I'm an oversea Chinese born in Vietnam, now living in the UK. We always had a close link with China as our relatives are still there. My father had always told us how China will one day be strong and prosperous. Despite growing up in the UK with anti Chinese news negative public perception of China, ive always held onto my love and believe in China. I'm so happy to see that my father's vision of China has become a reality.
Never ever believe in western media. The U.S. government uses Internet hegemony to launch a color revolution around the world to overthrow governments they don’t like
When people are living in peace and harmony, they feel so free and happy and also make people around them feel free and safe, this is the freedom and human right we need all around the world, human right is the right to live in this world feeling safe and free, it is not the freedom to speak to freely attack other or government, and make the country in political turmoil,
These old people lived through the toughest times of the new China, and collectivism and socialism made their lives better now. Of course, I'm not saying that these two doctrines are flawless. Deng Xiaoping sought to blend capitalism and individualism into the collectivism and socialism in 1980s, and the collision created an unprecedented social phenomenon such as what happened in the late of 1980s. But luckily, we survived. It was these old peoplen who, in the harsh conditions of those days, worked tirelessly to build this good old country and make it reborn. We should pay tribute to them.
12:06 Two poems on the ground 在地上写的是两首诗的一部分 毛泽东《七律·答友人》 九嶷山上白云飞，帝子乘风下翠微。斑竹一枝千滴泪，红霞万朵百重衣。 洞庭波涌连天雪，长岛人歌动地诗。我欲因之梦寥廓，芙蓉国里尽朝晖。 王维《山居秋暝》 空山新雨后，天气晚来秋。 明月松间照，清泉石上流。 竹喧归浣女，莲动下渔舟。 随意春芳歇，王孙自可留。
@Matt a little bit of a correction, 胡 is a term used for minority groups from the north, north west. Their instruments are called 胡琴 in general, and 二胡 is the 2 string version of 胡琴。anyhow, long story short, 胡 doesn't mean string
I have been living and working in China for 7.5 years, In Changsha, Hunan, every morning I went to the park nearby where I lived and did the Tai Ji Quang exercises along with a group every morning. I did not know which was a problem for me, so they taught me. Later I could do the same in Urumgi, Xin Jiang. It's also called "shadow boxing". It goes "slowly" but that makes you train your muscles in your body even harder. You try it: make the movement as if you are picking up your glass with tea, but then s--l--o--w--l--y. Do not shake you hand or arms too much (otherwise you will or might burn your fingers because the glass with tea is filled with HOT tea) (preferably green tea?) :-) Also in Lijiang, Yunnan, I could do this in the village Shuhe.
One of my favourite past times in any city in China is to visit parks and squares, where there is always a hive of activity in the mornings and evenings, ranging from people doing tai chi, women's dance exercises, people singing or playing instruments, martial arts, and ballroom dancing to name many of them. This is not limited to the elderly, with many younger people partaking. Of course during the middle of the day these places are desolate, particularly on sunny days, because most chinese people fear sun exposure.
Young people will be very afraid of the dark, but the elderly on the one hand is afraid of ultraviolet cancer, on the other hand, is to nap at noon. Taking a nap is also a kind of behaviour favoured by Chinese people. Taking a one-hour break at noon will make people feel energetic throughout the afternoon. Since primary school, there has been a special lunch break for students to have a rest.
@@jadezhang113 it could also be said that younger people, particularly females, prefer to stay out of the midday sun, as they do not want to darken their skin. Their preference is for whiter skin. My wife always says, stay in the sun and soon look like an african, lol.
@@RobertAmer Yes. Indeed many Asian having the same preference, Malay, Indian, Thai, Japanese, Korean and etc prefer the fairer skin. White people are blessed with the fair skin, but they don't appreciate it yet wish to tan their skin. This sound stupid to us. Anyway, when go to Europe and America, according to the political correctness, our Asian fairer skin preference will be treated as racist, ignorance and supporting White Supremacy. :P
I'm chinese Indonesian, during this pandemic, we do a lot of social/charity work. Yesterday we just finished 3 days blood drive and manage to collect 1437 bags of blood from donors. In many cities in Infonesia, chinese descendant donate food, mask and ppe. I hope US can learn from us. Help others is better than going around inciting hate like pompeo.
Pompeo and Trump are earning their own political interest by attacking China, just that simple. Donot think pompeo is stupid, but those people who believe in him are truly stupid. Come to China, and you'll see a different world from what you've learned. We Chinese people love ourselves, but it doesnot mean we cannot love other nations and have to hate or attack others. That's called 博爱 in Chinese.
You're Chinese Indonesian? I thought that Indonesian government under Surhato banned all expressions of Chinese culture through language, religion, and traditional festivals, forced Chinese Indonesians to adopt Indonesian-sounding names. But your username is Chinese name, not Indonesian sounding name.
You guys must have a wonderful time in China. Safe, clean and beautiful. Hope to visit China again when the Chinese authorities lift the restriction on visiting.
Thanks to this age of advanced information, allowing more and more young people like you to walk into and learn about China. Thank you for all your videos---Greetings from Germany
My parents have been doing just that since their retirement. It is a true reflection of how well the Chinese government is looking after them. Thanks for sharing! Cheers. Sophie
@@lillybao9546 Hi, Lily, It's nice to meet you here. Mine is 包，How about you? I believe we have a lot more in common, otherwise, we won't be able to meet here in the first place. Let's keep in touch, shall we? Take care, cheers, Sophie
I've only visited China as a tourist, one thing I love is people dancing, singing. Love the lifestyle of the elderly, they don't stop they keep going and enjoy themselves
It's a "culture" thing in eastern Asia, particularly in China where the elderly are deeply respected within society. Kids are taught to respect the older generations, among many things, at a very early age. Many things in eastern societies are structured to accommodate senior citizens. It helps contribute to longevity and why you see many people in eastern Asian countries live over 100.
