Thanks for joining me today everyone, follow on instagram @ kats_journey_east for more updates about life in rural China 🐓🌾🚜 This video was filmed with a combination of 2 different cameras, GoPro Hero 11 (selfie/widescreen shots) and Sony ZV1 (pretty much everything else) GOPRO: amzn.to/45rObZy This camera is the secret to how I get such stable footage even while biking and walking 🚴♀ She's waterproof, shoots in 4K, and is very tiny and portable as well as extremely easy to use SONY: amzn.to/3RybfiU This camera is my B-roll queen, she nails the perfect lighting and focus to get beautiful shots to bring my videos to the next level 📷 👽This is an affiliate link, so I will receive a small commission if you buy a product through it👽 Where do I get the music used in these videos? 🎵 share.epidemicsound.com/5cya7q Content creators can enjoy unlimited access to a huge variety of music - funky, peaceful, upbeat, or whatever else you’re looking for - and eliminate the headache of navigating copyright strikes on RUclips! All I can say is... wish I knew about it since day 1 🤣
Welcome to my hometown Katherine! I can understand most of what the grandma said, although it's still a little different from the local dialect of Linhai(a nearby city where I came from). The Guoqing temple you visited is where “Tiantai school of buddhism” originated from, and it has a profound impact on the buddhism culture of Japan. Hope you can visit Taizhou more often, I can show you around if I get chance to visit China next year!
Sadly, that is how I communicated with my late grandmother too. I grew up abroad and never learned Wenzhounese, and she stayed in her small town her whole life. I'm still a little salty at my parents for never teaching me.
@@martinLim-oj2tn well, learning is from individuals' desire and willingness. Teaching is giving. If you want to learn, there are millions of ways. I guess you need to understand what intelligence really is.
It's lovely to see how the locals at ease engage with you and you with them. Enjoy your video. Beautiful and peaceful village...it gives me the nostalgic feelings
wow what an amazing video Katherine. Countryside with traditional Chinese architecture and temples it's unmatched! Also the Guoqing temple it's stunning, China it's awesome!
Really touched by your interaction with the local villagers in this episode. The goodness and sincerity in you is so adorable. Wishing you well in China.
Great that you found your inner peace in rural Zhejiang, too bad there were no matchmaking talks in this video. It astonished me the old grandma still remembers you.
I'm Chinese and I've seen a few videos of yours. So far, this is my favorite one. It's so beautifully made, full of Chinese history, culture and local lives. The music is beautiful too. 阳离子，你很棒，请继续加油！❤
Nothing made me want more to see China than this video of yours. Skyscrapers of Shanghai or high speed trains are no match to this village and mountain under autumn sun.
A large proportion of population in this part of China are decedents of refugees of AD1127 war. During the war, China lost its northern capital and two (father - son) emperors. The surviving Song re-established its capital in Hangzhou and becomes known as Southern Song in Chinese history. Through tracing my own root, I was able to identify the ancestors of both my grandparents who crossed Yangtze River in 1127. One was in the household regiment of fleeing prince who crowned first emperor of Southern Song enroute after his father and elder brother were captured by invading enemy. The other already moved south before the war but went back north as a volunteer in the army defending the capital. Since the end of war, both families have settled and lived in Zhejiang mountain valleys for close to 900 years.
These old villages are so beautiful and livable, far from the noisy of the big cities! Then people is really friendly. Nature is awesome and those old trees are like monuments. It is a country worth to be discovered❤
@@zackk4969 Fool, you're only caught in Taiwan. Do you think people don't have the ability to judge? Don't just stay in the well and see the world, go out and explore the world more. The world is huge😂台🐸
This episode almost made me cry! There are so many familiar scenes. 80% of Chinese used to live in communities like this: a village, some rice paddies, a temple nearby, a small market that opens twice a month for trading.
The clothes worn by those aunties are called "海青" (literally meaning: deep blue like the sea, where "青" originally refers to green, but here it is interpreted as blue, as the term "青出于蓝胜于蓝"， can encompass both colors). This attire is associated with Han Buddhism and is specifically worn during worship ceremonies. The name originates from a bird found in Northeast China called "海东青" (literally meaning blue eastern sea), a relatively small yet fierce raptor. The garment is named after this bird because its wide sleeves, when walking, resemble the outspread wings of the 海东青. There is a poem by Li Bai that goes, “翩翩舞广袖，似鸟海东来’”(Gracefully dancing with broad sleeves, resembling a bird arriving from the eastern sea.")
