Sly, sorry for the rickshaw incident. It’s not the money, it’s the principle. Glad the front desk ladies (most likely Suzhou natives) helped you out. I just had almost same experience in Casablanca, taxi driver (called in by hotel front desk) over charged me 25 local currency (about 2, 3 usd). After got back, I mentioned to the hotel front desk, she called the driver, who returned 20 to the hotel. I gave the 20 to the front desk as appreciation😊
Dude you really did your homework. Thinking about yourself before you came to Beijing couple weeks ago, and the you now today - you’re becoming familiar with China soon!
there were two major infrastructure project in ancient time. one was the Great Wall built for defense purpose. the second was the Grand Canal for commerce.
the dish you had was squirrel fish. it takes a bit of knife skill for the chef to debone, and then cut the fish, deep fried, then covered with catchup and sugar gravy. the sweet peas were just for decoration, added a bit of color. LOL
Fun fact: tomatoes were a rather recent import to China (not native in China), however ketchup, sometime spelled catsup, kerchup, etc is Cantonese for tomato juice/sauce.
@@chankaneit was originally a fish sauce, sort of like garum in Europe. But it was meant to be a source of umami, and fermented fish have a lot of umami. Later mushrooms were used as a source of umami, and now tomatoes are.
I do miss China. I did quite a bit of travelling around China for a few years. I've been to 52 cities, and countless towns and villages, all over China. Just so much to see, so interesting, and people are very nice.
Interesting travel route, Suzhou is very close to Shanghai. Now, you can take the subway from Shanghai to Suzhou. I have never heard that Suzhou represents high society. love the background song. SongShu fish is one of my favorite dishes.
Not the typical nobles, there were lot of merchants and newly developed cities down south like Suzhou in ancient China, they are of different social status, they are rich but not belong to the nobles.
I think he meant to say "represented rich/high society" in ancient times. During the Ming/Qing dynasties, I think the statement would mostly be true since a lot of the high rank officials were from either the surrounding areas in Jiangsu or from Zhejiang.
I’m glad Alipay paid you back for the extra 25 yuan. Next time when you were caught in the same situation, look for a police or a young university-student- like person nearby to help you out.
Hey, You need to know this information. At the Summer Davos Forum in 2023, Tencent stated that in July this year, Tencent will gradually open the WeChat payment merchant network to international credit or debit card organizations such as Visa, so that overseas users can use commonly used credit cards and debit cards in mainland China. The card is bound to WeChat Pay.
As someone from Suzhou, the old city district(or you can just call it the downtown area) is mostly for tourists. It is the area where Suzhou's traditional culture is celebrated. If you want to see the technological side of the city, you should visit the Industrial Park district. That is where all the new buildings and high rises are at.
I don’t know how long you’re in each city or China for that matter, but you gotta come to Hangzhou. I’m leaving soon to go home to the states for the summer but Hz is well know for water ways (canal) and West Lake. Which is one of the most popular tourist attractions for people in China. BTW also pronunciation of ‘zhou’ in Chinese is long ‘o’ sound, like ‘Joe’. And the ‘a’ sound in Chinese is like the ‘o’ in American words like ‘song’ or ‘thong’.
It is the “East Asian rainy season” around June and July. Whole southeastern China(Some parts in Japan too) is humid and hot during this season. I got used to it back in China but I don’t think I can deal it now
In order to ensure the safety of passengers, the car will record when you use Didi. So when you encounter any problems, you can find customer service, they will help you solve the problem quickly, and you can also choose to complain to the driver who charged you a high price, I don’t want you to use your kindness to condone such people behavior, we supervise together, this social environment will be better.
Excellent video, and an important city to me. Thank you. My ancestry traces back 16 generations, according to kept record, to Suzhou, predecessor of a historical figure. I visited in 1986. Planning to return for visits when I retire. Besides the things you listed Suzhou is known for, it is also known for its beautiful women. Our grandmother liked to remind us of that. 🤔However, I don't see that in my aunts and sisters 🤭Oops. I hope they don't see this😬 BTW Suzhou is a has beautiful gardens. However, the consensus is that Hangzhou is most beautiful. Perhaps that's in your plan.
