I Traded City Luxury for Struggle in Rural China

[@Qwezzz-k8w]

Such friendly neighbors!❤️👍

[@hengongchua6250]

They may live in the countryside village. But they seem to have a very happy and peaceful life. With fresh air everyday.

[@victorye7150]

The more pleasure you get the less happy you become.

[@kindface]

I think your pet dog is the biggest winner of your move to this Shaxi. You can tell he (the dog) just loves those moments in the forest.

[@quintdamm]

I visited Shaxi last year, met the Canadian guy in his restaurant and the American one in his boutique store. Would have been fun to stumble in to you. Your video is great, I'm considering with my wife to also move to a smaller place in China such as Dali, so it's really great to see your experience!

[@pinkcichlid]

In Chinese tradition people offer things from food to flowers to small household items to their ancestors on their graves. Lots of young people live in cities now, and they can only go back to visit the cemetery once a year (or even longer) to clean previous offerings and place new ones. I suspect some of the trash are things placed on graves that got scattered around by natural elements.

[@AdamCeladin]

super držím palce :) letím do číný příští týden!

[@joanli2528]

You are right, man. Life is not about pleasure. It’s about struggle. Most people don’t understand it…

[@kohlemainen]

If this man's life somehow represents the idea of "life is struggle" for you...hmmm....maybe you better look for people, who really struggle and would love a bit of pleasure in their lives, if only for a moment...🙂

[@joanli2528]

@@kohlemainen I hear you, man. I hear you…

[@yinhau]

such a great view of your neighbour sitting high on the wall/fence. very unimaginable, and interesting!

[@samuelwee5688]

haha yeah ,,, cannot agree more !! 😁😁😁😄

[@dyrectory_com]

Thanks for sharing your story. p.s. re: trash on the trails, locate the local leaders and mention it to them, I'm once they are notified of this or are further pressed with this issue, something will be done about it, e.g. an education campaign to stop littering there, etc. 🕊

[@nivzfrabx3718]

so awesome mate, can't wait for the upcoming videos! good luck in your next chapter!

[@tonysia6474]

I loved living in the rural village or farm.

[@manchu-qu9mw]

Really admirable of your full assimilating into the Chinese cultures and value. From the first-tier city to a tiny village. It sure takes lots of adjustment of comfort and convenience. But the invaluable intangible experience is rich and rewarding. Wish you good health and keep your vlog going and reach more biased Westerners.

[@totifernandez9532]

Struggle makes success sweet and life more meaningful. Many people now have no ability to understand this.

[@gl7252]

Entertaining, shaxi is one of the places I hope to visit some time in the future.

[@nnf9431]

The cinematography in this video is awesome!

[@Hellios92]

Great video, looking forward to watching your other videos! :)

[@orioles7983]

Nice video, Paul! Shaxi is a nice place to relax and enjoy life.

[@dordorfromhk-hj5vo]

homes are so spacious！In HK average family home is 50m2 for a family of 3-4.

[@hihaveaniceday8590]

好工作 👍

[@Dragons_Armory]

6:34 Oh nice a monk. Burgundy robes usually signifies Tibetan monks. There's a lot of Nyingma schools. And if one find any ones with prominent yellow crests they'd be of the Gelug schools. Have you tried to touch the creek/ spring water in Lijiang? It should be ice cold bc the water there is from the nearby snow capped mountains.

[@wcyong2]

Dances shown at end of clip is unique. Please show more of it.

[@paulschina]

I will. So subscribe 😜

[@pandalover0704]

Very nice

[@tongkoliew]

Life was never truly easy no matter where you are, is about how well you can adapt to the environment. 加油！

[@nsebast]

Acupuncture should not be painful though. That being said I had acupuncture one morning without eating and there was a rush of energy I felt and I sweat like crazy and almost fainted.

[@newtiendemarket1695]

🎉🎉🎉

[@tofuyam7361]

I think I'd take village life as well as long as i was not in the fields laboring

[@gerardbrouwer2297]

Greetings from Dali. 18 yrs in Xiangyangxi.

[@peekaboopeekaboo1165]

New subscriber here. 👍

[@yichen3023]

沙溪 去有风的地方

[@seafood_hater]

I love 沙溪古镇！

[@valeriadobrikova6333]

👍👍👍

[@andreeeeeeeee670]

really good camera angels and narration

[@mz4420]

poor thing😂 you need to put up the KTV nosie😅

[@osuan9]

nice..

