This is truely unseen China. You have the most interesting angle of rural and remote places of China in youtube. We love the opportunity you gave us to see the vast unknowns of communities and their life styles. Otherwise we'd be totally oblivious of what's outside of the mega cities we know. Thank you Yan.
China is so big, it has so many aspects we have never seen! This channel is really giving us all a different view. Hard drinking motorcycle-riding girls on the frontier! I never guessed. This seems like a BIG difference between USA and China... here small towns and isolated places are mostly dying, there are dozens of channels that show only this. In China even the most forgotten place seems to have life, people have houses, food, vehicles. I often think that in the future internal tourism will be a big part of the Chinese economy. No need for foolish Disneyland!
I am a North East Indian and now I see how much of a similarity we have in our cultures. I have seen most of her videos and it seems ethnic minorities of China is very similar to the culture, lifestyle, food habits and people of some parts of North Eastern India. In our custom also (specially in the village) we also offer rice wine/beer to our guests 😀 be it any time of the day. So you gotta drink it to not offend the host but of course in moderation.
There is a lot of similarities across this whole region. I've read it's becoming more popular to call it "Zomia", a sort of unique highlands part of Asia that crosses many countries
That's because the indigenous ethnic groups of north east India have genetic relations with many Chinese ethnic groups as many of them belong to similar groupings such as the Sino-Tibetans. Examples include the Han, Bai and Qiang being all related with Manipuris, Nagas and Assamese. Even though the Wa group in this video is of Austro-Asian descent, they still share many similarities with North East Indians due to geographical proximity and are related to Austro-Asians in India such as the Khasi and Munda.
Cuz we r rice nation and tribal community usually have only rice as their main food so no surprise for rice wine or beer to produce even in Eastern Indian many tribal communities r relatable with Himalayan, Nepalese, NE and CHINA-SE Asian minority ❤
To be honest, I have lived in China for decades, and I know very little about these ethnic minorities in China, especially those in mountainous areas. It is also difficult for various domestic media and news to report. Thanks for sharing and giving us a real glimpse into their living conditions, hopefully it will continue!
❤🎉❤ from Aizawl, Mizoram, India. Really find your channel informative , interesting, love your channel. Through you I knows many ,many things about the real China
You probably think you're just making videos about China, talking about your country and showing new places. But you're not. You're inspiring! I've been sitting at home for a year now, struggling with severe psychological problems and haven't left my apartment for the last 10 months. I cry after almost every one of your videos, realizing that I can cope with everything. That I will be able to enjoy the world just like you, to see the same things and to experience them. Thank you! If I had the chance, I would give you a big hug and thank you! You do so much more than just travel videos. You give hope.
I cry from a lot of these videos too. I work, sleep and sit at home alone until I go to work again. Weekends I sit at home also. These videos lets me experience the world.
from where i come from the weaving, the line patterns, and the headresses are very similar. the buffalo and pig heads are similar. The more you have in your home, the richer you are, and we did practice headhunting too! the world is really just one big global village of culture with slight variations and differences! amazing people and culture!
@ close, The Philippines. Our ancestors did come from the Malay, Polynesian, and Indonesian races, so culture and tradition are interconnected in a way.
I’m from Lebanon , and I have to thank you for sharing the unseen China with the world, newly subscribed, I’m now taking the journey with you, chances are I’m never gonna get to see China’s beauty as authentically as with your channel , should you someday take another trip to the Levant, and to Lebanon specifically, I hope to be able share it with you as nicely as you are sharing the richness of China 😊
Salam, do you feel that, minus the drinking, the cultures are similar? I'm from the US, but have spent a lot of time in Morocco and the colors, friendliness, and liveliness feels so similar to the folks I've met there. Haven't traveled to the Levant, lakin I've heard similar things from friends.
@@AnnaBell033 it’s always nice to experience another culture, as for the drinking, it’s strictly specific to religion, not the entirety of the culture, so if someday you come to the Levant, we do have our own wines and beers and other regional alcoholic specialties … depending on the region u’d be visiting
Hi Yan ! This is a Beautiful Video! One of the Best You've Ever Made to My Opinion! THANK YOU For All Your Efforts in Making People Who Love China Very Happy!!!. You Just Take Care and Be Happy! Fernando
You are the coolest person, please don't stop. You are so on point with exploring and enjoying it comes through as well, the ability from what I see. To put people at ease so they open up to you, and we get to see and come along the journey. Thank you. Peace and Love from New Zealand
Thank you for showing the humanity of Chinese people on your channel. We have the same basic desires and beliefs. It is a shame that we don't understand each other better politically. I have met so many wonderful Chinese people in my travels and also living in China. I love seeing the traditions of ethnic minorities but it's not that common in western media platforms. Also, your video production is so beautiful. Thank you for putting the hard work to make this channel a success!
