Explore a Remote Chinese Village in the Valleys of Guangxi

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  • Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
  • What’s life like on a remote Chinese village in Guangxi Province? Daily life in the valley of this small village, I walk around and compare east to west. School, work ethic, food, architecture, farming, religion, beliefs, caves, chickens and youth.
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  • @pdd978
    @pdd978 5 років тому +126

    This man is a real traveler, China is much more than Shanghai and Shenzhen. This man explored many different aspects of China and showed us the reality about China

  • @thegreatestshowstopper5860
    @thegreatestshowstopper5860 5 років тому +72

    Oh man, watching this makes me so homesick. I was born and raised in Liuzhou, Guangxi, but both of my parents came from villages just like what's in your video and I did spent part of my childhood in these rural villages when I was very little. I missed back then when we have very limited electricity and the whole family had to sit around a fireplace and talk, and I was chasing with other kids out in the crop field, looking for berries in the wild... Thank you!

    • @elena16350
      @elena16350 4 роки тому +5

      TheGreatest ShowStopper .Thankyou for sharing those memories, sometimes they seem so close and real, I think they make us all part of life, I think there’re very important.

  • @FatalAnimal
    @FatalAnimal 5 років тому +346

    Love this video Matt. I find people in Chinese villages very interesting. They always seem so generous and kind despite working so hard.

    • @QLTD
      @QLTD 5 років тому +20

      I think this applies to all villagers world wide

    • @laoshapigou
      @laoshapigou 5 років тому +16

      @@QLTD people in the villages know how to treat strangers well

    • @adrianyik25
      @adrianyik25 5 років тому +41

      try sneaking around a farm in the US! You'd probably get shot....after being told to go back to "fill in the blank"

    • @laoshapigou
      @laoshapigou 5 років тому +10

      @@adrianyik25 🤦so true

    • @waitinglongtime691
      @waitinglongtime691 5 років тому +1

      welcome to China

  • @jackji4370
    @jackji4370 4 роки тому +11

    This is the real Chinese countryside. When I graduated from university more than ten years ago, I came to Shanghai. I was shocked by the modern city, but I still often miss the time I spent playing in the rice fields in the countryside when I was young.

  • @ofekzpeggy129
    @ofekzpeggy129 5 років тому +128

    i grew up in a large city in northern china but when i went to elementary school 22 years ago, we had outdoor toilets, much worse than the four toilets here in this video. in 1997 we got a new building with indoor toilets and several years ago that elementary school began to be equipped with a good playground, a soccer field and everything else. guangxi is among the poorest provinces in china and i am glad to see that even out there in the village they have tolerable facilities. the next generation will have something better. this is part of our culture: we can sacrifice for the next generation.

    • @rosesblue1218
      @rosesblue1218 5 років тому +10

      I am very touched by that, even the poorest village has a proper school, because we really care about our next generations

    • @user-xz8vn2zr5e
      @user-xz8vn2zr5e 5 років тому

      @ale xie they want a better life.

    • @NegativeAccelerate
      @NegativeAccelerate 6 місяців тому

      That school looked almost as good as my school from Ireland, in a first world country.
      In Ireland, I remember the toilets being much dirtier than what we're shown here. Ireland has more cobwebs and spiders. In Ireland the toilets are indoors, but we would have an outdoor shed that used to contain old toilets.
      In Ireland, our outdoor facilities was just concrete with chalk drawn hopscotch and a few other games. The chalk would have half gone though. We had a really nice massive gaelic football pitch but it would flood in Winter. Here they have a climbing frame with slides, super nice even concrete basketball court. It looks great.
      But yeah, in Ireland we have windows and stone walls about half a metre thick and heaters which they turn on about once a year. During covid, when windows were open, it would be hard to move your hands with numbness. In between every two classrooms was like a fireplace chimney thing where in the past kids used to bring in coal to heat the place up. So even when Ireland was third world, I think our architecture was more suited to the climate. Probably because our climate was less changeable.
      In ireland, we also had many prefabs. Which are single classroom shed type buildings. They were kinda cold.

  • @user-xd9ss7ru7m
    @user-xd9ss7ru7m 5 років тому +243

    I like your videos, good or bad, first tell the truth. Everything you do is more honest than most Western media.

  • @touxiong519
    @touxiong519 4 роки тому +18

    Sometimes when I close my eyes I can still hear the chirping of birds and crowing of rosters. I can hear the breeze and feel it on my face. I can smell the dirt and the freshness of the mountains. And for a brief moment I can see my grandmother cooking and my grandfather sharpen knives and tending to his tools. All of this is only a distance memory now. 😢😢😢

    • @elena16350
      @elena16350 4 роки тому

      Tou Xiong , what a beautiful image you write about, it is something most have, but yours reminds me of a book I once read called Cider With Rosie. It was about life in a village in the countryside 100 110years ago, memories of life as it once was, we all have memories of our early lives, and sometimes can be very real.

