People in Guangdong drink THIS?? 😱 广东人竟然喝这个？？

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[@kats_journey_east]

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[@alexwu305]

这是我家乡，多谢你宣扬恩平，天气冻，可以去泡下温泉，，可以骑车去的，会经过很少乡村，和镇

[@SCIFIGAMESFANS]

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[@bengt_axle]

I tried it and it is amazing. Very fun to do and the first lesson was just 30 mins. Thanks for the discount code.

[@dil4503]

白色的粉是葛根粉，用凉水化开，放一点盐，再冲进沸腾的开水成糊状。上火引起的喉咙痛，肚子疼都有效。块状的是淮山，另一种是鸡骨草。广东的汤最出名，不试是你的损失😉

[@victorha9923]

This channel is almost too good to be true and I cross my fingers in hopes of it continuing with the quality content. Americanized-Chinese here, and this channel is a very inviting window back into the country/culture of all my ancestors, which I don't know fully at all.

[@changhuahgan]

Happy and beautiful ending for this year!

[@relaxwhc]

If you enjoyed this video, raise your hand to show Katherine 😺ion your undying support ✋🙋🏻‍♂️👍

[@kats_journey_east]

You’re late this time 🤣🤣🤣

[@kats_journey_east]

Thanks😝😸

[@relaxwhc]

@@kats_journey_east haha 😂 you're welcome 💥

[@michaelwoo653]

✋✋✋

[@MadyshoneTristene]

@@relaxwhc 兄弟 好多视频都看到您和孔子头像的兄弟。为你们点赞👍

[@keawewong6110]

Thanks so much for showing us Guangdong's countryside.Looks so simple and peaceful. Looking forward to seeing more!

[@jennyohara4011]

Wow! so missed you! your videos from China Amaze us here in Australia, keep up your great work and love hearing you speak Chinese, everyone needs to Share the videos you make.

[@RespectOthers1]

Great to see our ‘lovely lady on a bike’ back with another video that ticked all the boxes. Sorry that your 2021 is ending with some sadness. May 2022 bring you and Wei unlimited awesomeness!

[@colinchai]

Yes, Cantonese must have soup everyday. Our grandparents are from Guangdong. When we were young we use to drink the bamboo wasp & salt with hot water, but hard to find in stores now. Thanks for your video; it kind of rekindle some childhood memories.

[@josechong8207]

We are Hakka from Guangdong and yes, we have soup every day... we normally make enough for a few days and reheat, so that in our family we only make soup, say twice or three times a week... Cantonese soup is also medicinal...

[@Speedz1980]

My life is empty without soups!

[@cbrtdgh4210]

Awesome trip. I always thought about doing this after seeing abroad in Japan do his but there's not much to see cycling around Shanghai. Guangdong is a good choice!

[@stanleytcw]

Welcome back and hope that everything is okay now. Early Happy New Year wishes to you. May 2022 bring cheers and laughter and most importantly good health.🙏

[@hongkongchina2048]

王先生： 剛剛得知你的母親離世。我們只從影片中見到她數次。對她印象非常好！ 覺得她是個非常開明，尊重別人 （especially to Katherine)!一位仁慈的長者！ 她們老一輩年輕時吃了很多苦，為家人、國家犧牲很多！中年仍為家庭不斷付出，沒有期望任何的回報！ 在視頻中，曾知悉她身體不好，想着也只是老人病吧! 應該沒有大礙！ 怎知 她突然離世…. 覺得我們不是… 從來都沒問候伯母！ 最後，我們致以最誠摯的慰問！ 王伯母千古！

[@silverbeernuts4229]

Nice tour! I appreciate your documentary. Happy New Year K & Wei! Cheers and always looking forward to your documentaries.

[@kats_journey_east]

Happy new year to you too😎next video is coming in a couple days 🚲

[@isaaccurrent7953]

Condolences to Wei for the family loss. His mother seemed like a very caring person

[@chuckgoodwish3897]

喜歡妳的視頻。拍攝的視角總給人驚喜與讚嘆。很難得的作品。但在現今大環境下，油管的閲覧率總提不上來。這是非常不公平的。許多西方人對中國的偏見導致自己知識的涉獵，非常的可惜。

[@Belumbang6960]

Great to see you back in action, Kat!