It's more like 青 originally encompass both green and blue. The colour spectrum is a gradient, we need to be trained to recognise the different hues in the spectrum. In the evolution of almost all languages, we can see that the words for dark (black) and bright (white) always appear the earliest, followed by red, yellow, then green/blue, and violet (proper blue) is usually the last. Some language (vietnamese for example) still have the same word for green and blue, and they differentiate it by saying leaf-green or sky-green
@@CjxJamie In ancient Chinese, the term "蓝" originally referred to a type of plant used for dyeing, but over time its meaning gradually expanded to include color in general. Meanwhile, "青" at that time represented a relatively broad spectrum of colors, possibly encompassing what we now identify as green (青草), blue (青天), and black (青丝). Since the term "海东青" has been in use for quite some time, it has persisted to the present day. However, the meaning of "青" has undergone some changes today, and it is not commonly used to describe the color blue.
When I was a kid, now 86, as I remembered we also have ancient trees in our village like the ones you showed. They were shady in the summer and villagers would sit around the benches under the trees resting, reading and play games.
The granny is old but she remembers you and I wonder how many of us would remember after 2 years at her age. You are an experiential local tourist whilst I am a youtube visual tourist. Thanks for the great job of vlogging China capturing the life of her people. I would hug the the old trees if I am in your place but do remember to express your gratitude to the trees
China is such a vast country with so many people yet you still managed to visit the same place and incredibly encounter the same old lady within a few years! :D
I love this episode. Everything there seems to be old, real old. From the tilling of the rice to the old trees and old way of life surrounding it. And not forgetting the old trade trails. Wonderful. I can only imagine I'm living there.
I absolutely loved every minute of this video. The old alleyways, the ancient temple, ancient trees, the mountain shrines and miniature temples, prodigal in the far off distant shot, random dogs, cobbled stone pathways, that beautiful grandma seller, friendly aunties, autumn colours, etc. Magical. 👍👍🥰
The village is definitely worth visiting. Lots of local tourists. I gotta say that the way you talk, with energy and different cadences , is may be the underlying reasons why your vlogs are enjoyable.
Hi Katherine - this is really awesome !!! Getting to the heart of the matter ....this is where it all started ? When I do finally leave Europe , may do a walk like this with you !!!! Cute people, cute sceneries, cute you , cute everything !!!
i have been watching your videos for a while now, i am deeply impressed with your true passion of rural China and your unbiased vlogging. Of all of the RUclips videos on line currently, i believe you are delivering the most authentic feel of China. I also like the fact that you stay away from politics and silly comparisons of East and West. They are different and that is all there is to it, no need to dwell on it. Keep up the good work! i will be going to Westlake ,Kunming and surrounding areas in the near future , hopefully i get to see some of the places you have vlogged.
I love west lake , I’ve been meaning to make a vlog over there one of these days ! Glad you like the videos 😁😁and I get tired of the comparisons as well, lots of people do it in my comment section 🙄
@alfalfa I said I get tired of comparisons between the two countries in the comment section . It is tiring indeed , sorry if you feel otherwise but that isn’t the purpose of this channel to incite further hatred between two countries that already have sour relations
@@kats_journey_east I like your videos showing life in China, no problem you avoid politics. Is my eyes a commentator here who points out western media lies to them about China is not furthering discord but a sign of hope for the world.
What a nice outing! The old trees are beautiful! I'm so happy they didn't cut them down, I wish more people had that mentality. What a beautiful place at 9:25! I'm so glad that you still have time to make videos for us!
I must say. Katherine you were travelling back to history by walking in that Sung or Song Dynasty 宋朝 ancient thouroghfare as well as interact with the locals! Very educational video from you which I enjoyed very much. Thank you!👌😍
These old villages remind me so much of the small villages in France and Italy, even the buildings are similar. The people seem so contented, especially those girls on the swings, wonderful setting.
Katherine, thank you for finding/spotting and shooting that footage @1:40 mark. The little boy wasn't happy that Grandma was feeding his little brother (assumption) some cake and Grandma set him straight. Classic, decisive moment (Henri Cartier-Bresson). Looks like things are going well with your life, and I'm happy for you. Your videos are a treasure of sunshine that you are sharing with the world.
