Life in a Chinese emperor’s hometown…1000 years later! 🏯 三国时期大帝故里的现代生活！这里的老百姓太逗了！

[@Jaya_qu-je2xv]

The quite amusing scene is that the 90-year-old granny suddenly put on a serious face and asked a most vibe-changing philosophical question: what’s the point of longevity. Fortunately, 阳离子 offered an adequately shrewd answer that melted the ice on granny’s face.

[@TRAVELADVENTURES-xm2vo]

❤❤❤

[@Jombozeus]

I would have frozen hahahaha

[@bobdeng1886]

我觉得这个奶奶在凡尔赛

[@wuywut]

這個奶奶很驕傲😊❤

[@jamesmoy1214]

Great answer by the way!👍

[@Demon-zr1hu]

你们俩真的好有夫妻像，祝福你们俩，恩恩爱爱，天长地久。

[@xudaye1949]

man Friday

[@gianlin2551]

你没见过她以前的视频吗她丈夫是一个北方人

[@Demon-zr1hu]

@@gianlin2551 你这村网通啊，那个都分了几年了

[@mc-a2z]

I kinda miss Xiao Wang zong

[@floxshuilee1760]

@@mc-a2z 完全不是一个知识水平 怎么可能过到一起

[@RetireearlyNYC]

What a great place. China is full of such wonderful places. And you are such a charming and intelligent host. The way you answered the 90 year old lady’s question was spot on.

[@XW3126]

I always smile when I watch Kathy’s vlog. Your witty humor is gold!

[@RespectOthers1]

Villagers named Sun. Kids playing with guns. Enjoying fried buns. You had loads of fun! :D

[@alfalee2798]

開始時農民曬的是谷, 谷去殼成米, 谷殼是糠, 米煮熟成飯, 或米飯, 米磨成米粉, 用水混合粉待沉澱一些時間, 把雜質混水退掉, 這程序重幾次, 得出純澱粉, 2:58太陽下曬的是番薯澱粉, 任何植物根類, 如番薯, 木薯, 蓮藕等, 用這程序可得出番薯澱粉, 藕澱粉, 木薯澱粉等. 很多JELLY狀的食物, 榚點, 要用澱粉才能做出軟, 滑, 爽口的口感.

[@stevenliew2507]

Katherine Mandarin is so GOOD. Almost like a local 😂😂💪💪

[@davidchung4691]

I really liked those ancient little villages built in traditional architectures and their way of life! Thanks for sharing.

[@sz5263]

Born and raised in China. Read the classic "Three Kingdoms" from begin to end. But never knew the hometown of one of the three kings, Sun Quan and how his kins and decedents are living now in modern day China. Thank you Katherine.

[@BBingZhu]

对了，Sun was a king, not an emperor. 既然是“三国”，那就是在三个king还在争着抢皇帝位置，而且孙权以后也没赢，所以不能说他是一个 emperor。Katherine has mastered Chinese (almost), but not ready to talk that part of the Chinese history yet.😊谢谢 Katherine，做了一个非常好的视频！

[@jamesmoy1214]

@@BBingZhu So damn smart, you are!😅

[@JD00253]

江东杰瑞吴大帝😂

[@jumpking2333]

@@JD00253 江东鼠辈

[@Alakazam2047]

Thank you for your wonderful work! It's a joy to wake up to new updates!

[@kats_journey_east]

Thanks for supporting this channel ❤️❤️

[@AudreyHong-e1w]

I was fascinated by this blog of an ANCIENT town and how it continues to be alive. So many things to discover with you. Thank you for consistently making these blogs to share about China today. With your busy life, I don't know how you can maintain your immaculate, beautiful fingernails!

[@maychen1374]

每次看陽离子的視頻都有一種 反普歸真的純真年代之感，謝謝！

[@maychen1374]

更正 ： 反樸歸真

[@lepenseur1589]

@@maychen1374接地氣。坊間有個說法 -「接地氣」的女人不會老，「接地氣」的女人活得更漂亮。

[@paultse3675]

谢谢对这错别字的更正，因为现在越来越多的视频出现许多太离谱的错别字​@@maychen1374

[@maychen1374]

對不起 ！ “ 返璞歸真 “ 才對 〉

[@711colonel]

Thanks Katherine for showing us this quirky ancient town

[@way1313]

Thanks!

