LANZHOU, Gansu, China. - Rivers, parks, food and history!
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- Опубліковано 7 сер 2024
- Gansu from South to North (part 5) From the grasslands of southern Gansu I arrive in the provincial capital of Lanzhou. My Gansu silk road journey begins here!
Take a look at The Yellow River, White Pagoda Park, some great food and night markets and of course a little bit of history. I hope you enjoy the video as much as i enjoyed my time in Lanzhou - great city that I will definitely visit again.
I’m from Lanzhou and I’m studying in U.S right now. Very happy to see people visiting my hometown and I welcome all friends to visit the place❤
Lanzhou is a great place. When i was there the Yellow River was almost breaking its banks!
Pretty place never thought the city is this nice.
Me neither! Big surprise, i was planning on it just being a stopover to get further north but absolutely loved it!
along the bank of Yellow river, the view is beautiful.
Absolutely! What a great city. Love Lanzhou
Well done, Nick, I learnt a lot of Chinese places from you. You are respectful of chinese culture. I'm so glad I found you on UA-cam!
I'm glad you found me too!! Going to do my best to get to less known and visited places!
What a great video that show the history and foods about my hometown.
Glad you enjoyed it! I had a great time in Lanzhou...I will be back
Lanzhou food is the best
I am from Gansu，Lanzhou. A small village. I am now living in Italy. But in my dreams，always dreamt my village. Really hope this covid stuff will be better and flights finally go back to normal. Really wanna go and visit my family.
i love Gansu Mounten and Lanzhou ♥️
hop you made it home! Covid really stopped my video making the last year. All seems much better now
@@nickinchina2552 Thank you for your reply. Luckily the situation is much better. Still I am here in Italy. But hoping I will be back for a visit soon. Have a really nice summer there. I recommend a noodle dish to you. 浆水面from Gansu. I am not really sure if you'll like it，because it has a special taste. That's what we eat during summer. One of my favorite.
@@lisong3772 next time i am in Gansu i will try those noodles!
Did you make the trip back to Lanzhou? A friend of ours is from Lanzhou, who I met while visiting Xi'an and Baoji. It's always nice to visit home.
Nice video you northern chuff! Subbed! you from Sheffield? Leeds?
Cheers mate, love you channel! Further north than that - a little town called Guisborough in North Yorkshire
Wow,who is this?
Enjoyed your well informed introduction on every place you visit. Thx
Fantastic video well done bro
Love your travel videos.
Thanks Ken! I appreciate you watching them - i'm still a video making novice
The night view along the pathway of the rive is simply awesome. I miss Lanzhou so much.
The river is definitely the cities main draw - it is magical
A lots of chinese muslin there in gansu lanzhou. Thank you for sharing betiful city
Nice video 👍
Nice video!
I really miss my hometown. Thank you for this video. ❤️
You're very welcome! I had such a good time in Lanzhou, i will go back some day i'm sure.
The roadside lamian I had decades ago in Lanzhou is still arguably the best noodle dish I have ever eaten (much quieter back then!) and I have traveled all of Japan and other parts of Asia. Bonus points for washing it down with a sweet slice or two of hamigua melon.
Hello nice vidéo wow lancho good good luck 🌷🛎
Magnificent video! 👍👍👍
Thank you very much!
@@nickinchina2552 You are welcome. Keep up the good work.
This video brings back so much memories! I was on my Silk Road trip back in 2007 when I visited Lanzhou!
Personally, I like Cantonese (Yue) food, probabaly due to my Fujian/Guangdong heritage!
Nice one Nick. Top marks !
Thanks, super cool city Lanzhou is :D
That's an awesome episode of Lanzhou, where lived for many years. Thanks Nick
Cool city! I'm glad you enjoyed the video, thanks for the kind words!!
Thanks for bring me to LanZhou, which’s one of my next wanted visiting city.
Do it! It is a really nice city, especially down by the river
Another great video👍👍👍👍The thousand year history of China is a history of this river, its ups and downs.....
Lots of ups and downs! Makes me want to do a Yellow river trip from the source to the east coast...
Nice video. Thanks for showing us the places in China where many of us have not got the opportunity to visit. Also like the way you tell the story. Look forward to more video. Cheers from Manchester UK.
Very welcome Norman! More on the way, and yeh i plan on going to less travelled parts of the country
You know quite a bit about Chinese culture, Nick.
Like your channel.
Such a beautiful place!
Great city Lanzhou - the river there is something else!
Count me in the group of Lanzhou folks who thanked you for making this video. I didn't know the story of Baita Shan until now even though I grew up in this city. Thanks Nick for bringing me closer to home!
I miss Lanzhou...
Nice video, I traveled LanZhou last year.
Fun city! Hope you had a good time there!
What an interesting city on the Silk Road!