Another great video. Hello from Canada. Love your content. Oh, the noodles at the end looks so good. Great job cooking it. I think I had some in Korean restaurant.
Good Morning Katherine! You did it again… I like and enjoy the stories you tell and the way you narrate them. Without stating it, your focus is on humans and the commonality of human experiences. We may live in different countries, under different ideologies, our shared humanity seems to transcend our differences. A smile from anyone, has never required a translator… You may not have understood what the senior citizen (market vendor) was saying, but you could easily decipher that she was happy to see you. In a way, that is priceless… Keep the stories flowing , they are always a delight… Best regards and take care! Parfait
Time has stood still for the better and preserved some "majestic" as you say, in out of the way villages not on foreign tourist radar. With the cottage industries such as (mochi) I known as childhood treat and occasional adult also - ahum. Name of mazitum for comparison on google threw out a blank😂You do have some indiana jones in your veins, an adventurer with in the know😉.Now that I know you can cook (sweet potato noodles ?) people may invite themselves to a meal, counting me😋😛Did you asked grandma her age Katherine?
Loved this episode - thank you for making it. I wonder if you wouldn't mind sharing some information about how to get to Guoqing Temple as a solo traveller. I plan to visit southern Zhejiang in the summer but can't find much info about public transportation (my preferred form of transportation) online from where I am, i.e. U.S. Thanks in advance!
If you want to take a bus , use baidu maps , it has the most updated bus information but not sure if you know Chinese . The busses would be a bit difficult to figure out if you don’t know Chinese , metro and train are easy
I remember visiting Fuzhou almost five years ago, and while walking in the Fuzhou National Forest Park I saw a sign saying that there's an ancient road somewhere in the hills, that was built during the Song dynasty and was used mainly for post delivery purposes. Unfortunately I didn't have much time to get to that road, but thanks to your video I can get an idea of what it looks like, I believe they're all parts of the same Song-built road network.
Hahaha that lady at the market telling the old man that your Chinese was better than his was priceless 😂 With all the BS going on in the world I really wish I could just run off and live my life in peace in a quiet rural Chinese mountain village. Katherine is truly living the dream.
Another fantastic never seen places of China of old in this modern era. Only you can produce such video of China of places never seen of people and things never shown. Is am fascinated I am thrilled to see the gems you show each time you post. As for the temple so in isolated places dotting the landscape, it reminded me of my old home and the knock back, what memories it brings me. Thank you so much. ❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for sharing this video! The landscape actually reminds me so much of Appalachia, between that and the lovely people it gives me a homey feeling despite being half the world away.😄
The ecology and geography here does remind me a lot of some places near my hometown, especially in the fall . that’s part of what drew me back here two years later even with so many other places I could choose to go , I just really love this part of Taizhou . A Chinese version of Appalachia 🤣
I feel so peaceful watching this!~ Although I am Chinese, I didn't get much chance visiting rural areas and villages like this one. Thanks for sharing it with the world.
I always wait for your posts. I love the easy vibe of it. Also, love very much the music combo of country, sometimes jazz and instrumental depending in the scene. But most of all, the humanity content of it. Keep doing it.
I can’t believe that the the economic hub/village from the Song Dynasty has been preserved in the present day, and it is still can be used for living too.
Your videos are so interesting to watch cause most young foreigners are more fascinated by modern Chinese cities. You're interested in exploring the ancient villages of China. Love it.
Gift? I am Happy to have found your channel today! I love your authentic, unsophisticated (that is a compliment) technique. I am an old (77 years) American living with my wife (Chinese) and her lovely mother (94 years) in Lijiang for the past 12 years (6-8 months per year). I spend 2-3 months per year just driving all over rural China (Western). I don't know how to contact someone on RUclips (Other than comments) but I have a nice gift for you. If you can return your company address I can send to you at that address. You will like it and can definitely use it for your photography work. As a new subscriber, I will be scouring our video for ideas on where to visit. You are a great ambassador of international friendship.
You are the best presenter, Kats; you have the tack for blending in. You have a reincarnated Chinese past life-definitely!! (no, I'm not a Lama to say that😄) You literally amaze me--every episode I've been able to watch is always an A+
Love this video. I love seeing kids enjoying simple toys rather than video games or expensive gadgets... That reminds me how I raised my little daughter decades ago.............haha. She is now a full grown woman..