[@kats_journey_east]

Thanks for supporting this channel ❤️

[@way1313]

@@kats_journey_east You're welcome. I love your very informative and uplifting content.

[@jamesmoy1214]

Great find Katherine!What a unique and long lasting city/ village from the Sung Dynasty! 👍

[@larsschaff2363]

Kathy, you're simply the very best I've seen in this genre. Charming, innovative, relaxed. Keep it up, please!

[@CatharineHelsa]

She's might just be the most humble Miss.modelo.DIGITAL and heartwarming person to exist🌹

[@kenbehrens5778]

You transported me to a different world in a country far away. You have a most perceptive eye for the everyday and make it so photogenic and wonderful. Katherine you make life wonderful. A wonderful relaxing and inspiring way to start a Sunday. Hi from Australia

[@wilsoncavalcante3417]

Hi, Katherine. About the sweet potatoes cubes. Here in Brazil we have something similar. They dry these cubes in order to produce a powder, used in bakery, biscuits, sweets, you name it. Here in my country these cubes are made out of cassava. It's a tradicion of the native people.

[@cabasadefogo9533]

What a beautiful town, thanks for taking us on a dreamy trip!

[@yummemys4608]

I love your interaction with the locals especially that elderly gentleman eating his rice and casually chatting about us elections 😊

[@byap4662]

Thanks

[@kats_journey_east]

Thanks for supporting the channel ❤️

[@zchu3179]

3:00 She was saying:"Use machine to crush the yam, and wash with water, dry it up. It is delicious." This is basically yam starch blocks.

[@brakerbraker829]

Very interesting village, friendly and welcoming...God bless Katherine 🙏

[@georwoogle]

😀😀😀 Amazing. Whatever framed into your camera becomes beauty. Thank you for sharing and really enjoyed watching.

[@danielli6190]

Without the English and the accent, I would think this is a Chinese young lady touring in this small town....It's amazing how well Katherine fit in there. Welcome to China, and love your video.

[@Cpfwy]

Bloggers are elegant, generous, beautiful and kind, which is in line with the beauty we appreciate in the East. Bless you! !

[@dongji5594]

江阴是我姥姥家，看着你的分享，脑子里浮现出记忆里的澄江镇的巷子里的外婆家。谢谢！

[@hduanmu6849]

居然还能碰到老乡，哪个巷子，我外婆家在县湾街

[@AnnTao]

Thanks!

[@kats_journey_east]

thanks for supporting this channel ❤

[@AnnTao]

I love the moment at 03:40 when the grandma grabbed your arm and tried to explain the white chalky thing, which I think is sweet potato starch. The way she gently tapped you when you got the answer right was so endearing, and I really liked how warmly you looked at her in return. Moments like these are so genuine and heartwarming. As always, take care, enjoy life, and stay safe!

[@myintmaunmaun]

Wow, the Sun family share the same surname with Sun Tzu. That's so cool!

[@nanyanguo1]

also Sun Quan the emperor of the 3 kingdoms fame . He came from this village.

[@LSun-gc5dw]

😋

[@hanmi1216]

​@@nanyanguo1so, it's more than a thousand years old village. 1800++ years to be exact. 😮😮😮

[@JD00253]

江东鼠辈😂

[@dewfend]

After a long day, watching your video is so helpful to release my pressure

[@glw238]

Thank you Katherine for taking me on a trip to such a beautiful ancient town!

[@advancededu1]

I was born in China, moved to US in year 2000. And now have moved back to China and live in Hangzhou. Like your video very much.

[@BenjiSun]

Cool! You're finally in Longmen village! Yeah, the rice fields surrounding the village, the ducks in the nearby streams, it's all so beautiful! You can also feel the warmth of the people in the buildings here that are very lived-in. They also still have "night fragrance dumpers" (night soil carriers) which surprised me when i first visited. Also those white bricks i think are dried bricks of sweet potato starch (红薯淀粉). There's plenty of recipes for uses of sweet potato starch, especially for chewy mochi-like sweets or for making noodles. and yep, this isn't just any emperor's village of origin, this is Sun Quan's ancestral home, one of the three kings of the Three Kingdoms era. The central building in that cluster is their ancestral worship ci-tang shrine for the Sun 孙 family name.

