In Chinese Traditional Culture, the funeral is called “喜丧” for a person having a very old age when passing away. (maybe more than 80+). You must smile and blessing for living such a long life. Thus, the funeral normally wears red clothing and is like a celebration.
古人認為“福壽雙全”的逝者，才算是喜喪。如果更詳細，去世的老人若滿足了∶“全福、全壽、全終”這三個條件 This is pretty rare in the old days. 全壽 is 90 year or older. 全終 is natural death. 全福 usually mean large happy family.
This is my hometown, and when I attempt to describe it, I find my vocabulary limited. The dominant features include money, labor, noise, and pollution, as I live in an industrial area. However, your video today reminded me that there's more to share. The towns are surrounded by narrow alleys, rivers, and temples. Btw, stone sculptures that look like lions are actually qilin. Thanks for sharing your tour.😊
Thank you for visiting my hometown. It brings back a lot of memories. I left Wenzhou when I was 7. Spent over a decade in Europe, then moved to the USA where I still reside today. As you stated, Wenzhou used to be very polluted. Your bike tour series is a great reminder that things can change when there's a genuine will to do so.
Hi, Katherine! I'm a big fan of your channel. I love seeing the lesser known parts of China that you're showing in your videos. There's plenty of other channels that showcase the big cities and tall skyscrapers (which are cool, too), but only yours show the China off the beaten path. Keep up the great content!
Seems like a really nice mix of the old and new. Sometimes I feel like the "new" comes to dominate some places in China, but it's great to see so much of the character of Wenzhou is still there. That lion though - that's definitely a "new" one!
Very interesting bike tour. This area is really nice and I love those narrow alleyways which are absolutely characteristics! China has so many places to discover!!! Thank you very much. The video was really amazing.
Hi! Katherine, Hope you all well and I am a fan of you. Thank you for your efforts and heart to improve environments in China. It's amazing to see you swim in river and biking on the green scnery bikeway. I am so happy to see this is happening in China. keep doing the good works
I like your video. I have freind in Yongkang of Zhejing. But I never visited the place that you visited. You presented many very significant things and ancient houses. It is great.
This is another wonderful look at Wenzhou. (10:22) The memory of your friend really adds depth to learning more about this city, and the huge transformation of China in the last 40+ years. Wenzhou is a coastal city facing waves of European colonizers, bringing with them "invasive species" to the local environment. (3:00) See that cross on the dome? ( 3:22) (3:35) The cross came with this lion image. (7:19) more invasive species. Globalization has its pluses and minuses.
Thanks for Katherine’s beautiful video and your effort to improve the environment condition of China. you are really a good friendly bridge between US and China. 8 回复
The stone lion supposed to be different from real lion, haha, I would say Katherine has some sense of humor😀Support from a guy who always stay at home.
Having visited Wenzhou several times (my wife is from there), this was a great watch! I never knew that water area was an urban swimming center because it was always cold when I went there! It's so fun to just people watch around that area, always interesting stuff going on.
A great video from a very courageous lady, wonderful to see so much of China from the travels on a bike, keep up the good work and thanks for sharing 😊
Katherine, you are a massively wonderful channel creator. I learn so much and love watching your tours of China. Thank you so much for all your time and dedication to making original content. Very wonderful.
I have been to Wenzhou, but never visited such a wonderful hidden gems like in your video. Thanks Kat for your great adventure in Wenzhou. Always stay healthy, happy and success. 👍🏻🙏🏻😍
Sometimes I seldom walk narrow alleyways, but there in Wenchou looks mysterious and eccentric to explore. Cycling next to the stream can be cool, as we could ride a boat there.
Chinese tradition in some areas : "laugh funeral 笑喪" for those pass away when over 70 and decease naturally. Red decorations instead of white and black to celebrate the longevity.
When my grandma died at the age of 90, the great grandchildren all wore those red sashes and although we adults did wear the various mourning clothes with pin ons according to our generation in the fam8, there wasn't much weeping but more a quiet feeling of satisfaction that grandma had seen three generations following her.
In traditional Chinese culture, it is rare for people to live longer than 70 years old. The death of an elderly person over 70 years old is a happy event, called "happy mourning", and mourners can wear festive attire.
