Boating on Hangzhou's West Lake (How is it So Clean?)

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  • Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
  • Join us for another China VLOG as we take one of the world's most beautiful boat rides on Hangzhou's West Lake. Despite the rain, this was still an incredible experience; like sailing in an ink painting. Plus, we couldn't get over how clean it was compared to the current state of rivers and waterways back in the UK.
    If you stick around long enough, you'll also hear a very special song that I made just for this video! Hope you enjoy it. So, go grab some snacks and get ready to laugh and relax all at the same time.
    If you like this video, please do HIT THE LIKE BUTTON, because it really helps. And don't forget to leave us a message. Thank you for watching. Stay safe and keep looking after one another.
    #hangzhou #westlake #chinatravel
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    MUSIC:
    George's Lament - Go By Ocean / Ryan McCaffrey
    The Night by Luna Li
    The SQLuna Royalty Free Music Label Music are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)
    creativecommon...
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    Sailing by Telecasted
    Dancing Abroad by Luna Li
    The SQLuna Royalty Free Music Label Music are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)
    creativecommon...
    www.sqluna.org/
    Row Row Row Your Boat by The Green Orbs
    West Lake Serenade Created with Udio
    www.udio.com/
    Hot Hop Rok by Steve Adams

КОМЕНТАРІ • 357

  • @danielsha7378
    @danielsha7378 4 місяці тому +86

    Thank you for all these videos you been putting out lately.

  • @jurrasicpig2426
    @jurrasicpig2426 4 місяці тому +173

    what the boatman said roughly means "Feel the romance in the rain, boating in the drizzling and misty South side of the Yangtze River, poetic and picturesque."

  • @chanchan-sw8hl
    @chanchan-sw8hl 4 місяці тому +93

    司徒先生對父母的愛真的另我感動!中國人叫孝順,看你們的視頻很平靜很有正能量!你爸媽很真成又很有趣真的很喜歡你們呀!一定支持你們希望拍更多旅遊或不同的視頻我們看,祝你們平安幸福。😅👍💯❤

    • @elizachan2932
      @elizachan2932 4 місяці тому +2

      令我,真誠 才對。

    • @chanchan-sw8hl
      @chanchan-sw8hl 4 місяці тому

      🙏​@@elizachan2932

    • @DiegoGinger705
      @DiegoGinger705 3 місяці тому

      @@elizachan2932 看得出来他们的家庭条件优越,三人都很有教养和气质。

    • @TianyueSYD
      @TianyueSYD 3 місяці тому +1

      真正的普世价值❤

  • @Monitor2023
    @Monitor2023 4 місяці тому +99

    *_You are a very good son. Your partents should be proud of you. I love and respect your parents. Please send my best regards to them. Have a nice trip in China. - your subscriber from HK._*

    • @xichen9459
      @xichen9459 4 місяці тому +2

      这可是牛津毕业的高材生。。😂

  • @kansun4634
    @kansun4634 4 місяці тому +94

    “情深深,雨朦朦,烟雨江南,雨中泛舟,诗情画意。” Deep affection, misty rain, in the hazy south of the Yangtze,
    Boating amidst the downpour, a scene poetic and fine.

    • @xichen9459
      @xichen9459 4 місяці тому +1

      翻译完全没那个味儿了。。😢

    • @hclau218
      @hclau218 4 місяці тому +3

      ​​@@xichen9459因为翻译太直白了。就像谷歌翻译一样,哈哈
      In a light rain, shroud a deep romance.
      Sitting in a boat, in the misty rain of the Yangtze, like my love drawn on a canvas.

    • @yrcnm
      @yrcnm 4 місяці тому

      NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 完全不是。

    • @XYFS-h8m
      @XYFS-h8m 3 місяці тому +4

      事实上中国的诗词无法翻译,想完全理解和体会其中的含义唯有学中文😁🤣

    • @HanFeng_FM
      @HanFeng_FM 3 місяці тому +1

      诗歌无法翻译,文化不同,意象不同差异太大。

  • @jujianmin2jujianmin3
    @jujianmin2jujianmin3 3 місяці тому +15

    妈妈很淑女、爸爸很儒雅,能看的出来你出生在一个很有文化修养的家庭!