[@gordkao]

Wow! So much history and interesting things! Sweet potato starch: Not lotus root starch?

[@BenjiSun]

@@gordkao probably not? Fuyang isn’t as well known for lotus farming.

[@cutebird23]

I like the grandma's question, "what is the use of living a long life?" Actually that is a very philosophical question.👍

[@patrickchen1382]

Enjoy watching another of your interesting videos. Quaint, serene and beautiful little town. It seems that the places are so safe as you go through them.

[@tongyigeshijie]

农村或者小镇，几十年都不会发生一次恶性事件😂

[@steveliu5392]

Kathie you really open many viewers eyes people live in the city they enjoy city life, however still have a few people come to visit this old places it’s so peaceful and harmony.

[@PeterSzeto-es6em]

Some of the wines, though called wines, are not for drinking, but for rubbing on your joints, or bruises from martial arts practice or sport injuries. Interesting village, interesting video. 👍

[@風林火山-l7k]

看這集，怎麼感覺妳氣色變好了，人也更美了

[@howard9036]

Her new guy was with her on the trip, I guess.

[@ssx-z7r]

可能是得到爱情的滋润

[@gloucesterjet1]

Longmen Ancient Town is so interesting. Thank you for bringing this to our attention! Much appreciated.

[@bobol326]

I am obsessed with rural China thank you for this

[@jonwear9791]

Wow, a 1,000-year-old village seems like an easygoing and affordable place to live.

[@allanfahrenhorst-jones6118]

WOW. Crikey, absolutely fantastic video. I'm hoping to get to China next year. 70 years old and living on a boat in Brisbane River, Queensland, Australia. You have done a marvellous job with this video and I have put this village on my bucket list. Thank you and hope you have a happy and prosperous life. 👍❤️😇

[@costasworldofmusicmemories5792]

Katherine, You brought cool and chill to another level. Love it 🥰. We only wish we could speak a third of the chinese you do. The world gets much more open to you. Sending much love ❤from Richmond, VA. Jim, Harriet and Yuki

[@ImagesOfCountries]

Very good... She speaks perfect Chinese...😊

[@JC_auto]

你不知道的那个白色块状的物体叫做 番薯粉，就是一种淀粉，可用于做菜，也可以做配料，我小时候农村里的人都会做，现在做的人很少很少了！

[@JD00253]

福州地区叫“蛋燕”

[@kennyg-888]

8:30 This just debunks western views that religion is banned in China

[@NicolasDudic-ph4kd]

What a beautiful village well done,Nice vidéo!!👍

[@devolouis]

Nice job! What a vigorous American girl ❤

[@jacindasinclair3634]

It’s very neat to see how these towns incorporate modernization while maintaining their ancient architecture. I love it!

[@CouchTomato87]

“Enough about guns, let’s talk about buns.” Best transition

[@yingxiaowei6263]

My first working place was located in Fuyang. I stayed there for several years after I finished my college time. I know that place well. And I also understand the local dialect. That was my best time in there.

[@Albert_Einstein_not]

Another great video… thanks!

[@fanglizeng6628]

Thanks for sharing.very nice Video.

[@koneos6580]

2:00 Some of those stone houses probably few centuries old. Genuine antique. 😉

[@StevenCheung-Hi]

住在杭州的东北口音的外国妹子，同在杭州，去过很多回龙门古镇，视频最后的卖羽毛球拍的店主也有传奇故事。

[@lifeng273]

I am sometime very tired to follow any tense film. But your videos are already very relaxing and interesting to follow. Great work, American girl!

[@hsingchen321]

Katherine, thank you for taking me to various small old and remote places in China. I also notice you grew up in Nebraska, next to Colorado where I live.

[@YeckHaurLow]

I am the 2nd to view the video ....wow🎉

[@charleneji6759]

So glad that some of these old rural buildings are well maintained.

[@hartonogoh]

What a beautiful, quaint village! Love this :) ❤

[@lawrencecheong29]

Wow! A fantastic experience to visit these parts of China rarely visited by tourists and perhaps unknown. Thank you for these eye opening videos that also captures the essence of humanity.