    • @DaninVirginia
      @DaninVirginia 4 роки тому

      You are fortunate to have the recall of what your senses were telling you, adding to your enjoyment of the memory.

    • @ChoiceDK
      @ChoiceDK 3 роки тому

      I hope you're ok. Love China, it's so beautiful there!

  • @kwinwang7067
    @kwinwang7067 5 років тому +98

    It’s a courageous person, you went to such a remote area.
    The Chinese countryside is an underdeveloped place, but the people there are very simple and hardworking.
    Like your vlog!
    u r a cool guy!

  • @Betterlife2014
    @Betterlife2014 5 років тому +69

    This video is amazing. Even I am a Chinese, I feel it is so intersting. Thank you.

    • @AH-hi7jg
      @AH-hi7jg 5 років тому

      This BIGGEST SHIT HOLE on planet EARTH

    • @rcchen5624
      @rcchen5624 4 роки тому +2

      @@AH-hi7jg glad you are not in China and never set your foot in China. China does not welcome you, scumbag!

  • @foxfire5235
    @foxfire5235 5 років тому +32

    The most important is it is safe, you don't have to worry about someone coming out of nowhere rob you.

    • @andy.8444
      @andy.8444 4 роки тому +2

      yeah but China is pretty safe anyways

    • @DELPHIIII
      @DELPHIIII 4 роки тому +1

      @@andy.8444 I was once viciously attacked AND bitten by several mosquitoes in China, so that's debatable.

    • @andy.8444
      @andy.8444 4 роки тому +1

      @@DELPHIIII 🤣😂😂 yeah, I guess you're right

    • @DELPHIIII
      @DELPHIIII 4 роки тому +2

      @@andy.8444 I followed you on Instagram, you are super cool!

  • @qingwang3453
    @qingwang3453 5 років тому +45

    At the end of the video, the child's smile could melt one's heart.

    • @krollpeter
      @krollpeter 5 років тому +3

      :)
      I loved that, too.
      Many people only know China from glittery world of the 4 major cities. This is a good video. China has beautiful countryside, it still has to develop a lot but don't forget living quality is not only about what you own.

    • @loveamerica5725
      @loveamerica5725 5 років тому +2

      The baby is so cute. I would go just to see that. Beautiful video!

    • @asherkhan69
      @asherkhan69 4 роки тому +2

      My heart melted as well can't lie lol

  • @chrislee3720
    @chrislee3720 5 років тому +3

    My dad grew up in a village just like this one, but he's the only child among seven brothers who continued the scholarship towards college and eventually got out from the poverty. Now 40 yrs later, although he's got a two-store house and a certain job in Nanning, he could never forget those hard times that somehow changed his life... And our family, too. Really a good vid, brings up a lot of things my dad ever told me long ago!

  • @yliu7945
    @yliu7945 5 років тому +42

    This is a very interesting video. I actually came from one of these villages in china.

  • @theragingcyclone
    @theragingcyclone 5 років тому +186

    This remote Chinese village doesn't look like it has lots of amenities but still it is far better developed than a typically remote village in other developing countries. It has cement road which is very smooth and without cracks, the village has proper school and people have cemented houses and not the thatched huts. Also people here seem to posses few of the necessities of modern life life. Overall Chinese government seems to have done an excellent job of providing at least basic necessities of modern life.
    Also the village doesn't look like very densely populated and the surrounding area is just excellent scenery. I'm sure a highway connecting some major city should not be more than 30-40 kms away from this area as highway construction is going on all over China at fast pace. Overall thanks for the video.

    • @user-xc2ye7jp1r
      @user-xc2ye7jp1r 5 років тому +12

      China implemented the village policy 10 years ago. Including cement roads, mobile networks, tap water

    • @chenjack7148
      @chenjack7148 5 років тому +2

      u read alot true things,i am an Chinese,3q

    • @rosesblue1218
      @rosesblue1218 5 років тому +12

      yes china is a developing country but the basic infrastructure is far better than other developing countries, thats why China is developing so fast. the poorest people can have a way out because they have electricity and internet and education.

    • @user-ly3mu3ge2o
      @user-ly3mu3ge2o 5 років тому +1

      老哥是中国人吧,这么了解

    • @yingluncn
      @yingluncn 5 років тому +4

      AS I know, the Chinese government has made every village yes every! have electricity, concrete roads, and telecommunication which is called 村村通. And but villages are disappearing in recent years because of urbanization.