Katherine, your trice retraced wenzhou visits makes an impression on you as it conveys the real China vibes; I was fortunate enough to be born and raised in the middle of Yangon Chinatown so I appreciate your colleague enthusiasm and sentiment with temples, markets and narrow alleys though my 17th street was twice as wide. Were you taking pot luck with your baidu maps? Ha ha even in American culture, funeral processions are avoided at all cost, not so different after all. The superstition is after a funeral attendance, you should't visit an expectant mother😅I am also a little perturbed at your pitchblack bike foray. Did you mistime you own curfew?😛
I'm literately here right now, visiting my birthplace. Left in 1990, almost everything's changed. Only things left unchanged are the Isle with the twin towers, Wuma street district which now seem to be designate historical district and the ancient city gate nearby. A lot of buildings seem to been rebuilt or renovated, they were much more rundown when I left. There's also a recent discovery of an ancient harbor by the Isle with the two towers, which they discovered when they tried to build a new road by the river. No they've stop the construction and planned on preserving the archaeological finding and turn it into a new tourist spot. Also btw, did you know Wenzhou is where they issue the first license of private business?
I actually finished this bike tour at the beginning of July and this particular section was in June , I am just sooo slow at editing because I am very busy with other work projects at the same time . Wenzhou was very hot even in June but then most of the rest of the route was quite nice for the most part just avoid the few hottest hours around noon
Cangnan is where one branch of the Minnan (Southern Fujian) dialect is spoken, as the ancestors of many residents there migrated from Southern Fujian a few hundred years ago. You can tell by the accent of one of the environment officials.
Great show, as always, Katherine, thanks!! 👍👍You sure has lost some weight, gaunt looking, make sure you eat well, especially when biking lately!! Places, off the beaten track, are always welcomed and appreciated to witnessed, Cheers!!!👌👌👌
Another beautiful day to watch & enjoy your video! Watching this from: Seattle, Wa. Thank you Katherine, looking forward again & patiently waiting for your new update video.. Again Thank you! ❤
Loved the marching bands at the funeral procession! I spent some time in Ghana, and they (the Ewe ethnic group) have like a 6 hour dance party for the dead, with the corpse sitting in a chair watching. It was also a unique experience. I am arriving in China this week. Looking forward to it!
If RFK Jr is elected next year I will submit your name for US Ambassador to China. They need someone in your age group with a profound knowledge of China that has not been polluted by the usual rhetoric . Bravo ! I have been following you now for many years and have never been disappointed once...says a lot about your communication skills and honest reporting of the truth.😘
Thanks to Katherine’s great video and her effort to improve the environment condition of China. She is really a good friendly bridge between US and China.
Normal funeral in wenzhou (cremation) starts very early in the morning, like 4 am or so. Where family member will do rituals and prayers (also days before) and sent off the diseased to the creamatorium. Usually whem all the rituals etc are done, they come back with a band of musicians. Id not mistaken.
Katherine , you are the envy of everyone who depends on gas-powered vehicles to move around. Enjoy every minute of scenery and video in your wonderful China trip. May you find happiness and freedom in the land of dictator and joyless(?) life in China.God bless you and your family!
Nice~ I see so many interesting spots for photography around the alleyways~ So much activities going on in this video~ 7:55 that is indeed a rare sight of a funeral. 8:41 Damn that truck driver speeding with that load... Have to say that 9:05 is one interesting looking bridge. Can see your friend really lit up when reminiscing about her childhood house. 😄 Really enjoy seeing snippets of how the people get on with their lives there in your videos. Great video.👍
The funeral procession was new for Huan too. I could also tell you about her experiences with anatomically correct statues but she probably wouldn't thank me! Lovely video, as always!
In Chinese Traditional Culture, the funeral is called “喜丧” for a person having a very old age when passing away. (maybe more than 80+). You must smile and blessing for living such a long life. Thus, the funeral normally wears red clothing and is like a celebration.
穿红色衣服？我活了40年没看见过
@@賣女孩的小火柴-v6t A first for me as well. Normally can't wear red.
@@賣女孩的小火柴-v6t 也有些地方会这样搞，所谓“白事红办”，很不常见
古人認為“福壽雙全”的逝者，才算是喜喪。如果更詳細，去世的老人若滿足了∶“全福、全壽、全終”這三個條件
This is pretty rare in the old days. 全壽 is 90 year or older. 全終 is natural death. 全福 usually mean large happy family.