[@henryleung5839]

Thank you for making these awesome videos especially during this crazy covid time. I really enjoy watching all the video tours you've made. Do you plan to learn Cantonese?

[@kats_journey_east]

Not unless we move to Guangdong🌝🌝still not sure what city we will live in long term , depends on job opportunities 😝

[@bjkina]

Tired of your anti-China 'feint praise' skits.

[@Harveyinchina]

I live in Guangdong at the moment, thanks for giving me new places to visit!!! ☺

[@kats_journey_east]

Definitely check out Kaiping, it’s a super unique place. And I highly recommend this bike route if you’re into biking😜 almost no hills , short distance between two cities , and great scenery

[@paulcaistudio]

Good. Subscribed to your channel too!

[@usa-racistwarmachine3631]

Welcome to Enping, my father's home town. The guy in the store is speaking more like 四邑話, a distinct dialect of Cantonese.

[@明智邏輯]

Thanks for sharing. Really enjoy washing your clips. Stay safe and enjoy your cycling tour.

[@notsure1276]

Glad to see you're back.

[@kats_journey_east]

I am finally Back.. and prepared for the youtube algorithm to give me super low views for the next few weeks while I try to recover what I have lost…😔😂the algorithm will wreck you if you go two weeks without posting

[@paulcaistudio]

oh, glad to see you back online. I live in Foshan. Welcome to Guangdong. I love your videos - a true presentation of China, unbiased, and not exaggerated :-) An ad in the middle of the video is ok and acceptable, haha... :-)

[@Harveyinchina]

Yessss!! Welcome back 😁😁

[@KK-gb5mj]

Salted bamboo bee drink is an emergency medicine for singers when they lost their voices

[@kats_journey_east]

Learn something new every day !

[@willengel2458]

salted kumquat and salted apricots are more common and readily available.

[@chungwong2004]

How come Katherine never gets tired of cycling.

[@hangtuah888]

She is actually not a "normal human being," but rather a humanoid you see in sci-fi. Where a change of battery located in her back and she is good to go again. Check out on some of the sci fi movies and you will understand what I meant.

[@paulcaistudio]

My butt would be aching after half an hour of cycling

[@elleem3951]

Cycling is actually addictive. Like photography and Fishing, there are a lot of enthusiasts.

[@hangtuah888]

@@elleem3951 You make it sound like we need a Cycling Anonymous to cure the addiction. Is that why Lance Armstrong resort to drugs to counter his addiction? Pray tell. 😜😜😜

[@celloting01]

Super excited and looking forward to more videos of my ancestral home region. Your vids are the best. Keep up the good work!

[@sylvesterfong9275]

👍👍👍 awesome vlog. My grandfather came from GuangDong. Hoping to do a similar trip in the near future. Blessings from Kuching, Malaysia.

[@lotusgreen3761]

Best wishes for your family. Much prayer for you. Hope everything works out in the end.

[@rebecca2950]

👍😍😍😍Katherine. What an amazing experience you have , I can see how excited you are and I’m so happy for you to see the smile you have through your biking on the quiet road and little chicken 😍and how fun to show people the software use that can help people a better way to learn any new languages . Cantonese people seems really likes to drink soup . It’s indeed surprising to see how massive the school building is in a country side which shows China government and Chinese people really cares about their children to have good academic skill and how important the education is to their younger generation. It is so relaxing to watch you bike in a country road . Your nonstop exploring will continue providing more energy, hopes and surprises to many people around the world including me . This is another interesting video for us to see one of the most relaxed and beautiful country sides in Canton with many interesting herb medicine comes from ... In addition , we find how important of the education for Chinese by finding a massive building had done by their local government for their children . Thank you for making such a meaningful and beautiful video you just posted here .We enjoyed so much as always . ❤️🥰🥰🥰

[@stanbimi]

Happy New Year on the road in Guangdong. Try the soup of the day at local restaurants. They call them 老火湯 (literally "old fire soup") (8:34) really curious about the story of this massive building.