3:02. They device they are using to pound the flour is called a trip hammer, invented over 2,000 years ago in China. It would have been a common sight during the Song dynasty, though it would have been powered by a water wheel, converting rotary to linear motion.
Thanks for joining me today everyone, follow on instagram @ kats_journey_east for more updates about life in rural China 🐓🌾🚜
This video was filmed with a combination of 2 different cameras, GoPro Hero 11 (selfie/widescreen shots) and Sony ZV1 (pretty much everything else)
GOPRO: amzn.to/45rObZy
This camera is the secret to how I get such stable footage even while biking and walking 🚴♀ She's waterproof, shoots in 4K, and is very tiny and portable as well as extremely easy to use
SONY: amzn.to/3RybfiU
This camera is my B-roll queen, she nails the perfect lighting and focus to get beautiful shots to bring my videos to the next level 📷
👽This is an affiliate link, so I will receive a small commission if you buy a product through it👽
Where do I get the music used in these videos? 🎵 share.epidemicsound.com/5cya7q
Content creators can enjoy unlimited access to a huge variety of music - funky, peaceful, upbeat, or whatever else you’re looking for - and eliminate the headache of navigating copyright strikes on RUclips! All I can say is... wish I knew about it since day 1 🤣
Katherine, you are literaly contributing to world peace. I admire you greatly.
peace
我不是台湾人 我自豪
@@zackk4969 哈哈，you are sb。这里人根本没人关心这些政治的东西。
@@zackk4969 People are not stupid enough to believe you. Go back to NED/CIA spy school and learn how to do psyops properly. You are an embaressment.
Agreed! I love her rural vblogs!
Glad you bought something from the old grandma. Can see that she was pleased and grateful for your kind patronage.
Welcome to my hometown Katherine! I can understand most of what the grandma said, although it's still a little different from the local dialect of Linhai(a nearby city where I came from). The Guoqing temple you visited is where “Tiantai school of buddhism” originated from, and it has a profound impact on the buddhism culture of Japan. Hope you can visit Taizhou more often, I can show you around if I get chance to visit China next year!
Sadly, that is how I communicated with my late grandmother too. I grew up abroad and never learned Wenzhounese, and she stayed in her small town her whole life. I'm still a little salty at my parents for never teaching me.
大陆的执政人员能力太低了 后代如果不像列强学习灭族的可能性高 华侨使劲法宝要对反满清支持国民党后来了个程咬金使中国大陆糟蹋倒退沉沦几十年 如今上了正轨但执政者任然不如列强 nature law, winner takes it all
You may never want to learn 😂
@@frankng4574 your mentality the same with the indian, don't know about the shortcomings. 智者忧 不知道自己的短处
@@martinLim-oj2tn well, learning is from individuals' desire and willingness. Teaching is giving. If you want to learn, there are millions of ways. I guess you need to understand what intelligence really is.
Most likely they tried, you probably did not want to learn!
It's lovely to see how the locals at ease engage with you and you with them. Enjoy your video. Beautiful and peaceful village...it gives me the nostalgic feelings
wow what an amazing video Katherine. Countryside with traditional Chinese architecture and temples it's unmatched! Also the Guoqing temple it's stunning, China it's awesome!
Really touched by your interaction with the local villagers in this episode. The goodness and sincerity in you is so adorable. Wishing you well in China.
Great that you found your inner peace in rural Zhejiang, too bad there were no matchmaking talks in this video. It astonished me the old grandma still remembers you.
I'm Chinese and I've seen a few videos of yours. So far, this is my favorite one. It's so beautifully made, full of Chinese history, culture and local lives. The music is beautiful too. 阳离子，你很棒，请继续加油！❤
I'm so grateful to be able to "visit" a over 1,000 year old village with you. Thank you Katherine 🙏 !
Thank you, Kat. World is just a better place through your lens.
感谢阳离子同学把最真实的中国展现给世人。世界本来就是这样的，不同人在一起，融合、安宁、和谐地生活❤
Admirable video. The way you mingle with the locals so well is impressive. I think you were Asian in your past life.
Nothing made me want more to see China than this video of yours. Skyscrapers of Shanghai or high speed trains are no match to this village and mountain under autumn sun.
so beautiful and nice place.
your video just brings happiness to viewers like me! Enjoy your life there!
The temple is beautiful, an oasis of peace,.