  • @ylli5678
    @ylli5678 4 місяці тому +43

    多谢建國帶我遊西湖,我未试过乘船遊呢!很美🎉

  • @jinghao6888
    @jinghao6888 4 місяці тому +53

    给爸爸妈妈买了新衣服吗?太好看了。

  • @elizachan2932
    @elizachan2932 4 місяці тому +21

    在船上拍攝時,手機最好有掛繩,及掛在頸上。在年老時,有子女陪同旅遊,是一種福氣,能夠寧靜地坐船遊覽西湖真好,為船伕盡責的工作讚賞。千萬別在夏季來西湖,酷熱天氣不是開玩笑的。

  • @yuchinglo5192
    @yuchinglo5192 4 місяці тому +30

    真美,坐小船才能欣賞, 感受到西湖的詩情畵意 🙏👍💖💖💖

  • @banshong3997
    @banshong3997 4 місяці тому +43

    Bobu makes me laugh. He not only has a appetite but it's alway Food!!! Glad tney both are having a time of their lives. All thanks to you Stu. I like what he said to the ducks - see you at dinner

  • @JJ-yg1sf
    @JJ-yg1sf 4 місяці тому +49

    情深深,雨朦朦,烟雨江南,雨中泛舟,诗情画意。 Deep love, the rain is hazy, misty rain in Jiangnan( South of Yangze river}, boating in the rain, poetic and picturesque

    • @AmelieZh
      @AmelieZh 4 місяці тому +4

      英文真的听着缺点事儿

    • @alextjflorida
      @alextjflorida 4 місяці тому +4

      英语完全失去了那种意境

  • @iamlokawai
    @iamlokawai 4 місяці тому +19

    其實下雨在西湖坐小船, 比大晴天更有感覺, 真是好漂亮

  • @sophiebao6241
    @sophiebao6241 4 місяці тому +16

    I'm really amazed by the city, as even the rower is so poetic. I'm also amazed by how uncomfortable Meimei feels in the rain as a British. Like Dad said, 'it's absolutely beautiful!' Thank you Situ for sharing!

  • @fenette1954
    @fenette1954 4 місяці тому +19

    杭州遊西湖末尾時的歌曲"Bobu & Meimei on the West lake”典型的”英式風格&風味十足很獨特,應是司徒建國自己的作曲作詞,優美好聽。

  • @leahhe3528
    @leahhe3528 4 місяці тому +21

    I can tell Han Meimei is very happy on that day. I like her top, very elegant.

  • @vista2019
    @vista2019 4 місяці тому +14

    Im a Chinese in UK and after I showed this to my British hubby he now wants to go there to visit too. Beautiful and peaceful scenery! 👍🏻👍🏻

    • @TravelinChina
      @TravelinChina  4 місяці тому +2

      You should! Have fun when you go

    • @vista2019
      @vista2019 3 місяці тому

      ​@@TravelinChinaThanks 🙏🏻👍🏻😊

  • @baatarbeifong7869
    @baatarbeifong7869 4 місяці тому +23

    Loved the singing at the end! I'm sure the lotus flowers and egret were stunning to see in person! All of the bridges and the area with the drooping Weeping Willow-like branches were so pretty!

    • @TravelinChina
      @TravelinChina  4 місяці тому +7

      Lovely to see in person. Wish the sky were a bit more blue. Rainy days just don't translate when it comes to video.

  • @raychan8533
    @raychan8533 4 місяці тому +12

    Stu, thanks a lot for having me join your boat ride video on the West Lake under such tranquil, peaceful and poetic atmosphere 👍👏 Sharing such magical moments with your parents is particularly precious 🥰🌺

  • @AmelieZh
    @AmelieZh 4 місяці тому +23

    雨中游西湖还是头一次,真的很有感觉哎。
    great editing btw, Stu! Loved the music and the colorgrade
    划船的叔叔也辛苦了! 感觉好累哦

    • @TravelinChina
      @TravelinChina  4 місяці тому +3

      Thanks. Colour grading a rainy day is quite hard. Not much I could do unfortunately.

