Finding The Perfect Riverside Chinese Town: Fenghuang Is A DREAM! (China vlog 2019 凤凰 湖南)
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2019
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Tucked away deep inside China's Hunan province, is the picture-perfect riverside town of Fenghuang. Fenghuang town, sometimes called the phoenix town, isn't on most westerners' China itineraries - but it should be! From narrow cobblestoned alleys to rickety stilt houses perched right on the river, you'll repeatedly have to pinch yourself to see if you're not dreaming. And the best part? If you're lucky, you can have Fenghuang Hunan mostly to yourself - give or take a few Chinese ;)
We highly recommend visiting Fenghuang old town (also called Fenghuang gucheng), if you're planning a China trip! We promise you won't be disappointed :)
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Well, I'd suggest the one in Royal Gorge in southern Colorado (a bit of a trip from where you currently are) as it's high enough he could break out a BASE Jumping chute and survive. Unless you're doing this for other reasons?
Euh, no no, of course not... :p don't tell him about the base jumping though, he might actually want to try that ;) thanks for watching :)
You could have thrown him from that glass bridge in Zhangjiajie. I guess you didn’t go there?
No, missed opportunities 😉
hi. I am a fan of yours from bilibili(like UA-cam).
Phoenix ancient city is not a good choice, in fact, it is not very friendly to tourists, whether it is price or other is not very reasonable. If you like the mountains and waters, you can come to Guizhou, Guangxi, if you like food, you can go to Sichuan Guangdong, if you like very pure nature, you can go to Qinghai Tibet, like history, you can go to Beijing Shaanxi. In short, my advice is to try not to go to very famous places, because once some places become an attraction, a lot of things will change, no longer the original appearance, more for economic development and services
Fenghuang in Chinese means phoenix, Feng(male) huang(female) they are love birds as you beautiful couples, phoenix as well dragon is the totem in Chinese culture, fascinating village and professional footage. human being (animals) and nuture harmonious coexistence in terms called Fengshui. not a good time for visting Shanghai, hope you enjoy your journey there.
So far it's been ok, but we haven't done that much yet. We just took a day or two to catch up on some editting and research.
Eric Too Fenghuang is different from Phoenix, Chinese Long is different from dragon.
China is so diverse that you never know what fairyland you will come across. Fenghuang is indeed a dream, so surreal it throws you back hundreds of years to a more ancient and laid back era. Your capture of the place is stunning! Keep your videos coming.
That's exactly what we were thinking too! It's like something that shouldn't even exist anymore because it literally feels like going back in time. Minus the neon signs and karaoke bars, I guess ;)
I'm tired of modern high rise concrete buildings and cities. The ancient serene looks of this place are
so refreshing!
Yes it is a welcome change from the big cities!
This place is what China looks like in our imagination.
Yes exactly! So beautiful :)
Sadly globalisation is wiping everything out. Not just China, but everywhere.
传统+现代化=China😎
China is very modern, this place is just a historical town~
You guys should go to 芙蓉镇 Furong Town，it’s near by, and has the most amazing night views, of a old town built on waterfall.
Thanks for the info, appreciate it!
That's great. Fenghuang is too crowded and commercial now. I prefer peaceful towns.
China looks so clean！！！
Yes it does. We didn't expect to be so clean everywhere. The only place that was a bit dirty is the green trains (the old slow ones). Everywhere else it is very very clean.
@Yasoboy hey china is so big ofc there are dirty places
@Yasoboy China is as big as entire Europe, do you expect all the countries in Europe are in same clean as top one country?
@Yasoboy sad for you. LOL
@Yasoboy North Korea is super clean everywhere, cleaner than most of the most developed contries. You can check vlog of North Korea at UA-cam/
Beautiful city, loved the traditional houses facing the river and that two story stone bridge very unique. You guys are doing a great job showing us all the sites. Safe travels.
Thank you! It's very unique indeed, and there was just such a fun vibe! We have a few more weeks left in China, sooo excited for what is next :) Shanghai!!