真好！
谢谢！
喜欢跟随你的脚步！
Wish I can follow in one of your day trips...🤔...meantime, I am an armchair tourist on your RUclips channel..
Thanks so much for sharing...👍🫶🌻🌸
Wow, that tree is older than me!
good one love it .
If you can Katherine can you make a video of Justice Bao and the Yang Family residence during the Song Dynasty ....
Thanks for sharing another great video! This is China that I like to see instead of big cities like SH/BJ/SZ=))
Thanks for sharing.
0:51 I think that Gentleman actually planted the Tree.
Wonder if the temple''s buildings are over 1,000 years old? Or maybe they are rebuilts?
Definitely been rebuilt , probably multiple times , not many 1700 year old buildings can survive to modern day beyond a few scraps 🤣
@@kats_journey_eastThat's right.Buildings in ancient China were all made of wood，It's hard to keep for a long time.
@@kats_journey_east The stone pagoda of Guoqing Temple was erected during the Sui Dynasty and has endured to the present day.
Keep doing these please
Epic
A large proportion of population in this part of China are decedents of refugees of AD1127 war. During the war, China lost its northern capital and two (father - son) emperors. The surviving Song re-established its capital in Hangzhou and becomes known as Southern Song in Chinese history. Through tracing my own root, I was able to identify the ancestors of both my grandparents who crossed Yangtze River in 1127. One was in the household regiment of fleeing prince who crowned first emperor of Southern Song enroute after his father and elder brother were captured by invading enemy. The other already moved south before the war but went back north as a volunteer in the army defending the capital. Since the end of war, both families have settled and lived in Zhejiang mountain valleys for close to 900 years.
那个好像是红薯粉， 用红薯粉炖五花肉和白菜， 好吃！
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
炖砂锅也好吃！类似衢州的做法
我决定开始学习英文💪
What is the name of the village and big temple? Please. 台州 二聲？
Nanping 南屏乡 and guoqing temple 国清寺
GUOQING TEMPLE IS VERY FAMOUS.
台州，一声
读胎
What song was it? :p
Rural China is so beautiful & safe, the villagers are friendly and happy with their own ways of life.
China is safe everywhere.
当年，士兵拿着枪，把守在村口，不让农民逃荒，出来就打死，你还觉得安全嘛，
These old villages are so beautiful and livable, far from the noisy of the big cities! Then people is really friendly. Nature is awesome and those old trees are like monuments. It is a country worth to be discovered❤
欢 迎 到 中 国❤❤❤
@@zackk4969 Fool, you're only caught in Taiwan. Do you think people don't have the ability to judge? Don't just stay in the well and see the world, go out and explore the world more. The world is huge😂台🐸
@user-qw4jj6vm2d😅😅😅确实不过，哪里都有穷地方
This episode almost made me cry! There are so many familiar scenes. 80% of Chinese used to live in communities like this: a village, some rice paddies, a temple nearby, a small market that opens twice a month for trading.
是啊，
我们哪里是道观，庙在镇上才有，赶集一个月两次😂
The clothes worn by those aunties are called "海青" (literally meaning: deep blue like the sea, where "青" originally refers to green, but here it is interpreted as blue, as the term "青出于蓝胜于蓝"， can encompass both colors). This attire is associated with Han Buddhism and is specifically worn during worship ceremonies.
The name originates from a bird found in Northeast China called "海东青" (literally meaning blue eastern sea), a relatively small yet fierce raptor. The garment is named after this bird because its wide sleeves, when walking, resemble the outspread wings of the 海东青. There is a poem by Li Bai that goes, “翩翩舞广袖，似鸟海东来’”(Gracefully dancing with broad sleeves, resembling a bird arriving from the eastern sea.")
It's more like 青 originally encompass both green and blue. The colour spectrum is a gradient, we need to be trained to recognise the different hues in the spectrum. In the evolution of almost all languages, we can see that the words for dark (black) and bright (white) always appear the earliest, followed by red, yellow, then green/blue, and violet (proper blue) is usually the last. Some language (vietnamese for example) still have the same word for green and blue, and they differentiate it by saying leaf-green or sky-green
@@CjxJamie In ancient Chinese, the term "蓝" originally referred to a type of plant used for dyeing, but over time its meaning gradually expanded to include color in general.
