The Best Silversmiths in China Live in This Mountain Village

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  • Опубліковано 14 лип 2021
  • Pan Shixue could never find a job he liked, not until he returned to his hometown of Maliao village in Guizhou, China. There, he rediscovered the villagers’ history of making silver jewelry. Years of honing the craft led Pan to open the village’s first silversmith workshop - today it’s home to over 600 silversmiths. We learn how one man’s dream brought life back again to an entire town.
    Address: 贵州黔东南苗族侗族自治州雷山县西江麻料银匠村
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    Producer: Tiffany Ip
    Videographer: Guo Yong
    Editor and Mastering: Hanley Chu
    Music: Audio Network
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 27

  • @joacoosi
    @joacoosi 3 роки тому +34

    What a beautiful story... I would love to see the rebirth of arts and crafts all over the world, turning old towns into cultural and historical sanctuaries. Cities have grown too much, we need to start rethinking the way we live and our meaning of “progress”.

    • @sarasmith1498
      @sarasmith1498 3 роки тому +1

      I was just thinking the same thing watching this video. Feeling so inspired by it. And yah, humanity definitely needs to rethink how we live in this world. So amazing that he completely reinvigorated an entire village!

    • @lamThinker
      @lamThinker 3 роки тому

      I like the cities and think humans should continue moving forward. We should honor the past but not get stuck in it. A good balance of both is best.

    • @joacoosi
      @joacoosi 3 роки тому +4

      @@lamThinker but that’s the point, what’s “moving forward”? Who determines what progress is? Building bigger and bigger cities with smaller and smaller appartments? Full of traffic, contamination and fewer trees and plants? I think there’s a flawed concept of progress that took us to very unhealthy lifestyles for us and also destructive to the environment. For me, progress from now on should be rethinking what we really need to live and took all the amazing knowledge and technology we have, to redesign how we live, with quality of life and sustainability as a goal, and not just “growth”. Going forward sometimes means stopping and taking another road.

  • @cookbook800
    @cookbook800 3 роки тому +5

    It might take a village to raise a child, but it takes one man to keep a village alive!

  • @kylin3197
    @kylin3197 2 роки тому +1

    He self-learned after only 2 months of apprenticeship, that's amazing. great on him for rejuvenating his village and its culture!

  • @wisecanadianwoman
    @wisecanadianwoman 3 роки тому +7

    What a wonderful story. Very touching.

  • @wenweilee8185
    @wenweilee8185 3 роки тому +10

    That town is Beautiful!

    • @importedriceco
      @importedriceco 2 роки тому

      the yellowish filter they edited in was weird tho

  • @bobbymoss6160
    @bobbymoss6160 2 роки тому +2

    2:02 absolutely stunning what the silversmiths in this village can do. Wow.

  • @childofthefox
    @childofthefox 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for sharing your beautiful dream that became your new life. I hope you help many others dreams come true and may business keep you in riches in both mind and body and your pocket. Your work is so beautiful.... Be proud it is stunning.

  • @glumpink4106
    @glumpink4106 2 роки тому +1

    I visited a Miao village in Hunan province two years ago. The Silverwork is absolutely amazing in person and their traditional dress if also very unique and different to han dressage.

  • @Realatmx
    @Realatmx 3 роки тому +6

    Very inspiring video

  • @edlcdmc
    @edlcdmc 3 роки тому +3

    I like the story, but I don't like the warm hue filter applied to the video. The filter makes it difficult to see the real Maliao village.

    • @achyif1
      @achyif1 3 роки тому +1

      the hue makes it look super smoggy yeah

  • @glumpink4106
    @glumpink4106 2 роки тому

    Guizhou is absolutely beautiful. I wish more people saw this.

  • @SimonLi
    @SimonLi 3 роки тому +1

    Always love seeing them make it in person when I wasd in Shanghai !

  • @philipthao8527
    @philipthao8527 3 роки тому +4

    can we get more Miao videos? I want to know more about my ppl.

  • @busybutterfly3501
    @busybutterfly3501 2 роки тому

    Beautiful works of art, an inspiring story indeed.

  • @Lee350
    @Lee350 3 роки тому +5

    They should make a website and accept custom job. With their skills for custom jewelry ordered by people who send in their own design for a custom jewelry, they would make so much money! I would order lol

    • @robkemp7291
      @robkemp7291 2 роки тому

      They get robbed even more so if go online.. if u are interested get personal shoppers and deliver to u..

  • @sethkang4410
    @sethkang4410 3 роки тому +4

    Thats amazing

  • @lamThinker
    @lamThinker 3 роки тому +7

    Miao related to Hmong? Cultures seem similar...

  • @antongavutti4376
    @antongavutti4376 3 роки тому

    Maganda

  • @barrymccaulkiner7092
    @barrymccaulkiner7092 3 роки тому +2

    Ni hao