A SATURDAY IN MY LIFE 🏡 American living in a Chinese village 🌾 周末日常！美国人住在中国农村的一天 🎋
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- čas přidán 1. 06. 2024
- "Have you had dinner yet?" "I can't BELIEVE you haven't had dinner yet!" Welcome to a weekend in my life in rural China! Activities at the local crafts workshop, nature class with local kids, random chats with neighbors, beautiful scenery, some less-than-enthusiastic cooking... this is an average Saturday in my life in Baizhang! Come along for the day and experience life as an American living in a Chinese mountain village.
➡️ If you're new here: hi, I'm Katherine from the United States 🇺🇸 I've been living in China 🇨🇳 for 5 years and after having graduating from my masters program in environmental engineering at Nanjing University, I am now working at an environmental organization called Green Zhejiang. I also run this video channel on the side to share interesting experiences and stories, especially focusing on rural / small town life. Some videos you may find interesting:
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This video was filmed with a combination of 2 different cameras, GoPro Hero 11 (selfie/widescreen shots) and Sony ZV1 (pretty much everything else)
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Thanks for joining, everyone! Follow on instagram @ kats_journey_east or Patreon: patreon.com/kats_journey_east for more updates about life in rural China 🚴🏻🐔 Coming up soon: dragon boat race! 🐲🌊
Katherine,
Thanx for this lovely and delightful video.
As you probably know, the beautiful bamboo growing in your front yard will grow fast, like weed, esp the running type.
It is heavenly to eat your breakfast (any meal) "al fresco".
LOVE your reaction with the sheep, when that guy asked about a boyfriend
You chose to have your peaceful and enriched life - well done !
OMG. LMAO! You are so naturally funny!!! "Do you have boyfriend?". Goat screams. "I am sure you do. You are drop dead gorgeous".
I think it might be easier to pull the peeler towards your instead of pushing it away from you when peeling carrots and potatoes.
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"They don't speak English, they speak Americans" 😂 that boy is so bright
That’s true. It is a little different.
The English that is used with gangster culture, is considered cool in the USA. While proper English is considered too uptight
@@tsuileung5197 Not a little. I estimate at least 10% of words in British English are different from American English. It is a pain in the a** (an example of American English) to learn English when there are so many differences between both the versions of English.
In China, schools teach British English. From what I have heard, it is because the first generation officials who was in charge of the educational stuff were mostly got educated in Europe. I had cultural shock when I first came to USA as the accent is so different than what's taught in school.
@@maple2000new
In Cracker Culture: Celtic Ways in the Old South, McWhiney postulates that southern culture is in fact a derivative of the culture of the pre-Anglicized, Celtic-dominated regions of the British Isles, which he calls the “Celtic fringe.” People from this region brought this culture to the southern United States primarily in the 17th and 18th centuries, with trappings of their clannish, pastoral lifestyle fitting easily into the sparsely peopled southern backwoods (as opposed to the Anglo-Saxon dominated urban North). McWhiney supports his theory by comparing surnames from various Celt-dominated regions of the British Isles to those mentioned in immigration documents, legal settlements and US census data taken from the antebellum south; and by comparing cultural ‘traits.’ The traits McWhiney uses are broad, inexact terms about Celts and southerners which have been rendered by hostile third parties: they are described as pleasure seeking, distrustful of education and institutions, proud to the point of being violent, sensual, and lazy.
Sowell builds upon McWhiney’s theory about the Celtic origin of southern culture and takes it a step further. He hypothesizes that the southern “crackers,” or as Sowell refers to them, “rednecks” (a term which McWhiney never uses), are the source of urban black culture. He then deems this culture as" chaotic, counterproductive, dangerous and self-destructive" pointing particularly to the"gangsta rap" subculture. In the turn of 20th century, southern blacks, the vast majority of whom were freed slaves or their descendants, moved to the northern urban centers. These “black rednecks” brought their counterproductive culture with them which, Sowell believes, may have suited the Celts back in Scotland and Ireland, but only proved to hold blacks back. Upon the mass migration of southern black to northern cities, relations between blacks and whites deteriorated. When the black rednecks moved north, whites there became hostile to all blacks. Sowell cites cases of residential segregation and an increase in white racism coinciding with an influx of southern blacks into northern cities; and laws that were enacted in northern cities, such as Portland, that were not there before southern blacks moved up. This, Sowell claims, is evidence that white racism was not based on skin color but rather on cultural differences and that many of the woes that African-Americans currently suffer come not from racism or slavery, but from a deluded sense of what is"authentic" black culture. Since the 60’s and the Civil Rights Movement, states Sowell, various “white liberals” have valued black redneck culture as the only authentic black culture. This in turn has left successful blacks stigmatized as unauthentic. Sowell believes that in order for blacks to progress in American society they need to shed the illusion that the ghetto culture of “black rednecks” is authentic when in fact, to him, it has its origins in white culture.