Meanwhile, "青" at that time represented a relatively broad spectrum of colors, possibly encompassing what we now identify as green (青草), blue (青天), and black (青丝). Since the term "海东青" has been in use for quite some time, it has persisted to the present day. However, the meaning of "青" has undergone some changes today, and it is not commonly used to describe the color blue.
@@CjxJamie 兄弟你中国人吧，看咱俩中国人拿着英文在这拽…… 仔细一看你的ID，大惊失色：曹吉祥？曹公公…… 哈哈哈哈哈
你们俩是干哪行的？佩服！
@@rongwu-sj9ws 海外华人，算中国人吗？
懂中文的都懂了，没必要解释吧。写英文就是想让不谙中文的人也能了解
When I was a kid, now 86, as I remembered we also have ancient trees in our village like the ones you showed. They were shady in the summer and villagers would sit around the benches under the trees resting, reading and play games.
Such a cute little village. The trees are beautiful! I love visiting the rural areas of China too!
The granny is old but she remembers you and I wonder how many of us would remember after 2 years at her age.
You are an experiential local tourist whilst I am a youtube visual tourist. Thanks for the great job of vlogging China capturing the life of her people.
I would hug the the old trees if I am in your place but do remember to express your gratitude to the trees
China is such a vast country with so many people yet you still managed to visit the same place and incredibly encounter the same old lady within a few years! :D
when that lady said "Her chinese is better than yours" 🥰 so wholesome. typical affectionate social banter to make the outsider feels welcomed.
No, that lady is serious. Katherine's pronunciation is really good. Older people in rural areas do not speak Mandarin well.
I love this episode. Everything there seems to be old, real old. From the tilling of the rice to the old trees and old way of life surrounding it.
And not forgetting the old trade trails.
Wonderful.
I can only imagine I'm living there.
and old people
欢 迎 到 中 国 来 旅 游 ❤❤❤
@@zackk4969 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Delusional guy. Been there done that. I'm still alive and well. Nothing happened.
@@zackk4969 🤡
@@zackk4969😂😂😂😂😂😂
I absolutely loved every minute of this video. The old alleyways, the ancient temple, ancient trees, the mountain shrines and miniature temples, prodigal in the far off distant shot, random dogs, cobbled stone pathways, that beautiful grandma seller, friendly aunties, autumn colours, etc. Magical. 👍👍🥰
Katherine's video always makes me feel comfortable and relaxing.
在RUclips这个只要一和中国沾边就充满了各种政治争论的平台，这样让人舒服的视频栏目真是难能可贵
害，毕竟是youtube
现实生活的确残酷
不过大家还是要寻找平静生活的，不管你是哪国人
主要是美帝的原因，再忍个十年二十年会好很多，现在美帝开始衰弱了。阿拉伯以及各个南方国家已经彻底认清了美帝的本质。
I reckon if Song Dynasty had survived the Mongol invasion they may possibly become the first country to industrialized…..I reckon:)
但凡欧美不那么贪心去侵略中国，你觉得呢？
Why do you think the Mongol won? The Song was on their last leg, too corrupted, same like other places the Mongol conquered
送你一首贞观之治李世民的歌，历史没有如果，只有看我将怎么做！人生亦然
The village is definitely worth visiting. Lots of local tourists. I gotta say that the way you talk, with energy and different cadences , is may be the underlying reasons why your vlogs are enjoyable.
Hi Katherine - this is really awesome !!! Getting to the heart of the matter ....this is where it all started ? When I do finally leave Europe , may do a walk like this with you !!!! Cute people, cute sceneries, cute you , cute everything !!!
阳离子你好，我在杭州滨江区，我是你的忠实粉丝，感谢你拍摄真实的中国，让更多外国人了解中国。你的视频质量很高 ，很好看👍
i have been watching your videos for a while now, i am deeply impressed with your true passion of rural China and your unbiased vlogging. Of all of the RUclips videos on line currently, i believe you are delivering the most authentic feel of China. I also like the fact that you stay away from politics and silly comparisons of East and West. They are different and that is all there is to it, no need to dwell on it. Keep up the good work! i will be going to Westlake ,Kunming and surrounding areas in the near future , hopefully i get to see some of the places you have vlogged.
I love west lake , I’ve been meaning to make a vlog over there one of these days ! Glad you like the videos 😁😁and I get tired of the comparisons as well, lots of people do it in my comment section 🙄
@@kats_journey_east why do you get tired if people say they are lied to by western media about China. It is obviously important to them, me included.