Such a amazing channel with only 5k subscribers?!? I mean the filming technique is sooo good! Please keep it up guys! I’m Chinese and it’s really fun to watch your views of China! Hope you have a good time in China!
Thanks Samantha! Glad to hear you are enjoying our videos 🤗
Your photography is so great, and Kim so cute, esp when she look at naick , full with love
Aww, thank you ;) really nice to hear that.
The production quality of your videos is very good. Beautiful colors, smooth editing, and you two are very natural in front of the cameras. I can't wait to follow your next trips.
Thank you Vin 🤗🙏🏻 we love making these videos and are happy it shows! Can't wait to show you what's next after China 😉👊🏻
4:15 I saw the inn that I stayed when i visited fenghuang. (btw, if anyone has difficulty to pronounce fenghuang, you can just call it phoenix because that's what it means)
Haha nice, when were you there?
I had been here many many times on my business trip. It's a nice place, I felt relaxed every time when I was there
Nice business trips! What kind of job do you do?
@@NaickKim haha, i am a technical manager, i traveled a lot in China and the oversea countries to visit and train company customers. BTW, where are you from?
Good job man 👍Your photography is very professional
Thank you. glad you enjoyed it.
The phoenix city. What an amazing place, by day, explore the stunning scenery, enjoy a boat trip, shopping for curiosity and don't miss the famous cow bone combs shop. Supposed to be great for circulation and other health issues. And silver. Some of the finest highest quality silverware available here, 99.99 pure silver!!! Some of the designs are elaborate and incredible.
At night, as you see, the city transforms into amazing spectacle of fairyland and coloured lights. Buzzing with ko bars food stalls and total party atmosphere.
Yes it is really great. A very special city.
Great vid! Have fun and stay safe in your travels!
Kia ora from NZ. Enjoying your vlogs. Keep it up. Beautiful camera work esp the drone shot.
Thank you Kia! NZ is also pretty high on our list!
Oh .... what a beauty of china. Stunning lights and environment also looking clean as well. Have more fun guys
China overall was super clean! Only the third class trains weren't 😊 thank you!
The chinese characters on your message are the same as the ones on the signage. Just that the ones on the signage are written in more cursive style.
Oh really? We thought they looked nothing like each other. Our Chinese is not that good haha.
My home is on the edge of the ancient city of Fenghuang. I saw my home in your video!
You're lucky to live in such a beautiful town.
Lovely footage and enjoying the commentary! Keep up the good work!
Thanks a lot Ewan! Where are you from?
@@NaickKim San Antonio, Texas. Feel free to drop a note if you're ever in the area!
You both are so natural 2x thumbs up for you both... like your European accent too. Happy traveling couple Cheers.
Thank you, you are so kind. Glad you enjoyed it.
I went here in 2019. I met a man from USA who actually lived only an hour away from where I’m from in New Jersey. Really good eggplant dishes here and good hiking.
Fenghuang is a really great spot indeed. Chinese food is really good.
Hello from Dali!!!! You guys are sooo fun to watch!!! Love the video - looks beautiful!!!
The city looks gorgeous. I'm so adding this to my list. What's the name of the hostel?
Yes it is really incredible. Rose Courtyard is the name of the place. Really liked it.
Hunan is one of the claimants of world's spiciest cuisine. I hope you've ordered an underground bunker for tomorrow! x
Oh really? The food wasn't the spiciest we've had here in China though. No bunkers here, we're diving into golden week head first ;) working on the train video now, should be up today :)
May I ask how did you transfer to Fenghuang? Did you take a bus from Chongqing or Changsha?
The weather was so cool! In wich month was this video recorded? Did it rain when you were there?
This was in October. It didn't rain and it was pretty awesome!