Impressive! Showing their cultures & traditions in the natural surrounding as is where is! And drinking rice wine as part of the ritual of hosting/welcoming a guest! Not unlike my customs too in East Malaysia! Guess getting drunk is part of the ritual too LOL!!! Thank you for the nice aerial footage!
I rarely leave the state of Utah in the U.S. People around here call it "The Bubble" because sometimes it seems impossible to get out. It's kinda far from other big cities and many people around here think very alike. That's a bit boring to me. I'm unlike my family and love to travel. I'm always looking for cool places to see, and this channel has pointed me towards the idea of visiting China! There's just so much to see, and the culture is just so unique! I want so badly to someday be able to visit.
I'm half Chinese and my mummy is native Borneo. I swear the more deeper in you go the more I realise native iban Borneo are actually came from China, I don't know maybe not. I love rice wine too, we Iban have rice wine (cloudy cream version and langkau (clear version very strong) , we got Iban dancing too, human headhunting, and I've seen my mother side family some old people they chewing some leafs and smoking or something 30-40 years ago. 😊
@@xiaoq8329 it's just my senses, look brown skin, outfit just look abit similar, I believe lots of Chinese native splits to all over the Asia COUNTRY. Borneo Sarawak and Iban are part of Malaysia ^^
Not forgetting the kadazan dusun tribe in Sabah Borneo. Around Borneo they all wear black traditional cloths with slight differences in ornaments attached, make the same beads and does the same type of weaving. Heck there's that bamboo dance that is similar too. I guess it's right to say they are somehow related to each other, but perhaps split geographically through the ages.
@@ukchub6633 Sometimes even I don't really know my actual relations. My grandpa is American ww2 hero, honored in a memorial in the states, my grandma is vietnamese, then my mother is half american half vietnamese, who married a sino kadazan in Borneo, so I am somewhere between american, vietnamese, kadazan and chinese. I spent my whole life growing up, studying and working in the states then one day I had enough of the states, went on tour with a humanitarian aid organization around the worlds conflict areas before retiring & settling back in Borneo. All the while I still hold a Malaysian identification. The world is a funny place. Guess we're all related in some way. And speaking of the rice wine, it looks like the fermentation method is exactly like tapai.
Drinking rice wine/liquor to show respect, drink to sing and final drink to fully being accepted as their friends. Wow! another very unique tradition from this hospitable village.❤
I'm Chinese national watching your WA(unseen China) video here in Los Angeles, California; enjoying it very much. This is my 2nd. time learning of WA, Myanmar but with your video showing of their habits and life making wholesomely meaningful & complete, thanks a lot!
A great little adventure, the friends you make, taking us along, with such charm and real… intimacy. Precious travels, like being there too. You are natural bringing this to us and your hosts ! with all this Thank You Where & what next ? 🎉
Getting drunk on a hot day; yikes! Hope you did not suffer too badly the next day or two. This is an absolutely great video! Thank you so much for uncovering more and more secrets of Yunnan; so "wild", so different from the grey hutong alleys in Beijing. Your videos are becoming more and more traveling ethnographic presentations of South China. Truly fascinating. The ladies with long metal pipes - is it tobacco they are smoking or something "stronger"? - look like they walked straight out of a 17 century Dutch painting.
Another amazing video. Great job. So full of life, giving us a real look into what China is really all about! This video brings me back to my youth. As a Chinese Bidayuh mix, I find the Wa people beautiful and reminds me so much of my own Bidayuh family here is Sarawak. Here we also have the rice wine drinking culture. It's a big thing in our long houses where each family will pour a glass of their own rice wine to their honored guests. Our Bidayuh women wear similar black cloths as their traditional wear and also adorn huge ear rings and even neck rings. So far but so much familiarity. Keep up the amazing job. Love from Sarawak
Also, I keep noticing that even in poor isolated places people seem to live and work in very large buildings! It's always surprising to see cooking spread out over a large room, maybe something is cooked on an open flame, but we also see electric appliances, maybe firewood stoves burning straw or just small wood. People HERE never seem to have enough space, maybe some kitchen in China is the size of my HOUSE!
WOW! You are lovely, the people are so lovely. Amazing! Your choices of background music are perfect. Thank you for sharing the world through your eyes!
Those Wa people can certainly hold down their alcohol! And that chorus-line was precious! Love those women. You have filmed so many different minority groups in Yunnan. All of whom are preserving their traditions yet fully assimilated. Very cool.