Sorry about the taxi incident, glad the local helped you out to get your money back. I had a bad experience when we visited Florida a few years ago. The taxi driver took the opposite direction and pretended he didn’t know English neither the map, keeping ignoring our protest, ended up over charging us nearly US$50. I didn’t understand how he understood both English and the map first but not after we boarded his car. We never got our money back even after filing a complaint. 😢😢😢😢😢😢 I guess I should be thankful because what could have happened to us with such a bad driver.
Suzhou is considered as one of the richest and most prosperous cities in certain periods, with Nanjing, a historical capital city near it, and lots of rich merchants, poets, famous figures, even royals like you mentioned.
Zhang Jia Jie is a prefecture-level city in the northwestern part of Hunan Province, China. A must-go place. AFu Rong Zhen, not far from Zhang Jia Jie, is worth visiting too.
Yah, you can complain and platform even cops will help you. (sometimes will give you extra compensation, just ask for it) Everything is in digital, justice comes extremely fast. This is China, nomater you like it or not.
Suzhou food is the sweetest in China, it more closely resembles Chinese American takeout food (but elevated), which is otherwise unrecognisable in China
2:22.... can't hear the rest of what that woman said, but it started with "black people taking pictures.... *something something*..." chinese speakers - can anyone hear the rest of what she says?
i have so many fond memories of visiting suzhou, i used to go there for business when i was living in shanghai. i highly recommend visit suzhou meusum, it was designed by the late great architect IM Pei who was originally suzhou.
You got me laughing at your British English accent over having a cup of tea! Hehehe... I don't believe the Brits will agree with you on that. However, this is a lovely place to be indeed. Thank you, sir.
I couldn't stop laughing after hearing that dude let his clothes air dried and let the sun do its work. 😂 It's truly a remarkable shift towards the Chinese lifestyle. 👍
Actually, Wu has several branch dialects, with many very localized to villages. But Suzhou Wu direct is generally recognized as then most melodious, and Suzhou accented Mandarin spoken by Suzhou ladies is considered the most "sweet', "feminine" and "polite"spoken Mandarin and often used by female announcers in media.
WeChat will start accepting VISA cards issued by foreign banks this July. They just announced some days ago. Sorry you had to experience the dodgy taxi drivers' behavior.
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When you can speak Wu, it is very easy to understand and learn japanese, because Japanese has derived alot of sounds of words from Wu during the 6th to 11th century. In japan they call Wu Wen ( Wu Language), Go-on. There is a joke that Wu speaking people are sounding like japanese and vice versa.
@@cart172 grammar is the easiest part in learning east asian language, there is barely any, no conjugation, declination whatever, even tenses are much more simple.
Eating in scenic spots is not a good choice, because these restaurants have a high probability of being more expensive than the usual restaurants, and the taste is also ordinary.
@@chriswang6180 exactly! he is not a machine, not a slave. he provides a service you can not experience in other places. as a tourist you can refuse it if you think its expensive. here in US my tips to waitress/waiter in restaurants are more than that.
@@yz57a72got to agree 😂with you, agreed upon price, is the key. Tip him later, but tipping is also discouraged. 😂😂😂 damn if you do it, and damn if you don't.😢
If the platform has been charged, the rickshaw driver is a robbery in private, you can call the police, the Chinese police are more useful than you think, the rickshaw driver who will deal with trivial things is deliberately bullying outsiders, we never do
there is a saying in Chinese, "There is Heaven above. There are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."
That’s ancient times, Yangzhou is a lots of organized today
扬州去过一次，乱收费，我真的是再也不会去
Sly, sorry for the rickshaw incident. It’s not the money, it’s the principle. Glad the front desk ladies (most likely Suzhou natives) helped you out. I just had almost same experience in Casablanca, taxi driver (called in by hotel front desk) over charged me 25 local currency (about 2, 3 usd). After got back, I mentioned to the hotel front desk, she called the driver, who returned 20 to the hotel. I gave the 20 to the front desk as appreciation😊
你了解中国人送在国外旅游被坑就知道在中国有多好了
Dude you really did your homework.
Thinking about yourself before you came to Beijing couple weeks ago, and the you now today - you’re becoming familiar with China soon!