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What a nice peaceful and safe neighbourhood. You have the freedom to stroll around alone day and evening.
This is such a feel-good video from start to end. Love the way you have integrated not only into the community but also the beautiful natural environment! :D
IMO all her videos seems random at first glance but in fact all of them really have a nice flow from the beginning until the end of video. That's what I like about this channel.
Hi Katherine! I have been watching your videos since 3 years ago when I was living in the US. I stayed in the US for almost 6 years and just came back to Hangzhou this year. Now I am a professor in Zhejiang University. I really love the videos you made and your personalities. You are like an never-met old friend to me. I really appreciate the 10 or 20 minutes’ joyful time you gave me every one or two weeks(sometimes longer lol). I hope to invite you to visit Zhejiang University whenever you are available or around Hangzhou!
im in hangzhou too❤welcome
@@aaronasukausada0000 Nice! r u Japanese?
靠，这是个大佬啊
大佬，哪个学院呀？
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Hi Katherine! I am from Singapore. This is a wonderful video because you are authentic in sharing your warmth and love for ordinary Chinese villagers and city folks in a beautiful part of rural China. It is equally wonderful to see how friendly Chinese people are to a foreigner living and working in their midst. Thank you for sharing your life with us, it is much appreciated. 加油 and keep up the good work! :)
Did you also know that chinese kids arent white they are yellow????💀💀💀💀🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤡🤡🤡🤡🤮🤮
I have been to Singapore long ago with my husband. We were very Impressed. What a beautiful clean City/Country ! Wide streets, beautiful buildings. Great food culture. The views over the coast , just magnificent ! Very modern. My husband did some business there. We loved it very much and felt safe even late at night walking around 👏👏👏
That guy asked katherine if she had a boyfriend 😂 love his directness and no messing around.
In 1983, I used to be asked: Are you married? Why not? How much money do you make? What is your job? What do your parents do? Where are your ancestors from? What was your major in college? Do you want to have children?
@@UUBrahman Typical
@@UUBrahman hahaha.. It's still today... it's cultural thing, I guess!! Hahaha.. No harm intended.
I will ask the same question if I am here. If she already had a boyfriend or is already married. I will respect her with that. If she is still single, I will try my luck. As long as I do no harm to her.
Why not, she is beautiful, educated, open minded and friendly.
Keep up the great vids! Looks peaceful and independent. bamboo ducks better than the plastic yellow ducks we have in the US. From Colorado.
Exactly!! And, ironically, your plastic or rubber yellow ducks are... Made in China!!😂😂😂
ironically, those plastic or rubber yellow ducks are... Made in China!! Haha..
@@DDDrumpf. But we Chinese don't display those yellow ducks. It is those cheapskate people who lie to their young children.
Because there aren't any ducks in yellow color in this world.
@@DDDrumpfChinese manufacturers' motto - We aim to please - You guys ordered plastic ducks, we make them for you😂😂😂
That scenic route is definitely worth the extra few minutes, beautiful 🤩
I would love to have a run on the trails
Love seeing it! Such a stunning place to live and great that you really immerse yourself in the local culture ❤
Hi katherine…the one thing that is strikingly amazing is how you take your security for granted. You take the high road, the low road, the busy route or the islolated path all within your normal strides with apparently no second thoughts about safety issues. I would rather think that this is unlikely to be the norm in many countries. Says a lot about China. Rest of video perfect. Take care and catch you in the next.
9:09 wow, all the packages left there in the open without fear of thieves. It really shows alot about what kind of society it is.
Love this village life. Close to beautiful nature, friendly folks, simple lifestyle, community commandarie,. No crime, no hate politics, no arrogant and pretentious showoffs.
Everyone just gets along, on the own way , pass the day.
You are a rare precious for bringing people from China and the West closer, through your excellent work we can understand each other better. you are the best in presenting China genuinely in depth and yourself represent so many wonderful traits of your culture. the world is undergoing some disturbing turmoil now. interaction and understanding of common people from different culture is more invaluable than ever . Love your video, joyful to watch and enlightening. Great work as always.