I have seen so much UA-cam channel about Waa Bang tribes in Myrmar but never seen something like this so details.. thanks for sharing and wishing you all the best from Singapore
Simply amazing, a tradition of drinks is challenging, even for a modern girl like you!!!😂. Thanks for sharing, look forward to more videos of the off beaten track!!👏👏👍👍
Thank you for showing in this village. Is a very interesting culture from the local people there. Looking forward to see more places from you. Thanks a lot.
Once those ladies in black and pink sing inside the tea plantation, I thought: BLACKPINK is in the area😂 Yan, thank you so much for these videos. You’re such an excellent storyteller👍
Thank you for this video, it’s precious reporting and recording of minority cultures. I like these videos of yours even more than the ones about the very touristy places with gentrified so-called ancient towns. These are the real ancient towns and villages, and still in living color. The pace in this video is also very nice, not rushed, just laid back (well you literally had to lay back in this one 😅) and kind of going with the flow of whatever happens. There’s no reason to rush or cut a great trip short. Thank you for all the hard work!
Cheeeeeeers Yan!!!! Your indeed a great friend of everyone you met!!!! Down-to-earth ! Grounded! Even if you studied in Switzerland. The type of person I always want to be with. 😍😍😍 Someday , I hope you visit too the oldest Chinatown outside China too! My country. 😊😎
Another amazing video. You are bringing rural China to so many of us for the first time. Your drone shots are fantastic. I can’t thank you enough, Yan! I admire you so much.
I randomly clicked in the channel from the home page feed. Now I can not help myself but to go over every single video. 姐姐绝对是我见过最有文化的油管主了，视频里都是满满的人文气息，真的让人非常感动。从东欧，中东，东亚到国内，真的给我种满了草。小姐姐一定是个非常有趣的人，要是有机会真的很想回国跟着去旅行哈哈哈哈。
Yan, thanks again for another wonderful video. Just my own experience to share. In my teenage times, just 1 to 2 years in Laos, then still with Vietnamese war on, I travelled into the countryside just a few times, as parents definitely would not allow us to venture out. The roads were unsealed, and we travelled in army truck, mind you not jeep, exactly the same vehicle you saw on WW2 movies, and they were in fact given free by US army to the Laotian army. One good thing about travelling in army truck, apart from free, was to avoid being caught in friendly fires, so you just had to avoid opposite armed forces. These army trucks had very bad suspension, or no suspension at all, since the roads were unsealed and bumpy, and the trucks did not have proper seats to cushion the rough shocks. At the start we sat on the wooden plank bench, lined up on both sides of the truck, and some portions might be rolled up to give space to goods. Really could not take it, after half an hour of ride, even for teeagers as the buttocks ached, and even the intestines felt the pains, from the shocks coming from the bumpy roads which were all unsealed. Eventually, we would rather stand on our two feet, to absorb and to cushion the shocks. One more feature I had noticed from your video, not sure whether this was indeed a real huge advancement, in my younger days, in the rural countryside, the minority ethnics drank rice wine, and worse still, they even let their younger children drink too. I think this is not good for a healthy growing up for children, as in modern society we are not allowed by laws to sell liquor to anyone below adult age, say 18 years old. Once in a blue moon, a small cup of rice wine to sip would be fine for me, but I still enjoy a bigger cup of red wine, seen as healthy drink, at these ages of mine now, with perhaps more comfort from holding the cup in hand, than from drinking itself!
On drinking side I have to disagree with you drinking is to celebrate in other part of world, so many things nothing wrong for kids drinking. USA are crazy people we Asia just need to ignore your crazy 🤪 country bye
Nice to see you back with an interesting video. I enjoy Yan's adventures, Its like taking me there to learn about other unknown people, human family. Her openness to people is a big advantage 🙂
Your videos are stunningly beautiful. Those women have such lovely clothing and their tour of the tea garden was charming. Thank you for inviting us along on your journeys.
Between the gorgeous drone panorama's and music, and your personal interactions with locals, this is top tier. To me this is comparable to Anthony Bourdain's films. I love it.
I’m honestly trying not to binge watch every one of your episodes so that I can have something to look forward to. Thank you for these beautiful journeys. You have a kind soul and I believe you have found a calling. Many cheers to you from Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA.
The Wa People are amazing, beautiful and proud. I feel privileged to be able to learn from your travels. Thankyou Yan. Oh I hope the hangover wasnt to bad lol ;)
Delighted to find your channel! I'll go back to your previous adventures & also stay by your side now. Great video, nice drone overlook & music. Having fun with you, THANK YOU!