Wow it’s actually my first time to see international tourists vlogging about Fenghuang. People in this province tend to eat very spicy and you should’ve learn how to say no spicy or save that word on your phone 😂 That piece of meat is probably chicken gizzard I guess? I hope you enjoyed the stay there and enjoyed traveling in my country 😁
Oh really? That's pretty cool haha. We had some food in Fenghuang but it was never really spicy. Maybe they thought we didn't want spicy. Or maybe we picked the wrong things.
I googled chicken gizzard, but it doesn't look like it. Someone here said it was pig's ear and I think it was that.
@@NaickKimHi, how did you get access to Google or internet service? Would I need to buy a special sim card?
8:07 reminds me the night scene of Spirited Away.
Hahaha :)
Awesome! Thanks for your video introducing real Chinese countryside!
Lovely couple, Chinese love you!
I also went there after visiting Zhangjiajie in 2019. It's the most beautiful ancient town in China I've ever been to.
Incredible beautiful town!
Beautiful innit?
I suggest you travel to yunnan province after National Day. The scenery there is more beautiful than hunan province
thank you for the tip! we are in Shanghai now, probably heading south after that :)
you guys really know how to enjoy China
Thank you!
Have a good time in china!
thank you!!
Very nice! Makes me want to go there. By the way, Feng Huang means phoenix in Chinese.
Thanks for the info!
What a beautiful place!
It's incredible!
OMG！this place looks like my dream
Yes it was an incredible place. You should really visit.
It seems so hot there, which month did you travel to Fenghuang ancient town?
Going next month for work 😂 cant wait!
I also love this video. Both of you are fantastic broadcaster. Speak excellent english.
Thanks for your kind words Albert!
You guys made very professional videos. Good and keep continue.
thanks Faraz! we will :)
Chinese people are awesome . If I would be younger definitely I would make this country my home.
It's really great in China. Not sure how easy it is to live there for a long time in China. You can never become a Chinese citizen and not really live there indefinitely. For a year or two we'd love it!
Naick & Kim correct .
just like our Chinese see the video about EU.yes ，it is beautiful and another culture ，u can visit and experience ，but if stay long ，it’s not good idea .
If u live in a city for a long time, what you feel just bad things ，it’s easy to forget its prosperity and convenience. But after leaving, if u come as a tourist to visit the city again, everywhere is scenery .
This is probably why people like to travel.
Get along with things and people are about the same,.take long time, all the advantages will become a habit, all the disadvantages will be magnified.
I really admire those people who have the courage to marry. It is difficult to maintain a long and strong relationship.
Hello, how was it for flying your drone there, no specific issues or troubles?
We only had to register our drone and put a sticker on our drone in China. Nobody gave us any problems. This was 5 years ago, so things might have changed.
Planning to visit China next year, what is the best Month to visit and where can I find your list of itirenary... 谢谢
Not sure what is the best month. It highly depends on the region. We really liked September. First week of October is golden week, so best to avoid.
We went to:
Beijing
Pingyao
Xi'an
Chongqing
Zhangjiajie
Fenghuan
Shanghai
Guilin
Yangshuo
Thank you for the vid. It's awesome!
Thank you 🙏🏻 such a beautiful place!
fenghuang is such a beautiful place. how did you guys find this city? all your films are so cool.
Thanks so much Leo! It was actually mentioned in our guidebook, the Lonely Planet, as one of China's highlights 😊
Hope you guys will come to Ping yao ancient city (Shanxi province) same gorgeous.
We already did 😉 we made a video about Pingyao too! Beautiful city
very few chinese treat Zhang Jiajie as the most beautiful mountain in China. there are some options, e.g yellow mountain, daocheng/yading snowy mountain in West Sichuan.
Zhang Jiajie is still one our favourite places in the world though. So magical.
@@NaickKim I see. Chinese like some mountains because of religion or ancient poem, which is not difficult for foreigners.
I like you two. Good energy, lots of helpful information, funny. thank you.
Wow, thank you!
Good travel record, hope to visit！
hope you get to visit soon! thanks for watching :)
Owwww!! see now the local at 04:55 will be talking about a foreigner visiting who hits people lol! What a story to pass along in such a beautiful place! XD
Hahaha. It happened another time as well a few days later... Now I stop moving my hands haha.