  • @jujianmin2jujianmin3
    @jujianmin2jujianmin3 3 місяці тому +2

    情深深雨濛濛:Deeply moved by the rainy weather and misty scenes.
    烟雨江南:A misty rainy landscape of the ancient city of Suzhou.
    雨中泛舟:Rowing a boat in the rain.
    诗情画意:The poetic and artistic beauty of the rainy scenery.

  • @fuxuanzhang4944
    @fuxuanzhang4944 4 місяці тому +17

    The most beautiful thing about West Lake is the faint mist when it rains, the looming beauty. What the rower said is that there were many love stories in the West Lake in the past, and they all happened under this kind of light rain, like a beautiful ancient Chinese landscape painting.

  • @georwoogle
    @georwoogle 4 місяці тому +11

    😀😀😀 truly beautiful West Lake in the rain. Thank you for sharing.

  • @ravenmax
    @ravenmax Місяць тому

    老爸老媽超有趣,每集都被他們逗笑。一家人好快樂。
    第一次看西湖,維護的很好,真漂亮。

  • @LW78321
    @LW78321 4 місяці тому +9

    The weeping willows draping across the water is a beautiful sight ❤

  • @jaymesmith7959
    @jaymesmith7959 4 місяці тому +13

    That's an awesome video!!! I LIKE YOUR MOM'S DRESS Very Much!!! it's absolutely generous on her. Your Mom Looks very elegant. Thank sooooooo much for sharing your Great job!!!

    • @kafka738
      @kafka738 4 місяці тому +1

      Gorgeous, not generous.

  • @steelydan1242
    @steelydan1242 4 місяці тому +13

    Chilling with my parents while enjoying the beautiful sights on the West Lake is what I wish to do when I visit China again.

  • @X-H-Wu
    @X-H-Wu 4 місяці тому +9

    I had been there several months ago (from Hong Kong). The most beautiful and serene spot is the small island at the centre of the lake.

  • @vista2019
    @vista2019 4 місяці тому +10

    Beautiful west lake. You are a great son!! Your parents have a good sense of humour ❤❤❤

  • @alextan6551
    @alextan6551 3 місяці тому +7

    I just came back from Hangzhou, it's a nice and intelligent city , population 17 millions ,but everything is well organized

  • @qidongxu7339
    @qidongxu7339 4 місяці тому +14

    Great to see you share this video. Most people in Europe and US think most lakes and rivers in China are polluted badly and should avoid eating imported fish from China

  • @shukkwanho7858
    @shukkwanho7858 4 місяці тому +13

    What a lovely couple!Love their song at the end 👍🏻👍🏻

  • @johnzhu5882
    @johnzhu5882 4 місяці тому +7

    So beautiful! It is a life in paradise! I used to study at Zhejiang University, this video brought me back to so many great memories! Thank you!

  • @kafka738
    @kafka738 4 місяці тому +15

    Absolutely Beautiful scenery! And, you did an excellent job! Background music is perfect!

  • @qingdanchen1648
    @qingdanchen1648 4 місяці тому +13

    Oh my god, the song at the end is epic!

  • @alexaez2946
    @alexaez2946 4 місяці тому +11

    As if the sky deliberately rain for you folks - adding an enchantment to this boat ride

  • @user-w2997
    @user-w2997 4 місяці тому +9

    看着俩位老人不时的相互开点玩笑,让人感觉心情愉快!要谢谢UP主分享的视频。

  • @ExpatNatt
    @ExpatNatt 4 місяці тому +6

    The rain really makes the vibe. Loved the style of this video! I’ve got to get back to west lake, it’s so stunning 😍 ❤

  • @tangkh6699
    @tangkh6699 4 місяці тому +6

    一家子穿着亲子装出游西湖,搭配完美!👍

  • @KennethWong-u7p
    @KennethWong-u7p 4 місяці тому +7

    The Hangzhou West lake is very famous place, long history culture, a MUST visit place ~~!