❤❤❤❤❤ I'm so happy I've found your channel!!! ❤❤❤❤ I love learning about different cultures and thanks to watching so kany Chinese dramas, I can even understand some of the most common phrases! Its so interesting how across the world we're mostly the same. 😊
Ah , the old local moonshine brew Yan ! That'll put hairs on the soles of your feet .... Loving the great footage from glorious China . From Scotland, stay well ....
I love your adventures! We went to look for bulang people a few years ago in the same area. They invited us to stay with them for a few days, and shared their traditions with us. We ate banana stalk fed pigs, which honestly is the best pork I ever had! Being an traveller myself, there’s just nothing quite compare with it. Bulang people had a drinking culture too, we couldn’t believe how much they can put down 😅. Your videos bring back so many memories ❤ thank you
This was very interesting. I really enjoy learning about different farming methods and also weaving and textiles. Im from the usa and raise sheep. Much ❤️ love
Vos vidéos sont d'une très bonne qualité, instructives et divertissantes. Je rêve que vous m'emmenez dans vos bagages pour visiter ce grand pays qu'est la Chine. Vous êtes une formidable ambassadrice de votre pays
wow i recently come across you vlog .... i first travelled to HK and China in 1977 i was in my 20's. Your videos bought back so many memories thank you so much. Take care. God Bless 👍
This is truely unseen China. You have the most interesting angle of rural and remote places of China in youtube.
We love the opportunity you gave us to see the vast unknowns of communities and their life styles.
Otherwise we'd be totally oblivious of what's outside of the mega cities we know.
Thank you Yan.
I think is in Myanmar.. not China
@@zinny999 🤣🤣🤣 myanmar.... it's at war. Could you even get there?
China is so big, it has so many aspects we have never seen! This channel is really giving us all a different view. Hard drinking motorcycle-riding girls on the frontier! I never guessed. This seems like a BIG difference between USA and China... here small towns and isolated places are mostly dying, there are dozens of channels that show only this. In China even the most forgotten place seems to have life, people have houses, food, vehicles. I often think that in the future internal tourism will be a big part of the Chinese economy. No need for foolish Disneyland!
well said. man
Especially the corruptive Disneyland.
Great opinion and sharing.
What a wonderful discovery - I love this channel and can't stop watching!
Yes sir i do agree opinion 👍
I am a North East Indian and now I see how much of a similarity we have in our cultures. I have seen most of her videos and it seems ethnic minorities of China is very similar to the culture, lifestyle, food habits and people of some parts of North Eastern India. In our custom also (specially in the village) we also offer rice wine/beer to our guests 😀 be it any time of the day. So you gotta drink it to not offend the host but of course in moderation.
事实上在历史上他们确实属于邻居，拥有相通的文化和习俗是很正常的，这也是为什么印度东北部的人们常常被认为是“中国人”的原因，因为有一样的肤色，相似的习惯
There is a lot of similarities across this whole region. I've read it's becoming more popular to call it "Zomia", a sort of unique highlands part of Asia that crosses many countries
That's because the indigenous ethnic groups of north east India have genetic relations with many Chinese ethnic groups as many of them belong to similar groupings such as the Sino-Tibetans. Examples include the Han, Bai and Qiang being all related with Manipuris, Nagas and Assamese.
Even though the Wa group in this video is of Austro-Asian descent, they still share many similarities with North East Indians due to geographical proximity and are related to Austro-Asians in India such as the Khasi and Munda.
@@Skypad00 yes
Cuz we r rice nation and tribal community usually have only rice as their main food so no surprise for rice wine or beer to produce even in Eastern Indian many tribal communities r relatable with Himalayan, Nepalese, NE and CHINA-SE Asian minority ❤
To be honest, I have lived in China for decades, and I know very little about these ethnic minorities in China, especially those in mountainous areas. It is also difficult for various domestic media and news to report. Thanks for sharing and giving us a real glimpse into their living conditions, hopefully it will continue!
Thank you :)
❤🎉❤ from Aizawl, Mizoram, India. Really find your channel informative , interesting, love your channel. Through you I knows many ,many things about the real China
@@dinpuiachawngthu5621I think that they are filming in Myanmar.... not China
This video is pure magic. Thank you for being who you are, to be able to bring stories like this to the world! ❤❤❤
Whoever is doing the video editing definitely deserves a raise too!!
The most loveliest Chinese ambassador 😇
China's Ambassador to the World.
You are so courageous of a women. Love watching your experiences. -Hagerstown, Maryland USA
In a year you will have 1 million subscribers if you go on like this! Love the content!