  • @ericgreen7152
    @ericgreen7152 5 років тому +76

    7:35 The villager warmly invites you to try some fresh peanuts,saying they are free of Chemical fertilizer. What a nice guy!

    • @JaYoeNation
      @JaYoeNation  5 років тому +3

      Yea he was so nice.

    • @theragingcyclone
      @theragingcyclone 5 років тому +8

      Yes he was nice and also the other guy who asked him if he wanted him to leave his bike so he could come to his place later.

  • @helloliubin
    @helloliubin 5 років тому +37

    Most of us Chinese have our rural home. That's not an investment in the village. buying house in villages are NOT allowed, especially to outside people. That's kind of protection for poor people to hold their property. Most young people are going out to big cities for jobs. Some of them buy apartments in the cities and live there while some of them will go back to village when they are getting old. This video is so great, it makes me thinking of my rural home. Thank you.

    • @JaYoeNation
      @JaYoeNation  5 років тому +2

      Thanks for the clarification

    • @debl5848
      @debl5848 5 років тому +3

      Good idea for not allowing to sell. Most will trade off to big developers if allowed and rural land will disappear.

  • @kristinepfs
    @kristinepfs 5 років тому +34

    I love this video. I think it is my favorite of all of yours that I have seen.
    Thank you for giving us this beautiful tour.
    The natural beauty there is amazing!!!

    • @JaYoeNation
      @JaYoeNation  5 років тому +3

      wow... great! glad you like it.

  • @28summilux28
    @28summilux28 5 років тому +54

    'build a road if you want to get rich' it's hard learned lesson through generations

    • @freemanhe3974
      @freemanhe3974 5 років тому

      build road first if you want to get rich

    • @user-mu7cs5ge2u
      @user-mu7cs5ge2u 5 років тому +2

      要想富,先修路,少生孩子多种树

  • @WLee-jb3oi
    @WLee-jb3oi 5 років тому +8

    I'm mesmerized by the quality of your China vlogs... The music and editing are so on point. This one actually had me tear up and left me in deep thoughts. My father came from a poor background in one of these remote villages in Guangxi Province but later managed to get a good job and migrated to the city. Being raised in the city, as a child I always felt ashamed of my father's "peasant background" and took my good life for granted. I prided myself in being a city girl and feared people would ever find out the truth behind my "less cultivated" father. I had been reluctant to return to that "not-so-aesthetically-refined" stone house that my father had grown up in (much like the one filmed in the vid but more run-down). Took me years to realize the incredible effort of my father in surviving the harsh living conditions (no electric lighting, broken rooftop that leaked, not enough food for 7 kids, had to walk 3 hours in mud to commute to school... etc. Life is way tougher back then in a Chinese village), who eventually transcended his social class by studying and working his ass off. This video just resonates with me and makes me want to go out and explore my father's home village - the place that made my father the person he is today. I also found people in Chinese villages naturally kinder and more welcoming than those in the cities but had unfortunately been too arrogant to have a good talk with them! I feel absolutely grateful for what I have now and definitely started to appreciate the natural beauty, the relaxing atmosphere and simplicity of the countryside. Thank you for inspiring me and showing people what life is like in a remote Chinese village! (Also, how things have improved these days! 5 years ago roads in my father's village were still muddy now they're all nice and clean.)

    • @JaYoeNation
      @JaYoeNation  5 років тому +2

      Hope you share this video with your story. I would love to expose others to it. Yes. I hope my daughter can distance herself from looking down on that type of life as well. It is really to be respected and appreciate as we are all so different but also the same

    • @user-tb3xf7iy4m
      @user-tb3xf7iy4m 2 роки тому

      不要回来了,不欢迎了

    • @user-gm9ek1yl7t
      @user-gm9ek1yl7t Рік тому

      随时欢迎你,虽然我不在广西,每个人年轻时都有傲慢的心理,及时改正是大善,祝你生活好运

  • @jefferyxie2205
    @jefferyxie2205 4 роки тому +14

    A explaination to your surprise of the road. many years ago the government carried out a policy that cement road to every vallage. The reason is that as long as cement road is built, people have the ability to go inside and outside to promote the economic development

  • @anthonylondon3366
    @anthonylondon3366 5 років тому +10

    Life is basic here....but the village is set in beautiful mountain scenery.

  • @alexander1989x
    @alexander1989x 4 роки тому +23

    Appreciate this video as this is the closest everyone will get to the 'Real China', and is beautiful.

    • @kennethdaudasamuelonwuta8266
      @kennethdaudasamuelonwuta8266 4 роки тому +1

      These places are not villages. This places are farm land houses. You could see that the video did not show that people are living there -- even kids. The farmer sometimes word have to work for longer period and as a result will have to pass the night in this farmland house. This scenario also exist in Europe.