@@weizhang2834 But in the philippines, respecting the elder is deep. Maybe not all asian countries but most of it. Afaik, I koreans respect their elders too
Maybe the generation is changing and the culture of asia respecting elders will change some day but It wont be sooner, after all, we grew up with the adults and they dont like it when the younger ones are disrespectful. I am sure it wont change in the PH because we are family-oriented and the young adults here have deep respect for the adults
Hi, Barrett, thanks for sharing the daily life of Chinese people in Xian, I can feel you guys are so relaxed and melted into the atmosphere. My travelling experience told me, no matter where we go, safety of the place is the most important and secondly the friendliness of the people......carry on exploring China, you are lucky to be there now, enjoying normal life....I am struggling in London with the 2nd lockdown, it seems we are still in a long dark tunnel......cheers
Thank you very much for being objective and impartial in delivering China's positive energy to the world. I really enjoyed your father and son's show.👍👍👍
I loved walking in such parks in Beijing while I lived there, elderly people gathered every night singing patriotic songs, with a silent secret agreement.😄
Noise has been an issue for square dance and recently I heard from news aunties are wearing headsets dancing 💃 so they are not disturbing others. Good to see China's been in improving in a lot of ways.
I live in the UK. I'm Chinese, born in the UK, lived here all my life in the uk. married a Chinese national in Zhongshan city. I went to zhongshan city, and was exploring one night. I walked into a park. and I was astonished at what I was seeing. Hundreds of couples were ball room dancing in this open area in this park.
There is a university for the aged in my city in China. My grandparents have been taking part in the courses since they retired. My grandma signed up for painting and singing lessons, and my grandpa chose billiards. They go to the class and really having a good time with their friends every week. I am so happy for them.
Ello from a nobler fan. Even 5th tier Xingyi has awesome parks. However I did stay near the worst park in Beijing last year. Not a blade of grass, just hard packed dirt. Should fire the gardener.
@Ved Mukherjee Thank you for your concern but if there is a genocide where are the millions of refugees fleeing to neighbouring countries. For example Myanmar muslims fleeing to Bangladesh. Also read the Genocide Watch site for current genocides. No mention of China. However ---Genocide Watch is issuing a Genocide Alert for India Administered Kashmir and Assam State. Over seven million people in Assam State, mostly Muslims of Bengali descent, may lose their Indian citizenship and risk imprisonment in special “foreigner detention centers.”
Xi’an is my home, and when I was a little kid, my grandparents took me to this park every day! Now I live in SD and haven't been home for two years. Thank you for the video! I miss it so much!
Xi'an had been the capital city for 13 dynasties in China's 5000-year history, but today such kind of park doesn't only exist in Xi'an. There are lots of beautiful parks all over China, even in small towns. The amazing part is that all the parks are built with their own styles to somehow integrate local, regional culture. Chinese take of the public treasures, e.g. parks, majorly because they are educated to do so from a little age. It also reflects one of the crucial social values, "harmony", inherited from their ancestors, which now becomes part of China's culture. The essence of the harmony includes the relationships between an individual person and other persons, individual and community, and individual and environment. That's why you can see how Chinese enjoy park activities and how the parks are built to naturally blend with the ecosystem.
Cameras are very common in China, and they don’t normally pay attention to it, and they don’t feel that they violate privacy. Because that's something bad people should worry about
@@qha4702Something is right that you said, But there are not anywhere has camere in China. Actually say that most place are don't have camere. Only public has camere like banks schools highway .
@@Andy-P I have visited the UK on holiday every summer for a number of years ( with the exception of this year due to pandemic) ; but I never live there.
One morning, when my 70 years old mother played Taiji sword near our home in the States, some local people said they want to call her XiFu and learn that from her. She told them that she can't be their shifu because she is not a master yet, she has only preaticed for a short time (for only 10+ years, my father told me) but they can play that together.
I also enjoy the park culture here in Shanghai. Actually the CCTV plays a little role in the facility maintenance. It is more because of the enhancement of people’s living standard and the education on the community facilities’ protection. What inspiring me most is how people do a variety of activities in order to pursue their mental and physical health here and how people live in an embracive environment. You don’t need to be a good dancer and no one will judge you. If you want to be alone, you could find a quiet corner to do your meditation, body stretching or floor calligraphy. If you are a sociable person, you could chat with the peers.
There are many CCTVs on the streets of China, which to a large extent ensure the safety of many citizens, but Western media will distort it into the Chinese government monitoring the people everywhere, and the people have no freedom. On the contrary, if China does not have so many CCTVs, public security will not be as good as before, and Western media will distort it into China’s social turmoil, the Chinese government’s political instability, etc. So no matter how well China does, As long as the Western media want to demonize you, they will have 10 million reasons.
true , i alway agree to had cctv in the public area it will greatly decrees most of the criminal activity and man power to maintain the security in the public from the goverment and police
@Dominic who would care? They are all selfish and fake anyway. Mind your own business and stay in your lane, instead to always set foot in others business like the westerns.
Thanks for a beautiful vlog of how the Chinese people live a safe, peaceful and harmonious life as evidenced by the way they enjoy themselves in the parks - and what is even more amazing is that this happens in parks all over China. This bears testament to the fact that the Chinese live in a free, cultured and harmonious society. The Chinese government should be commended and lauded for creating such magnificent environments for people, especially the senior citizens, to exercise and enjoy. 👍👍👍👏👏👏 🇨🇳 Blessings.