You probably think you're just making videos about China, talking about your country and showing new places. But you're not.
You're inspiring!
I've been sitting at home for a year now, struggling with severe psychological problems and haven't left my apartment for the last 10 months.
I cry after almost every one of your videos, realizing that I can cope with everything. That I will be able to enjoy the world just like you, to see the same things and to experience them.
Thank you! If I had the chance, I would give you a big hug and thank you! You do so much more than just travel videos. You give hope.
Hope you pull through Porkhov.
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Thank you so much!!
And keep going! There is always a way to get through this :)
I cry from a lot of these videos too. I work, sleep and sit at home alone until I go to work again. Weekends I sit at home also. These videos lets me experience the world.
Thank you Yan for showing me the unseen China... the people, culture are all beautiful 😍
I have great admiration for who you are and what you do. So natural and friendly. Another great episode.
from where i come from the weaving, the line patterns, and the headresses are very similar. the buffalo and pig heads are similar. The more you have in your home, the richer you are, and we did practice headhunting too! the world is really just one big global village of culture with slight variations and differences! amazing people and culture!
Borneo?
@ close, The Philippines. Our ancestors did come from the Malay, Polynesian, and Indonesian races, so culture and tradition are interconnected in a way.
I’m from Lebanon , and I have to thank you for sharing the unseen China with the world, newly subscribed, I’m now taking the journey with you, chances are I’m never gonna get to see China’s beauty as authentically as with your channel , should you someday take another trip to the Levant, and to Lebanon specifically, I hope to be able share it with you as nicely as you are sharing the richness of China 😊
Thank you!!
Will definitely do one day
Salam, do you feel that, minus the drinking, the cultures are similar? I'm from the US, but have spent a lot of time in Morocco and the colors, friendliness, and liveliness feels so similar to the folks I've met there.
Haven't traveled to the Levant, lakin I've heard similar things from friends.
@@AnnaBell033 it’s always nice to experience another culture, as for the drinking, it’s strictly specific to religion, not the entirety of the culture, so if someday you come to the Levant, we do have our own wines and beers and other regional alcoholic specialties … depending on the region u’d be visiting
Your videos are so entertaining and educational as well. I really enjoy watching them Yan. Keep up the fantastic work!
Thank you very much!
Hi Yan ! This is a Beautiful Video! One of the Best You've Ever Made to My Opinion! THANK YOU For All Your Efforts in Making People Who Love China Very Happy!!!. You Just Take Care and Be Happy! Fernando
Thank you so much :)
@@littlechineseeverywhere You Are Welcome ! Be Happy !
You are the coolest person, please don't stop. You are so on point with exploring and enjoying it comes through as well, the ability from what I see. To put people at ease so they open up to you, and we get to see and come along the journey. Thank you.
Peace and Love from New Zealand
Thank you for showing the humanity of Chinese people on your channel. We have the same basic desires and beliefs. It is a shame that we don't understand each other better politically. I have met so many wonderful Chinese people in my travels and also living in China. I love seeing the traditions of ethnic minorities but it's not that common in western media platforms. Also, your video production is so beautiful. Thank you for putting the hard work to make this channel a success!
Thank you :)
Your interactions are priceless and the high drone shots are epic.
Beautiful people, beautiful place. Thank you so much for sharing the Wa people with the world ❤
Impressive! Showing their cultures & traditions in the natural surrounding as is where is! And drinking rice wine as part of the ritual of hosting/welcoming a guest! Not unlike my customs too in East Malaysia! Guess getting drunk is part of the ritual too LOL!!! Thank you for the nice aerial footage!
Your videos are my favourite travel program, this is how I like to travel without lots of tourists. Thanks so much for sharing
I rarely leave the state of Utah in the U.S. People around here call it "The Bubble" because sometimes it seems impossible to get out. It's kinda far from other big cities and many people around here think very alike. That's a bit boring to me. I'm unlike my family and love to travel. I'm always looking for cool places to see, and this channel has pointed me towards the idea of visiting China! There's just so much to see, and the culture is just so unique! I want so badly to someday be able to visit.
Add in Angkor Wat in Cambodia to your itinerary if you go to Asia.
your are a real treasure, and I thank you for taking me on this fantastic ride
You can't escape the glass! Party on Yan!!😵😂 Thanks for sharing yet another unique place and its people.🍻🍻👍👍
I'm half Chinese and my mummy is native Borneo. I swear the more deeper in you go the more I realise native iban Borneo are actually came from China, I don't know maybe not. I love rice wine too, we Iban have rice wine (cloudy cream version and langkau (clear version very strong) , we got Iban dancing too, human headhunting, and I've seen my mother side family some old people they chewing some leafs and smoking or something 30-40 years ago. 😊
Can I ask where the Native Iban Borneo people live?