  • @kirkjohnson9353
    @kirkjohnson9353 5 років тому +10

    I LOVE this video. This is the part of China I find most appealing. You do a fantastic job of checking things out and being respectful of the locals. I'm sure you are a welcome guest.

  • @unlostbro5694
    @unlostbro5694 5 років тому +12

    6:29 The slogan written in the wall is "Built new houses,Movie into the new houses,work together and work harder to accomplished the gols of well-off society."
    加油中国!

  • @sapulpaorganics5402
    @sapulpaorganics5402 4 роки тому +3

    I love videos like this showing the REAL China and rural life where the people are simple, genuine and VERY hard working
    Thank you for sharing!!

  • @ursulapainter992
    @ursulapainter992 2 роки тому +1

    This is the most empathetic and understanding travelogue I have ever seen. It places the most important of people, agricultural laborers, in the finest light.

  • @yuxingwei6490
    @yuxingwei6490 5 років тому +7

    Thank you very much for sharing your experience. My dad grew up in a village like this in Hunan province but the house he grew up in was built with mud and wood sticks.

  • @michaellim3020
    @michaellim3020 4 роки тому +1

    My grandfather was born in this province (Kentan - GuangXi) before he followed his father to migrate to Indonesia at a very young age. He has a twins brother who is believed to kept living there with his mother. Sadly, my grandfather never got a chance to back and meet his family there until he passed away. As a grandson, I really wish to fulfill one of the biggest wishes of my grandfather to meet his family back in Kentan (Guang Xi) China. However, there is no clear information about the exact location, the only thing that we know is his mother's name and the surname of his brother (Lim/Lin). Hopefully, there will be a chance for me to visit there one day

  • @bgcshfgkjq
    @bgcshfgkjq 5 років тому +4

    I was born in a big city in China, but through your camera I am able to see the parts of China I would never have a chance to experience myself. So thank you for this!

  • @montaguable
    @montaguable 5 років тому +26

    Now that's a "Village Crawl" ! Something you won't see on a typical travel show. I really enjoy the perspective literally and figuratively. The pace of travel gives time to absorb something of how things work and fit together.

  • @ronniedai3683
    @ronniedai3683 5 років тому +92

    They are the poorest but nicest people you can find in China.

    • @Edwardz715
      @Edwardz715 5 років тому

      But they eat dogs

    • @kaijieliu7502
      @kaijieliu7502 5 років тому +9

      @@Edwardz715 no

    • @kaijieliu7502
      @kaijieliu7502 5 років тому +5

      @@Edwardz715dont think that everyone is dog eater。about 95% of people dont eat dogs

    • @jjzh2002
      @jjzh2002 5 років тому +4

      @@Edwardz715 that is not true.

    • @CHINABEATBOX
      @CHINABEATBOX 5 років тому +2

      @@Edwardz715 naive

  • @sliangx
    @sliangx 5 років тому +2

    This is truly amazing. I am a Chinese and I currently live in Detroit. I get every word you are saying in this video. Very touching and emotional when you put yourself into a such pure and quite place.

  • @brucemon4525
    @brucemon4525 3 роки тому +3

    I was born in such a village from guilin guangxi .
    I remember that the roads to the village was muddy around rainy day.

  • @ronlai4802
    @ronlai4802 5 років тому +5

    Loved this type remote village country side..

  • @JaYoeNation
    @JaYoeNation  5 років тому +38

    Those of you watching this on Wednesday... consider yourself lucky... UA-cam auto published this early. It should have been scheduled for tomorrow. Really strange. Anyway.. ill put it up public tomorrow.

    • @jamesmason2291
      @jamesmason2291 5 років тому +1

      the JaYoe Nation that's why I don't see it on your videos

    • @JaYoeNation
      @JaYoeNation  5 років тому +1

      its up now!

    • @c.spencer2338
      @c.spencer2338 5 років тому +3

      That Flower is a Wild Poinsettia, Like the christmas flowering plant from Mexico. BTW this is the best video in a long time. Love the Travel show style format of the village life.

    • @ryoko330
      @ryoko330 5 років тому

      Thanks for sharing videos of the life of China village. I enjoy how you tell about western and eastern .

    • @zeyonghuang8133
      @zeyonghuang8133 5 років тому

      yeah ,you are in the real china village

  • @enzogaga896
    @enzogaga896 5 років тому +9

    thank you Matt. great video. I grew up in a village like this China. it is way way better than 10,20years ago. people are way happier now than then . if you went there in 2009,2010, you will cry seeing how poor ppl there. back then, we didn't have running water, electricity, phone signal, TV. trust me, it is getting better and bettet.

