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Well done! Thank you, absolutely fascinating.

The traditional way of tailoring allows the garments to flow over, and move with, the body of the wearer. The result is usually super comfortable clothes that may not look super polished and structured, and the tailors would use brocades, piping in contracting colours, colourful embroidery, and decorative buttons to enhance the overall appearance. Over the years the focus shifted from comfort to style, and we are seeing more and more form fitting (and often restrictive) designs that are meant to be worn on display but not lived in, which makes me uncomfortable as I remember how women had suffered enough already from corsets back in history. I don’t think we need to put ourselves into straight jackets just to meet others’ expectations of being demure and meek creatures, I believe that we should be able to wear clothes that not only look good but also feel comfortable at the same time. Thankfully, there are ways to mitigate this unfortunate trend, and it’s to go for a sleeveless design that has slightly larger arm holes, and to choose the traditional style of opening at the front with frog buttons instead of zippers at the back. With these small details, you will feel much more comfortable wearing a QiPao (Mandarin for Manchurian robe) or Cheongsam (Shanghainese for long dress, which is the same thing) and may actually enjoy it much more often :)

Hey Nathan, I am also a Fong. I was born in this village. Very inerested to watched. It bring back my childhood memories. We used go to play at your ancestry house and near by.

Beautiful gardens, but constant innane chatter of two tourists ruins it. Watchable only if the sound is off, though you still have their posing; was this originally a vacation video that they turned into some vanity travelouge?

During the Chinese cultural revolution Mao wanted to do away with the four olds of custom, culture, habits and ideas. His fanatical red guards did much destruction of China’s heritage. The idea was to have communist ideology replace the four I wonder how Master Huang Yunpeng fared during this period as an artist belonging to one of the olds. If it were not for the government and the PLA would Jindezhen have been destroyed by the fanatics? It is so interesting how the olds survived that chaotic period-a period that visitors to China are advised to never mention to the natives.

Auspiscious storytelling. I am most grateful for the respect being given to the anscestores and their struggles. I hope that Nathan and his family's descendants will restore/resurrect the great home in his village. Alana's family respects their heritage by the 3 spotless homes they live in. Thank you so very much for sharing your world.

How lucky were you to get accompanied your whole trip with one of the modern world ceramic masters... Shared his stories and knowledges, and even given one of his own personalized piece for you to keep. This video is so full of knowledges so as didn't skipped.. I watched this on 2024 Thankyou for this

awesome! so nice seeing mr Huang's company and seeing ming and qing methods being used. and the dancing fish! wow!

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What an excellent video. Redeye

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Here in Montréal Canada we do have one of the biggest chinese garden outside Canada

Amazing hand crafted work

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Fascinating history on a garment. Wearing proper shoes makes a big difference too (hint).

My family name is Khoo and my paternal grandfather comes from Xiamen . Can you help help find my ancestral roots in China

Excellent Program! I watched it all the way to the end! I’ve always enjoyed Asian art of all kinds and am currently working to learn more about them. Thanks for sharing your experience and well produced program.

Thank you❤❤❤

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What a wonderful experience. Thank you so much for sharing it with us.

Will visit SuZhou definitely. Love to appreciate the gardens from old times n modern. Thanks for sharing, you guys are great!

As a resident of Chongqing where Gen. Stilwell spent a couple of years, I have a particular and strong emotion toward Gen. Stilwell, not only his contribution to China in World War 2 but also the recalling the unique time between American people and Chinese people. Appreciate this amazing journey.

You should never feel ashamed. Be proud of who you are!

They call General Stilwell a bad Soldier how about the two that gave away Afghanistan Miley and the other General and Joe Biden

Thanks to my grandmother, I knew the name of my ancestral village, the county and the province, ever since I was a young boy. It was drilled into me when I was growing up in the 60s, presumably so I would not forget my roots. My grandmother was not literate, as most girls were not educated in pre-war China. But she had a sharp memory (and an equally sharp tongue). While she was still lucid, during her 80s, I sat down with her one day and asked about the family history. I wrote down everything she told me, and I was glad I did this. Grandmother passed away in 2003. In the same year, I made a sightseeing trip to Hong Kong. On a whim, I decided to catch the ferry to Zhongshan in Guangdong, with the vague intention of finding my ancestral village. As this was in the early days of the internet, I had very little to go by - no maps, no phone numbers, no addresses - just the name of the village that was firmly etched in my head. By simply asking around, I managed to find my way to the village and found the ancestral home. Bingo! I stayed only for a day and shared a meal with distant relatives while I was there. It wasn't long, but it filled a longstanding void. For those contemplating doing the same, it should be a lot easier these days. There are now far more resources available to help make the connection possible.

Are there objective studies that analyze the efficacy of traditional Chinese healing techniques such as acupuncture, and identifies the active ingredients in herbal medicines?

Does Judy have a website where we can buy her art?

Too much camera focus on the people, i would like to see the background for a few seconds

What a beautiful presentation 😊thank you for making it and sharing!

One of the things that people are not aware of is that the front opening of the qipao should be on the right side and not the left. Left opening is only for the dead.

General Stillwell was a man of several contradictions. He was a registered Republican, therefore automatically an anti-communist. Yet he analysed that a temporary truce with Mao Zedong could prove productive against the Japanese. He was considered a racist even by standards of the time. Yet he thought of the Chinese soldier to be the equivalent of his British and American counterparts and therefore setup a training school for the Chinese in Ramgarh. He was a General officer, yet he would go as low as leading battalion sized positions into battle, forcing his rivals to tag him as a "3 star batallion and regiment commander of WW2". His legacy was sumwat tarnished due to the hysteria of the Cold War after the fall of China to communists. But his strategies like the opening of the Ledo Road and relief operations in Northern Burma were commended even by a General of the stature of William Slim.

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Beautiful documentary! Thank you Colleen for doing this documentary on my favorite garment ❤. How wonderful you got to meet and interview Cecilia Chiang and see her collection.

congratulations for your good work

My father is a paper son, I was fortunate to go back to the village with my parents once. Great story, thanks for sharing

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See how the Chinese welcomes foreigners to their home and depart knowledge and family secrets.

Awesome

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I am glad to know someone from USA is documenting some of the most famous garden for Americans to understand. Great job!

He should get together with local government, renovate the house and make it a library or community meeting place.

Thanks for sharing ❤

General Stilwell, a true American. A hero. Gone but not forgotten.

Just acquired my first piece. Didn’t know the possibility’s of this being a original piece until recently. I’ve been studying it and researching and really can’t say for sure. Everything I find is more with it being dated mid 1800s. Can’t find any pattern close enough. Is there any free help online.

Great some day i wana walk on this road from India mayanmar and kumning

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I used to live in Kunming

저한테도 중국암포라 형태의 도자기를 가지고있다.그런데 대명.대청년제 마크는 없고 영어로 쓰여있고 희미해서 잘아볼수없다.자세하게 알아볼수있는 방법은 없는가? 이런도자기도 현대개인 작품으로 봐야하는가? 한번 메일로 자세하게 봐줄수있는가? 당신의 아름다운 노력에 감사를드린다

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A Lovely documentary!!!