@@xiaoq8329 it's just my senses, look brown skin, outfit just look abit similar, I believe lots of Chinese native splits to all over the Asia COUNTRY. Borneo Sarawak and Iban are part of Malaysia ^^
Not forgetting the kadazan dusun tribe in Sabah Borneo.
Around Borneo they all wear black traditional cloths with slight differences in ornaments attached, make the same beads and does the same type of weaving. Heck there's that bamboo dance that is similar too.
I guess it's right to say they are somehow related to each other, but perhaps split geographically through the ages.
@@davepsk7334 yes kadazan Sabah, Malaysia. Yes we all related to China. We need some professional ancestor person for blood test to proof.
@@ukchub6633 Sometimes even I don't really know my actual relations.
My grandpa is American ww2 hero, honored in a memorial in the states, my grandma is vietnamese, then my mother is half american half vietnamese, who married a sino kadazan in Borneo, so I am somewhere between american, vietnamese, kadazan and chinese.
I spent my whole life growing up, studying and working in the states then one day I had enough of the states, went on tour with a humanitarian aid organization around the worlds conflict areas before retiring & settling back in Borneo.
All the while I still hold a Malaysian identification.
The world is a funny place.
Guess we're all related in some way.
And speaking of the rice wine, it looks like the fermentation method is exactly like tapai.
I love their big earrings and pipes! Hope they keep these traditions alive :)
Yan, another lively video of lesser seen China. The villagers are so friendly and happy. Thank you. I truly enjoy your program. ❤😂
Drinking rice wine/liquor to show respect, drink to sing and final drink to fully being accepted as their friends. Wow! another very unique tradition from this hospitable village.❤
Absolutely felt similar with Indian tribal
I'm Chinese national watching your WA(unseen China) video here in Los Angeles, California; enjoying it very much. This is my 2nd. time learning of WA, Myanmar but with your video showing of their habits and life making wholesomely meaningful & complete, thanks a lot!
A great little adventure, the friends you make, taking us along, with such charm and real… intimacy. Precious travels, like being there too. You are natural bringing this to us and your hosts ! with all this Thank You
Where & what next ? 🎉
It's going to be a surprise :)
You will see next week, but maybe a little hint: I will go further off the beaten track
The one about Iran was fabulous. You’ve shown a place that I would never have considered to travel there.
OMG When the women started singing together and holding hands in those beautiful clothes it made me get goosebumps. ❤🥺
Getting drunk on a hot day; yikes! Hope you did not suffer too badly the next day or two. This is an absolutely great video! Thank you so much for uncovering more and more secrets of Yunnan; so "wild", so different from the grey hutong alleys in Beijing. Your videos are becoming more and more traveling ethnographic presentations of South China. Truly fascinating. The ladies with long metal pipes - is it tobacco they are smoking or something "stronger"? - look like they walked straight out of a 17 century Dutch painting.
it is a tobacco pipe😁
I could never survive there. Can’t take a drop of alcohol.
Another amazing video. Great job. So full of life, giving us a real look into what China is really all about! This video brings me back to my youth. As a Chinese Bidayuh mix, I find the Wa people beautiful and reminds me so much of my own Bidayuh family here is Sarawak.
Here we also have the rice wine drinking culture. It's a big thing in our long houses where each family will pour a glass of their own rice wine to their honored guests. Our Bidayuh women wear similar black cloths as their traditional wear and also adorn huge ear rings and even neck rings. So far but so much familiarity.
Keep up the amazing job. Love from Sarawak
Very likely from the same descendants.Migrated to Borneo
Yan, again you have outdone yourself. This is such a great vblog. Keep up the good work.
Thank you! Will do! :)
Also, I keep noticing that even in poor isolated places people seem to live and work in very large buildings! It's always surprising to see cooking spread out over a large room, maybe something is cooked on an open flame, but we also see electric appliances, maybe firewood stoves burning straw or just small wood. People HERE never seem to have enough space, maybe some kitchen in China is the size of my HOUSE!
I was in Ximeng in 2019, was guest in Wa villages as well. It was hands down the most compelling trip. I did indeed learn even more in this video.
WOW! You are lovely, the people are so lovely. Amazing! Your choices of background music are perfect. Thank you for sharing the world through your eyes!
Thanks Yan for sharing!
Loved the woman singing!
Thank You Yan, for sharing your wonderful travelling experience with us, in fantastic China, Take Care, Positive vibes.