Hello Barrett and Mat what a beautiful clean park and the elderly people doing exercise are healthy and happy that's what we need here in America healthy and happy and not hating each other,, thanks for the video cheers and hulaluia
Thanks for showing us the ordinary everyday life of ordinary people enjoying themselves in the park, choosing to do what they enjoy doing in a safe, clean and harmonious environment.
What is going on in China? You cannot see graffitti on the river bank walls and litters on the path, needles in the park and sleepers on the benches as in the parks in UK. Regarding CCTV, apparently London has approx 67.5 cameras per 1000 population compared with 56.2 cameras per 1000 population in Beijing.
I really enjoyed this video! It's great, people also exercise in the parks in Hong Kong, but it's on a much larger scale in China. I like watching these people, just like you. Yes, you wouldn't see this in the UK, it's great to feel the good vibes coming out from these people, very inspiring. UK very different.
Nice clean park. Tai Chi seems to be a good program for the elderly. Low impact and keeps you moving, though everyone looks so serious. ( Maybe just focused )? Big difference compared to the number of " overweight " people of North America.
The river/lake surrounding the City Wall was part of the defensive mechanism of the old City Wall, it is used to isolate the city so that enemies can not attack from any side of the city except in front of the city gates. But now the river’s been cleaned and forms part of the park.
In China, everyone was taught that "it's shameful to damage public property" since a child at primary school. In the 1980s and 90s of the last century, there were quite a number of public property damage phenomena. However, with China's gradual prosperity over the years, People think that damaging public property is undoubtedly improperly or even uncivilized behavior. Especially after the rise of the Internet, once uncivilized tourist behavior is discovered, It will be criticized by thousands of netizens. Therefore, in most cities with relatively good economic level, urban infrastructure can be maintained well, thus the phenomenon of public property damage has been greatly reduced.
People not living in China don’t understand this, but you can make this same video in any park in any city in China. Here the elderly man still swim in the sea at 6 in the morning half November with temperatures of less than 10 degrees Celsius.
After my grandfather retired, he started practicing Qigong and took cold showers all year round. He is now more than 90 years old. He is still swimming in the Yangtze River this year. He has almost never got sick. He has saved more than 100 drowning people in the Yangtze River.
Lee, that is a beautiful park in Xian and a good video that you have made. You should do a video in the park at 3 am. I wonder is there any activities at that time. Thank you.
Great video again, Barrett! On vandalism I tend to agree with you, i.e. it’s a sense of community rather than a fear of security cameras that prevent people in China from committing those acts. I always chuckle when media in the US condemn the use of video surveillance in China while they readily ignore the prevalence of such in their own cities. These devices do help solve a lot of crimes as many American TV shows demonstrate. So sick of the double standard applied by the press in the West!
Hi Barret, I really love your videos for sharing these positive things. I was born and grown up in Xi'An. It's been quite long since I left Xi'An and you video makes me miss my hometown. Thanks again for the videos and keep it up. Cheers
They intervened against China out of envy. They want to hinder China's progress. China is China. No one can stop their progressing. If China is strong, the world will be peaceful 👍👍👍
@@alexbighead4997 Yes America is now hindering China's rise. A Chinese led world would be good - for China only. Maybe the Chinese living abroad too if there are more loyal to China than the countries, their new homes, that they now live in.
Yes, the community spirit is strong in Eastern Asia, S.E. Asia & especially China. If you guys chance to drop by Singapore, do visit our parks too. You’ll see different community groups young & old doing various activities: Tai Chi, Qigong, jogging, cycling, roller blading, etc. in the morning as early as 6am.
My car was stolen in the USA , the policemen said they can’t help me until I find my car by myself lol . I believe it’s difficult to find for them too because no cameras recorded criminal activities
I'm an oversea Chinese born in Vietnam, now living in the UK. We always had a close link with China as our relatives are still there. My father had always told us how China will one day be strong and prosperous. Despite growing up in the UK with anti Chinese news negative public perception of China, ive always held onto my love and believe in China. I'm so happy to see that my father's vision of China has become a reality.
西方报道中国的 , 你反着听总没错 . 中国有很多好玩的地方, 够你玩一年 , 有很多好吃的 , 够你吃很久很久 .
that the core of out people , work hard
Good one. Your father had foresighted vision that finally come true!
@@sanwu9087 我很少相信西方報道中國的事. 他們經常報道中國負面的消息.
Never ever believe in western media. The U.S. government uses Internet hegemony to launch a color revolution around the world to overthrow governments they don’t like
公园里的设施不被破坏，不是因为有cctv。中国法律很严，但执法并不严格。这主要是教育的关系，人们从小被教育要爱护公物。随着民众教育水平的提高，保护环境爱护公物成为了自觉意识。
多方面复杂的因素吧。中国人也不见得说清楚。甚至毛泽东时代的集体主义教育至今仍在潜移默化的影响着人的行为
太对了，教育真的太重要了！
从小就被教育，破坏公物可耻，团结力量大啊
主要根本没人想去破坏，除了少数啥比回去破坏，大多数觉得这种行为没意义
为什么要破坏，呵呵
很高兴您能够展示中国美好的一面，中国正在发展，还有很多不尽如意的地方，相信中国会越来越美好!
Barrett Communist propaganda. You must be proud of selling out England to CCP
@@svensvensson5285 活捉政治正确怪胎一只😀
@@svensvensson5285 Yeah, its all fake trees, fake birds, and fake people in this vodeo. The parks in the western countries represent the real world.
@@svensvensson5285 傻子一个
We was right about China Virus, and the radical CCP all the time .