[@margaretabendroth8658]

" ya all" i love it. You can take the girl out of the south, but you can't take the south out of the girl!"

[@timwlake]

谢谢分享！这个视频好玩呀！

[@cutebird23]

Your Chinese is pretty good 👍! I bet you must love Chinese history a lot. Awesome!!

[@magnetospin]

Totally did not expect a Christian service in the middle of a Chinese village.

[@qiangfu7271]

The scene of you and grandma was very warm

[@sembarista7022]

I'd really love to see you talk in Mandarin with Adam and Hailey! Your Madarin accents are totally different tho you are all Americans!

[@jasonpetersharpe]

Great video as always! ❤

[@williamwilliam]

Kath, interesting video! Watching it, I began to imagine what I would do if I were in a similar small village. I suppose there are many interesting things to see and do in such a quiet place, but I think it's more suitable for a weekend getaway for some quiet time rather than long-term residence.

[@VictorThang-b5p]

Katherine, i love u.I am a Chinese Singaporean ❤

[@Shawnshirle]

3:47 番薯打磨过后用水冲洗沉淀的就是这种白色的团，然后再碾压就成粉末了可以泡水喝，也可以做其他东西吃

[@unmuktyatree8200]

You are so fortunate….to enjoy this experience….

[@glw238]

The white block on the drying table is starch, made from sweet potato slurry.

[@wt6048]

Love this video and its richness of life.

[@injunnfuz6698]

Great info

[@tianzhang-s6s]

白色的可能是红薯粉，是粉末状的，加鸡蛋和水搅拌均匀，再用油煎，再切成条煮或者炒，超级好吃😋

[@hong3170]

the badminton business is just one of the millions businesses in villages in Zhejiang. each has one item to make. then a lot of them sell in Yiwu's huge market where all kind of international buyers come to buy those stuffs.

[@leonhank4448]

My lord, I must be so disconnected from the universe… (the greatest country in the whole universe). A new englander travels to China and lives in the life I can only dream of. The strange thing is that you are more immersed than anyone I know from here… again the greatest country in the whole universe 😱

[@user-hq7co1hx4e]

You bring out the charm of mid west or the South, not sure where your roots is. With the negative media attacking any country out there. It is a breath of fresh air from an American who American was.

[@justinsandu894]

没想到catherine最终成了浙江推广大使！👍

[@vlo2023]

always love your video ❤

[@chooiminloh40]

Now I want to visit the village 🥰 Thank you

[@edis-x4s]

a interesting ancient town

[@Linkwii64]

Short video I craving for more. There always something new to learn from these vlog.

[@chao3921]

Haha, the last words “wo cao” from the kids were funny.

[@ratuthomm]

Can't wait to go back to Hangzhou after a long stay in California

[@kats_journey_east]

Thanks for supporting this channel and have fun in Hangzhou 🤩

[@Ali瑤海]

冬天來咯，陽離子美女有興趣去東北哈爾濱那邊拍視頻嗎？還是繼續在江南玩？😊❤

[@kamsimyip4966]

What a beautiful village. Love your video ❤

[@RefRed_King]

very interesting

[@davepsk7334]

Still the first?? Where's the comments? 🤣 Anyway, loved this one too. Very nice old place I could retire into. Well preserved too.

[@gregm.mcmillan2371]

The cement covering the cobblestones has faded over time or it wasn't needed on some of the houses. Beehive huts from prehistoric Ireland have stones only. Thanks Katherine.

[@computersupport9612]

Church in China, very nice.

[@leondee918]

'What's the use of longevity?' asked the grandma. This sentence reminded me of a wuxia novel where the main character ask the same question

[@DavidLalhminglianaSailo]

So nice❤

[@tinaz6911]

那是油沸馒头，最美味的吃法是中间剪开，擦上甜面酱再夹上炸过的永昌臭豆腐干

[@einfachasmr2023]

Das ending, dieses Schimpfwort hahaha😂

[@peterlai9018]

That badminton shopkeeper's electronic stringing machine is very expensive. I am sure he is getting enough business volume. Yeah, love to see so many people pre-string badminton racquets before stringing as it saves a lot of stringing time.

[@OliverThompson-s4j]

Sweet potato starch. It's common used in cooking in CN, like corn starch in US.