These are precious moments! Yan it’s a gift you have. People become relaxed and open up in front of you. This video is special. Thank you! 🙋♀️🐶
Those Wa people can certainly hold down their alcohol! And that chorus-line was precious! Love those women. You have filmed so many different minority groups in Yunnan. All of whom are preserving their traditions yet fully assimilated. Very cool.
Your video is again simply amazing. It makes me want to go explore myself, I mean right away🙏🤩
Wonderful, just wonderful: a lyric showing how we all are brothers and sisters
I have seen so much UA-cam channel about Waa Bang tribes in Myrmar but never seen something like this so details.. thanks for sharing and wishing you all the best from Singapore
Your channel is superb. And your choice of music just gets better. Thank you
Simply amazing, a tradition of drinks is challenging, even for a modern girl like you!!!😂. Thanks for sharing, look forward to more videos of the off beaten track!!👏👏👍👍
Thank you so much 😊
Your videos are getting better and better.... It's always a joy to watch.
Your videos take me away from the dull mediocracy of my day- to -day existence!
Wow! this is really remote unseen china thanks for bringing your adventure to us wish l can be there ... Good drone shot on the nice landscape TQ Yan
I always love your video's, I have been to a few Chinese cities, but the countryside is still pretty new to me
Wonderful!! Such precious experiences. Thank you for sharing
Thank you for showing in this village. Is a very interesting culture from the local people there. Looking forward to see more places from you. Thanks a lot.
Definitivamente, uno dei migliori canali su YT. Sulla Cina addirittura imho è il numero uno! Grazie Yan!
The singing at the tea garden was wonderful and full of joy ❤
Once those ladies in black and pink sing inside the tea plantation, I thought: BLACKPINK is in the area😂
Yan, thank you so much for these videos. You’re such an excellent storyteller👍
Amazing singing at the end! So fascinating to see this culture
Thank you for this video, it’s precious reporting and recording of minority cultures. I like these videos of yours even more than the ones about the very touristy places with gentrified so-called ancient towns. These are the real ancient towns and villages, and still in living color. The pace in this video is also very nice, not rushed, just laid back (well you literally had to lay back in this one 😅) and kind of going with the flow of whatever happens. There’s no reason to rush or cut a great trip short. Thank you for all the hard work!
Cheeeeeeers Yan!!!! Your indeed a great friend of everyone you met!!!! Down-to-earth ! Grounded! Even if you studied in Switzerland. The type of person I always want to be with. 😍😍😍
Someday , I hope you visit too the oldest Chinatown outside China too! My country. 😊😎
Another amazing video. You are bringing rural China to so many of us for the first time. Your drone shots are fantastic. I can’t thank you enough, Yan! I admire you so much.
I love this video you're brave to ride that truck hope you are always in good health.
OMG you are so cute when you're drunk LOL. You are an awesome lady blossom 🌸💞😊❤
As always fantastic, mesmerizing and beautiful 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I love your vids are awesome, interesting people, places, customs and random stuff
keep up the good work
Love the videos, so good to see all this interesting places in China. Keep up the good job, love you stuff & greeting from Macau :)
The people and culture are all beautiful. Thanks for sharing your amazing adventure. You got 1 LIKE from me. Greeting from Singapore.
Now that's "flying".
Here's wishing you many more happy flights and adventures. 🍻
I randomly clicked in the channel from the home page feed. Now I can not help myself but to go over every single video.
姐姐绝对是我见过最有文化的油管主了，视频里都是满满的人文气息，真的让人非常感动。从东欧，中东，东亚到国内，真的给我种满了草。小姐姐一定是个非常有趣的人，要是有机会真的很想回国跟着去旅行哈哈哈哈。
This is precious. Well done!
What lovely people you meet, they are so kind. Your channel is delightful ❤
15:00 This woman is the best supermodel in the world. What a picture!
