I Grew Up in China - My Guangzhou Story
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2023
- This is the story about the city where I grew up, the city I call home, and all the little places that are part of my life story and milestones.
This is Guangzhou.
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There are over 1.4 billion people in China, each with an unique personal story. Yours is one of them, quite special. Lucky you, you are Cantonese by osmosis.
"Cantonese by osmosis" me prob bc im chinese american lol
I'm just a random Canadian living in Scotland but damn, this video hit me hard. it's beautiful to see another person's life told through such a poetic way and I hope you're doing well!
This is a girl that love her home town :)
I can relate to it. I am a Polish girl living in England. Her storytelling was so beautifully poetic.
As a Guangzhou citizen, I've spent almost 20 years of my life here since 2004. I have to say, Alysa, you are more local than me, because you grew up in this great city, glad you shared all your memories here with the world. Wish you and your family all the best~
Uhm how can you comment here then. You are not allowed to visit youtube.
@@HermanWillems VPN
its not a matter of being "more local". if you enjoy the city, you are equally a member of its vibrant community
@@HermanWillems just like a lot of countries banned porn but people can still accessed them, it's the same concept. how can your mind be so small believing everything western media told you. there's always some law that are not enforced much in every countries.
@@michael-qt3er and what is your opinion about this non-freedom? Dictator states that control that? U think its positive? By going around it, it literally means he is technically AGAINST his or her government right?
Teared up. Thank for a touching video and sorry about your father. Reminded me of where I was when i heard of my father.
It's so poetic it's giving me goosebumps.
Wow, what an amazing story. I I hope you continue to find happiness in Guangzhou.
So sorry for your loss, what an amazing video of all the memorable places through your life💕
Guangzhou, China should simply pay you for this video for their tourism efforts! Very well storyboarded, filmed and edited… My condolences for your father’s passing, I’m sure you know he certainly lives on in you and your siblings.
Bro acting like US news media and thinkin it still works😂😂
@@nobitatabino5959 you cant blame people been stereotype, bet irl he is one of the person been discriminated and that is the causes of him been such ways and manners.
"China should simply pay you" china is probably already paying her for this propaganda bahahaha
They don’t pay me
People are jealous should stay in Martin earth's. This girl has her good life's in China.
Alysa, you have a very special experiences, i occasionally find you on CZcams which obviously can not match your amazing stories. I advise you to make a journey around China, i grew up in WuHan, you should go to there for a couple of weeks, and then go to Hunan, SiChuan, XinJiang, Hainan, etc. I had been Poliand many times, in Warsaw, Krakow, Bialystok. And also i have stayed in the United States over 20 years. Foreigners like your story in China is very few and unusual. May you love China and enjoy your life.
As China is way modern now and probably even better quality of life than U.S now days,
the interesting part is that your destiny it's pretty much inverted what Chinese people did 30 years ago.
Yup it’s basically the new big dog the US won’t admit it tho
Guangzhou is a city of crime
And Shenzhen is a city of hoookers
You have been in GZ a lot longer than many Chinese people, witnessing the changes throughout the most important part of the city's history, from bad to good to nice and excellent! Thank you for spreading the news to the rest of the world. We need voices like you.
Is it excellent now? Are residents of Guangzhou informed in terms of world events?
@@Steve-Richter Mostly are, but most of them don't care anything beyond the borders. What matters is their living standard are going up. This is the same as people in US, most of them don't care anything like Taiwan or Ukraine, as long as their lives are good, they don't care. Might say a word or 2 at a bar or something, that's all about it. I must remind you, most of the people in GZ knows a lot more about what's going with the world than most Americans and British are. Many of them have visited other countries and know what really is going on in the other part of the worlds.
I’m Guangzhou a local and have been several countries too, currently live at Huadu district. I can speak three different main dialogues in Guangdong, which gives me the advantage to truly understand Cantonese culture and people, my culture and my people.
@@JackY-pu5nh Then your view would be more accurate than many people and I will value your view a lot.
Here's how it is mommy,
Xi's a twisted commie
I'm also from Guangzhou. It is a city where people, including those just resided, would have a deep desire to stay and settle down.