  • @Schmavie
    @Schmavie 5 років тому +12

    Ah! Thanks for the early release UA-cam! Great piece of journalism Matt! Loved this view of Chinese rural life. Yea, when I saw the drone shot of those beautiful farmed fields, it dawned in me that they were all likely the result of back-breaking work. That beautiful variety doesn't happen without it. Some news service should be paying you for the color stories you create! LoL

  • @ufo4936
    @ufo4936 5 років тому +7

    This is what i was looking for. Thank you. we need more of this kind

  • @KK-xi7vh
    @KK-xi7vh 5 років тому +8

    Hi JaYoe, this vid popped up at my page and I clicked it expecting some bashing comments as I normally will hear/see. And I got surprised. I teared up a little when you talked about the window and their living condition. I feel for them. I myself live in Guangzhou city, and my hometown is a small town in Hunan. I think I have experienced such hard condition when I was five or six, at my grandma's village before she passed away. My memories are foggy though. Even though the living condition was hard, I remember I had so much fun there. Thank you for bringing back some of my great memories. And thank you for being empathy and not bias. There are still lots of places like this in China and also around the world. I hope there are less conflict and more good work to be done for places like this. Sorry for my poor English. Peace and love!

    • @JaYoeNation
      @JaYoeNation  5 років тому +1

      Kath! thanks for the amazing comment. I appreciate you sharing your thoughts.

  • @johnfeng4374
    @johnfeng4374 5 років тому +6

    Thank you for your video introducing Chinese village! This reminds me of our tradition and old culture!
    China is still developing country, we are working hard to develop our country!

  • @peterbutter2054
    @peterbutter2054 5 років тому +4

    21:07 As Chinese, I couldn't his Mandarin until you said "You can fish here." Thank you for making these videos about life in rural places, because that's anther side of life in China, not in big cities, but in villages.

  • @iamnotfooled
    @iamnotfooled Рік тому +2

    Thank you for what you are doing. My eyes are opened

  • @chestnutridge4187
    @chestnutridge4187 5 років тому +17

    The best episode. Love it.

  • @QLTD
    @QLTD 5 років тому +15

    I just went to Ling Qing village in southern China, like 30 minutes ago! 😎
    well, that's how I felt, the reality, I'm still sitting behind my PC😕
    awesome video thanks Matt

  • @Changyp
    @Changyp 5 років тому +19

    17:35 That's a very big tomb of a very rich family in that village.
    The paint or the carve you see are 4 plants (Plum梅,Orchid兰,Bamboo竹,Chrysanthemum菊) in Chinese culture, which stand for "Long-Live"。
    The Chinese characters “寿”(life) on the left side and “禄”(fortune) on the right side, are the wishes from the offspring of the tomb owner.
    There are too many detailed things in one family's tomb, because in Chinese culture, a family's ancestor tomb is the root of one family's life, fortune, wealth, health and everything.
    Chinese faith is the ancestor, because ancestor is the god of every family.

  • @zoezk4543
    @zoezk4543 4 роки тому +2

    Matt, one thing you don't understand that area why they don't put glass windows on. It is because the moisture. Too much rain, they have to keep the houses open to get ventilation. Otherwise there will be got mold all the time inside.

  • @kathbowers8257
    @kathbowers8257 5 років тому +4

    Very poetic presentation of a particular place. A timeless example of a way of life. Thank you! JaYoe

  • @joewu7092
    @joewu7092 5 років тому +2

    You are touching the hard core of China :-) We are not only Shanghai, Beijing and mega constructions but also this. Hope you can visit more places in China.

  • @shayneward1234
    @shayneward1234 4 роки тому +4

    I've been to a very remote village in China ,too . I was surprised that in such areas it has 4G there .
    Great video~It's nice to see people in those areas are living a harmony life.

  • @sophiayi1521
    @sophiayi1521 5 років тому +4

    Really like your smile and your way of presentation. You see the positive side of things with an open mind and describe the negative side of things without biased criticism and comparison. You are a positive and compassionate person. Keep up the good work 👍👍👍

    • @itsMe_TheHerpes
      @itsMe_TheHerpes 5 років тому

      lol, he does it cuz he is been paid by the CCP.
      the reality of things, is that the communist party is a highly dysfunctional machine, that makes people's life miserable.

  • @ihoppoet
    @ihoppoet 5 років тому +14

    I don't think that cave was a shrine, more like a grave yard, that wasn't alcohol the big one I believe had bodies in it, and the small ones were ashes, and those three stones were tomb stones.

  • @erxkeel
    @erxkeel 5 років тому +13

    Awesome! I love these videos Matt!

  • @Zehl.
    @Zehl. 4 роки тому +6

    You are one the realest people I’ve seen in a while

  • @mtx1212
    @mtx1212 5 років тому +2

    Thats how you coexist peacefully with the nature...very zen place...