Suzhou has been rich for a long time, both in material and culture. It is a gem.
there were two major infrastructure project in ancient time. one was the Great Wall built for defense purpose. the second was the Grand Canal for commerce.
I’m really impressed with Sly’s chopsticks skill,smooth man smoooooth.👍🏻
the dish you had was squirrel fish. it takes a bit of knife skill for the chef to debone, and then cut the fish, deep fried, then covered with catchup and sugar gravy.
the sweet peas were just for decoration, added a bit of color. LOL
Authentic version won't use ketchup, sour is coming from rice vinegar
@@jasonhu7995 true. I don't think traditional Chinese cuisine uses ketchup.
Fun fact: tomatoes were a rather recent import to China (not native in China), however ketchup, sometime spelled catsup, kerchup, etc is Cantonese for tomato juice/sauce.
@@chankaneit was originally a fish sauce, sort of like garum in Europe. But it was meant to be a source of umami, and fermented fish have a lot of umami. Later mushrooms were used as a source of umami, and now tomatoes are.
I do miss China. I did quite a bit of travelling around China for a few years. I've been to 52 cities, and countless towns and villages, all over China.
Just so much to see, so interesting, and people are very nice.
That’s a famous Chinese dish, squirrel fish. I am impressed you knew what to order in that part of China.
哥们挺会吃的 上来就点硬菜. Great choice of dish
Suzhou is one of my favorite cities in China, with rich history and great food! 🥰🥰🥰
Interesting travel route, Suzhou is very close to Shanghai. Now, you can take the subway from Shanghai to Suzhou. I have never heard that Suzhou represents high society. love the background song. SongShu fish is one of my favorite dishes.
Not the typical nobles, there were lot of merchants and newly developed cities down south like Suzhou in ancient China, they are of different social status, they are rich but not belong to the nobles.
Suzhou was the richest place hundreds years ago
I think he meant to say "represented rich/high society" in ancient times. During the Ming/Qing dynasties, I think the statement would mostly be true since a lot of the high rank officials were from either the surrounding areas in Jiangsu or from Zhejiang.
Exploring. Adventuring. Discovering. That's how life is supposed to be my friend.
I’m glad Alipay paid you back for the extra 25 yuan. Next time when you were caught in the same situation, look for a police or a young university-student- like person nearby to help you out.
Why can I catch up your new updates everytime after I go back home ? I watch your videos while I am having my dinner
欢迎来到我的家乡苏州！
Suzhou at night looks stunning!
4:00, hey, you ordered the square fish.
Hey, You need to know this information.
At the Summer Davos Forum in 2023, Tencent stated that in July this year, Tencent will gradually open the WeChat payment merchant network to international credit or debit card organizations such as Visa, so that overseas users can use commonly used credit cards and debit cards in mainland China. The card is bound to WeChat Pay.
As someone from Suzhou, the old city district(or you can just call it the downtown area) is mostly for tourists. It is the area where Suzhou's traditional culture is celebrated. If you want to see the technological side of the city, you should visit the Industrial Park district. That is where all the new buildings and high rises are at.
Amazing, vibrant city
I don’t know how long you’re in each city or China for that matter, but you gotta come to Hangzhou. I’m leaving soon to go home to the states for the summer but Hz is well know for water ways (canal) and West Lake. Which is one of the most popular tourist attractions for people in China. BTW also pronunciation of ‘zhou’ in Chinese is long ‘o’ sound, like ‘Joe’. And the ‘a’ sound in Chinese is like the ‘o’ in American words like ‘song’ or ‘thong’.
Are you there to study or work?
It is the “East Asian rainy season” around June and July. Whole southeastern China(Some parts in Japan too) is humid and hot during this season. I got used to it back in China but I don’t think I can deal it now
1:40 hahaha.. that was good
Nice
6:04 170 rmb for a squirrel fish??? Sorry to say that ,but that was crazy. You were being over charged a lot.
I also think this is too exaggerated. Generally, the price of squirrel fish is within 100 yuan!
that is not called Squirrel fish, it is called Pine nuts fish
In order to ensure the safety of passengers, the car will record when you use Didi. So when you encounter any problems, you can find customer service, they will help you solve the problem quickly, and you can also choose to complain to the driver who charged you a high price, I don’t want you to use your kindness to condone such people behavior, we supervise together, this social environment will be better.