I’d would love to move to Guangzhou, maybe I’ll be successful, I’m working on it… I love China, cheers from Germany!
Yeah everyone should stay there.
Do most people there speak mandarin or Cantonese
Local Young people can and do speak both without any problem. I also grew up in a bi-lingual environment. Local elderly often speak only Cantonese. There are many non-locals and they speak Mandarin or their own dialects.
A fun fact: local young people can usually speak four languages: Mandarin, Cantonese, English, and their parents' hometown dielect such as Hakka or Teochew。
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@@healthyliving7226 depends on where you live. The thing I always find very touching is that even the old local folks will come out of their comfort zone and try their best to speak mandarin to people who aren't native Cantonese speakers.
I am an overseas Chinese and your video makes me yearn to go home, to my roots, to the country that cares for its people, to experience tradition and the beliefs that molded me even though i am far away from.home. thank you.
So true. I have lived in the US for over 40 +years. I yearn to be able to immigrate to China. Quangzhou is my ancestral home, but since my parents passing, i have no contacts anymore with distant relatives. I have been binging on Chinese TV series, reality shows shown on CZcams, and to get better at the language. The Chinese people, society, culture that come through all seem to show such wholesomeness, caringness. The expats who live in China like Alysa in Wonderland all show many positive quality of China. Thank you!
@@MsOceanstar I too want to retire in China, but from my research, it's nearly impossible.
@@calitaco Do you mind sharing the research you have done to show retiring in China is not possible. It is true i don’t think it is easy but need to know more. There is a martial arts school that includes qi gong, language, and calligraphy classes, and you can stay at the dorm. They are willing to give me a letter of acceptance to apply for student visa. I thought that could be a good start. But not sure yet. Thanks for your feedback.
"Cares for" us a new way to say abuses and murders at random?
The specues is seemingly more civil than african species but just as vicious~cruel to its own kind.
@@linyenchin6773 wow msm shill. Try to do some investigative research, ever heard of Jerry's take on China. He cycled through XinJiang and lives in China. No such crap that you're spewing. Similarly, Daniel Dumbrill (american living in china) visited Tibet.
I am from Beijing and also speak Cantonese thanks to my college education in HK, and I have to say that Guangzhou is my favorite city in all of my country. It's a vibrant metropolis that also has a chill and laidback vibe. I hope this city has treated you and your family well, and sorry for your father's passing. Hope that you will go on and create sweet memories in this city to make up for the loss.
Worked with an Engineer here in the states, we're both Natives, but he spoke Mandarin with his mother.
When I once asked him to teach me some words, as he was showing me some, I asked him " wait, is this Mandarin or Cantonese " he replied " Only real people speak Mandarin, the other is for trashy people ".
@@MR-backup your co-worker managed to disparage about 100 million people including Alyssa. Cantonese has an incredibly a wide range of expression, more than Mandarin, and probably English. You can be as refined or as 'trashy' with it as you want. It all depends on the speaker (and a receptive audience).
@@jonslct It just goes to prove that every raise has its prejudice members, since the dawn of time.
Poignant reminiscences. Your recounting of your Guangzhou childhood tells much of the city in evolution and, with it, your life.
Like your story and the city you grew your story
You're probably more 'Chinese' than 99.99 % of the Chinese born out of China. Lovely story! Thanks for sharing. cheers, from Canada. 👍🏻🦉🕊
This is very true (unfortunately). I was born in South Africa, where I still live, and cannot speak Cantonese (my Dad’s background), Hakka (my late mom’s background) or Mandarin. As I’ve progressed beyond midlife, my interest in my ancestor’s origins and in China in general has really increased. I visited China only once in 2007, and would love to visit again one day. So much of the videos on CZcams show me how breathtakingly fast China has developed since I was last there. I am sure I will not recognise some of the places I visited last time (Xian, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong province). What a time to be alive.
Uh.. No. Plenty of places in Asia have vibrant (and large) Chinese diaspora. In fact, some of these places in South East Asia have kept alive Chinese traditional customs that are even 'more Chinese' than in China.
My blood is infected with their dna via my father but I need nithing from the chinesw species.
