5 things I Hate and Love about living in Shanghai, China

[@fionaz4404]

I understand when you say the festivals are not celebrated. I guess it is the way Chinese celebrate. Most of the festivals in China are to celebrate with the families and friends through reunion meals. That is why people go back to their hometown if I understand it correctly. Which is different from many other countries, parades and parties are more commonly seen during festival for people to go out and celebrate.

[@LYJ0207]

thats right！

[@cosmicman7409]

Family is one of the most important factors in Chinese culture, so yeah most people get together with family and friends for new years

[@yifanyang4903]

To clarify a little bit, you do not always go to jail if you fight. When you hurt someone so badly that they are diagnosed by a hospital with “轻伤”or even more serious, you will face criminal charges, but if you hurt someone not that severely and they are diagnosed only with “轻微伤”, then you will only face administrative penalty which is basically getting fined, apologize and leave a record of administrative penalty. But more commonly they will reach a reconciliation with the help of police officers and agree to deal the issue by themselves, in this case both side will only need to do what they have agreed and signed on the paper of reconciliation without getting any official punishments or leaving any records from the police. This is more commonly seen because no one wants to leave a record of having got in troubles like this, which will affect their life when they are trying to find a good job or apply for a visa. And the poster was just using a humorous way to tell people not to fight, like an advertisement 😂it’s not what actually happens all the time.

[@shanghaiandi768]

First, thanks for the time! And second I didn't know! Thanks for the info, really interesting! It's good to know that either way there's no physical aggression here!

[@Paradoxmedia7]

Really miss Shanghai! Thanks for making a video about it, this city changed so much from when I was there 2008-2019

[@shirleyc3175]

Thanks for this video, it’s very informative! I will be moving to Shanghai from the U.K. in the next few months. Look forward to your next videos, keep up the good work! 👍🏼

[@shanghaiandi768]

Thank you! and welcome to the Paris of the East

[@xll5668]

There were times when fireworks was allowed in Shanghai and it was crazy in Chinese New Year eve and now it only exists in our memories. And to avoid crowd for safety reason, the firework celebration for holidays like National Day was cancelled for several years. I remember there was parade during Shanghai Tourism Festival but it's gone for the same reason. I would say there were way more celebrations to see on streets years ago but it's quiet now. Not necessarily bad for local people though. And as someone in the comment said, most of the traditional festivals are for family reunion, such as Chinese New Year, Mid-autumn festival, Qingming fesitval, Chongyang festival...most Chinese people are not party people🤣

[@flysmask]

About festival celebration, most traditional festivals are geared toward family time, so people will not go outside to celebrate they will celebrate within their homes. Also a lot of festivals are region specific, I think one of the ones you will enjoy will be the water festival in Xishuangbannan, it's a day where everyone throws water at everyone, including to police etc. But it's not celebrated in Shanghai unless you go to a special event. There are popular celebrations for some festivals, but you probably will need to make a friend (local or just knows a lot) who can invite you to the right group, they'll let you know where you need to go to see the party and celebrations. lol. China/Shanghai is too big, if you are in one end while the other end is celebrating and no one told you about it, you will not know about it. Also covid has limited major celebration gatherings in recent years as well.

[@shanghaiandi768]

I'd looove to try that Xishuangbannan festival, in my country we have a similar celebration during carnival

[@xiaoweihuang7171]

@@shanghaiandi768 I guess the reason why you’re not seeing festival celebrations, is because you’re in Shanghai lol. In many Chinese countryside, festival celebrations and rituals can be huge, especially in spring festival. But a lot of them have been cancelled due to the pandemic 😢😢

[@shanghaiandi768]

@@xiaoweihuang7171 That is true! I have been to the countryside during Chinese new year and it was epic, fireworks everywhere!

[@xiaoweihuang7171]

@@shanghaiandi768 love your content! If u need someone for video ideas or help with street interviews, let me know. Would love to help :)

[@flysmask]

@@shanghaiandi768 That was the case like ten years ago in Beijing, fireworks everywhere during Chinese new year, lots of temple festivals too. I think there is a ban on fireworks now, coz uh, lots of fire accidents. Now you can only do fireworks out of the city. I think even in 2017 we still had fire crackers within 2nd circle, I remember going back to my grandparents' house on the 2nd and even in the morning you would hear what sounded like bombs going off. All fire crackers. I heard a lot of stories of people getting maimed or injured by random fire-crackers while walking/riding bikes. That was some wild times. Even the fizzy beverage warehouse was burnt down by wild fireworks. That's like just 20 meters from where I lived. Oh yeah, I don't know about Shanghai, but in Beijing during new year, tomb sweeping day and ghost month, be careful where you walk, lots on people drawing circles on the road to burn paper money. Try not to step on those, I've heard enough recounts of possessions or just a period of misfortune after accidentally stepping on those. Most times it's fine, but honestly, even if you don't believe in those sort of things, it's still kinda icky and disrespectful.