做为一个中国人的我，必须要为你们俩点赞！为了你们真实随意的作品点赞！😃😃😃
lin zhang 👍👍👍
When people are living in peace and harmony, they feel so free and happy and also make people around them feel free and safe, this is the freedom and human right we need all around the world, human right is the right to live in this world feeling safe and free, it is not the freedom to speak to freely attack other or government, and make the country in political turmoil,
Can't agree anymore!
you are a smart guy
well said
Freedom in the Wesrtern world is just a joke now because it become a tool of propagenda of the politicians.
You are so right and that is what exactly happening in the US right now.
These old people lived through the toughest times of the new China, and collectivism and socialism made their lives better now. Of course, I'm not saying that these two doctrines are flawless. Deng Xiaoping sought to blend capitalism and individualism into the collectivism and socialism in 1980s, and the collision created an unprecedented social phenomenon such as what happened in the late of 1980s. But luckily, we survived. It was these old peoplen who, in the harsh conditions of those days, worked tirelessly to build this good old country and make it reborn. We should pay tribute to them.
Definitely agree with u! New China is reborn with more than 5000 years history
@Ved Mukherjee 👎👎👎
@Ved Mukherjee can't find a toilet is it? You are shiting out of your mouth!🤮
@Ved Mukherjee Did you grow up eating shit？？？
@Ved Mukherjee Can't find a toilet in your home, so you gotta shit on everyone else. Great show of character.
12:06 Two poems on the ground
在地上写的是两首诗的一部分
毛泽东《七律·答友人》
九嶷山上白云飞，帝子乘风下翠微。斑竹一枝千滴泪，红霞万朵百重衣。
洞庭波涌连天雪，长岛人歌动地诗。我欲因之梦寥廓，芙蓉国里尽朝晖。
王维《山居秋暝》
空山新雨后，天气晚来秋。
明月松间照，清泉石上流。
竹喧归浣女，莲动下渔舟。
随意春芳歇，王孙自可留。
喜欢我们的古诗，太美
想起我大伯父，他生前每天在公园写字
I love those parks. So many people busy living life their own way... but also together... JaYoe!
I'd love to see you play erhu again and battle with those old guys. haha
@the father Barrett I am not sure about your current marriage status , but it sounds you getting a huge crush on those dancing grandmas? No? 🤔🤔🤔
@@小肉肉-f4u who doesnt like dancing aunties?
@Matt a little bit of a correction, 胡 is a term used for minority groups from the north, north west. Their instruments are called 胡琴 in general, and 二胡 is the 2 string version of 胡琴。anyhow, long story short, 胡 doesn't mean string
Man! How did you make that emoji :O
我生活在北京，我的女儿9岁，就是因为有非常好的治安，我可以放心让我女儿自己上下学，不需要我们接送。所以我非常感恩政府。
除了北京，中国各省市都很安全，大家都厌倦了混子的生活
@@刘白-b8y 除了江那时代治安不行，过后的慢慢变好了
9岁自己上下学？您心真大，虽然安全是确实安全，但您说的只能证明您有点不负责任
@@薛涛-f9v 是的。我不负责任。
@@薛涛-f9v 學校不遠的都這樣子，我零幾年的小學，那時候自己和好多同學都是自己上下學的
公园这个词里面的“公”指的是公共，而公共是共有的意思，是属于大家的，每一个合法公民共同的财产，这是一种完美的集体意识
I have been living and working in China for 7.5 years, In Changsha, Hunan, every morning I went to the park nearby where I lived and did the Tai Ji Quang exercises along with a group every morning. I did not know which was a problem for me, so they taught me. Later I could do the same in Urumgi, Xin Jiang. It's also called "shadow boxing". It goes "slowly" but that makes you train your muscles in your body even harder. You try it: make the movement as if you are picking up your glass with tea, but then s--l--o--w--l--y. Do not shake you hand or arms too much (otherwise you will or might burn your fingers because the glass with tea is filled with HOT tea) (preferably green tea?) :-) Also in Lijiang, Yunnan, I could do this in the village Shuhe.
BBC title: How CCP Park Surpresssing Chinesese People With Sword.
😂
😂
How can you be so awesome!
BCC : 中國人在公園用利器意圖襲擊外國遊客
Ray. 你的眼光相当独到
The people are really friendly too, waving and greeting to strangers who are filming them, and not feeling offended at all.
One of my favourite past times in any city in China is to visit parks and squares, where there is always a hive of activity in the mornings and evenings, ranging from people doing tai chi, women's dance exercises, people singing or playing instruments, martial arts, and ballroom dancing to name many of them. This is not limited to the elderly, with many younger people partaking. Of course during the middle of the day these places are desolate, particularly on sunny days, because most chinese people fear sun exposure.
you know China very well, and also has another reason that chinese like take a nap at noon time
Young people will be very afraid of the dark, but the elderly on the one hand is afraid of ultraviolet cancer, on the other hand, is to nap at noon. Taking a nap is also a kind of behaviour favoured by Chinese people. Taking a one-hour break at noon will make people feel energetic throughout the afternoon. Since primary school, there has been a special lunch break for students to have a rest.
@@jadezhang113 it could also be said that younger people, particularly females, prefer to stay out of the midday sun, as they do not want to darken their skin. Their preference is for whiter skin. My wife always says, stay in the sun and soon look like an african, lol.
@@RobertAmer Yes. Indeed many Asian having the same preference, Malay, Indian, Thai, Japanese, Korean and etc prefer the fairer skin. White people are blessed with the fair skin, but they don't appreciate it yet wish to tan their skin. This sound stupid to us. Anyway, when go to Europe and America, according to the political correctness, our Asian fairer skin preference will be treated as racist, ignorance and supporting White Supremacy. :P
I'm chinese Indonesian, during this pandemic, we do a lot of social/charity work. Yesterday we just finished 3 days blood drive and manage to collect 1437 bags of blood from donors. In many cities in Infonesia, chinese descendant donate food, mask and ppe. I hope US can learn from us. Help others is better than going around inciting hate like pompeo.