  • @yolandemartin2072
    @yolandemartin2072 4 місяці тому +11

    Han Meimei is the most elegant mum than ever

  • @000T00b
    @000T00b 4 місяці тому +5

    This was a lovey video to watch, with the perfect subject matter of the lake. Your parents are such a charming old couple, with the funniest asides and comments.

  • @cai8805
    @cai8805 4 місяці тому +12

    船夫那段话总结就是西湖在这雨中游览有诗情画意的境界!

  • @南山客-h1w
    @南山客-h1w 3 місяці тому +2

    Very nice music, did you sing at the end ? It is very good. Thank you for the enjoyment you have shared !

  • @jennyshan5018
    @jennyshan5018 3 місяці тому +1

    Hi I love your video and the West lake looks so beautiful, peaceful and fresh in the rain. I have been in Hangzhou many times and never realized how amazing the lake would be like this one. Your parents looked so cool on the boat and Dad was chill enjoying the ride much more, your Mom is lovely and I like the way she was holding the camera stick😄 a little nervous but definitely I can see she was very fond of the lake🥰👍❤️ Thank you for sharing!🙏

    • @TravelinChina
      @TravelinChina  3 місяці тому

      Thanks for the lovely comment Jenny! Glad you liked it.

  • @Walaoehpaul
    @Walaoehpaul 4 місяці тому +7

    OHH I love this part 11:37 Also love how Bob always think of food, regardless where he is, and whenever is possible. 19:46

  • @chinkayeok6117
    @chinkayeok6117 4 місяці тому +14

    I like the boat rower. So poetic .....but then, aren't most Chinese are like that...speaking in rhymes 🎉

  • @rsliu4646
    @rsliu4646 4 місяці тому +6

    Seeing it reminded me of my trip to West Lake about 20 years ago. The lake was already very well maintained and managed then. But I went by bike mostly around the lake and roads cut through the lake. It was a short visit for less than a day so I didn't get time to explore. If I go again definitely will try the boating.

  • @normanchan2001
    @normanchan2001 3 місяці тому +2

    I did a summer semester at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou and it was one of the most magical experiences of my life. My morning walks through the tea fields were amazing.

    • @TravelinChina
      @TravelinChina  3 місяці тому

      Our next video goes to some tea terraces.

  • @王琰-y9v
    @王琰-y9v 4 місяці тому +3

    你是一个能领略西湖之美并且将之呈现在镜头中的外国人,似乎是唯一的一个,Perfect!

  • @daisyc2988
    @daisyc2988 4 місяці тому +6

    It was great meditation watching this, thank you Stu.

  • @cathylee2487
    @cathylee2487 3 місяці тому +4

    Your parents are able to travel a lot of different places, because of you're a good son❤

  • @siewmeiwong8142
    @siewmeiwong8142 3 місяці тому +1

    So nice your son can understand and speak good Chinese

  • @miucarol3580
    @miucarol3580 2 місяці тому +2

    光是“雨中西湖”这几个字,已经让我充满了所有对浪漫的幻想了,哈哈哈哈!真好!❤

  • @LW78321
    @LW78321 4 місяці тому +2

    The music in the background matches the beautiful scenery perfectly

  • @lzl4226
    @lzl4226 4 місяці тому +13

    I was in Hangzhou last week. I think anyone that's serious with their gardening should go visit this city, go visit all the temples on the mountains and all the gardens that goes with them. The only issue I had was there were too many people, very chaotic, although, it was the labour day holidays and I was one of those people adding to the problem so I guess I don't have the right to complain.

    • @XYFS-h8m
      @XYFS-h8m 3 місяці тому +2

      哈哈!你很会挑时间😀请外国朋友错开节假日 参观中国的景点。中国人都拼命工作,只有节假日可以出来玩几天。

  • @Cheryl.C
    @Cheryl.C 4 місяці тому +10

    LOL the song towards the end 😂

  • @badcow3373
    @badcow3373 4 місяці тому +5

    i always love the rainig! specially on the lake!😆😆😆😆😆

  • @tuesdae666
    @tuesdae666 4 місяці тому +5

    So beautiful. Made me think of the legend of mdm white snake.