A little comment to show respect and support from a ordinary Chinese.😊
Nature is your backyard, wonderful!
It's so lovely to see how harmonious and wholesome the village life is. And how innocent and active and curious the kids are.
I love your home in that pretty village in those gorgeous mountains ! Thank you !🙏❤️🙏
Yvonne you are such a legend 🎉
You are so lucky surrounded by good and caring people, and beautiful nature.
我春节回国探亲，感觉苏南，上海，浙江的生活条件比美国大多数州好。
Just as I was reading some nonsense articles about Xinjiang food being removed, here comes a timely Kathy video to debunk it.
The propaganda about Xinjiang from the West is voluminous and pervasive unfortunately.
I can't imagine anyone agreeing to remove Xinjiang food, whatever the political considerations might be, given that it's absolutely delicious.
your video shooting is like a poem, praising mother nature and the beautiful peaceful life; your narrative is like a melody, flowing by smoothly, touching people' heart and soothing all the anxiety. Thanks for catching all the beautiful moments in daily life and sharing with us!
Glad to see you enjoying your rural lifestyle in a Chinese village.
8:45 Did that lady say it doesn't cost a cent to raise kids in the US?! 😱
Yo, Chinese media needs to do a better job at educating ppl about the realities of the US. I'm kinda surprised Chinese of a certain age still have this idealistic view of the US and the West in general. I think it could really skew ppls perception of the enormous improvements China has made to ppls lives. Guys, you got it pretty good over there!
ppl see too much of extremes in both directions, either they are telling me how amazing of a paradise the US is or what a shithole it is (more and more of the latter in the recent years), oh well, such is life 😂
@@kats_journey_east Hahahaha... So true. The world is going into a dividing spiral. Between cultures, between countries, between religions, between colors, etc.
@@kats_journey_easteducated person usually doesn’t have such perception of USA😂😂
It does not cost a cent in U.S if you on purpose only make $1000/month ($300 in Yuan PPP),
as medicare, section8 and snap takes care of everything, for some in America it's a lifestyle.
I believe some cities under democrats do cost 0 cents to raise the kids if the household income below certain level..
Thank you so much for sharing the village life, the tour of your house and as well as local community activities. You did a great job of making your house a home. Loved the cycle your and the local environmentally beneficial crafts using local materials. Like the Chinese love of puns with the "duck"❤❤❤👍👍👍
True happiness, happy home. Good husband, peace and tranquility. This is your victory.
your biking route is fantastic, perfect weather, peaceful ambient and beautiful view, plus a fresh cold noodle, wow, dream day!
Kat your mandarin sounds perfecto! 👍👍
Just never get tired to watch Katherine...she is living my dream....
阳离子是一個心态非常平和的人 ， 所以能欣賞享受農村樂 ， 謝謝分享妳的田園時光 ， 美好 安逸 天人合一的感覺令人嚮往 ！
阳离子你太棒了，我是你的粉丝，来自杭州滨江区，欢迎你多来滨江区逛逛，尤其是钱江边的樱花跑道。
为什么到处都是樱花 海棠不香吗 一定要跟着人日本去做城市planning 笑死
@@adelineyan7809 别太敏感了，大气一点
Beautiful lifestyle. Such a peaceful and beautiful place.
This episode felt like an independent film. Simple. Lots of interaction with other people. Well done. The background/setting is so perfect. Like an old Chinese movie .
The village you live is so beautiful!
The Chinese rural dog（TUGOU） is very obedient to its owner and is always wary of strangers. However, it generally does not bite.😂 I think you can get one.😄
"it generally does not bite" 还是别给人误导了。路上的一般不咬。怕的就是看家护院的偷跑出来，tm见人就咬。
兄弟不是农村人吧，我们那土狗是真咬人啊
I feel like that's how most East Asian dogs are like that for example Korean Jindo is like that too. They might all be descended from Mongol war dogs.
Prekrásne video, ktoré pohladí dušu. Pozdravujem zo Slovenska.
feeling cozy when living in the village
I was in China including Chengdu for 9 days during the Spring this year. It had been five years since I last visited Guilin. The infrastructure build ups are so impressive in China. Even in your small village, roads and bike paths are very well paved. Landscape and reservoir are beautiful and peaceful. That is a wonderful life!