@alfalfa I said I get tired of comparisons between the two countries in the comment section . It is tiring indeed , sorry if you feel otherwise but that isn’t the purpose of this channel to incite further hatred between two countries that already have sour relations
@@kats_journey_east I like your videos showing life in China, no problem you avoid politics. Is my eyes a commentator here who points out western media lies to them about China is not furthering discord but a sign of hope for the world.
Amazing atmophere! Rural China is so natural and relaxing...
What a nice outing! The old trees are beautiful! I'm so happy they didn't cut them down, I wish more people had that mentality. What a beautiful place at 9:25!
I'm so glad that you still have time to make videos for us!
I have experienced two earthquakes here, within one month of each other ! Nothing serious just frightened everyone in the moment
其实这样的石道很多就是当时的官道，就像毛细血管一样遍及中国的多山地区。到现在都变成了远足徒步首选，也是心灵净化之地。
南黄古道
Thank you Katherine! It was a lovely tour of the Village in China.
I had that toy chicken when I was a little little boy. Your video brought back many pleasant memories. Another great video. Many blessings Kat.
Hats off Katherine, wonderful vlog of hidden treasure of olden villages!! Thank you, beautifully presented!!! ❤❤
This was a great episode. Your videos are so good always an instant watch.
I must say. Katherine you were travelling back to history by walking in that Sung or Song Dynasty 宋朝 ancient thouroghfare as well as interact with the locals! Very educational video from you which I enjoyed very much. Thank you!👌😍
Your random and kind conversations with the locals are pure gold! Thank you for sharing the simple life of living. 😂
拍的真好，看到淳朴的村民就感觉到亲切。
These old villages remind me so much of the small villages in France and Italy, even the buildings are similar. The people seem so contented, especially those girls on the swings, wonderful setting.
Katherine, you are the BEST ambassador for showing the real rural China 👍👍. Two thumbs up. Love from Canada.
Katherine, thank you for finding/spotting and shooting that footage @1:40 mark. The little boy wasn't happy that Grandma was feeding his little brother (assumption) some cake and Grandma set him straight. Classic, decisive moment (Henri Cartier-Bresson). Looks like things are going well with your life, and I'm happy for you. Your videos are a treasure of sunshine that you are sharing with the world.
Your journey is always a treat. Thanks for the insight of village life in China.
浙江富陽有個龍門村 是歷史上有名的富春孫氏的故鄉 以三國的孫堅 孫權而聞名於世
Another great video. Hello from Canada. Love your content. Oh, the noodles at the end looks so good. Great job cooking it. I think I had some in Korean restaurant.
Love this episode, hope to visit the village and the grand old temple one day.
Good Morning Katherine!
You did it again…
I like and enjoy the stories you tell and the way you narrate them.
Without stating it, your focus is on humans and the commonality of human experiences.
We may live in different countries, under different ideologies, our shared humanity seems to transcend our differences.
A smile from anyone, has never required a translator…
You may not have understood what the senior citizen (market vendor) was saying, but you could easily decipher that she was happy to see you. In a way, that is priceless…
Keep the stories flowing , they are always a delight…
Best regards and take care!
Parfait
Time has stood still for the better and preserved some "majestic" as you say, in out of the way villages not on foreign tourist radar. With the cottage industries such as (mochi) I known as childhood treat and occasional adult also - ahum. Name of mazitum for comparison on google threw out a blank😂You do have some indiana jones in your veins, an adventurer with in the know😉.Now that I know you can cook (sweet potato noodles ?) people may invite themselves to a meal, counting me😋😛Did you asked grandma her age Katherine?
Loved this episode - thank you for making it. I wonder if you wouldn't mind sharing some information about how to get to Guoqing Temple as a solo traveller. I plan to visit southern Zhejiang in the summer but can't find much info about public transportation (my preferred form of transportation) online from where I am, i.e. U.S. Thanks in advance!
High speed rail to 天台山 station , then take a taxi to 国清寺, it’s only about 15-20 minutes
If you want to take a bus , use baidu maps , it has the most updated bus information but not sure if you know Chinese . The busses would be a bit difficult to figure out if you don’t know Chinese , metro and train are easy
I remember visiting Fuzhou almost five years ago, and while walking in the Fuzhou National Forest Park I saw a sign saying that there's an ancient road somewhere in the hills, that was built during the Song dynasty and was used mainly for post delivery purposes. Unfortunately I didn't have much time to get to that road, but thanks to your video I can get an idea of what it looks like, I believe they're all parts of the same Song-built road network.