[@Neseku]

I can't wait until I'm in China! I'll be attending Northwestern Polytechnical University this fall as an undergraduate!

[@wanben3524]

Love every single minute of this video, the interactions with locals in particular! I also agree with your view that listening comprehension is super important when learning a foreign language. I obtained a Higher Certificate in Spanish, but my listening skill is ghastly due to the lack of practice in listening to how other people talk :-(

[@jacobrocks7]

Another outstanding vlog on the Chinese countryside..love this ..simply the best blog on rural China on YT ...what an amazing life adventure you are seeing..my condolences to Wei’s loss ...happy new year

[@peterzhou372]

Amazing content! Guangdong is one of those unique places in China that we pretty much use anything we could as food or medication ingredients. If you happen to stop by Guangzhou, I’ll be happy to show you around and explain some local ingredients in food, drinks and medicine. That grassy plant you saw in the shop is called 鸡骨草, we use that for soup with mostly pork ribs or just pork meat, it’s said to have the effect to “cool ur body down” from 上火。

[@BenjiSun]

and the white chalk-like white pieces are probably dried Chinese yam (aka Wai san/Huaishan/淮山). no idea what the bottles of white powdering things are though. other bottles look like they could be things like dried shellfish pieces, there's quite a few bags of guopi (they don't look aged enough to be considered chenpi), maybe some are huamei, the long strips of brown could be dried ginger? there looks to be a bottle of dried small apricots(杏脯)? if there's things that look like beige wrinkly sticks that's probably angelica root, etc...

[@cliffleung5950]

@@BenjiSun 睇上去似係葛粉

[@SassMode]

Love these videos! They fill me with such glee! Thank you for doing what you do. Your a good egg!

[@banshong3997]

Welcome back. Happy to see you again. ❤️

[@theolich4384]

Trotting through UNESCO World Heritage Sites...what a treat. Pray for more time to heal for you and family, and on with the awesome trips!

[@longyou8254]

Hey lady, happy new year 🎊🎆🎈

[@relaxwhc]

If you believe China is a peaceful and progressive country, raise your hand ✋🙋🏻‍♂️👍

[@samuelcheng5167]

Boring

[@stevexiao1488]

Glad to see your video post again. Have been praying for you and family. You are gifted telling stories. 看到你又发视频真高兴。一直在为你和家人祈祷。你有讲故事的天分。

[@ds2332]

ove your video. I want to do similar trip around the Zhuhai area myself...That if I can get into China with the present situation

[@hangtuah888]

Congratulations Yang Yang. It is good to see you back on the channel. Hope you have taken the period to grieve and I presume this bunch of videos were shot before the sad event. Anyway, time is the best healer and good to see you again.

[@kats_journey_east]

Yes they were, they were shot at the same time as the Kaiping fortress village video. it was good to take some time off to be with Wei during this tough time but can’t be gone forever, I am finally back editing videos and will shoot some new ones in January 🚲

[@GuyWhoLikesTheSnarkies1435]

2:11 When I was a kid, people from remote villages used to bring cows and water buffaloes ("kerbau" in Indonesia) into my hometown, I often see them in certain places e.g. roadside and open field. I think they're no longer seen now except during Eid al-Adha day, maybe a livestock farm have been built somewhere.

[@avil8686]

👍...di kampung kampung sih masih ada bro

[@GuyWhoLikesTheSnarkies1435]

@@avil8686 Haha, ada lah pasti. Maksudnya gua itu tinggalnya di kota (kabupaten).

[@relaxwhc]

Do they love to eat bakso and indomie?💥

[@rafinrahman4095]

Life goes on . Jayoe.. Condolence to wei's mother.

[@PS-383]

Very sorry to hear of the passing of Wei's mother. My condolence to Wei and his family. On diaolos, some of those deserted buildings look very spooky.

[@Mayangone]

I am sorry to hear of the loss of Wei's mom. Only a few months ago, I saw her in one of your videos when you all visited Wei's childhood village and home.