@@云岩-y7l
中国的土地面积很大, 各地都有不同的习俗。 中国的每个地方你都去过吗？你知道中国的一切吗？
你很幽默，加油
Thanks!
🌹🌹🌹
Only in China and very few countries, beautiful young female can travel solo safely and freely.
This is real freedom!
Cheers from Singapore
Hahaha...the comment you made a out the anatomically correct lion had me laughing so hard. Good one, Katherine!
Bai describing the house of her childhood is a reminder to us all how far China has come and the changes that have occurred.
This is my hometown, and when I attempt to describe it, I find my vocabulary limited. The dominant features include money, labor, noise, and pollution, as I live in an industrial area. However, your video today reminded me that there's more to share. The towns are surrounded by narrow alleys, rivers, and temples. Btw, stone sculptures that look like lions are actually qilin. Thanks for sharing your tour.😊
Thank you for visiting my hometown. It brings back a lot of memories. I left Wenzhou when I was 7. Spent over a decade in Europe, then moved to the USA where I still reside today.
As you stated, Wenzhou used to be very polluted. Your bike tour series is a great reminder that things can change when there's a genuine will to do so.
這次騎自行車的中國之旅簡直不容錯過。這是一場純粹的視覺盛宴❤️🇨🇳
Hi, Katherine! I'm a big fan of your channel. I love seeing the lesser known parts of China that you're showing in your videos. There's plenty of other channels that showcase the big cities and tall skyscrapers (which are cool, too), but only yours show the China off the beaten path. Keep up the great content!
I am from Cangnan, have been living in States for 12 years. Thanks for covering my hometown!
Your current job and living environments are good for you. You look younger and more beautiful in each episode. Good for you.
I swear watching your fun videos is a matter of life and death! :D
Great video Katherine.thanks.
Bing chilling ! The most interesting connotative word one can learn in Mandarin, ha ha !
Seems like a really nice mix of the old and new. Sometimes I feel like the "new" comes to dominate some places in China, but it's great to see so much of the character of Wenzhou is still there. That lion though - that's definitely a "new" one!
I think i like xiao bai 😅 her energy is off the charts.
You always watch China from a different perspective, good for you
很欣慰 環境與生態的保護越來越到位 中國政府的努力與用心是看得見的
这是真的，温州的河我小时候就是条臭水沟。几年前回去好多人在钓鱼😅
Very interesting bike tour. This area is really nice and I love those narrow alleyways which are absolutely characteristics! China has so many places to discover!!! Thank you very much. The video was really amazing.
The environmental changes China has made in such a short time is a modern marvel.
You are a smart and beautiful girl. Please take care! You areva gem. I wish you neverending happines.
Oops, wrong on both counts.
omg i love those cute little cars
Welcome welcome 😊
good to see huge improvements. Environment much better than 20 years ago before I left.
Hi! Katherine, Hope you all well and I am a fan of you. Thank you for your efforts and heart to improve environments in China. It's amazing to see you swim in river and biking on the green scnery bikeway. I am so happy to see this is happening in China. keep doing the good works
I like your video. I have freind in Yongkang of Zhejing. But I never visited the place that you visited. You presented many very significant things and ancient houses. It is great.
OMG OMG my ancestral hometown. Last time I visited was 2019
Amazing episode. The images, coupled with the lyric and your warm voice, are so healing.
实在太棒了！
谢谢❤️
This is another wonderful look at Wenzhou. (10:22) The memory of your friend really adds depth to learning more about this city, and the huge transformation of China in the last 40+ years. Wenzhou is a coastal city facing waves of European colonizers, bringing with them "invasive species" to the local environment. (3:00) See that cross on the dome? ( 3:22) (3:35) The cross came with this lion image. (7:19) more invasive species. Globalization has its pluses and minuses.
Thank you, Katherine. You are amazing. Take care
Thanks for Katherine’s beautiful video and your effort to improve the environment condition of China. you are really a good friendly bridge between US and China.
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溫州⋯⋯騎自行車天堂👍
8:23 一手打伞一手打鼓的阿姨们😂😂😂
温州好多有意思的人文景物，治水有方，赞👍
真没有想过这么仔细，慢慢地好好地玩一个地方，大部分都是走马观花，也是只有这样到深入一个地方，才能体会其中的乐趣
The stone lion supposed to be different from real lion, haha, I would say Katherine has some sense of humor😀Support from a guy who always stay at home.