Who did you collect the blood for?
Good one 👍🏻
@@Andy-P indonesian red cross. All the blood request from hospital go to pmi (indonesian red cross)
Pompeo and Trump are earning their own political interest by attacking China, just that simple. Donot think pompeo is stupid, but those people who believe in him are truly stupid. Come to China, and you'll see a different world from what you've learned. We Chinese people love ourselves, but it doesnot mean we cannot love other nations and have to hate or attack others. That's called 博爱 in Chinese.
You're Chinese Indonesian? I thought that Indonesian government under Surhato banned all expressions of Chinese culture through language, religion, and traditional festivals, forced Chinese Indonesians to adopt Indonesian-sounding names.
But your username is Chinese name, not Indonesian sounding name.
中国的老年人只要身体状况允许，很多人都会这样锻练身体，帮忙带孩子，很多都会义务为社区服务，虽然他们退休了，依然为社会做贡献，在中国每个年龄层都是社会的宝藏！
10:28 Matt好可爱！！！
Matt is so excited in the whole video. He really loves Xi'an. haha
读完你的评论感觉美国大妈要是也能有这种意识的话，也不会有太多的Karen没事找事天天找manager or call 911 on black people
The facilities in the parks are not vandalized not because of the cctv but because of the good education that people receive in China.
Yeah, the culture, the civilization, the education. As a Chinese, we are always taught “请爱惜公物”.
The CCTV penetration of UK is way heigher than China lol.
Old people usually don't vandalise things.
@@somno6878 and UK once ruled the world
Vandalism is never part of Chinese culture. We don't even understand why Westerners like vandalism.
You guys must have a wonderful time in China. Safe, clean and beautiful. Hope to visit China again when the Chinese authorities lift the restriction on visiting.
空山新雨后 天气晚来秋， it's not a story, it is a famous poem from the Tang Dynasty
China is a safest country in the world.
Thank to CPC protect its mother nature and there own people ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏.
你在开玩笑吧，环境都被破坏成什么样了。来看看西安的雾霾
We was right about China Virus, and the radical CCP all the time .
@@svensvensson5285 how much does Trump or Pompeo pay you for copy and paste this sentence each time?
@@allen7695 和五年前比比看？西安缺水，黄土高坡在侧。要不要来深圳看下？一年到头都是蓝天白云，除了下雨
@@周鹏-p2v 深圳本来就是东南沿海，南方雾霾少，西安的雾霾一直都很重，你如果来西安的话就会感受到，冬天霾很大。
Thanks to this age of advanced information, allowing more and more young people like you to walk into and learn about China. Thank you for all your videos---Greetings from Germany
忠心谢谢你展示中国的一切！
忠心？
When a foreigner begins to watch people in parks, he must have understood China and Chinese people. Thank you Barrett. Be happy in China.
Data leak reveals how China 'brainwashes' Uighurs in prison camps Xinjiang
@@svensvensson5285 you are brainwashed by western media
My parents have been doing just that since their retirement. It is a true reflection of how well the Chinese government is looking after them. Thanks for sharing! Cheers. Sophie
Hi Sophie.
Wow, found we get something in common:)Same family name,haha.
@@lillybao9546 Hi, Lily, It's nice to meet you here. Mine is 包，How about you? I believe we have a lot more in common, otherwise, we won't be able to meet here in the first place. Let's keep in touch, shall we? Take care, cheers, Sophie
=谢谢展示美好的一面，中国还有很多不足，正在慢慢提高和发展。祝福你们，enjoy travel in china with good memories!
People are very relax and enjoying their life.
It's fake, dictatorship gun point to them anywhere and anytime.
@@davidzan9190you are wrong
@@杨平-w1d 他在说反话
Barrett Communist propaganda. You must be proud of selling out England to CCP
I enjoy going to parks in China. I often play music in the parks. Yes they are very safe
西安 是很漂亮的。几十年前是去兴庆公园 晨练 是古代的皇家园林。
很少去莲湖公园。不知道这些公园还在不在。
天池，瀑布，碑林，爬山，温泉。。。春游的童年记忆。
凉皮，肉加馍，羊肉汤，加饼，酸汤饺，油泼面，辣子加馍。。。
都在，而且越来越好！尤其是莲湖公园夏日里的那一湖荷花，美的沁人心脾！
That guy's "penmanship", if you can even call it that, is amazing. To be able to write so beautifully with something the size of a broom. Wow.
I've only visited China as a tourist, one thing I love is people dancing, singing. Love the lifestyle of the elderly, they don't stop they keep going and enjoy themselves
It's a "culture" thing in eastern Asia, particularly in China where the elderly are deeply respected within society. Kids are taught to respect the older generations, among many things, at a very early age. Many things in eastern societies are structured to accommodate senior citizens. It helps contribute to longevity and why you see many people in eastern Asian countries live over 100.
It’s Chinese culture instead of eastern Asian culture. Japanese doesn’t have respect old people culture
@@weizhang2834 But in the philippines, respecting the elder is deep. Maybe not all asian countries but most of it. Afaik, I koreans respect their elders too
@Fei Long 黄飞龙 I still stand by my word.
Maybe the generation is changing and the culture of asia respecting elders will change some day but It wont be sooner, after all, we grew up with the adults and they dont like it when the younger ones are disrespectful. I am sure it wont change in the PH because we are family-oriented and the young adults here have deep respect for the adults
事实上在古代中国是东亚文化的中心，韩国、日本、越南都是中国的藩属国，不同程度的受到中国文化的影响，我们称之为“儒家文化圈”。
I really enjoyed this 13 minute show, and I feel relaxed already!