  • @natn41r
    @natn41r 4 місяці тому +3

    I imagine British people don't like the rain very much, but I personally love it.

  • @manmanleong1643
    @manmanleong1643 4 місяці тому +4

    西湖我也曾到過,風景實在很美,希望不久能再次遊覽西湖。

  • @skippergiggletush8739
    @skippergiggletush8739 4 місяці тому +3

    what a wonderful trip! Thanks for sharing!

  • @jsc3417
    @jsc3417 4 місяці тому +3

    That was a lovely boat ride. You parents really enjoyed it.

  • @戢鎮海
    @戢鎮海 4 місяці тому +9

    So beautiful, so relaxed, tour China = enjoy life😀

  • @ivyshy98
    @ivyshy98 4 місяці тому +3

    terrified look "I'm not worried" 🤣
    brings back memories. I was on a small row boat in the middle of west lake when it started pouring. I will never forget that day in my life 😅

  • @flowersand9095
    @flowersand9095 3 місяці тому

    片尾曲不错哦。最青春的时光在杭州度过,真高兴看到西湖似乎越来越美了

  • @corndog624
    @corndog624 4 місяці тому +2

    Mom is so elegant, love her ❤

  • @iseeflowers
    @iseeflowers 4 місяці тому +5

    Pretty sceneries and music.

  • @TaiChiOtherists
    @TaiChiOtherists 3 місяці тому +1

    The boatman, "This could be said that the emotions are deep while the rains are down drizzling, isn't floating one's boat in the the moment of misty South Yangtze in the rain feeling like picturesque and of poetry? "

  • @xuray6082
    @xuray6082 3 місяці тому +2

    Beautiful west lake, and the BGM is perfect!

  • @RuoningLiu
    @RuoningLiu 4 місяці тому +3

    服了,我上周也去划船了,也是这个摇橹船,一样的路线

    • @太子-i9k
      @太子-i9k Місяць тому

      请问西湖的哪一个pier可以到达这个摇橹船, 靠近哪一个景点? 谢谢!

  • @jackchiu7560
    @jackchiu7560 4 місяці тому +3

    It's nice you treat your parents well. Keep it up!

  • @octoberlingcheng8833
    @octoberlingcheng8833 4 місяці тому +7

    Love your family ❤️🎉

  • @xiangyuren5141
    @xiangyuren5141 4 місяці тому +12

    The boat man said:
    To be in love is like walking in the drizzling:
    being surrounded by the deep feeling.
    In the Jiangnan misty rain boating,
    is so poetry as bing in the ink painting

  • @jurrasicpig2426
    @jurrasicpig2426 4 місяці тому +4

    For a moment I thought the Bob and Meimei song was wrote and sung by Stu, very catchy!

  • @davepsk7334
    @davepsk7334 4 місяці тому +5

    That was a really relaxing boat ride, I feel very much relaxed just watching it.
    And yes, those would have made great roast duck.
    Yum, yum.
    Oh yeah, not to forget, that was a very nice han mei mei and bobu song. Who wrote and performed it? Let me guess, you did with some help?

  • @chanchan-sw8hl
    @chanchan-sw8hl 4 місяці тому +3

    哈哈博步和梅梅很浪漫呀!看到你們的視頻另我好開心!也想起去杭州西湖已經三十年前了!西湖有個很浪漫淒美的愛情故事是講白蛇和許仙的堅貞愛情的,這個故事已經流傳一仟幾年了!😊💯👍❤

  • @孟毓洁
    @孟毓洁 4 місяці тому +8

    The west lake might be the most famous lake in China, because there are too many famous poems in history about it.