[@zoezhou8634]

Great video, thanks for sharing. You made me homesick. I'm from Shanghai and now working in DC, US.

[@shanghaiandi768]

Shanghai's the best!

[@yiplekhong5111]

Bump into your channel lately...I love the info the way you deliver to your audience..keep it up.

[@shanghaiandi768]

Thank youu!

[@vectorifix3218]

Great videos, keep them coming!👍

[@afraannypatutieetv6635]

Thanks for the informative channel so helpful especially to those people who are going to shanghai for Job Thanks and God bless, 👍🙏

[@LvXiaoJun]

I like your videos very much, especially to capture the daily life of ordinary people and edit them into your videos. You are actually a great photographer😃

[@shanghaiandi768]

Thank you! I appreciate your words ☺️☺️

[@r3dpowel796]

Loved your vids mate.

[@shanghaiandi768]

Glad you like them!

[@Outofofficeguy]

Great video bro

[@shanghaiandi768]

Thank you! 🙏

[@mohammadalam3749]

Can you make a Vedio about living cost in Shanghai?

[@shanghaiandi768]

Thanks for the advice!

[@engh3757]

You've said a lot of things that are true to Shanghai's strengths and weaknesses

[@ishraki5573]

I appreciate that you took the time to revisit and relisten and edit the video according to your in the moment thoughts and feelings. As in here are the types of food. Oops I said something that didnt make sense, let me readdress. Also overall smart content, personal and informative.

[@dboy8295]

I PERSONALLY NEVER WENT BUT I KNOW 2, EL RINCON AND BOCA LATIN FLAVORS, YOU CAN TRY IF YOU WANT.

[@花千树-z4f]

Extremely excellent video,commented by one shanghai citizen

[@shanghaiandi768]

谢谢🙏！

[@BiniBoeva]

Oh yes, people are amazing in Shanghai, I was there for a week recently and also had these impressions, that people are so friendly and calm, no aggressions what so ever.

[@marioandrade2064]

Como siempre, me encantó 👏🏻👏🏻

[@shanghaiandi768]

ya pronto lo traduzco!

[@anastasiasukhovii1755]

Funny that you captured the construction noise at home 😂

[@shanghaiandi768]

It's been two full weeks with that noise daily...

[@andriiantonenko9462]

Тімбудонг(ці)

[@viktoriamaliarenko9829]

Very interesting! Thanks:)

[@shanghaiandi768]

hahah brakue tebe tilky)

[@viktoriamaliarenko9829]

Я давно планую відвідати Китай, надіюся вийде реалізувати свій задум :) Було б ще цікаво побачити обзор їжі в Китаї, особливо стріт фуд. Чи плануєш ти знімати таке відео?

[@ywentao2784]

Hey, yes, there are celebration during spring festival, we still have about 13million native shanghainese celebrate spring festival despite it is not so nice like decades before (when I was child), personally I think it is because most of the service people come from other region who back to their hometown during the festival.

[@gambinogambinos2439]

Serbia is in the center of Europe, and we don't need visa. We have few direct flights to China. Also, in this region is very popular chinese mobile phones like Shaomi and Redmi.

[@linggao2602]

Haven’t gone back to Shanghai in a while. Thanks for showing me this.

[@davidtang2549]

As a Xiamenese, I have to say the offcial stats said that Xiamen is the safetest city in China. Although there's no big difference in the coastal cities. Most people wouldn't hear of any crime all year round

[@shanghaiandi768]

awesome!

[@zoeliu1350]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻辛苦了

[@manuelalejandror.h.1826]

Hey, thinking of going to Shanghai and living there for a couple of years. Where would you recommend is a good place to live? Not expensive but vibrant 😊

[@christianvogl7875]

I know a south-American restaurant, not sure if it has Bolivian food: COLCA, Hengshan Road, Xuhui

[@shanghaiandi768]

Yup, it is Peruvian, but no no bolivian food unfortunately, although peruvian cuisine has many similar dishes

[@joaosol373]

¡Bien hecho! Me gusta su video🙂

[@disneybudgetinn3752]

In the US we have a lot of city street festivals: * Festivals of different ethnicities (Greek, Mexican, Irish, China, etc) * Festivals of Food (Food trucks, Barbecue Ribs, Taste of Chicago, Tofu, Baking, etc) * Festivals of Music (Blues, Rock, Jazz, Classical, etc) In addition there are a lot of small festivals in hotels, and convention halls.