Great video again! 😊🤗👌
After stay in US for 3 decades, I’m too Americanized to understand China nowadays. Thank you for this content and another adventure!
Poor sod
Having visited Wenzhou several times (my wife is from there), this was a great watch! I never knew that water area was an urban swimming center because it was always cold when I went there! It's so fun to just people watch around that area, always interesting stuff going on.
A great video from a very courageous lady, wonderful to see so much of China from the travels on a bike, keep up the good work and thanks for sharing 😊
Katherine, you are a massively wonderful channel creator. I learn so much and love watching your tours of China. Thank you so much for all your time and dedication to making original content. Very wonderful.
Another great video! Informational, funny, delightful sarcasm, and seriousness. Gurl, you got it all. Add oil!!
The streets and alleyways of Wenzhou look very interesting indeed. Your vids are always so relaxing to watch, thank you.
鹿城鹿城 其他都是乡下
very cool stuff, thanks for sharing!
What a beautiful sight 🎉 thank you for sharing 👍👏🙏🎈
Love such video!
Xiao Bai is so beautiful.
I have been to Wenzhou, but never visited such a wonderful hidden gems like in your video. Thanks Kat for your great adventure in Wenzhou. Always stay healthy, happy and success. 👍🏻🙏🏻😍
Thanks for sharing.
It is special from a non Chinese viewing the grass root levels of China objectively.
关于石狮，这里有个误解。石狮并不是完全按照狮子的造型设计的。东汉时期，有西域王国第一次向中原汉王朝进贡了一头狮子，中原汉族人第一次见到了狮子这种动物。
但是后来在设计石狮造型的时候，是融合了想象中的神兽“狻猊”的造型。狻猊是传说中龙的九子之一。
Sometimes I seldom walk narrow alleyways, but there in Wenchou looks mysterious and eccentric to explore.
Cycling next to the stream can be cool, as we could ride a boat there.
Chinese tradition in some areas : "laugh funeral 笑喪" for those pass away when over 70 and decease naturally. Red decorations instead of white and black to celebrate the longevity.
this is not traditional Chinese funeral，this is a Chinese style Christian funeral
Interesting sights and sounds; you even get a glimpse of Paris at 4:02 !
Your explanation of that stone lion is so funny.
That lion should be given a role in Guardian Of The Galaxy.
Thanks Katherine for such interesting video
Kindness funny lovely
Cheers.
When my grandma died at the age of 90, the great grandchildren all wore those red sashes and although we adults did wear the various mourning clothes with pin ons according to our generation in the fam8, there wasn't much weeping but more a quiet feeling of satisfaction that grandma had seen three generations following her.
you are going to my home town next ? beautiful water .
wenzhou is my home city!
Full of memories. Haven't been my hometown for about ten years. Enjoy your trip.
Thank you for your video, its eye opening! ❤❤❤
such an angel, please keep up your good work !
In traditional Chinese culture, it is rare for people to live longer than 70 years old. The death of an elderly person over 70 years old is a happy event, called "happy mourning", and mourners can wear festive attire.
You best one,
Katherine, your trice retraced wenzhou visits makes an impression on you as it conveys the real China vibes; I was fortunate enough to be born and raised in the middle of Yangon Chinatown so I appreciate your colleague enthusiasm and sentiment with temples, markets and narrow alleys though my 17th street was twice as wide. Were you taking pot luck with your baidu maps? Ha ha even in American culture, funeral processions are avoided at all cost, not so different after all. The superstition is after a funeral attendance, you should't visit an expectant mother😅I am also a little perturbed at your pitchblack bike foray. Did you mistime you own curfew?😛
I'm literately here right now, visiting my birthplace. Left in 1990, almost everything's changed. Only things left unchanged are the Isle with the twin towers, Wuma street district which now seem to be designate historical district and the ancient city gate nearby. A lot of buildings seem to been rebuilt or renovated, they were much more rundown when I left. There's also a recent discovery of an ancient harbor by the Isle with the two towers, which they discovered when they tried to build a new road by the river. No they've stop the construction and planned on preserving the archaeological finding and turn it into a new tourist spot. Also btw, did you know Wenzhou is where they issue the first license of private business?