  • @sydneygao
    @sydneygao 3 місяці тому

    When you take a hand-cranked boat on the West Lake, choosing the "Turtle Pool" route shows that you have done sufficient research. This is one of the most beautiful routes in West Lake.

  • @jingwang2582
    @jingwang2582 4 місяці тому +5

    Fantastic song of Bobu & Meimei 😂!

  • @闲人吴
    @闲人吴 4 місяці тому +5

    欲把西湖比西子,淡妆浓抹总相宜;上有天堂,下有苏杭

  • @private828
    @private828 3 місяці тому +2

    It is really really really beautiful!!

  • @BenjiSun
    @BenjiSun 4 місяці тому +5

    It really is quite nice now... it was still pretty 20 years ago but before the massive dredging project, you might have been put off a little by the smell of West Lake back then. So around 2001 they started the dredging project, removing over a meter of collected sludge, silt, and mud from the ever-shallowing West Lake, and made a tunnel connecting it to Qiantang river, as well as expanding the wetlands of Inner West Lake area(west of West Lake's Yanggongdi).
    and people(mostly domestic tourists) do litter a little bit, but the clean up crews do a fantastic job of beautifying the city.

    • @cong4085
      @cong4085 4 місяці тому +3

      随着精神文明建设,个人素质得到很大提高,以及杭州市政府的高效管理,公共卫生情况日新锐意。

    • @sunnywu2464
      @sunnywu2464 4 місяці тому +4

      Actually the whole China is cleaning up in these 20 years. Not just the water, but also the air. (Greeting from Hong Kong)

    • @BenjiSun
      @BenjiSun 4 місяці тому +2

      @@sunnywu2464 yes, the change has been incredible to witness. even Hong Kong. Victoria Harbour had a pretty bad smell up to the 90''s. it wasn't until the last couple years before the Handover when they decided they need to clean up to give themselves a better image as the former evil landlords.
      Hello from Tung Lo Wan.

  • @didineerod4371
    @didineerod4371 4 місяці тому +1

    Love the boat ride even I am not there! Its so lovely.

  • @tctai6784
    @tctai6784 4 місяці тому +1

    So happy for the wonderful old couple 😊

  • @cai8805
    @cai8805 4 місяці тому +5

    下雨的西湖确实幽静美丽!

  • @VictorThang-b5p
    @VictorThang-b5p 2 місяці тому

    Very peaceful place ❤

  • @VictorThang-b5p
    @VictorThang-b5p 2 місяці тому

    Nice scenery ❤

  • @tedzhang802
    @tedzhang802 2 місяці тому

    Close to the end,the song "Bob and Meimei on the West Lake was amazing!❤

  • @Wunderpus-photogenicus
    @Wunderpus-photogenicus 3 місяці тому +1

    It is probably the most beautiful country, and this famous lake is just one of the hundreds (or thousands) tourist vista areas.

  • @green-grass.
    @green-grass. 4 місяці тому +3

    Your parents both have beautiful outfits!😍

  • @karenshen7811
    @karenshen7811 3 місяці тому

    OMG love the song ❤ too

  • @z_a_r_a_oxowowsb7511
    @z_a_r_a_oxowowsb7511 4 місяці тому +6

    It’s beautiful….

  • @dice138
    @dice138 4 місяці тому +4

    Bobu does look like a mob boss with the sunglasses on.🤣

  • @fvalemus5377
    @fvalemus5377 4 місяці тому +3

    I did a similar boat tour in the West Lake about 8 years ago but did not go through these sections - too beautiful.

  • @sanjayasudarsono1603
    @sanjayasudarsono1603 4 місяці тому +3

    So beautiful & relaxing❤

  • @tehsiusun1342
    @tehsiusun1342 3 місяці тому +1

    Beautiful!

  • @chanpublic499
    @chanpublic499 4 місяці тому +4

    So surprise! The Song of Bobu and MeiMei is Gooooood! I love it😀

  • @robertomorizake4444
    @robertomorizake4444 2 місяці тому

    So beautiful video❤

  • @karenshen7811
    @karenshen7811 3 місяці тому

    Loving your mom❤