, used as a forefront attempting to keep xiongnu even thousand miles away from current walls.
Thanks for your input 😊🙏🏻
我也还记得站在长城上眺望那盘踞在崇山峻岭之间一望无际绵延到天际城墙时的感动，它鼓舞了我很长一段时间，而且也会继续鼓舞我。
Yes, it is so impressive!
love the footage and great work
Glad you enjoyed it!
actually we like calling the wall curving along the mountains Chinese dragon instead of snake. glad the tour deserve your expectation. try to have more fun. have been to Wuyi Mountain in Fujian yet?
'Dragonning around the mountains' is a bit harder to say in English haha. No we haven't been there yet. Is it nice?
@@NaickKimit is! I believe cute person like you will definitely love it ruclips.net/video/t_ilMO3rgXI/видео.html search "武夷山" and you will find more!
In western culture, dragon is not auspicious. It is evil and a dinosaur look thing. Not the same like our 🐉
That's true firefly. Dragon don't have the same meaning here. We see them more like they are portrayed in Game of Thrones for example.
actually, we have gong bao(three-tone) chicken and gong bao(four-tone)chicken, and one is sweet and the other is spicy. they are two kinds of dishes.
Chinese is so confusing :) Thanks for the info!
Amazing!..absolutely amazing!
Really impressed by the quality of the footage, curious what equipment do you have?
The full list is on the description of our latest video. Our camera is the Canon 80D. We have 3 lenses: Canon 10-18 mm wide angle lens (main vlog lens), Canon 50 mm f1.8 lens (which we use to shoot most of our b roll) and Sigma 24 mm f1.4 lens (our favourite lens! excellent in low light and just incredible image quality). Drone is a DJI Mavic Air. Stabilizer is the Zhiyun Crane Plus :) we love our set up :)
We found the quality has improved drastically since we started shooting everything in manual mode instead of automatic mode though. That's only been a fairly recent change but it has made a really big difference for us!
Naick & Kim Keep it up! Enjoy watching your vlogs a lot, have fun in my home country:)
Your film is incredibly beautiful!
Amazing sceneries!
Totally! We LOVED it :)
There are three famous great walls in Beijing. BaDaLing Great Wall, MuTianYu Great Wall. But we only go to the most dangerous JianKou Great Wall. It was a wonderful day when you were on the Great Wall👍👍👍👍👍
Where is the Jiankou section?
@@NaickKim
ruclips.net/video/BpEWKBB6lYw/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/4K8kelBYYNM/видео.html
Every year people get killed and injured climbing the JianKou Great Wall, so it's very dangerous. If you want to go there, be extra careful. The JianKou Great Wall is in HuaiRou township of Beijing.
Just imagine China built thousands kilometers wall to avoid being robbed. Correction, Qin dynasty was not the first United China. It was after many years separations, Qin dynasty finally United whole China. Before the separations, there were central government already, he did give lands to different kings yet they theoretically are under the central government control. Qin dynasty changed this method of management after reunite China.
Great info, thanks!
you are right, there was a dynasty Zhou(周）， Her monarch was called son of heaven(天子）, Qin was one of his kingdoms nominated.
谢谢你们把长城拍的这么漂亮😄
不客气，谢谢您的收看:)
The drone shots are so cool!!!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it! It was our favourite part too.
Can you share with me the link for the music that starts with the drone footage of the GW at 5.30 .Awesome
It is from epidemic sound, the music library we use. They offer a subscription service, otherwise you cannot access their music unfortunately
The Wall was actually useful for several centuries and did protected China especially during the Ming Dynasty, which was considered the Golden Era of China. How did the Manchurians eventually came through the walls, is that a Ming General sided with the Manchurians and opened the gates that lead the Manchurians straight to Beijing, invading and occupying China for 300 years and becoming the last Dynasty of China. Luckily all invading and occupying forces throughout chinas history were willing to assimilate into chinese culture and society, making China the longest continuous civilization on Earth!
Great info thanks!
Thank you for your vlog of Great Wall. Too bad, I am too old to climb your section. I should go for your section 30 years ago.
There was also a cable car to get up the wall! You should go there. It is really beautiful.
We went to Jinshanling to avoid the crowds - it was beathtaking!
Nice to hear you had a great time 👍😍
Great filming!
thanks Kevin! :)
Hi! I love following your guys' journey almost in real time so far! Do you recall what bus you took to get to the Wall?
Hi John, that is awesome to hear, thank you! We took the shuttle bus from Beijing Dongzhimen wai station to Jinshanling. It runs from 8:00 am daily (April to October)
beautiful video
Thank you!
would be fun to see you'll eating hotpot
We're going to be having that in one of the next videos! 😊😊 Naick loves spicy food so he's excited and I will silently be dying in the background 😭🍲😋
Awesome video! Did you need a permit to fly the drone?
Yes you do need to register the drone before flying it but it takes only 15min online and you get an instant confirmation so it's pretty easy
@@NaickKim great, thank you, keep posting these vids! super helpful and entertaining
Was right there with my parents two months ago. Super hot, super sunny, super scenery
What a coincidence! The scenery is indeed superb!
when have massive scaled land, you need these massive scaled architechture
True 👌🏻
Hi! We will visit China next year, late February. Can you give the exact route going to that part of the wall? Thank you! 🥰
That's great! Where are you planning on going in China?
You can find detailed information right here: www.beijingwalking.com/jinshanling-bus/
It is very easy to find the bus station and very convenient.
We will enter through Shanghai and leaving via Beijing :) Thank you!
It may snow on the Great Wall in February
Hi. I love your videos! You are such a cute couple. I am traveling to Beijing next week. I would love to visit the section of the Great Wall in your vlog. It’s beautiful. Could you share info on how you traveled from Beijing to that section of wall? The info would be helpful. Thanks.