Naick & Kim Good idea 🤣🤣
Glad you liked the bus station design lol my project :)
很漂亮的中式建築，小橋流水人家，鳳凰粉腸傻傻分不清楚🤣🤣
是的，平遙很美！
beautiful!
Thank you!
I was here a week ago. Beautiful place. Like to visit here again
yes incredible!! we loved it too :)
Hi
May l ask how you book your bus ticket from Zhanjiajie to Fenghuang?
What is the bus departure time?
Thank you.
We just bought the ticket at the bus station when we left. Bus schedule is right here: www.chinabusguide.com/zhangjiajie-to-fenghuang.html
Thank you
Ouch. social distances Naick. *-*.
the street is very clean
It is like that everywhere in China!!! A lot more clean than the streets at home actually :)
OMG stunning
Thanks for watching!
I really recommend you guys go to Lijiang and Dali in Yunnan,Tibet, and Xinjiang next time!!
Thank you, we will definitely look into that! Tibet is pretty high on our list too :)
@@NaickKim Tibet has the highest altitude in the world.If you guys want to go there,be careful of the altitude sickness.
Thanks for the recommendation!
Amazing land .true
So beautiful 😮♥️
This little town I skipped two years ago is really not bad. Before, I thought this was just one of the many ancient Chinese towns, apparently I was wrong.
When we initially arrived at the bus station it looked like a few other places we'd visited, like Pingyao for example. But once you start walking along the river towards the stilted part, it's really beautiful and more and more unique. Maybe you can visit in the future? :)
@@NaickKim definitely
I really like your vlogs. You bring me to a lot of places I've never been although I'm a Chinese. China is just too big. Hope you could get back to China soon and start another great advanture~
Glad to hear you are enjoying it! We would love to return and were actually planning on coming back soon. But the situation isn't very good at the moment, so we hope it improves soon.
@@NaickKim yes, for sure.
like you guys' video especially when you guys eat
Thank you ❤👌
there are many korean tourists in Zhangjiajie and Fenghuang
I can see why they go there, it is incredible to visit these places :)
Nice day blue sky
so good.so beautiful.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you. Wonderful!
So beautiful
wow !! this video is very cool!
thanks so much Bryan :)
This was such a beautiful town in the Hunan province. We didn't expect it to be so scenic. Nor for it to be a party capital haha. Next stop Shanghai!
woopwoop, Shanghai baby!!
Welcome to my homeland,thank you come here.
哈哈，我居然在国外看你们关于我家乡的视频，欢迎你们！
谢谢！ 多么美丽的故乡。 你现在住在哪里？
Naick & Kim 我家在湖北，你们可以去武汉吃热干面，很好吃哟
@@user-sk8nf1fi4e 热干面算了吧，有甜味受不了。。。
那是你没吃习惯，冬天吃不错，感觉热量还是不错的。热干面配蛋酒。真正做的好吃的就几个地方。好多做的不怎么正宗
Que lugar tan maravilloso gracias por compartir!!!
De nada Sandra! Que pasa en Medellin?
@@NaickKim ya conoces Medellín es una ciudad organizada y con gente solidaria como en todas partes del mundo tenemos problemas de sociedad y malos gobernantes
这对夫妇看着太可爱了。
谢谢
欢迎下次再来中国旅游，中国有太多好看好玩的地方！
very nice trips! you couple went to more places in China than I do, and I am a CHINESE! it is a shame, haha
haha :D it's never too late!! ;) which place is at the top of your list to visit in China once you can?
@@NaickKim definitely Terracotta Army is the first...of course, many places like Phoenix city, Zhangjiajie... I really would like to visit
it’s not noodle, it’s made of rice, called mixian(rice string)
Wow, you guys are so violent! Tossing people off bridges, hitting people in the face! Haha. Anyway, enjoying your China series
Haha! If we continue this way, we'll probably be asked to join a Chinese gang soon. So totally us :p we'll make a video about it #lifegoals :'D
Nice video guys, what a beautiful place, China seems so undiscovered yet in the countryside, subscribed
Definitely on the list of places to visit soon.