  • @jrukawa11
    @jrukawa11 5 років тому +7

    The family is preparing for Lunar Chinese New Year, village style

  • @johnhanser2313
    @johnhanser2313 3 роки тому +2

    I'm watching this video from north China rural countryside,even if far away but my phone still works😘

    • @Gencturk92
      @Gencturk92 3 роки тому +1

      do you live in China ? its one of the places that i want to explore, i like the food, architecture, design

  • @kennethsh89
    @kennethsh89 5 років тому +14

    I love this video. Need more vids like this :D

  • @elvis11241
    @elvis11241 3 роки тому +1

    Actually it's quite amazing that you can understand his Chinese...

  • @sherristrikesandtractors
    @sherristrikesandtractors 5 років тому +7

    Interesting video about a Chinese village and how people in that Village live. Keep up the good work love the videos

  • @tashio89hawk23
    @tashio89hawk23 9 місяців тому +1

    I love the place and environment of the village. The village and its surrounding kind a have like a magical appearance on it.

  • @coryplum5375
    @coryplum5375 5 років тому +72

    13:55 China has a great plan that spent billions to offer 4G LTE, concrete roads and optical fiber to all villages, even some of them are far away from others.
    Until 2017 December, villages concrete roads length had surpass 4,000,000 km, and 90% villages have 4G LTE and fiber service.

    • @user-yd5zr4qf7r
      @user-yd5zr4qf7r 5 років тому +18

      @@radagast1184 keep being salty

    • @coryplum5375
      @coryplum5375 5 років тому +14

      @@radagast1184 Don't be a clown.

    • @user-yd5zr4qf7r
      @user-yd5zr4qf7r 5 років тому +10

      @@radagast1184 crying for what? For laughing at u being an ass?

    • @coryplum5375
      @coryplum5375 5 років тому +5

      @@radagast1184 I only saw you're crying.

    • @user-yd5zr4qf7r
      @user-yd5zr4qf7r 5 років тому +4

      @@radagast1184 right for what? For bringing politic to the theme of this vid? Usually only heavy politically brainwashed ass would do that, u sound as likely as north korea is the best country in the world.

  • @aunmarie7629
    @aunmarie7629 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you for videoing your travels in China. Some places in the US are like this especially in the regions of the Appalachia. My father grew up in the Oregon Mts. In a house without electric and their plumbing was simply pipes running to the house from the nearest river.

  • @MinMin-on3pf
    @MinMin-on3pf 5 років тому +4

    This Vlog haunts my ass, man. I attended the elementary school in a shack with makeshift toilets, the one with no proper roof with holes on the ground, reeked of bio-wastes and paper sheets. us humans are very resilient and deep down we're all the same.

  • @patrickyan5465
    @patrickyan5465 5 років тому +1

    Good work. My hometown is a small poor village locates in east Guangxi, near the border to Guangdong. I was tired of these concrete houses, paddy field and green mountain until I watched your video. You have discovered so much details I get used to and never be aware of, which makes me re-understand my hometown. Thanks for sharing the beauty of a remote place that few people know.

  • @user-ps7pu9pr2x
    @user-ps7pu9pr2x 5 років тому +23

    And 23:29 they treat you with the best things they have , trust me. I have lived in countryside for about 10 years in China. People there are frugal, especially those aged ones. They don't treat themselves so good like this unless it's holiday.

    • @jzheng7324
      @jzheng7324 5 років тому +3

      “进门便是客”,中国人对客的接待一般都会比对自己的标准高。

    • @quanzhou4608
      @quanzhou4608 5 років тому

      very true.

    • @rebekahli1024
      @rebekahli1024 4 роки тому

      你没听他说吗,这家人住南宁,广西的省会,平时不在农村,我相信他们家并不像你说的frugal。而且你说的情况可能是10年前,或者说是外省的情况。广西人天天吃鸡,trust me, I am from Guangxi.

  • @frankwxu
    @frankwxu 5 років тому +16

    I am Chinese and have been living in the US for over 20 years. I will take my kids to these villages one day to experience a different world.

  • @andreamoboe
    @andreamoboe 5 років тому +6

    Love these vlogs Matt! Village life...not something you see on UA-cam everyday. Thanks 😀👍🏻

  • @MrStevepga
    @MrStevepga 5 років тому +4

    Nice video matt, me as a Malaysian chinese have stayed and worked in china at Zhuhai before. it was my desire to visit these villages but didnt make the time, this video gives me lots of good memories. TQVM will catch more of your videos

  • @naturecure9900
    @naturecure9900 5 років тому +5

    Amazing video ,amazing prospective!