The only things they produced that are admirable to me are; the I-Ching, Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and a few other cool characters, followed by the kungfu culture and wuxia fiction but mostly because both inspired akira toriyama's making up Dragonball from 1985 to 1995.
Everything else is negligible and even revolting aka intellectual instead of intelligent reflection of Sapience.
@@linyenchin6773 Shame on you for letting western propaganda to take over you. China gave the world so much and the best is yet to come.
Get well soon.❤
@@linyenchin6773 yes lin but youre a part of the problem
I almost cried by your beautiful memories. Thanks for sharing.
This was beautiful Alysa. I thoroughly enjoyed your documentary style story telling and it felt both nostalgic for the wonderful memories you created and hopeful for the future yet to come.. This is also the city where I can trace my ancestral roots... So much has changed, my father wouldn't recognize it were he alive to see what the city has become.
Thank you so much!
Lived till I was 13 in a small street neighborhood around 一德路，thanks Alyssa for the memories 😢, also, that last 尼度系广州 is it your voice? Sounds lovely!
Beautiful sceneries and clean and crisp narration, as always! Hope you had a great day!
This is an exceptional account of your life, comprising treasured memories from your childhood and the passing of your father, and extending far beyond. The evolution of your journey into adulthood is genuinely remarkable, highlighting the marvels of China. Your father's presence will always be felt, as he watches over you from beyond the stars, while your journey is merely commencing.
It's so memorable it makes me want to re-migrate back to Guangzhou China.
Benjamin: but Chinese are like you in that they all want to leave China. They can't run fast enough.
Guangzhou is a city of crime
And Shenzhen is a city of hoookers
It’s impossible. Chinese nationality is the most difficult.
能拿到中国永久居留证（绿卡）就很难了，你还想移民😂
你还是先移民到“中华民国”吧，然后等中国大陆和台湾统一，你就彻底有中国籍了
@@KING-XINJIANG 按国籍法
曰本人不是中国人
台湾人不是中国人
乌克兰人也不是俄国人!
I am a local Cantonese living in Guangzhou and went to school in the U.S.I am so happy you make a video to introduce Guangzhou, such a lovely city. Not many people abroad know about it, this definitely helps to increase its international presence. Thank you for the effort and I hope you enjoy life in China going forward
Hello Alysa... your story is short but very deep.Indeed china is changing very fast.I'm chinese born in Kolkata, India.I 've never been to china.I wish to visit mei xian one day, my ancesters hometown.Thanks for showing us this video. Blessings and take care !!👍
I saw a youtube documentary about the Chinese Indians where most of them have moved out of India to other countries due to tension between China and India. Most that stayed are the old folks. Is it true? Did it affect you at all?
回来看看。祖辈的记忆
I am from Taiwan and have lived in California for 24yrs. I visited and stayed for a month in Guanzhou back in 2005 and 2006 in the Tian He area. It was an amazing city and will definitely visit again.
We watched the interview of you and your family on 和之夢. It was great to get to know about your family and your life in China. Look forward to seeing more of your videos .
Beautiful place. The whole Asia got transformed that fast over the last 20 years too.
Guangzhou, the original Chinese cuisine capital of China for at least 2,000 years! Most of the southern Chinese cuisine dishes were either invented here or could be found here.
There is an old Chinese saying "Eat at Guangzhou".
A few restaurants started in the Qing Dynasty still exist today, such as "Lotus Fragrant House", as seen in a shot in this video, I consider it my favorite Dim Sum restaurant in China, it has the best Dim Sum for the low prices. Any tourist who wants to experience the original Dim Sum in an authentic Chinese restaurant in China, this is it, but it's super busy all the time, lucky if can get a seat there in the morning.
广东福建差不多，我属于西南菜系，喜欢麻辣咸
@@doflamingodonquixote4740 广东和福建差距不小吧
另外，其实广府菜发源地好像在顺德，要不联合国教科文也不会把 World City of Gastronomy 颁给顺德，不给广州
幸好广州是个真正包容的城市，也不会有几个广州人介意顺德拿奖。估计应该是实至名归吧。
This video really resonates with me. Especially when a person like me who is at an older age tend to go down memory lane more. Many of the places have changed but now only exists in our memory😊
Loved the tiny bit of cantonese at the very end. Nice finishing touch
very touching story Alysa! ive been to Guangzhou! really love the city! ❤️ from Beijing
THIS is your good life Alysa!! Live it!!!❤❤❤
As a Cantoness, you bring me back to those good old years... Those warm memory got awake. In Guangzhou, we believe our loves never leave, they just watching us quietly with all their bless.