中国目前不能说最好，至少慢慢变得更好，西方人不了解中国可以去中国走走看看不能听某些人和某些媒体报道那些负面新闻
很正常的一个国家被各种污名化，就像一百年前的中国，西方人真的该睁开眼睛看看世界了。
@@woliver1359 然而，你不能叫醒一个装睡的人。
人家是为了黑而黑
已经最好了，在西方住几年你就知道了
@@weizhang2834 我就住在北欧，福利没法和人家比，我儿子早上专门的的士接，下午也是的士送回来，天天坐奔驰你说哪个好路程就3公里不到，而且很多福利没法和人家比
Hi, Barrett, thanks for sharing the daily life of Chinese people in Xian, I can feel you guys are so relaxed and melted into the atmosphere. My travelling experience told me, no matter where we go, safety of the place is the most important and secondly the friendliness of the people......carry on exploring China, you are lucky to be there now, enjoying normal life....I am struggling in London with the 2nd lockdown, it seems we are still in a long dark tunnel......cheers
Thank you Barrett for sharing this video to let us see the start of the daily life of the local people.
You got the idea, mate! Showing the surroundings, and not cramping in your face in every shot. Highly recommendable and interesting.
Thank you very much for being objective and impartial in delivering China's positive energy to the world. I really enjoyed your father and son's show.👍👍👍
《山居秋暝》［唐］王维
空山新雨后，天气晚来秋。
明月松间照，清泉石上流。
竹喧归浣女，莲动下渔舟。
随意春芳歇，王孙自可留。
空山新雨後，天氣晚來秋。
明月鬆間照，清泉石上流。
竹喧歸浣女，蓮動下漁舟。
隨意春芳歇，王孫自可留。
伯伯一手漂亮的繁體字～展示漂亮的文字～ 簡體字不能做到這種藝術性的視覺效果～
@@johnnyyu68927 写书法都是用繁体字的 简体字只用于日常交流
@@johnnyyu68927 当然可以做到。繁体简体都能创作书法作品。不少字都有几个异体字。书法作品里也多出现同一个字的不同写法，简体字也可以认为是一种异体字。
@@卓奕峰 草书
I loved walking in such parks in Beijing while I lived there, elderly people gathered every night singing patriotic songs, with a silent secret agreement.😄
Noise has been an issue for square dance and recently I heard from news aunties are wearing headsets dancing 💃 so they are not disturbing others. Good to see China's been in improving in a lot of ways.
I live in the UK. I'm Chinese, born in the UK, lived here all my life in the uk. married a Chinese national in Zhongshan city. I went to zhongshan city, and was exploring one night. I walked into a park. and I was astonished at what I was seeing. Hundreds of couples were ball room dancing in this open area in this park.
居然去西安了？西安是个好地方，十三朝古都，好好玩玩
这些西部城市也越来越有韵味了 不错
@@yaqiwang5242 全国能跟西安比韵味的城市恐怕还没生出来
@@evanzhang3801 南京也挺好的，要不是1937，现在保存的古建筑更多啦
@@evanzhang3801 北京
There is a university for the aged in my city in China. My grandparents have been taking part in the courses since they retired. My grandma signed up for painting and singing lessons, and my grandpa chose billiards. They go to the class and really having a good time with their friends every week. I am so happy for them.
因为我总是跨省在异地工作，所以和这位youtuber有同样的感受。喜欢去当地的公园和休闲场所溜达，这样使我放松。不想工作之后一个人在宾馆待着。不过有时宅起来也真是无日无夜。
曾跟一些台湾人就简繁体汉字辩论过很多次，试图告诉他们繁体字在大陆并不像他们说的被“毁灭”，而是作为文化被传承保护得非常好。本人就是从小学书法。简体字是我们交流工具，多数人繁体阅读也无障碍。视频结尾的老先生太有有说服力了。赞👍
简体字更方便书写，而且更有利于推广
中國好多公園都非常漂亮 乾淨
开头的太极☯️背景音乐--《我爱你中国🇨🇳》
Haha Oli been on the booze last night 😅 poor lad. Wow that Taiichi looks amazing especially with the peaceful music. Great video buddy! 👍
Ello from a nobler fan. Even 5th tier Xingyi has awesome parks. However I did stay near the worst park in Beijing last year. Not a blade of grass, just hard packed dirt. Should fire the gardener.
I am also looking forward to the opening of the first Burger King!
I had a hangover from hell haha
@Ved Mukherjee Thank you for your concern but if there is a genocide where are the millions of refugees fleeing to neighbouring countries. For example Myanmar muslims fleeing to Bangladesh. Also read the Genocide Watch site for current genocides. No mention of China. However ---Genocide Watch is issuing a Genocide Alert for India Administered Kashmir and Assam State. Over seven million people in Assam State, mostly Muslims of Bengali descent, may lose their Indian citizenship and risk imprisonment in special “foreigner detention centers.”
wow, love your channel too. unseen streets of China. But somehow i don't know why i can't manage to click the subscribe option...
Xi’an is my home, and when I was a little kid, my grandparents took me to this park every day! Now I live in SD and haven't been home for two years. Thank you for the video! I miss it so much!
Go visit your home!! Be happy
Xi'an had been the capital city for 13 dynasties in China's 5000-year history, but today such kind of park doesn't only exist in Xi'an. There are lots of beautiful parks all over China, even in small towns. The amazing part is that all the parks are built with their own styles to somehow integrate local, regional culture. Chinese take of the public treasures, e.g. parks, majorly because they are educated to do so from a little age. It also reflects one of the crucial social values, "harmony", inherited from their ancestors, which now becomes part of China's culture. The essence of the harmony includes the relationships between an individual person and other persons, individual and community, and individual and environment. That's why you can see how Chinese enjoy park activities and how the parks are built to naturally blend with the ecosystem.