  • @kuipan5968
    @kuipan5968 5 років тому +12

    The big tomb is actually a grave yard. I can see the name of the person passed away. Based on the size and decoration, apprently he had a rich family to build that for him. Most of the young people are not in the villages, they went to big cities so they can earn more money. Only small kids and older people are left behind, which is kind of sad. Being farmers can not earn much money, especially in the western part of China... BTW, my grandparents lived in similar villages...

    • @JaYoeNation
      @JaYoeNation  5 років тому +1

      lots of people told me this.... thank you. A few days earlier i saw an area like this... and they told me it was a shrine and not a tomb... so i figured this was the same.

  • @johnpagoto1054
    @johnpagoto1054 5 років тому +3

    I'm from Detroit too, an expat living in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Currently experiencing the same cultural differences in a similar non-judgmental, appreciative fashion. At least you can speak the language. I'm in the process of learning despite my slow pace. Fortunately I've met some English speaking people. I've felt nothing but kindness few people forward each other in the states

    • @JaYoeNation
      @JaYoeNation  5 років тому +1

      Yup. Friendly people everywhere

  • @shawncheng404
    @shawncheng404 5 років тому +4

    thanks JAYOE introduce Chinese village.I also from Chinese village in Hunan that‘s chair MAO hometown. China is a great country have kind people.China is about the same area as the US.If you want to travel all over China, you have to spend 3-5 years.Welcome foreign friends to travel to China!

  • @madeinchina1450
    @madeinchina1450 5 років тому +3

    17:41 It recorded the family history (right) back to many generations and family tree (left) links, in honor of their ancestor.

  • @kawkchiang75
    @kawkchiang75 5 років тому +5

    Most remote Chinese farmers are poor but very kind and hard work ,I am one of them.Dont worry about your safety,they are good.

    • @kassrripples3659
      @kassrripples3659 4 роки тому

      Nice Really Thank you for sharing that. It really gives more understanding and awareness. I grew up in Australia yet there is so much of Australia I still haven’t seen or been to. The world is such a big place to explore. So much to appreciate and learn. Do you have a you tube channel?

  • @cifsman
    @cifsman 5 років тому +6

    this village are quite good actually, compare to some SEA countries. they have decent building that don't collapse and the road OMG are very good. even in some big city in SEA don't have that kind of road. and no refrigerator are quite common in asia because they usually not eat dairy product

  • @FoodOfTheGods666
    @FoodOfTheGods666 5 років тому +4

    Loved this Vlog! Such an interesting place and the people are so nice too. Btw Matt, you are killing it with all the uploads recently, I am thoroughly entertained and cannot wait for the next episodes! JaYoe

  • @brisbanerugby
    @brisbanerugby 5 років тому +6

    Another good vlog from the outskirts of China. Had a flashback to 1991 when we rode out of Shanghai about 100kms and stayed in a little village called Jin Shan (金山)
    加油!

  • @Lifeisbooring69
    @Lifeisbooring69 3 роки тому

    so peaceful and heart warming

  • @weiqin4469
    @weiqin4469 5 років тому +4

    It is a very interesting video. I am also come from one of these villages in Guangxi. Thank you for this video, i am looking forward to going back my village in CNY long vocation.

  • @georgewashington446
    @georgewashington446 3 роки тому +2

    these vids are so awesome!

  • @jamesware5100
    @jamesware5100 5 років тому +4

    i came for the scenery and i am not dissappointed.

  • @nraughmoobyaj8088
    @nraughmoobyaj8088 3 роки тому +1

    Life is short. You are traveling by yourself in remote areas around the world and enjoy life to the fullest. That's exactly what I dream to enjoy my life, Matt. That's Awsome!!

  • @MarkinChina
    @MarkinChina 5 років тому +19

    Excellent vid Matt...Need more like this...JaYoe

  • @user-ih1ks2bq8s
    @user-ih1ks2bq8s 5 років тому +1

    At 17:44, it is a tomb for someone's father, and the dead father's name is 蓝四公, who were born in Qing Dynasty.

  • @SoCal760
    @SoCal760 5 років тому +3

    Very nice vlog! I find you incredibly open minded, nonjudgmental, and adaptive.
    Btw, I like how nice your monologue was, and the lessons from your dad

  • @geeyowjoe8773
    @geeyowjoe8773 4 роки тому +1

    It's great to see this video. You will familiar with traditional Chinese culture in the countryside.

  • @SuMtOnE
    @SuMtOnE 5 років тому +4

    Hi first time watching and you got a new subscriber. Love how you talk about the struggles and everything else that they’re going through and still continue. Like you said in the West they’ll make fun of you and in the East is nothing but Support. Can’t wait to view your new and old videos.