Excellent point 👌
I would pay for a taxi to enjoy the air condition. Crazy hot weather.
8:18 somebody passed away in this house on which two white flower with 奠 written on it was hanged 😭
Excellent video, and an important city to me. Thank you. My ancestry traces back 16 generations, according to kept record, to Suzhou, predecessor of a historical figure. I visited in 1986. Planning to return for visits when I retire. Besides the things you listed Suzhou is known for, it is also known for its beautiful women. Our grandmother liked to remind us of that. 🤔However, I don't see that in my aunts and sisters 🤭Oops. I hope they don't see this😬
BTW Suzhou is a has beautiful gardens. However, the consensus is that Hangzhou is most beautiful. Perhaps that's in your plan.
Don't miss Hang Zhou; visit XiHu (West Lake) and LinYinSi (a great temple) there.
Beautiful
The garden’s receptionist was kind to helped you avoid being double-charged.
Sorry about the taxi incident, glad the local helped you out to get your money back. I had a bad experience when we visited Florida a few years ago. The taxi driver took the opposite direction and pretended he didn’t know English neither the map, keeping ignoring our protest, ended up over charging us nearly US$50. I didn’t understand how he understood both English and the map first but not after we boarded his car. We never got our money back even after filing a complaint. 😢😢😢😢😢😢 I guess I should be thankful because what could have happened to us with such a bad driver.
Awesome video.. you really enjoyed the ride 😊
😍😍😍😋😋😋 Fish fish fish. I want to eat that fish.
the fish dish is pine cone fish.. the shape of the fish came out similar to the look of a pine cone
Excellent video
Suzhou is considered as one of the richest and most prosperous cities in certain periods, with Nanjing, a historical capital city near it, and lots of rich merchants, poets, famous figures, even royals like you mentioned.
Zhang Jia Jie is a prefecture-level city in the northwestern part of Hunan Province, China. A must-go place. AFu Rong Zhen, not far from Zhang Jia Jie, is worth visiting too.
Seems like your visiting every city in China. You should visit Qingdao.
yes! some northern cities in china would be interesting😁
Man you are living my dream life 🎉🎉
Suzhou is actually a megacity of 9 -13 million people, with 45 skyscrapers in whole different part of the city across the lake
Plus millions of tourists
You are having such a fun trip in China.
I love Suzhou 😍😍
that is not called Squirrel fish, it is called Pine nuts fish 😅
Influence of Wu Dialect is not that large anymore, but Wu is considered very hard to learn because it deviates alot from standard mandarin.
wish U have a wonderful time all in China
😂😂😂😂 for a split second I thought you were my brother in glasses.
Looks like where Tom Cruise rescued his girl in Mission Impossible. 👀
The "queen's English" part really makes me LMAO. As a chinese people, I think that is a extremely accurate analogy.
Yah, you can complain and platform even cops will help you. (sometimes will give you extra compensation, just ask for it)
Everything is in digital, justice comes extremely fast. This is China, nomater you like it or not.
Suzhou also famous for beautiful ladies
hope you may plan to visit Hangzhou, my hometown
This is shantang jie street an awesome place.....you seem to like sweet stuff next time try a thing called ......TUNG YUAN 😊
Welcome to HangZhou!
Heaven above, Suzhou&Hangzhou below
Are you teaching out there or just visiting? Would you recommend Suzhou as a place to live?
Beautiful girls everywhere!😂
You gotta go to wuzhen watertown, its sooooo pretty!!!!! look it up
👍👍👍 Good Guy + High Intelligent 👍👍👍
Welcome to Suzhou Sly!😄
Suzhou food is the sweetest in China, it more closely resembles Chinese American takeout food (but elevated), which is otherwise unrecognisable in China
2:22.... can't hear the rest of what that woman said, but it started with "black people taking pictures.... *something something*..." chinese speakers - can anyone hear the rest of what she says?
i have so many fond memories of visiting suzhou, i used to go there for business when i was living in shanghai. i highly recommend visit suzhou meusum, it was designed by the late great architect IM Pei who was originally suzhou.