Drugs and gang violence are very much prevalent in the UK ; alcohol, drug abuse and vandalism are called the crime triangle.
Cameras are very common in China, and they don’t normally pay attention to it, and they don’t feel that they violate privacy. Because that's something bad people should worry about
@@qha4702Something is right that you said, But there are not anywhere has camere in China. Actually say that most place are don't have camere. Only public has camere like banks schools highway .
Where about in the UK do you live?
Western-park:Homeless people, drug addicts, urinate everywhere, the ground is full of garbage
@@Andy-P I have visited the UK on holiday every summer for a number of years ( with the exception of this year due to pandemic) ; but I never live there.
Thanks Lee and Matt for showing Parklife in China, how wonderful to see so many people doing their exercises
One morning, when my 70 years old mother played Taiji sword near our home in the States, some local people said they want to call her XiFu and learn that from her. She told them that she can't be their shifu because she is not a master yet, she has only preaticed for a short time (for only 10+ years, my father told me) but they can play that together.
师傅~
I also enjoy the park culture here in Shanghai. Actually the CCTV plays a little role in the facility maintenance. It is more because of the enhancement of people’s living standard and the education on the community facilities’ protection. What inspiring me most is how people do a variety of activities in order to pursue their mental and physical health here and how people live in an embracive environment. You don’t need to be a good dancer and no one will judge you. If you want to be alone, you could find a quiet corner to do your meditation, body stretching or floor calligraphy. If you are a sociable person, you could chat with the peers.
It is like doing physio daily which got to be good for health especially for the elderly. Also it helps with socialisation and not so lonely
There are many CCTVs on the streets of China, which to a large extent ensure the safety of many citizens, but Western media will distort it into the Chinese government monitoring the people everywhere, and the people have no freedom. On the contrary, if China does not have so many CCTVs, public security will not be as good as before, and Western media will distort it into China’s social turmoil, the Chinese government’s political instability, etc. So no matter how well China does, As long as the Western media want to demonize you, they will have 10 million reasons.
No CCTV there man, i dont know what are u saying , chinese can do anything what they want,
true , i alway agree to had cctv in the public area it will greatly decrees most of the criminal activity and man power to maintain the security in the public from the goverment and police
Why we should care what they think and say about us ?
@Dominic who would care? They are all selfish and fake anyway. Mind your own business and stay in your lane, instead to always set foot in others business like the westerns.
It's called "damn you do, damn you don't", Westerners double standards is well known since day one!
又见地上写出漂亮毛笔字的，赞
Awwww, so beautiful. Thank you 💕
You've successfully made me miss my hometown.
come back home
兄弟 , 你是陕西的吗 ?
@@sanwu9087 浙江的，但大爷大妈们跳广场舞、打太极的姿势是一样的
@@ronl1205 I did not grow up in China but somehow I miss it too. China speak loudly to all people without words.
@@ronl1205 中国人讲究热闹 , 一起跳快乐的很 .
The exercise taken by the older population literally prolongs their life and also save plenty of national health care costs. A gain for all!
Thanks for a beautiful vlog of how the Chinese people live a safe, peaceful and harmonious life as evidenced by the way they enjoy themselves in the parks - and what is even more amazing is that this happens in parks all over China.
This bears testament to the fact that the Chinese live in a free, cultured and harmonious society.
The Chinese government should be commended and lauded for creating such magnificent environments for people, especially the senior citizens, to exercise and enjoy. 👍👍👍👏👏👏 🇨🇳
Blessings.
Hello Barrett and Mat what a beautiful clean park and the elderly people doing exercise are healthy and happy that's what we need here in America healthy and happy and not hating each other,, thanks for the video cheers and hulaluia
拍摄地点距我家100米！
同西安，你在城墙里住吗😂
我家在含光门，邻居
@@ZzzTimes 南门广场东边那栋
@@BinhLe-ne2jv 我在南稍门长大的啊哈哈
miss my hometown so much! appreciated you guys effort to travel around China to show the world first hand real situation in China!💕💕
Omg! This is so beautiful, the park, the people and the wholesome activities and everything is so clean. Thanks, man, for showing this little heaven!
作为这中国人，我看了一个外国人的视频，然后产生了去西安的念头。尽管它离浙江很远
Thanks for showing us the ordinary everyday life of ordinary people enjoying themselves in the park, choosing to do what they enjoy doing in a safe, clean and harmonious environment.
What is going on in China? You cannot see graffitti on the river bank walls and litters on the path, needles in the park and sleepers on the benches as in the parks in UK.
Regarding CCTV, apparently London has approx 67.5 cameras per 1000 population compared with 56.2 cameras per 1000 population in Beijing.
謝謝！非常棒👍💕
中国很大，跨了很多纬度，有着非常丰富的习俗和美食，但在教育方面是统一的，8090后素质都很好
This video is going to do great, no need to look at the studio Lee haha
🤣🤣 can't help myself...
I really enjoyed this video! It's great, people also exercise in the parks in Hong Kong, but it's on a much larger scale in China. I like watching these people, just like you. Yes, you wouldn't see this in the UK, it's great to feel the good vibes coming out from these people, very inspiring. UK very different.
I totally agree that these CCTV cameras doing great jobs in security. Thank you for introducing the real life styles in China.
Nice clean park.
Tai Chi seems to be a good program for the elderly. Low impact and keeps you moving, though everyone looks so serious. ( Maybe just focused )?