I will visit your region including Yellow Mountain and Hangzhou after touring Chongqing and Zhangjiajie in the Fall. I was in Hangzhou in 1990, a long time ago.
This is my first visit to your channel and I am mightily impressed with this video. It's beautifully shot, edited, and produced. I found it entertaining and felt good all over. Your happiness comes through clearly and I am looking forward to watching the rest of your portfolio and your future efforts. By the way, your Mandarin is excellent!
Your village life looks very idyllic and charming. Good job decorating your house too! It looks very home-y.
Kat you look fantastic without your glasses but even better with them ! oh and I love that you work with children, you're doing the best job.
edit: oh and this is one of your best videos yet, it is so well edited and has such a great vibe
그런데 캐서린 저사람 나중에는 대지의 "Pearl S. Buck 같은 사람 될것같음 Pearl S. Buck도 "내가 진짜 중국인이다 중국인으로 죽고 여기에서 잠이들것이다" 라고 했는데 펄벅이 중국을 진심으로 사랑했던 사람
Pearl S. Buck, aka 赛珍珠 in Chinese, we love her!
@@alvinnnliu I read her books very long ago when I still lived in my home country of the Netherlands. I was around 16 or 15 may be ? The first time I read anything about China.
You chose a perfect part of rural China....experience all the seasons in a peaceful, tranquil environment.
There something about Katherine.....chaste, uncomplicated, lives a simple, single life. Blessed.
Chaste? Are you from 1800s?
@@XJLCA You got a problem with his vocabulary do you.
我是杭州人，我去过百丈，那一带一直到安吉，都非常漂亮。浙江的农村在全中国范围内都是最好的，大多数都风景优美，卫生状况也很好。
苏联省表示可以一战
@@alvinnnliu平原地区的农村虽说也不错， 风景还是差不少，江苏的山太少了。
@@alvinnnliu不包括吹牛做假😊
再好也没有用，中国城市化提供需求工作等等来搞GDP，就是去毁了农村，占全国90%人口，这三四十年的经济增长，基建城市化占绝大部分，那小部分给外国人做劳力，也是农村人去干，当你发展知识高科技产业时人家就开始制裁你，市场对你封闭。
是断子绝孙的政策，以前人口增长农村是主力，现在农村没有年轻女性，男性是光棍。
共产党爱搞一刀切的计划，不尊重自然规律，有一天会提出自做聪明阻止地球围着太阳转的计划。
@@donghai110 谁说我们没有山？我这最高山好几十米呢
I quite like your glasses. Just sayin'.
I know you avoid political issues but sadly I woke up to news in Canada that our government is sending three navy vessels to "help patrol" (presumably helping the US) the South China Sea "to keep trade routes free" (as if China would want to block its own trade routes to the rest of the world). Imagine how we would react to Chinese navy ship patrols off the Pacific ocean routes leading to Seattle or Vancouver! I enjoy your peaceful village life experiences but cannot help contrasting them with the constant anti-China propaganda in our mainstream western media. Good wishes from Victoria BC.
According to our national statistics office, Statistics Canada, only 27% of Canadians 55 and under say they trust our mainstream media. About the same percentage say they trust our governments. There's still hope!
OMG Canada is sending three vessels!! That's their whole navy!
Justin Trudeau was worried about mutiny if he sent only one naval ship.
欢迎你们，派多少军舰都没关系，我说真的。
Yes. We should respect each other but not always wanting to overpower others.
Beautiful house, amazing environment, friendly people and neighbourood. Just wonderful! The is is really the best thing to live peacefully! The kids are just adorable! Thanks a lot for sharing 💕🌷🪻⚘️
Love the background music too. Very fitting with the environment.
this is beautiful. your environment is so beautiful
Very friendly neighbors and peaceful environment.
Beautiful country side, green hills, rice paddy, etc.
Your life is too comfortable and close to nature. The air is good and the environment is good.👍👍👍👍
很棒的影片。Peace and love
I have been away from China for 5 years and now I am in Canada, but every time I see bamboo in these videos, I miss my hometown very much because there are also so many bamboo forests there.
A cooking tip: no need to peel carrot and potato, just use a strong plastic brush to brush off the dirt off them while under running tap water. Cut off any sprouted areas on the potato because those areas contain toxin. Carrot and potato are clean after the brushing under running water.
If you want to remove the outer surface on the carrot or potato you can use a regular dinner steak knife with saw teeth to scrap off it, this is easier and safer than using a peeler.