If you ever come by Norway, let me know! And feel free to give some feedback on my stuff.
And to all the ones watching, have a beautiful day!
so far China has been better than we expected! Where in Norway are you from exactly? :) we might be there middle of December
@@NaickKim Oslo
Beautiful 👌
Thanks for watching!
Rich people, i wish you could live in my country and afford your travels...lucky you guys
We are indeed fortunate to have been born in a country with higher incomes. It's also good to realize that traveling doesn't need to cost a lot of money and great adventures can be had for free or very cheaply. Good luck ;)
OMG this is my hometown Hunan, FenHuang is a nice place to visit but personally I think LiJiang is better!
Enjoy life, be happy. Nice video! Pura vida!
Thanks, glad you liked it!
how far is it from shanghai?
It's about at 8 hour train ride by bullet train to the nearest railway station (huaihua or Tongren) and then an hour by bus.
1450km
Hi
I will be in China in november for a month.
I have few questions for you .. thank you in advance for answering
May l ask what application you use for train booking?
Navigation for location?
Do you manage to have wechat fir payment ? Or paying using cash? Any problem with ATM for cash withdrawal?
Thank you
We used www.chinahighlights.com/china-trains/ for train booking. I also heard you can use ctrip.com
For navigation we used maps.me - also the Didi taxi app is sometimes very convenient for navigation as it contains pretty much all restaurants and hotels. A lot of times this is not the case on maps.me
No, you can't use wechat pay unless you have a Chinese bank account. We used cash as credit cards are pretty much not used here anymore. You can withdraw at ATM's but not all of them, for us ICBC, CITIC and HSBC all worked well. I think China Construction bank also worked for us. Others like Bank Of China, China postal, etc. we could not use. You can find lots of ICBC's.
Hi ...
I really appreciate your reply
Informative
Thank you so much
No worries, let us know if you have any other questions!
@@NaickKim Thank you ..
China is so beautiful
One of our favourite countries we have been to so far :)
Nice vedio, I'm enjoy to watch it.
Thank you!
so beautiful movie.
I wanna go to too.
Thanks Justin 😉 definitely go, it's a lovely place!
So beutiful place
It really is! 💖💖
有时间了推荐去玉龙雪山玩
这是哪里
@@NaickKim 玉龙雪山在云南省丽江市
云南的景点非常多：昆明、石林、丽江玉龙雪山、大理洱海、普者黑、桃花源记-坝美村、东川红土地、罗平油菜花、腾冲银杏村、西双版纳
拉市海、罗荃半岛等..
Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang City, Yunnan Province
Yunnan's scenic spots are very many: Kunming, Shilin, Lijiang Yulong Snow Mountain, Dali Erhai Lake, popular black, Taohuayuan Ji-Bamei Village, Dongchuan Red Land, Luo Ping rapeseed, Tengchong Ginkgo Village, Xishuangbanna
La Shi Hai, Luo Quan Peninsula, etc.
which app did you use as google map is banned in china?
Depends a bit. Mostly we relied on Google Maps, with a VPN. We also used Didi taxi app (as a map), as it had a lot of restaurants in it and businesses.
4:55 lol she called that lady a small child
I love China❤️❤️❤️🇨🇳 from india
Hello Kaovei! What part of India are you from?
@@NaickKim NE India Manipur
来我家乡四川游玩，风景也不错哦！🤗🤗
也许下次我们在中国！ 我们一定会回来的:)
China is huge. ppl from south are short but ppl from north are tall. imagine German and French in one country.
Oh I didn't know. Thanks for the info. People from the Netherlands are the tallest in the world.
How tall you are is not important, it's how kind you are 🤗😊
Woww Wonderful place ...
Yes it is amazing isn't it!
@@NaickKim of course ...that's amazing