[@bridicot]

I almost laughed out loud when I heard you say you hate those KTV nights at your neighbor's house. I wonder, when your video is posted on Bilibili and your neighbor watches it, how they would react. Please follow up.

[@binzhang6497]

👍

[@arn0000]

Cool vid, howd you film it all tho ? Hasnt china got pretty strict policies about foreigners lviing abroad and handling cameras anywhere ?

[@tracyshen]

China may be the most cameras friendly country

[@paulschina]

It doesn't :)

[@arn0000]

@@paulschina but how'd you film the stuff still ? did you have a cameraman on a chopper and one following you or sth ?

[@InspectorA-r2e]

China is a free country.

[@peaceandloveSZ]

@@arn0000 放在自拍杆上的全景相机会让你看不到杆子

[@hotice1998]

了不起，大师级的作品

[@Macky1101]

There is no education of waste management for the old villagers, or young villagers. Garbage everywhere. That's depressing.

[@sayaandyangsaya2756]

Compare between city and rural area, I prefer living in rural area.

[@luoderrick6912]

I still think is consider very better than some states in western sides. (the rubbish and sound) China are encouraging environment companys to do more on this area. I can live with it.

[@vmars6036]

之前在荷兰鹿特丹的Clud认识了一位斯洛文尼亚的姑娘，她在努力赚钱，我问她赚了钱想去哪，她说她想去巴黎学艺术。怀着对艺术的尊重，我为她的艺术梦想买了好几单😊

[@what-ws6tw]

嫖就嫖了还不敢认😁

[@adnausi]

How is it possible that you have such insane production quality but only 1k followers? Who funds you?

[@zperdek]

Till now he was running his Slovak channel "Pavel Dvorak - Cesty Čínou" with 60K subscribers but now is trying find new subscribers.

[@adnausi]

@@zperdekthank you, good to know.

[@williamharper9756]

The guy on the wall was hilarious

[@zperdek]

I didn't expect Charlie Chaplin in rural China.

[@paulschina]

He is very popular 😂

[@davidchung4691]

Many people would wish to swap life in tge Countryside rather than living in a mega city like Shanghai! But you will miss some and gain another!

[@freddytameo]

It's a good trade

[@paulschina]

Yes it is

[@pinkcichlid]

Drunk and sitting on top of a high wall… is highly not recommended 😂

[@周力奇]

Ask your wife to make a request or write to the city government. You can tell the head of your village the problem.

[@GodAwesome-k6n]

Hope you explore more Chinese cities, we love watching your videos

[@paulschina]

More to come!

[@MCrue2]

China numba wan, China prosper

[@tongleongsim9202]

Well, their singing were not pleasurable to listen to but it is a way of life to socialise and destress during dial down times, some liked it and some avoided it, obviously you are the latter. 😂

[@zperdek]

He she come next time with some slovak karaoke.

[@frikandelkroket9335]

I can’t believe that the locals throw their garbage in their fields. Just crazy. What a shame.

[@Trueye-sl2mr]

It is 3 km or more to walk to a rubbish bin to throw your trash. There is nothing shameful about the practice

[@handaxia1251]

@@Trueye-sl2mr If that's my favorite route, I'll talk to the chief first then I'll buy some bins and put them in the route with a large sign saying " DO NOT LITTER" and periodically I will empty those bins and put them away properly. Lead by example.

[@Trueye-sl2mr]

@@handaxia1251 You are not a peasant farmer and has to labour 10 hours a day in the fields. Such arrangements are feasible in cities and the streets in China are cleaner than in western cities

[@白白-d5x]

能讲中文赞一个

[@hgos7211]

KTV night🤭

[@randomname931]

PPPPPPPeter

[@InspectorA-r2e]

Acupuncture is bullshit, bro.

[@Qwezzz-k8w]

Get seriously educated about its efficacy! Don’t slander!

[@seafood_hater]

Acupuncture does work for some people.

[@learn2slow]

Great Story🤗👍👍👍

[@侯嘉琪-t8s]

中國各省的農村的房子真的是臥虎藏龍～去看看中國農村探房博主的（快意村夫）😊歐式，中式皆有。

[@GiorniVenibato]

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