[@greenpepper5883]

Sorry to hear that, but how do you guys know about it?

[@PS-383]

@@greenpepper5883 I saw the unfortunate information in Katherine's reply to Lane Otiz in this video thread.

[@greenpepper5883]

@@PS-383 oh. I see , I was wondeing if there's a patreon channel or something. Tks for letting me know.

[@mohammedibrahim42]

Happy new year katherine sister merry Christmas and God bless you and bless your family 😇

[@avil8686]

Interesting... KaiPing is my mother's hometown☺️

[@10lauset]

Condolences on your and Wei's loss. I returned to my family village about twenty-five years ago and saw pretty much what you have seen except for the abandoned villages. It was interesting to see the different construction of the buildings and its quality. It's great to go along with you on your travels. ... Cheers...

[@dyrectory_com]

08:59, I almost never hear a reference to "Golden Hour" now that you've mentioned it, I will remember that this time of 'day' has a name. 🌇 I still remember Wei's mother from the video of the visit back to their hometown. I was rooting for her to be able to live amongst her friends in the old neighbourhood. My thoughts are with the Wei family. 🌈

[@josechong8207]

Thank you Katherine for another gorgeous video in Guangdong's country side... Literally where my ancestors are from... Have you crisscrossed Huadu district yet?

[@tsuikr]

Huadu is North of Guangzhou, Kat is going south west!

[@josechong8207]

@@tsuikr ah the opposite direction... far away from Huadu... thank you... I had no idea direction-wise...

[@josechong8207]

In Guangdong there are several languages spoken (aside from Mandarin) - Cantonese, Hakka, are among them. I only visited twice and for a very short period of time... When China reopens its borders, I am considering traveling to China and visiting all these beautiful places you've shown us in your bike tours...Happy New Year to you and Wei. May the New Year be prosperous, full of happiness, love, and great health...

[@kats_journey_east]

Happy new year to you too🌞hope you get a chance to come here soon, it’s beautiful 😁

[@josechong8207]

@@kats_journey_east Thank you Katherine... When I do get the chance, and you can visit Guangdong again, maybe we could coincide somewhere in Guangdong, and I can be your Hakka or Cantonese translator... :)

[@Hegel_Tello]

Buen video, es interesante el campo hay tranquilidad, te quedó muy bien el mini documental, saludos

[@Speedz1980]

I just read the comment, please accept my condolence for your lost. Wish you all the best and have a happy new year.

[@SentimentalMo]

6:30 that’s arrowroot powder: natural cure for any kind of digestion stomach ache problem. No need for Pepto-Bismol. 😆😆😆

[@keepitprivate3856]

cantonese: this is normal...however, even i heard of it, never try it

[@winstonchow3694]

be safe and watch out for ignorant drivers Kathy!! my estimate is over 50% are incapable drivers....

[@ernestwoo8243]

I think those slices of hard white stuff for soup is called 椎山. It's often used in a mix with barley, dried longan and other herbs. Depending on the region, the mix is made into a sweet soup or with meat into a salted soup. You can buy it packaged from an herb shop or food market as 清補涼.

[@wolfu7264]

I don’t understand. The views are breathtaking, the culture , you speaking mandarin, the editing… and it only has 40K viewings for now ? A similar video of Japan would get at least 400K. Is KZbin algo manuating the traffics or sth ?

[@suckmemore]

"Travel is fatal to prejudice". You have traveled long way! Hats off!

[@michaeltan6682]

Thanks Catherine. Always enjoy you vblog. Cheers and have Happy and Safe 2022!

[@KennyClimmil]

Just discovered your channel today. I was born in Guangdong now live in NYC. Your videos bring back my memories and also let others see the less known side of China. Thanks!

[@truthful3777]

Which video that you visit Taishan where my Dad came from. I am not surprised many houses abandon and the children migrated overseas. A lot of Taishanese are now found in USA, mostly in China Town. They are responsible for making the Railroads in USA. Some migrated to South East Countries like Malaysia, my country.