Beautiful video. I nearly cried.
beautiful storytelling. Nice editing. Keep posting.😍
Wow 非常感人的作品，謝謝您讓我更認識了廣州、也見證了您對這個城市的熱愛。
I am an Indonesian who is also graduated from Jinan. Brought back so much memory there... luckily I still spend my time visiting Guangzhou 4 times a year for business purposes. I hope see you in person one day for sharing same memories.
Am coming ghounzhou city next week, do you know any one to guide me around the city?
@@nili9281no
暨南大学华文学院么 我去过 好多外国人
Growing up in Guangzhou, your stories testify the remarkable transformations that the city, the province and the country have gone through, thanks for posting.
Beautifaul presentation,and you must have a lot more stories to tell. Keep up the good job!
So glad to see your excellent video from my hometown, hope you keep finding happiness in Guangzhou.
i love this city and its food, i honestly think Guangzhou has the best food in whole China.
A very touching story! Bringing back beautiful memories!
I studied in Jinan as well in the early 1990s Wow the city changed so much
我也是广州人！身在美国，看到你的视频真的感觉好亲切！谢谢你把我们广州的美展示给世界! Really appreciate it🥰
I love you Alysa. you're a pioneer.
Guangzhou is an amazing place. Thanks for sharing your story!
Having grown up there since 1999 and left for US in 2010 it was an unforgettable 11 years of my life. I also lived just steps away from the first McDonald’s in Tiyudong and spend most of my time around Grand View mall ice skating and going to movies up on the 7th floor. So glad to have someone like you also enjoyed the city but from another background.
Nicely done! So sorry for your loss. Losing a parent, I have found, is extremely painful experience. I’m sure your father would be very proud of you!
I lived in Japan for many years. Came back to USA to finish college and when I returned to visit Japan just a few years later everything I was familiar with had changed! The apartments complex I lived in before was gone and replaced with a new building 3 times as tall! The small train station I always used was giant now. Although, it had mostly changed due to a major earthquake, I was still surprised by how more advanced it had become.
Thank you for sharing your story! Make me miss home so much, can't wait to come back to the 020!!
You’re fortunate to have the opportunity to live at junction of cultural, language, global economic shift, and personal growth. Your experience is very unique, cherish that.
I was very touched. You are a wonderful person and you have wonderful memories in Guangzhou. I am proud to be with you in a part of this beautiful life of yours. 🩷I am Ayşe Nur from Turkey !
❤️❤️❤️ love you canim!
You know, Alysa. I was born in Guandzhou too. Now I am a medical professional in an international city not too far away. Just like what you show in the video, Guangzhou always occupies an important place in my heart. The places you went to in your childhood, I went there too. 😊 It seems that we have some form of attachment just because of this wonderful city.
I am German living in Melbourne, Australia. I can’t believe that l almost visited the same places the girl Alysa introduced, and spoke off.
I Love Guangzhou ❤. The Pearl river, the mountains surrounding this vibrant City, where I lived near the Baiyun Mountain, in the Easeland Hotel, my room facing the Mountain, the Entrance 5 min away. I was three times there between 2017-18, and loved every minute. I met lovely people, and yes, Guangzhou changes in a blink of an eye, like many other Cities in China. I wonder, if you can speak Cantonese and Mandarin. My Dr Lee is travelling home tonight to Nanjing, also a vibrant City. Thank you for sharing. You are a very lucky girl to experience different cultures. My children also travelled extensively, lived in Poland, Greece and Australia. Life is a journey. Thank you. Good Day from 🐨🌏
江苏欢迎你
Wow, I was genuinely moved by this video! That last line in Cantonese? It got me all teary-eyed🥲. I've been a CZcamsr for a year now, still honing my filmmaking skills. Dreaming of the day I can create content this impactful. Kudos, Alysa!❣❣❣
Then why don't you put all your money in China mainland stocks? :) give me an honest answer.