Hi Barbara, thank you so much 😊 you can find all info on getting there on this site: www.beijingwalking.com/jinshanling-bus/. Great choice going to Jinshanling, it's absolutely stunning! Enjoy your trip 🤗🌏
Welcome to China! I hope you enjoyed your stay, I do apologies for some ill-mannered people that you might probably meet but still, the majority of Chinese are kind!
Hahaha thanks and that's quite alright 😉 your fellow Chinese were very nice to us during our stay there, we did not have any bad experiences and really enjoyed China 🇨🇳👌🏻
nice drone shot ~
Thank you!
Your video deserves more views!
Thank you, haha 🤗🙏🏻
Welcome you to visiting my hometown Xi’an , which is 1of 4 ancient city in China, and you will see Terra cotta warriors .The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China.
Hi Betty, we have been to your city! We even made a video about it too 😊
Is it possible to walk all the way to the end of the wall by one day ?
The wall in total is about 22.000 km long, so I doubt it :D
But if you are talking about this part, yes you can do a loop in one day.
Hey! Just wondering are there any rules to flying your drone over the Great Wall? Thanks sam
It is a gray area. We did some research online and most posts seem to point in the direction that it is allowed. Although when we were flying, some random tourist said it was not allowed. We did not see anything in the contrary of it being allowed.
You do have a drone, nice shooting
Thanks a lot Tiger. We have the Mavic Air and really love it. Do you also have a drone?
@@NaickKim No I don't, but I can imagine what a drone does, just like the magnificent video you have made, I can also imagine that the drone is hiding somewhere in your backpak :)
Next time in China, I would like to treat you to the Royal Dinner
Did you shoot those aerial shots with a DJI drone?
Yes, we have the DJI Mavic Air. We really love it. It is a good compromise between quality and portability.
@@NaickKim what do you think about their new vlogging camera, the Osmo Pocket?
哇，你们居然去了金山岭长城，看来是真的做了功课。一般的游客去居庸关，八达岭，北京当地的会推荐去慕田峪，更深层次的才会推荐去金山岭，司马台。
谢谢。 我们进行了大量研究以找到最佳位置。 这部分是最好的。 如此美丽，几乎没有人。
@Herbert WH Low We use a translator. Our Mandarin is pretty much nonexistent haha.
@@NaickKim 666，学习了，我都不知道这段长城，最多知道箭扣
You didn’t have problem using drone in China?
Hi Ryan, no we didn't have any problems. It is not allowed in Beijing and did not fly there. You do have to register online and print a QR code and attach it to your drone.
I have a question that how come the lady can pronounce those Chinese name so perfectly and accurately?
No idea. She is very good in languages :)
the wife handled the chopsticks better than the husband, hahahaha
Women are always better at everything ;)
@@NaickKim I saw her initual fingers replacement and I commented, but when she started to actually use, it's almost the same way as yours, that's why you are a couple, lol
may I know the names of background music in this video? they sound so beautiful!
esp the one starting at 8:08. really love it
Did you have a drone with you? ow do you get those aerial videos?
Great travel videos
Thank you!
Would recommend Nanjing and Hangzhou in Southern China for sure - especially the Nanjing Massacre memorial and Sun Yatsen Mausoleum which are incredible. If you’re in Shanghai make sure you check out the Shanghai History Museum - it’s brand new and housed in the former Shanghai Race Club building but very underrated.
wow Hangzhou especially looks so beautiful! thank you for the recommendation, we'll see if we can fit it into our plans :) will depend on whether or not we make it to Shanghai - that is also still on the list but we're not sure if our budget can take another major city (especially one where there's such an amazing food scene as we've heard there is in Shanghai) haha, Beijing put a bit of a dent in our budget ;) is Shanghai comparable to Beijing in terms of prices? thank you for your very useful input!!
stunning footage...
Thank you Wu. Jinshanling is one of the most beautiful sections of the wall.
Is that DJI drone ?
Yup. DJI Mavic Air :) we love it!
thanks for the nice video!
Glad I found your channel! Seems like you Belgians all have that friendly disposition like the tennis great Kim Clijsters.
Not sure if Jordan is in you future plans for travel, but a mate of mine had his drone confiscated at the border from Israel.
Haha thanks Paul 😊 we were considering Jordan / Israel for next year but not sure yet. Thanks for letting us know!
Where are you from? I'm from China.😊
Don't know what's more impressive - great Wall or Kim's.... eyes 😆
Both are real wonders of the world ;)
Just great!
it was nice enjoying it without the crowds!
我都没去过长城
最北就去过上海
长江都没跨过
您应该参观长城。非常令人印象深刻。
@@NaickKim 等我财务自由了买一台北极星剃刀570全地形车自驾游遍中国。去西部，西部的风景更美，但是没有东部方便。像新疆只能自驾游才能看到更多，那里太大了，占了中国1/6国土，西藏也很不错，面积也很大。不知道你们有没有去新疆西藏？那里更值得一去。下次再来中国可以去看看。
Genghis Khan didn't conquer Beijing. he died at war with xia, in current ningxia region. his son or grandson conquered Kaifeng, the capital of Jin dynasty set up by minority from Northeast China. his grandson
Kublai khan conquered Hangzhou, capital of southern song dynasty and later set Beijing as capital of yuan dynasty. Beijing became capital due to northern nomad.
Thanks for the info. We're not that big on history ;)
China is a great country~
ilike togo to china they have a good story
You should visit, it is really beautiful! Where are you from?
🤗🤗🤗
Sjoen!
love from china.
❤️
万里长城🤔
非常非常大的墙:)