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Yan, thanks again for another wonderful video. Just my own experience to share. In my teenage times, just 1 to 2 years in Laos, then still with Vietnamese war on, I travelled into the countryside just a few times, as parents definitely would not allow us to venture out. The roads were unsealed, and we travelled in army truck, mind you not jeep, exactly the same vehicle you saw on WW2 movies, and they were in fact given free by US army to the Laotian army. One good thing about travelling in army truck, apart from free, was to avoid being caught in friendly fires, so you just had to avoid opposite armed forces. These army trucks had very bad suspension, or no suspension at all, since the roads were unsealed and bumpy, and the trucks did not have proper seats to cushion the rough shocks. At the start we sat on the wooden plank bench, lined up on both sides of the truck, and some portions might be rolled up to give space to goods. Really could not take it, after half an hour of ride, even for teeagers as the buttocks ached, and even the intestines felt the pains, from the shocks coming from the bumpy roads which were all unsealed. Eventually, we would rather stand on our two feet, to absorb and to cushion the shocks. One more feature I had noticed from your video, not sure whether this was indeed a real huge advancement, in my younger days, in the rural countryside, the minority ethnics drank rice wine, and worse still, they even let their younger children drink too. I think this is not good for a healthy growing up for children, as in modern society we are not allowed by laws to sell liquor to anyone below adult age, say 18 years old. Once in a blue moon, a small cup of rice wine to sip would be fine for me, but I still enjoy a bigger cup of red wine, seen as healthy drink, at these ages of mine now, with perhaps more comfort from holding the cup in hand, than from drinking itself!
On drinking side I have to disagree with you drinking is to celebrate in other part of world, so many things nothing wrong for kids drinking. USA are crazy people we Asia just need to ignore your crazy 🤪 country bye
Another fantastic episode, lots of love from Australia 🇦🇺❤️🇦🇺, thank you 💚💚💚
Impressive video Yan. Thank you so much again and keep up the great works 🥳👏👏😩
Nice to see you back with an interesting video. I enjoy Yan's adventures, Its like taking me there to learn about other unknown people, human family. Her openness to people is a big advantage 🙂
So funny that they got you drunk. 😆 You always have such interesting videos that are very well done. Again… thanks for the subtitles. 👍
Your videos are stunningly beautiful. Those women have such lovely clothing and their tour of the tea garden was charming. Thank you for inviting us along on your journeys.
Thanks for showing China to the world. I appreciate your work. Love from Australia
Between the gorgeous drone panorama's and music, and your personal interactions with locals, this is top tier. To me this is comparable to Anthony Bourdain's films. I love it.
You really had so much fun! People from the countryside are just the best. Thank you for the video, safe and happy travels
Thank you :)
I just love this channel, they take me through so many beautiful places
I’m honestly trying not to binge watch every one of your episodes so that I can have something to look forward to. Thank you for these beautiful journeys. You have a kind soul and I believe you have found a calling. Many cheers to you from Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA.
The Wa People are amazing, beautiful and proud.
I feel privileged to be able to learn from your travels.
Thankyou Yan.
Oh I hope the hangover wasnt to bad lol ;)
Delighted to find your channel! I'll go back to your previous adventures & also stay by your side now. Great video, nice drone overlook & music. Having fun with you, THANK YOU!
Was a little busy for a while so missed a few episodes, will be watching it all. Thank you again for wonderful videos.❤
BETTER THAN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ANYDAY!!! Thank you!!!!
Thanks!
Thank you :)
A delightful lighthearted video. Thank you very much.
❤❤❤❤❤ I'm so happy I've found your channel!!! ❤❤❤❤
I love learning about different cultures and thanks to watching so kany Chinese dramas, I can even understand some of the most common phrases! Its so interesting how across the world we're mostly the same. 😊
Ah , the old local moonshine brew Yan ! That'll put hairs on the soles of your feet .... Loving the great footage from glorious China . From Scotland, stay well ....
I love your videos so much, I feel like I'm getting a look at China that I've never gotten to see before.
The local wine seems potent.
I'm surprised you didn't break out into song.. Or maybe you did and didn't film it 😂
I love your adventures! We went to look for bulang people a few years ago in the same area. They invited us to stay with them for a few days, and shared their traditions with us. We ate banana stalk fed pigs, which honestly is the best pork I ever had! Being an traveller myself, there’s just nothing quite compare with it. Bulang people had a drinking culture too, we couldn’t believe how much they can put down 😅. Your videos bring back so many memories ❤ thank you
This was very interesting. I really enjoy learning about different farming methods and also weaving and textiles. Im from the usa and raise sheep. Much ❤️ love
Each video is a wonderful treat. Thank you
Your channel is so lovely!
Thank you so much for sharing your experiences with us!
This video definitly gave me the big smile for the day, thanks a lot :)))))
Love 💕 watching video of something that without these uploads wouldn't even know that exist
Thank you as always for your beautiful video content. 😊
Vos vidéos sont d'une très bonne qualité, instructives et divertissantes. Je rêve que vous m'emmenez dans vos bagages pour visiter ce grand pays qu'est la Chine. Vous êtes une formidable ambassadrice de votre pays
Danke für dieses Wundervolle Video 🌹❤
wow i recently come across you vlog .... i first travelled to HK and China in 1977 i was in my 20's. Your videos bought back so many memories thank you so much. Take care. God Bless 👍