Steak knife with saw teeth are great for slicing tomato because the blade doesn't easily slip off the surface on the tomato. Also great for cutting apple, onion, etc. You can find the steak knife with saw teeth can cut most food include small size meat better than other kinds of knives. When traveling all you need is a steak knife with saw teeth, the regular kind with wooden handle commonly seen in restaurants.
good tip
Always like your videos, you are such a positive person, where ever you live you will always found happiness, waiting for your next video. 加油。
Awesome job being with kids.
Great video, as usually. ❤❤❤ Keep up the good work!
Amazing video. Love your channel, as always :)
Great job, love the video!
Good morning! Love so much things in this video. Especially your Canada cap! Keep up the great job
Loved this video Katherine, looks idyllic.And the glasses Wow,love It.enjoy.x
amazing video as always Kath, thank you for showing us China!
Very interesting! and your videography is getting better and better!
你拍出了中国农村生活最好的样子
尔或洋人是你心中最好的。
Loved watching this! You live a very interesting life, Katherine 😊
Dude’s right - you’re a catch!
Damn, you have built yourself a most beautiful life in China. What a great country and people. And what a wonderful, accessible village. Just far enough without being in the complete boondocks
Good to see you again. You live in such a beautiful place. Enjoy
Beautiful village... 😊. Great view.😊 A good working day 😊
What a nice place ! Beautiful and Peace
One of the best video you made, thanks !!
What a beautiful life there! Thanks for sharing .
Enjoying your video from Canada!
You look good with the glasses.Nice relaxing vid
Thank you for sharing your life in rural China.
nice video, love this chanel so mch
I really envy you living as a foreignor and notably a single beautiful woman amid a tranquil and pristine Chinese Village. Without fear of discrimination or harm against you. This is unimaginable in the UK where I live for half a century. I used to live in London then after retirement we moved to a Village in East Anglia. Oh gosh didnt I got trouble from a few racists young locals. My car had been vadalized. Garden decorations were stolen etc. I am very happy for your life in China. Good luck!
Katherine，你拍的跟剪接的真好，像在拍纪录片似的，很棒！
Thank you for your sharing! The video is so warm.
Wow Xinjiang elements again. I like it. Amazing 👍
Thanks for showing us your weekend routine. A very relaxing watch .
Enjoyed a day in your life. You have settled in nicely in your new home.
You room is so beautiful!
I love seeing more of the village.
Wow! Such an eventful Saturday. Thanks for sharing this amazing video clip. As said, you are such a brave gal. Can see that you are really enjoying your stay in rural China. The surroundings are so beautiful. All the best in whatever you do. Take care! 🍻
Katherine is a wonderful, lovely girl.
You're living your best life Katherine. Best wishes, keep up the good work, fight the good fight.
Love the insights to every day life in a village. We never get to see that part of china. Amazing to see you with the kids.
Oh, my, what a witty kid! That is not English (language-wise) it is American!
As a native Chinese speaker, I can relate! When I was a kid, I always assumed the US had its own language called "Mei Yu" (Since 'Ying Guo' (England) in Chinese is pronounced similarly to 'Ying Yu' (English), the language they speak, it means that the country pronounced as 'Mei Guo (America) ' must speak 'Mei Yu.'). It wasn't until later that I learned everyone speaks English, just with different accents.Mei Guo (America) literally means 'beautiful country' in Chinese, so when I was a kid, I always thought this country must be really beautiful, haha.
Your videos are wonderful. So much better than watching the news. I am quite envious of the life you have created for yourself. Your rural life is a blessing!
nice video, i couldn't be living in countryside for a long time, but you can that is beautiful
Thanks for sharing this fantastic video with us! Your rural life in the village is admirable! 👍
Such a fun day for you! A close proximity to engaged community living and natural trials and rivers.
Seems a happy Saturday to me.
China is amazing! Thank you for sharing! ❤😊
Katherine! It is so beautiful and exotic and it's a wonderful journey to the East you are on. Thanks for sharing and good wishes from far off Canada.
I have been following you for sometime now. But it still shocks me every new video how incredible you are as a person. Literally a living angel. Keep up the good work !
Great portrayal of not so rural life in China.
Great work .👍👍
Wishing you a great life in rural China.
You so lucky to live close to nature.😀
What a delightful video of a day in your life! I was a little bemused by the directness of the person who asked a very personal question and your hilarious edit of that scene! Priceless! Keep doing what you are doing!❤.
平凡而充实的一天❤