  • @yuanying43
    @yuanying43 5 років тому

    I grew up in rural area, but i didn't realize how tough my life was at that time. Instead, i was very enjoyed this kind of life. Now i am kind of a rich person, no worries to many things. But I am not as happy as before. Miss my childhood.
    由俭入奢易,由奢入俭难。

    • @JaYoeNation
      @JaYoeNation  5 років тому +1

      Of course. You we’re living it. It was normal for you. Just like eskimos or the aboriginal people in Australia. People living some extreme lives but it’s normal for them. I’m not saying you lives like an Eskimo. I’m just saying there are lots of different lives.

  • @andrewbristoe1833
    @andrewbristoe1833 5 років тому +6

    Looks free range that farm much better than factory farming

  • @haunter3679
    @haunter3679 3 роки тому +1

    About 20 years ago, when I was in middle school (a rural one). My English teacher brought a American teacher to the school. It was a big deal then and the local TV station broadcasted that That was the first time for me to see a foreigner 😄

  • @jackytang3683
    @jackytang3683 5 років тому +58

    It's a tomb,my friend. I'm Chinese.

    • @JaYoeNation
      @JaYoeNation  5 років тому +7

      yes i know now.

    • @unitheg6839
      @unitheg6839 5 років тому +1

      still,we see some villages undergoing positive transformation despite the structural imbalance...although it is a very small percentage

    • @juliusthewarrior4063
      @juliusthewarrior4063 5 років тому +2

      jacky chan.......

    • @pengyi9873
      @pengyi9873 5 років тому

      我也觉得是

    • @asdfis3979
      @asdfis3979 5 років тому

      这是土地公

  • @SteveKleinheider
    @SteveKleinheider 5 років тому +1

    Fantastic video Matt...I really enjoyed the tour around the village! Take care!

  • @CaptnJackHammer
    @CaptnJackHammer 5 років тому +3

    Great informative vlog Matt, that was a great talk on the Chinese farmer's life. That tree is Poinsettia tree. Keep safe and warm,,,,,JaYoe my friend.

  • @joeygar1
    @joeygar1 5 років тому +2

    Great video..... good audio, good camera shots. I used to live in Nanning. One day my Chinese girlfriend I was living with took me to Ling Qing Village to stay and visit with her relatives for 3 days.
    I had a lot of fun, yes I agree with you this are hard working people. Very humble and nice. Brought back memories for me when I used to work in the fields here in the USA. We were poor back in the 60' and 70' and my father would take me and my brothers to work out in the fields during our school break. Many people here in America do not know how lucky they have it compare to this people. We are blessed my friend. Although, I been gone from Nanning for about 3 years I miss it very much. Maybe, I can return sometime in 2019 and if you are still there lunch ( or dinner) and beer on me. Again, love the video. Will look at some other one's you have.

    • @JaYoeNation
      @JaYoeNation  5 років тому +2

      I think too many people forget the past as if it’s never existed. But we can learn so much from it. Appreciation.

  • @GaryGreenway
    @GaryGreenway 5 років тому +5

    Thank you for making this one. It is something I will never be able to see on my own. I prefer rural life myself, so I'm enjoying these last few episodes. I hope to see more like this. Big fan of your B-roll too,

  • @estasvii9756
    @estasvii9756 4 роки тому +1

    I remember visiting one of my grandpa's brother and helping him checking his DIY electrical wiring last year.
    I inspected the power box and ask him, "The wiring is a chaos in here. Do you remember which on is the earth wire?"
    He thought for a moment and replied, "What is earth wire?" 😂……

  • @ineverlickyoghurtlid3903
    @ineverlickyoghurtlid3903 5 років тому +4

    I like your video. If everyone could try to understand different cultures like you, we would have a way much better world.

  • @saeedchen4916
    @saeedchen4916 4 роки тому

    The place where I am from is no better than where you shoot the footage, the house, the school and the farm; but the point is when I'm look back, I feel it is so lucky that our generation can raised and supported by our country in this fast developing time, and an increasing number of educated people from rural area choose to return to where they are from, and devote themselves to the change of their homeland. China is full of hope!

  • @TheBradylands
    @TheBradylands 5 років тому +3

    Thanks, I said it in the last video, stop and show us the villages on your tour and this amazing video shows up thanks again.

  • @KinamandCSX
    @KinamandCSX 5 років тому +2

    My wife grew up in a village in southern Hunan..and they just got running water.....She appreciates everyday the central heat/AC we have and here in US. She carried her bucket of coal to school to keep warm during lessons....And if they didn't grow food, they didn't eat...and that happened sometimes in the spring... Thanks for showing it..

    • @joeliao6410
      @joeliao6410 5 років тому +1

      Hunan is a southern province but very wet cold in winter. And no heating system in winter like Northern provinces. Me too, have experience taken bowl of coal in winter when I was a puipl