[@tohrasup]

For your next trip, visit Xi'an, lovely this time of year

[@jerometsowinghuen]

I am totally surprised on the unique drink that people in Guangdong (廣東) usually have, but that's part of their tradition. Besides, I haven't ridden a bicycle since childhood, due to lost of interest.🚴‍♂️ Happy New Year, Miss Katherine.🎍

[@jupplut6159]

Nice villages with free range chickens gooselings and water buffalo, feel the peace on earth..

[@theocles2451]

Yes, the KZbin gods change their algorithm all the time but a steady upload schedule is a sure fire way to keep them appeased

[@wggglggg]

以前我有订阅好一些外国 播主，主要是介绍他们在中国的生活点点滴滴，渐渐的我发现他们中有一些有意或者无意的掌握了流量财富密码，我觉得那样的视频是乎偏离了拍视频的初心，于是退订大部分，Kat真的是少数几位我依然保留的播主。

[@truthful3777]

Katherine, maybe you should learn Cantonese and cover Hong Kong too...

[@khoosengkuang3575]

Very good camera view including from top. Thank for rare rural video that interaction with local.

[@zentonhallon5694]

What are you doing in Guangdong?

[@byap4662]

Glad you are back again.

[@yourenodaisy2391]

Yes you're right about soup, canto families must have soup every dinner. Canto mum or pop will cook some sort of soup everyday.

[@predrag-peterilich900]

"a slightly modified cow" -- oh, Katherine, you are a hoot. I love wherever you go and whatever you do; and I share your fascination with abandoned little villages. please keep doin' what you are doin'!

[@aiart3453]

ur back!

[@relaxwhc]

I hope you can get xiaolongbao everywhere in Guangdong province 💥

[@rachellee6829]

Awesome video as usual Katherine

[@KennyClimmil]

soup soup soup everyday in Guangdong to rehydrate from the salty sweat.

[@stvdmc2011]

Great video, wish I speak the language when I was in china 15 years ago.

[@BackpackerDuanGuoXia]

Cantonese people are always crazy about all kinds of soups.

[@kwfown]

I forgot whether it was Kaipin or Enping, but their eel rice is literally the best I’ve ever had, anywhere. Hope you get to try it out!

[@kats_journey_east]

I tried it in Kaiping but didn’t put it in a video unfortunately 😭😭

[@劉東方-j1h]

一个水牛3万块，2年养4-6头对于老弱病残的人来说也轻轻松松。发展小农特色经济，也是农村脱贫的一种方式。

[@yongwoo1020]

The pride of Sterling, VA.

[@riceball4u172]

My home provenance, missed the smell so much.

[@elleem3951]

Amy from Blondie in China went there on one her videos too! :D But your perspective presents another very interesting angle to the same place! So interesting. Love your interactions with the locals and a peep into their daily lives. Thanks for another fun video!

[@dzzhang2107]

可能只有在中国才能这么悠闲的到处骑车，而不用担心安全问题了，这可能是现在的中国最大的优点。China might be the only place where you can just bike everywhere without concern about safety issues.

[@jeffreysoo8779]

Interesting and beautiful countryside.

[@taWay21]

Great work as always 👍

[@FantasyZeroMecha]

人民都很友好，就是老有反中的，非要搞对立，希望大家终有一天放弃意识对立，不再争吵。

[@onebillionplusone]

yeah bike tour is back!!!

[@swedishpagan417]

Nice and interesting video❤

[@waterfish7177]

This is the first time I've seen a wasp pickled with salt

[@JDR00L]

i think this is where my dad is from

[@Yetzii17]

Looks like the places I lived in lol

[@soonhenglim7986]

if its my place, i'd be wary that there might be drug addicts lurking in those abandoned buildings.

[@Kojirakoso]

nice (quality) video

[@戢鎮海]

非常喜歡妳介紹各地的鄉土風情習俗文化歷史

[@driftert5687]

👍

[@northkiufung8927]

腌鹹竹蜂不是用來吃的，是一種治喉痛的土方……

[@yunweipan139]

wow，真棒