Love seeing your biking adventures! I don't know how you're doing it because it's been so hot in the east these days. I'd be dying for sure. 😅
I actually finished this bike tour at the beginning of July and this particular section was in June , I am just sooo slow at editing because I am very busy with other work projects at the same time . Wenzhou was very hot even in June but then most of the rest of the route was quite nice for the most part just avoid the few hottest hours around noon
Oh that's good it was mostly nice! You've definitely inspired me to visit some of these smaller cities you've been to. @@kats_journey_east
@@kats_journey_east请问你用什么剪辑软件？
Cangnan is where one branch of the Minnan (Southern Fujian) dialect is spoken, as the ancestors of many residents there migrated from Southern Fujian a few hundred years ago. You can tell by the accent of one of the environment officials.
Agree, that stone lion, is so funny.
這街景也太有特色了！
Very sorry for recent floods in China. I hope you and your friends are all OK
it seems to happen every year at this time unfortunately, I have never lived in a region that is affected by it but I hope everyone is ok too
温州是历史名城，好看的地方很多
Looking forward to the next video. 🎉
您的視力真好 獅子🦁️這樣也給妳看出來😂
Great show, as always, Katherine, thanks!! 👍👍You sure has lost some weight, gaunt looking, make sure you eat well, especially when biking lately!! Places, off the beaten track, are always welcomed and appreciated to witnessed, Cheers!!!👌👌👌
What a contrast between the old n new love Yr great info
Great view!!❤
Great video as ever Katherine. I *love* those proper bike lanes, we need more of those everywhere.
Another beautiful day to watch & enjoy your video! Watching this from: Seattle, Wa. Thank you Katherine, looking forward again & patiently waiting for your new update video.. Again Thank you! ❤
Amazing
Love how you handle the camera and your narrations are fantastic...!!!
Loved the marching bands at the funeral procession! I spent some time in Ghana, and they (the Ewe ethnic group) have like a 6 hour dance party for the dead, with the corpse sitting in a chair watching. It was also a unique experience. I am arriving in China this week. Looking forward to it!
If RFK Jr is elected next year I will submit your name for US Ambassador to China. They need someone in your age group with a profound knowledge of China that has not been polluted by the usual rhetoric . Bravo ! I have been following you now for many years and have never been disappointed once...says a lot about your communication skills and honest reporting of the truth.😘
If you wanted this broad to reply to you, you would have had to say something like how awesome Biden is.
Thanks to Katherine’s great video and her effort to improve the environment condition of China. She is really a good friendly bridge between US and China.
Normal funeral in wenzhou (cremation) starts very early in the morning, like 4 am or so. Where family member will do rituals and prayers (also days before) and sent off the diseased to the creamatorium. Usually whem all the rituals etc are done, they come back with a band of musicians. Id not mistaken.
Katherine , you are the envy of everyone who depends on gas-powered vehicles to move around. Enjoy every minute of scenery and video in your wonderful China trip. May you find happiness and freedom in the land of dictator and joyless(?) life in China.God bless you and your family!
Interesting stuff
Thx for sharing 😮
I love the narrow alleys! reminds me of old China! Might go back to Wenzhou one day :p.
Nice~ I see so many interesting spots for photography around the alleyways~ So much activities going on in this video~
7:55 that is indeed a rare sight of a funeral. 8:41 Damn that truck driver speeding with that load...
Have to say that 9:05 is one interesting looking bridge. Can see your friend really lit up when reminiscing about her childhood house. 😄
Really enjoy seeing snippets of how the people get on with their lives there in your videos. Great video.👍
Finally Wenzhou!
If Xiao Bai lived there it means she must be filthy rich today. Real estate in Wenzhou is famous for it's high prices!
Thanks for so many Zhejiang vlogs. I have enjoyed each of them. You should have gone to stunning Yan Daing Mountain 雁荡山。 Next time.
was there for the first time three months ago! my college roommates parents still live in five horse street!
The funeral procession was new for Huan too. I could also tell you about her experiences with anatomically correct statues but she probably wouldn't thank me! Lovely video, as always!
欢迎来鹿城🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
鹿城 是哪 是辽宁一个叫西丰的县城吗？
@@被超超 温州都不知道？欧洲几乎否是他们天下了
Love your videos!
Nice video
trying to build a waste water system around those canals and alleyways must have been a nightmare. hats off to the engineers.