Want to go back. less than 3 hours on the high speed train :D
I visited Lanzhou tow yeas ago, really enjoyed my stay there. Your video brings me the aroma of Lanzhou beef noodle, making my mouth watering ...
Cool city, Lanzhou - left me with a great impression
You are the real deal , awesome , all the time make a good videos , I am feeling sad , I am so busy to study , no much time to watch , but I am learning English from your Videos . THANK YOU
Thanks Cathy! I'm really happy you are enjoying the videos!
Thank you for the video. I think I'm going to Lanzhou in the summer. :-)
Oh nice! It's great down by the river, you will have a great time!
Another very nice video! I always think there is not much to do and see in Lanzhou that is really different from Xining, so I don't get over there much. But I love parks and architecture so at some point I would like to check out the places you went to in the video.
Also I agree that western Chinese food is the best!
Well, there aren't really a lot of 'sights'. But as a place to walk by the river, hangout, eat good food, have a beer etc - it is lovely. Very laid back feel in the city, and the yellow river is spectacular!
it is hard to say which kind of dishes is the best Chinese dishes. I personally like hangzhou dish, but I know Szechuan is the most popular one. The dish of Jiangshu is often used in state banquet of China. Hunan dishes are second most popular in US which is non-canton style food. I know canton food dimsem is famous, and the most likely dishes are peking ducks. However, now days, Shanghai style restaurants are the most popular for oversea Chinese. many many more dishes are likely by different people . Food is the life of Chinese, and everything in China is centered around food : good and bad for Chinese civilization.
Sichuan food is super popular, for me it's just OK haha. Everywhere has its good stuff, but honestly...very impressed by the food in Lanzhou
Been living in Lanzhou for years. Hope you enjoyed it! I wish I found this channel a bit earlier so I could recommend you all the best places for eating.
I had a great time in Lanzhou, i'll be back i'm sure!
Can I ask you if it's a great city to meet new people and have a fun time? Like, how are the people? I'm gonna go there in '22 for a whole year to teach German and English at a highschool and would love to hear some inside information by someone who actually lives there 🙏🏻 I would appreciate it a lot! Thank you :)
@@artbymerle There's not a lot of foreigners here, and especially not native English speakers. Afraid that you'll have a bit of a hard time meeting native English speakers.
@@JH-st6wg Thanks for the fast reply! I'm not really worried about that since I learn chinese since 2014/5 and I believe that eventhough I may not be fluent in 6 years of learning, I'll be fine somehow. There's always a way and when not, there's always (panto-)mime (worked for me during my first day during my China exchange haha, I was way too shy that first day) 🤭 Learning by doing! I just hope the people are open minded and nice to foreigners ?🙏🏻
As a Chinese I haven’t experienced the authentic Lanzhou Beef Noodles yet. Was planning to go back to China and visit Lanzhou in March but trip was cancelled for the obvious reason. Just can’t wait!
They are very good! Yeh, lots of trips cancelled this year unfortunately :(
Don’t forget to try the many mutton dishes too
E’s Place Can't wait :)!
Like it Nick, culture and society plus daily life, very different from Europe here. We re struggling with rocking high Corona cases, people in Lanzhou crowd on street like packed sardine 😁
The night market was so busy, probably the busiest place i have been this year. A bit crazy - good food though!
Thanks for this video, Lanzhou is definitely my favorite city in China, though I love them all.
Hoping the borders here open by next year “2022” so I can come and stay awhile
I would go back to Zhengning st if l had a chance. Really enjoyed our trip in Lanzhou particularly the people there who live in a slower pace compared to the east coastal.
7:48 made me laugh so hard! He was having a ball staring at you
Great video bud, you are feeding my China appetite . I appreciate these awesome videos . Not only seeing rural chins but the city too, and all the stores I used to walk by, "samir" haha
Really glad you are enjoying them! You have been watching my videos longer than most.
@@nickinchina2552 not only do I love the videos bud, it's Xi'an gang for life lol
And I'll be watching when I'm back in Xi'an faithfully too
I like how the Chinese build those wide pathways along the river with a safe mini bridge over the highway. A very walkable city.
Whoa my hometown 😊
Love your hometown! i will go back some day!
Thanks for making this video - I want to explore the western portion of China more. I have been to Beijing and Shanghai, and I def want to explore the other cities
the further inland you go the wilder it gets. Gansu is an amazing place to explore - truly fascinating
Lanzhou, if you ask one Chinese about Lanzhou, the first thing come into his/her mind would be Beef noodles.
Definitely!....they are great noodles though!
i would say islamaphobia...nowadays everything northwest sounds horrible to people from developed part of China, which is not a good sign
The bronze horse is called 马踏飞燕。this nice video Highlights the best of Lanzhou.
thanks! I had such a lovely time in Lanzhou
The “Lanzhou hand-pulled noodles” you find everywhere else in China are mostly operated by people from Qinghai province. The real Lanzhou noodle is now called Lanzhou beef noodle. :)
Yeah, some complex historical business issue here.