[@jokerrhe]

I'm "from" Beijing but grew up here in the States,, would love to try living in Shanghai actually

[@shanghaiandi768]

The country is open again, what are you waiting for? haha

[@jokerrhe]

@@shanghaiandi768 LOL don't kno what I'm doing honestly or how.. might move to another state or country hah.. any expat links u recommend to network first? or i can add u too if u cool with it.. also selling everything here in preparation and got some investments gotta figure out etc

[@shanghaiandi768]

@@jokerrhe I will try to make a video about how to move to china in the near future

[@shanghaiandi768]

@@jokerrhe For now you can check out Smartshanghai.com, they might have some usefu lstuff for you

[@jokerrhe]

@@shanghaiandi768 thx mang will check that out. Wanna add over WeChat? i use it sometimes here in States with Chinese girls I meet and family. I'm sure gonna be using that 24/7 over there tho

[@zrake3649]

上海节日庆祝的少很大原因是因为2014年外滩踩踏事件，你可以google一下那个惨剧，加上15年之后不让放烟花爆竹导致过年也很冷清。你说的外来人口返乡也是一个原因，但不是主要的。你拍视频的地方，上海世博会，2010年的那个烟花秀我至今记忆犹新。另外逢年过节，你可能觉得你家周围的人少了，但外滩，南京路淮海路人挤到爆，还是不出门的好

[@coolbrotherf127]

I am wondering what kind of job you have outside of KZbin. Do you work for a Chinese company local to the area or do you work online from home?

[@wheresmyeyebrow1608]

Hope everything is going okay for you in China right now bro

[@Monitor2023]

In fact, in China, there are a lot of different festival in each year. Perhaps you missed them. e.g. Dragon Boat festival, Mid-Autumn festival, Tomb sweeping festival, etc.

[@cordiachung9120]

👍👍

[@RP-mm9ie]

nice

[@Hing.Dickson]

Not you faced difficulties of getting visa application done , I'm Chinese too . Every country has their immigration policy bro .. China still a developing country, China need precautions and prevention everyone enter the country of terrorist attack , illegal activity so on👍😁

[@避免晚清陷井]

我去过玻利维亚，去过la paz，santa cruz,cochbamba,villazon,感觉玻利维亚有太多的节日，几乎每天都在庆祝新年。最不喜欢玻利维亚人的就是没有信用，爱吹牛，爱骗人，懒惰，偷东西，这不是单独现象，而是普遍现象。还有玻利维亚几乎天天在罢工，我听当地的中国公司说，明明已经给了很高的薪水，结果还要罢工，就是欺负中国公司不了解当地的法律和国情。虽然我已经很小心了，但在大街上还是被偷了两次，是几个人装作给你打招呼，说你身上有脏东西，随手就把手机或钱包偷跑了。我在南美旅行几个国家，感觉玻利维亚上述现象比别的国家要严重。

[@shanghaiandi768]

玻利维亚不容易，希望未来你的经验会更好吧

[@chuckgoodwish3897]

love and hate are too strong words. Like and dislike can be more persuasive.

[@РаисаЧекасина]

О, а я тебе бачу!!!! Молодець. Я ж говорила!

[@willengel2458]

the difficulties of getting a visa varies from country to country. China is a country with 1.4 billion people. do they need more people? yes, only people with a certain skills or qualifications. they can be picky.

[@lalalalalala8147]

Was it really necessary to say Shanhai, China? Well possibly there is a Shanghai in Texas, but even so, most of it surely know where Shanghai is!

[@sams-lo6lc]

the safety thing isn't due to the cctv's , it's the culture. it's safe in korea and japan as well ....

[@성이름-g2e3t]

Japan?!!

[@sams-lo6lc]

you don't have to carry your wallet but you still have to carry your phone and make sure it's charged and has an internet connection . so cash is better . :)

[@onkycui]

原来外国人在中国申请居留也这么难啊，就算手续齐全，还有可能被拒签？

[@mathersmarshall8235]

🤣

[@РаисаЧекасина]

Толік, чим не Орел та Решка?

[@shanghaiandi768]

Djakuju babusju!

[@104qisile9]

You hate distances in Shanghai? So go to Chongaing or Beijing, then you will turn your "hate" into "like".🤣 Do you know in Beijing how to show that you really love your girlfriend? If you live in the North of the city and she lives in the South, just go to see her everyday from the North to the South. It will be enough, truely enough.

[@shanghaiandi768]

哈哈哈 true! Ive been there and everything is sooo farrr

[@clarissagafoor5222]

That`s why we, as not Chinese `locals` living in Hong Kong, are so spoilt! It`s really quite easy after your seven years to become a permanent resident. And that gives you so many rights.

[@rogernguyen1273]

The dislike are ok !

[@davidtang2549]

Thing # thing LMAO

[@danceonwind]

Dude, I am Chinese and I don’t wanna live in Shanghai, so so so expensive 😂😂

[@shanghaiandi768]

Hahaha true

[@paktak6375]

fk ShangHai

[@wwei4194]

"8 different types of cuisine" is not in "there are 8 types in china" kinda way, but in "they are the most popular 8 types". 鄂菜 aka Hubei Cuisine from my hometown did not make it to the list but we still exists....

[@shanghaiandi768]

Thanks! I will go eat some 鄂菜 to try it out this week then!