Big difference compared to the number of " overweight " people of North America.
The calligraphy on the ground are poems. like 空山新雨后，天气晚来秋。
Peaceful and Harmonious, if only our parks were like this!
you'll get lucky if some random guy dont stab you in central park NY because you have a new pair of snickers
@@davrocket5304 sounds horrible!
@@davrocket5304 Sounds like Central Park is a jungle, a hunting ground for theives.
@@Shenzhou. no it ain't a joke. People do get murdered and raped in central park.
The river/lake surrounding the City Wall was part of the defensive mechanism of the old City Wall, it is used to isolate the city so that enemies can not attack from any side of the city except in front of the city gates. But now the river’s been cleaned and forms part of the park.
In China, everyone was taught that "it's shameful to damage public property" since a child at primary school. In the 1980s and 90s of the last century, there were quite a number of public property damage phenomena. However, with China's gradual prosperity over the years, People think that damaging public property is undoubtedly improperly or even uncivilized behavior. Especially after the rise of the Internet, once uncivilized tourist behavior is discovered, It will be criticized by thousands of netizens. Therefore, in most cities with relatively good economic level, urban infrastructure can be maintained well, thus the phenomenon of public property damage has been greatly reduced.
爱护公物，人人有责。破坏公物可耻。
@@horrorkwan1174 errr.. 不押韵嘞。。
That is true!!!! Everyone has the duty to protect the environment and public facilities.爱护公物，人人有责😁😁
correct answer
西安真的好美，15年前去過一次，現在感覺更美，好想要再去一次，多待幾天感受這千年古都~
台灣跟大陸都一樣，早上跟晚上公園都是運動散步跳舞的，愛護公物是因為教育的關係，台灣監視器密度全球第一，但不是最大原因，是人民自覺
密度第一西方媒体不会妖魔化台湾，中国做什么都能扭曲成没自由没人权。台湾要继续跟着西方意识形态转，再等20年也会变。看看台湾同性恋群体在街上做的那些猥亵的动作，比旧金山还出格，而美国媒体整版的庆祝台湾“加入西方阵营”，大赞台湾街头运动。同时不忘强调一下“中国同性恋不自由，没人权”等陈词滥调
中华的文化圈就是这样，不会随便破坏公物，日韩朝鲜，越南啥的都这样
西方媒体从来不报道台湾监视器导致人民“没自由”，这双重标准
都是东亚文化基因
So beautiful, thank you so much for filming it
People not living in China don’t understand this, but you can make this same video in any park in any city in China. Here the elderly man still swim in the sea at 6 in the morning half November with temperatures of less than 10 degrees Celsius.
After my grandfather retired, he started practicing Qigong and took cold showers all year round. He is now more than 90 years old. He is still swimming in the Yangtze River this year. He has almost never got sick. He has saved more than 100 drowning people in the Yangtze River.
Amazing. Beautiful, clean and tidy city park. Well maintained and full of joy eldery people's early morning activities.
My goodness, that old guy's hand writing is extremely good.
Thank you for your kindness to China and hope you have good time in China 🙏🏻㊗️
Great video!! 😍This is Confucianism being practiced at the parks. It embraces a sense of community (above self ) which promotes harmony and peace. ☯️
地方太美👍👍👍❤️
Lee, that is a beautiful park in Xian and a good video that you have made. You should do a video in the park at 3 am. I wonder is there any activities at that time. Thank you.
Hi,Barrett.nice video. What the elder write with a big Chinese writing brush is Chinese ancient poem.
Great video again, Barrett! On vandalism I tend to agree with you, i.e. it’s a sense of community rather than a fear of security cameras that prevent people in China from committing those acts. I always chuckle when media in the US condemn the use of video surveillance in China while they readily ignore the prevalence of such in their own cities. These devices do help solve a lot of crimes as many American TV shows demonstrate. So sick of the double standard applied by the press in the West!
Hi Barret, I really love your videos for sharing these positive things. I was born and grown up in Xi'An. It's been quite long since I left Xi'An and you video makes me miss my hometown. Thanks again for the videos and keep it up. Cheers
I am an overseas Chinese. I always wanted to go back to China one day for my retired life. Seems elderly's life there is way much fun.
Are you originally from China?
这是我的家乡，西安。西安城墙，护城河，环城公园。一个很有魅力与活力的古城！感谢你的视频。
The Western world and China should be allowed to do their own favorite things without interference from the other side.
They intervened against China out of envy. They want to hinder China's progress. China is China. No one can stop their progressing. If China is strong, the world will be peaceful 👍👍👍
@@alexbighead4997 well said
@@alexbighead4997 Yes America is now hindering China's rise. A Chinese led world would be good - for China only. Maybe the Chinese living abroad too if there are more loyal to China than the countries, their new homes, that they now live in.
We was right about China Virus, and the radical CCP all the time .
Sorry,just notice you have used the same phrase to reply to all different comments. Are u a robot or human ? 🧐
很高兴您能找出这些中国美好的东西
It's a wonderful way to enjoy a public park in the morning.
Yes, the community spirit is strong in Eastern Asia, S.E. Asia & especially China. If you guys chance to drop by Singapore, do visit our parks too. You’ll see different community groups young & old doing various activities: Tai Chi, Qigong, jogging, cycling, roller blading, etc. in the morning as early as 6am.
晚上的大妈们，广场舞才热闹，哈哈😄
old people get up early in park,young guys go to sleep later and get up late. the back ground music at the the beginning is "" I love you China""
My car was stolen in the USA , the policemen said they can’t help me until I find my car by myself lol . I believe it’s difficult to find for them too because no cameras recorded criminal activities
You need to ask NSA, they even have the private messages of Angela Merkel.
@@perile 😂