You got me laughing at your British English accent over having a cup of tea! Hehehe... I don't believe the Brits will agree with you on that.
However, this is a lovely place to be indeed.
Thank you, sir.
The Girls are beautiful
Chinese people are very confident about food
I didn't expect to come to the place where I live now. China is very hot recently, so is Suzhou
I couldn't stop laughing after hearing that dude let his clothes air dried and let the sun do its work. 😂 It's truly a remarkable shift towards the Chinese lifestyle. 👍
because laundry cause him an arm and leg
Actually, Wu has several branch dialects, with many very localized to villages. But Suzhou Wu direct is generally recognized as then most melodious, and Suzhou accented Mandarin spoken by Suzhou ladies is considered the most "sweet', "feminine" and "polite"spoken Mandarin and often used by female announcers in media.
WeChat will start accepting VISA cards issued by foreign banks this July. They just announced some days ago. Sorry you had to experience the dodgy taxi drivers' behavior.
Man, u really can take the heat there ? In Asia, these Summer months !!!😮😮😮
❤❤
Next, Canton to go!
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在中国价格结算都是用人民币，外国人用支付宝和微信绑定的外国银行卡在中国消费结算时是自动按照当天的汇率换算结算的，别看错了哟。
When you can speak Wu, it is very easy to understand and learn japanese, because Japanese has derived alot of sounds of words from Wu during the 6th to 11th century. In japan they call Wu Wen ( Wu Language), Go-on.
There is a joke that Wu speaking people are sounding like japanese and vice versa.
Totally different grammar though.
@@cart172 grammar is the easiest part in learning east asian language, there is barely any, no conjugation, declination whatever, even tenses are much more simple.
有点牵强了。吴语属于汉藏语系，而日语属于日本－琉球语系，二者关系很远。不能通过某些借词就说讲吴语的容易理解日语，在中文照样有英文日文借词，然而之间的关系却很远。
Eating in scenic spots is not a good choice, because these restaurants have a high probability of being more expensive than the usual restaurants, and the taste is also ordinary.
In a usual restaurant, that fish wouldn't cost more than 50 RMB.
You got ripped off, and should file a complaint to the online company.
Taking the taxi would've been a lot cheaper.
if you are over charged. you can conplain to the local office
if you go to Qinghai the northwest , there are always those overcharge to locals as well . dont use these personal service.
The rickshaw guy was ripping you off! 100 RMB is about the cost of a high speed train ticket between Shanghai and Suzhou, probably cheaper as well.
You are cheap and mean!
when everything can be done by machine, the human labour cost just goes up. It's an experience.
@@chriswang6180 exactly! he is not a machine, not a slave. he provides a service you can not experience in other places. as a tourist you can refuse it if you think its expensive. here in US my tips to waitress/waiter in restaurants are more than that.
the problem is he overcharded the agreed upon amount, and then again. You may give him more later, but that'd be your gratitude.
@@yz57a72got to agree 😂with you, agreed upon price, is the key. Tip him later, but tipping is also discouraged. 😂😂😂 damn if you do it, and damn if you don't.😢
黑哥你这视频用的什么设备拍摄的？画质效果不错。
I think this town was in a James Bond movie.
If the platform has been charged, the rickshaw driver is a robbery in private, you can call the police, the Chinese police are more useful than you think, the rickshaw driver who will deal with trivial things is deliberately bullying outsiders, we never do
You had a good reason to stutter 🤣🤣🤣
😁😁😁
¥173 for a 松鼠桂鱼？That is much too expensive, I think you are cheated bro.
Nice sweet and sour fried fish. ❤
“Oh, I am tripping…, I am all stuttering…”. Actually I am distracted by those two hot chics….🤣🤣🤣
btw which translation app you using during your trip Sly ?
I think Google translation is more accurate!
Any plan to Xinjiang?
Don't you feel hot in Suzhou??
China so many kind of food.
1:37... hot cheetos lol
糖醋鲤鱼should be Shandong cuisine instead of Suzhou cuisine
园林很漂亮，但市区交通混乱，司机乱按喇叭非常扰人，要成为一流城市需要市政府采取一些措施改善，司机和行人也要接受一些教育。
比如取消车辆的喇叭功能？
Alipay did a nice job😂