Hahaha that lady at the market telling the old man that your Chinese was better than his was priceless 😂
With all the BS going on in the world I really wish I could just run off and live my life in peace in a quiet rural Chinese mountain village. Katherine is truly living the dream.
I like this video very much. Your videos always very nice to watch.👍👍👍
wow that tree is just splendid ‼️🎉
even grandma is using QR code selling her humble potato noodles!
The old lady was so happy to see you again. Love potatoe noodles, so springy.
Another fantastic never seen places of China of old in this modern era. Only you can produce such video of China of places never seen of people and things never shown. Is am fascinated I am thrilled to see the gems you show each time you post. As for the temple so in isolated places dotting the landscape, it reminded me of my old home and the knock back, what memories it brings me. Thank you so much. ❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏
Your channel I think is the only one I CAN'T loose one video
Or videos are just perfect
Thank you for sharing this video! The landscape actually reminds me so much of Appalachia, between that and the lovely people it gives me a homey feeling despite being half the world away.😄
The ecology and geography here does remind me a lot of some places near my hometown, especially in the fall . that’s part of what drew me back here two years later even with so many other places I could choose to go , I just really love this part of Taizhou . A Chinese version of Appalachia 🤣
看政治视频我心中充满仇恨，看你的视频很和谐。❤你是天使。
I feel so peaceful watching this!~ Although I am Chinese, I didn't get much chance visiting rural areas and villages like this one. Thanks for sharing it with the world.
I always wait for your posts. I love the easy vibe of it. Also, love very much the music combo of country, sometimes jazz and instrumental depending in the scene. But most of all, the humanity content of it. Keep doing it.
I can’t believe that the the economic hub/village from the Song Dynasty has been preserved in the present day, and it is still can be used for living too.
Your videos are so interesting to watch cause most young foreigners are more fascinated by modern Chinese cities. You're interested in exploring the ancient villages of China. Love it.
Some day someone is gonna make a documentary about your incredible life in China.
Really enjoyed this! Thanks Kat!
你的视频就像一股清流，没有政治和比较，只记录真实生活，爱！
that aunty's english so good.
Gift? I am Happy to have found your channel today! I love your authentic, unsophisticated (that is a compliment) technique. I am an old (77 years) American living with my wife (Chinese) and her lovely mother (94 years) in Lijiang for the past 12 years (6-8 months per year). I spend 2-3 months per year just driving all over rural China (Western). I don't know how to contact someone on RUclips (Other than comments) but I have a nice gift for you. If you can return your company address I can send to you at that address. You will like it and can definitely use it for your photography work. As a new subscriber, I will be scouring our video for ideas on where to visit. You are a great ambassador of international friendship.
You are the best presenter, Kats; you have the tack for blending in. You have a reincarnated Chinese past life-definitely!! (no, I'm not a Lama to say that😄) You literally amaze me--every episode I've been able to watch is always an A+
What a lovely, peaceful video! Thank you for transporting us there :)
Ocean themed temples are quite common in Fujian and Taiwan due to the ocean going nature of the population.
Love this video. I love seeing kids enjoying simple toys rather than video games or expensive gadgets... That reminds me how I raised my little daughter decades ago.............haha. She is now a full grown woman..
Sceneries and interactions off the red stallion are amazing, thank you for showing the part of china most vloggers leaves out
Im so jealous. You are living the dream! When I move to Zhejiang this month ill be sure to visit all my nearby villages.
3:02. They device they are using to pound the flour is called a trip hammer, invented over 2,000 years ago in China. It would have been a common sight during the Song dynasty, though it would have been powered by a water wheel, converting rotary to linear motion.
国清寺位于浙江省台州市天台县城关镇，始建于隋开皇十八年（598年），初名天台寺，后取“寺若成，国即清”，改名为国清寺--the Guoqing temple is about 1425 years old
beautiful temple , the small town , the old tree, and the nice path.
dear 阳离子，中国传统一般去寺庙不拍摄佛像，以表示尊重。不过，您是外国友人，俗话说 不知者不为罪。感谢你带着平等的视角来体验中国、宣传中国。加油哦！
也没那么多忌讳了，中国游客也拍没什么。除非门口有提示别拍，像西藏地区。