@@HermanWillems too much uncertainties, uncertainty is the ultimate definition of risk
As a 35 year old who was born in Guangzhou, but left to live in London when I was 6 years old, this felt like a glimpse of what might have been had I stay. It's been almost 10 years since I've been in Guangzhou, this is like a prompt for me to go back. Thank you Alysa for sharing your important rites of passage, I'm glad this city gave you these wonderful memories and may it always be a special place for you.
When one person treasures her/his memories so much, of course this guy is so much into this land and she/he must be a person with warm and kind heart, which I firmly believe :) I have the same feelings, for my hometown, this country and this planet. 其诗闻，加油!
If you're proud of living among us, you're ONE OF US!
I was born and raised in Guangzhou, and lived there for the first 20 years of my life. I have been living in Canada for another 20 years now.
Compared to many North American cities I have been to, Guangzhou is always home.
Appreciate your video. Very nice video editing and story-telling.
"If you're proud of living among us"
get out of my head get out of my head get out of my head get out of my head get out of my head
Same Name As Mine， LOL.
一直在广州工作到现在，虽然广州是一线城市，但是相对其他一线城市来说是相当宜居的，是一个会让人留恋产生感情的城市，快速变化的同时希望可以保留广州粤韵广州味。
Thank you for sharing with us your lovely Guangzhou story.
As a Cantonese who moved to Australia this video brings back so many memories.😭 Thank you for the amazing video.
I lived in China for 6 years. I began traveling and working in China because my sisters were adopted from China. My last year in China, I lived in Guangzhou (2021-2022). I would make the pilgrimage to Shamian Island as many times as I could because it was the location on the final journey of my sisters' adoption.
it makes me teary, without any reason, too much mixed feelings...
Nicely done. Glad you had great memories growing up in a foreign land.
Wow, thank you for taking us down memory lane of your life. That was very touching.
So as my story. I was born, raised and currently still work and live here, although there were one or two years I stayed in the US and other countries from time to time. I can speak three major dialogues in Guangdong because my parents are from different parts of the province, which gives me the advantage to get a unique perspective of the Cantonese culture and Cantonese people, my culture and my people, so as your culture and your people.
I am very touched by your story. My father used to have a major liver disease when I was little, it nearly destroyed my not-so-wealthy family, but my mother managed to get through it with the helps from her six sisters and all other relatives. My family used to live north of the city where there was some time that I was too young to stay home alone, so my mother would commute by keeping me aside. My early memories of the city are those red taxi cars, motorcycle taxis, old-schooled white and blue buses, the wooden seats and blue stained windows of the buses and of course the sweaty bus drivers at summer that always yell at you. Sometimes my mother had to beg them for allowing her to carry some oversized belongings from work on the bus. But that all ended after we had a new van to do the job.
It’s interesting that you mentioned the book center, because as a middle school student I used to go to there a lot, sometimes looking for English books too because I love learning English, we might had seen each other from time to time, but it is really cool when I know you in YT now but totally had no idea back then.🤔
Beautifully done ❤
Thanks for sharing your fascinating Guangzhou story with us. May the next chapter be your best yet.
Guangzhou is one of the best cities in the world. Thank you for being here.
Loved your tour through the city you grew up in, taking us where you had so many of your life’s milestones. Keep it up !
Amazing story telling ❤ I was born and raised in Guangzhou and had to spent half of my life in Canada. Watching your video also makes me nostalgic because I also grew up in Tianhe in the 90s! I can’t wait to visit my hometown soon this winter, after 4 years of waiting!
Good story
I first went to China in 1983 at Dalian in the north. At that time the only cars on the road were taxis, all local people rode bicycles and dressed as Chairman Mao. Since then I have been back many times, the last in Guangzhou 2019 for two months. I have been to so many other places and I always found the ordinary Chinese people welcoming and friendly even though they may not speak English.
I went back to Dalian in 2017, a place in 1983 could have been from a Soviet era lookbook, was now like Gotham City with high-rises, overpasses and underpasses; I took a 300Km/hr train from ther to Shanhaiguan which cost $29 for a 3 hour journey, stayed in Qinhaungdo which was an amazing metropolis, when I said to the local people it was a big city they said 'No... only 7 million people'.