Its absolutely delicious, we have pretty good lanzhou noodles in Xi'an, but not quite the same...
Yes! I go to "Lanzhou lamian" restaurants in other provinces on purpose to chat with the owners and see where they are really from. Most are from Xunhua or Hualong in Qinghai and the older dudes can even speak Amdo Tibetan! It's hard to find Lanzhou restaurant folk who are actually from Lanzhou
@@nickinchina2552 Yes, I guess they are Qinghai "Lanzhou noodles". If you look for real Lanzhou noodles outside Gansu, you should look for "Lanzhou Beef noodles", but they are very rare. on the other hand, "Lanzhou hand-pulled noodles" is more like a fast food restaurant chain (without an actual headquarter)
I'm traveling vicariously through you right now. I miss China a lot. I planned a trip this summer to go, but damn covid
Same for me, I tell Nick in every other video how much I miss my fiance and China who I haven't seen since covid started
Baozi Boss oh no, hope you guys reunite soon.
I hope it helps a little bit Amelie, hope you can make it next year. Where were you planning to go??
@@AmelieZh thanks a lot. I hope so too
Nick in China my hometown (Nanjing) and traveling around
You spent a lot of time traveling...
It was just over 3 weeks in Gansu :D
Nick wanna know something really cool? Paul Gascoigne used to play for the football team in Lanzhou!
He also played for my team! Middlesbrough. Gazza got around haha
I grow up in Lanzhou! Haven't been back for 2 years now... I'm a bit homesick right now:|
Great city, one of my favourites in China! Hope you can go back soon!
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Hey I live in lanzhou now
Nice, i really liked it, might try go back for a couple of days soon
I am from lanzhou,马子禄 is the wrost beef noodle in Lanzhou,I go there 1 time ,and can't finish that bowl .next time try 磨沟沿，not far from that big mosque .nothing special in night maket,you can find local snack food in 再回首 。 and you can see the full city from top of 兰山 三台阁。
Thanks for the recommendations - i'll check them out next time i go to Lanzhou!
I have been there in 2005
Enjoyed it? It must have been veeeerry different in 2005!
Yep. The park looks similar, the city streets are much more developed now.
People at 7:40 looking at you like you were an alien 🤣
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Good work nick, but I disagree with you saying that best food in china is from northwest.... I’m sure they’re awesome..just not the best 😂 Go to Hunan sometime...
Ahhh you're up early uploading lol
My cat woke me up early 😂😂
@@nickinchina2552 ahhh I see now,
did you visit any of the mosques? some mosques in China are exclusive to their own community and members, how are the ones in Lanzhou?
Actually i didn't go into any of the mosques in Lanzhou. You are right though, some mosques are open to the public -The Xiguan mosque, the largest in Lanzhou is open.
I hear Lanzhou noodles are bomb😎
Baozi Boss yes they are
@@AmelieZh I've only had Lanzhou noodles on other cities. 兰州牛肉面
Seriously good! Although, when in Lanzhou just call them 'Beef noodles' haha!
@@nickinchina2552 haha yeah are Philly cheese steaks called cheese steaks in Philadelphia hahah
6:34? Town of wuwei tomb Eastern Han military figures to miniature scale. The Ferghana horses look quite tall than the typical horses the Han army could get from the steppes or later when that access was blocked Tibetan ponies along the Tea-Horse road.
I really wanted to go to Wuwei, but it didn't have the chance. I'll try there some day
All Chinese cuisines are great. Cantonese is the best. Hands down.
Zhou tia kee
God, I miss 牛肉面 and 擀面皮 so much 😭😭😭
I bet!, Food in Lanzhou is so good!
in lanzbou， it is not called 擀面皮， it is called 酿皮，but always pronounces like Rang Pi Zi
LuLuLu Lucas 我说的是陕西的擀面皮
这哥们儿长得像来自兰州的野孩子乐队里的郭龙😄
This is my favourite comment ever! 哈哈哈哈哈哈哈
Lanzhou is my hometown,welcome to Lanzhou again. And next time you should taste the beef noodles . lol😆
oh i did! Lanzhou ia great, i will go back some day
So it's said that this city is the capital of poorest province in China
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Disagree about the food in northwest being the best in China. Huge love to Sichuan food.
Sichuan food tops most peoples list....too spicy for me!
1. too much flooding in yellow river, which is the reason for lack of big cities. 2. large muslin in Central Lanzhou, probably even bigger than xi an. 3. Lanzhou is regarded as one of the poorest provincial capital in China.
china is a universe in itself. its the oldest civilization of humanity.
the northwest food is the best? I am considering unsubscribe. 😂😂7"46 the kid 😂😂
Come on...you know i'm right :p
Let me see. Is there anybody who wants to shout out "No, it's all fake, all choreographed"?
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