China is an amazing place and changed so much for the better. I love all of the time I spent with Chinese people.
As for politics, that is something else to say which does not belong here.
天啊 当一个人把自己对一个城市的回忆一一列举出来 好感动啊 虽然我连广州都没去过 可是还是很感动
Excellent video! Please keep on the good work ❤
It's very touching to see a video expressing so much feelings and nostalgia in it. I was randomly watching videos on CZcams until I saw your channel so here I am. Greetings from Peru and now you just gained a new subscriber.
you're a 3rd culture kid like me! what a wonderful video!!! 🥰
Such a beautiful story Alysa
whew. Allergy season. My eyes are tearing up for some reason. This was the best presentation of a city I have seen. It was sweet to see the many memories attached to so many wonderful places.
Wow, thank you!
I love your videos! I am also from Guangdong ❤
as a semi-cantonese, i admire your story and wish you all the best in future
Wow I teared up! So amazing! Thank you for sharing your story ❤️
Really enjoyed the format of this video. Guangzhou sounds like a fascinating city. I had the privilege of living in Shanghai for 5 months. Such an amazing city. Knowing the language would have helped a lot, even though a lot of people spoke English.
Very touching and beautifully explained story about the city you love. You take your audience with you on an emotional journey. That is great.👍👍👋👋👋👋
Great 😊 video! Thanks 🙏
Guangzhou is one of my favorite cities! I hope I can go to visit again. I spent 8 years in China and I love it. I’m not there now but I hope to go back again soon 🔜
Awwwww... absolutely adorable, thank you for sharing yr life moments with us in this amazing place. I myself look forward moving to Zhuhai in a yr for retirement ( well very early retirement ) from Canada. the World and China needs more positive people like you. I always find it is heart warming to see a non Chinese person somehow can appreciate China, its culture and people more than many Chinese. it is just to show that Everything Everywhere can be beautiful and exciting, its up to us to open our eyes to it.
as a Guangzhouer (ancestrally Cantonese born outside of GZ in 2003 but raised there) you're more of a 广州人 than I can claim haha, I've just visited GZ for the first time in 2 years and I definitely have been missing everything here every moment of those 2 years since I left
I also grew up in Guangzhou and this is such a great representation of it - with both the old and the new. Thanks for making this video. Looking forward to more Guangzhou content :)
Another warm video. It just seems we share the same memory about Guangzhou. Every place in your video so familiar and mean a lot to me too. Thank you Alysa
Thank you for sharing your story with us! It's evident how much the city means to you. ✨
Wow, US+Poland but in China - impressive combo. Not Beijing, not Shanghai but Guangzhou. I am impressed.
This is Guangzhou, an amazing city to live with your family and to work . I love it!
Guangzhou is a lovely place. My wife is from there and so I visit very often. It does have its nuances (like scooters overrunning sidewalks), but there is a charm to it all.
Amazing video, it made me so nostalgic ❤ your storytelling is amazing! Can’t wait to see more videos. I’m sure your dad is so proud 💕💕
Nice memories! Well done video. Thanks
What a wonderful moving video, thank you so much! I've lived in Guangzhou before, so it resonates very much!
I really love the story telling, it truly showed the deep history and evolution of Guangzhou and how you are part of those changes. Especially the outro where you used the origin of the Cantonese language and introduced 'This is Guangzhou'. Hits me so hard as a Cantonese speaker as it is a slow dying language even in the place of origin. You purely are a true Guangzhou local.
Beautiful touching story, it's obvious the deep emotional effect your pa had on you, & the inspiring first kiss & the candid intoxicating experience you had, I can see the wonderland connection in your name. Happy the man who marries you.
Brief, conscise and short.
Cool Quanzhou 😊.
What a touching video! Beautifully done by someone who really knows how to tell a story with a few words and beautiful pictures.
Beautiful video! love the audio, the scenes, nothing flashy over the top, just memories and stories going along with each other in synchrony. Great stuff. Cheers!
Well done Alysa, really moving! Being a Guangzhou native and despite having spent half of my life so far abroad, Guangzhou will be my hometown forever.