Spring Festival in a Chinese village fifty years ago

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@Leo-uh8fu 10 ай бұрын

I really admire your courage to stay in the rural area in North West China, and thank you so much for presenting so many touching and real documentary. Keep the passion, and stay positive.

@brendanmorin9935 10 ай бұрын

Her family lives in Sichuan which is in the Southwest, not Northwest of China

@MiriamFollin 10 ай бұрын

Actually we live in Qinghai which is northwest 😊

@juliegoodwin6850 10 ай бұрын

Well said!

@k.k.c8670 10 ай бұрын

Life was very, very tough in China 50+ to 60+ years ago, even more so in the rural areas. These are hardy people.

@MiriamFollin 10 ай бұрын

They sure are, life was definitely not easy, and still isn’t! But it looks different from back then.

@nosuchpersonexisted 10 ай бұрын

Still tough in rural areas now.

@k.k.c8670 10 ай бұрын

@@nosuchpersonexisted sure but not in the same way. There is no famine. There are services provided. Land you can cultivate for yourself. . And rural life is tough in most countries anyway.

@nosuchpersonexisted 10 ай бұрын

@@k.k.c8670 Most countries?Why are you holding China at a low standard? Shouldn't the world's No. 2 economy be able to raise the living standards of its rural people? Especially when China is giving out billions to poor countries, spending billions on internal security, and billions on the military. Chinese rural people should have better lives.

@k.k.c8670 10 ай бұрын

@@nosuchpersonexisted what did your own country achieve in the span of a single generation (or at most 1.5)? China has spent far more on poverty alleviation domestically than it has on the military or on foreign aid/investments. As an example, China spends a mere 1.8% of its GDP on the military. Quite a bit less than the 2.3% that the UK spends on that and the almost 4% the US does. The UK was last invaded 800 years ago. China, less than 100 years ago. China has dozens of foreign bases literally surrounding it today. Why do the UK and US need to spend so much on their militaries when their cities are littered with homeless tent people? You are asking the wrong questions, pal. China has done a phenomenal job lifting people out of poverty, providing over 800m of them (about the same number as the entire US and EU combined total population) with modern education, healthcare, electricity, potable water, sanitation system etc etc... All in 30 odd years.

@deborahleclair6173 10 ай бұрын

Hi from France, Nice to have you and your family back.💯💯Your mother in law is exceptional

@MiriamFollin 10 ай бұрын

She sure is!

@Elsa20232 10 ай бұрын

Miriam's mother in law always makes me think about my aunt, Who's my father's bigger sister, She's a sunshine in my dark childhood, I couldn't stop my tears, I miss her so much

@MiriamFollin 10 ай бұрын

I'm so sorry that you lost her, your childhood sunshine. Lots of love to you ❤

@peggyclio1199 10 ай бұрын

So sweet heating her story, her memories. Everywhere we are loosing the contact with natural life and natural cicles.... You pictures are always delicate and beatyful

@colonylaser4860 10 ай бұрын

My god! Listening to your mother-in-law's description, it was a miracle the whole of China didn't completely collapse onto itself during those hard years. There was a time after finding of the CCP when the country was squeezed in from every direction. From the disastrous falling out with the Soviet Union after the death of Stalin, when not only all aid and technical assistance were cut off, but the Kremlin was seriously considering the use of nuclear weapons on a near genocidal degree. At the same time there's the continuous military pressure and total trade sanction by the West, Taiwan, and even India. The escalation in Vietnam with the full might of the American military going all out bombing day and night right outside the border. Then there was the Great Chinese Famine, a result of the failed Great Leap Forward, the seemingly endless cycle of starvation brought on by both man-made as well as natural disasters: the Cultural Revolution, Yellow River flooding in Henan, the Tangshan Earthquake, and the Banqiao Dam failure in the 70s, and so on and on. China and her people were literally hanging on by the fingernail off the last pinkie. Gives me goosepimples to think how far did her people travel to get to the high-tech cities of today from the late 1830s beginning with the First Opium War. 200 years; it almost took nearly 200 years.

@kingmanL7309 10 ай бұрын

Very good summary! Poverty that three year duration from late 1959 was also in part the consequences of the great leap campaign

@margaretcaine4219 3 ай бұрын

@@kingmanL7309Like them or loathe them, the policies of the CCP have lifted more than 800+ million out of abject poverty in only 30 or 40 years.

@gloriastone3211 10 ай бұрын

What a beautiful video Miriam. Thank you to your dear mother-in-law for sharing her stories as a young child. Things were maybe more difficult than now but there was still joy and happiness. Sending love to you and Yonghong and the whole family.

@xyyyyx3247 10 ай бұрын

I remember in the 1980s, when we flew to China to visit our grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. We packed our cases with old clothes we had out grown and give it to our counsins. We lived in South Africa.

@MiriamFollin 10 ай бұрын

So much has changed since! Today people really look down on used clothes - secondhand hasn't really taken root here yet. My husband sometimes even complains that I hand our youngest the clothes of his older brother! I think now that people can afford new clothes, hand me downs reminds them too much of previous struggles.

@xyyyyx3247 10 ай бұрын

@@MiriamFollin , yes... smart clothes seldom worn were save to be used by the next child. We were 3 boys and suits were worn by all three of us. Then pack off to China. For the younger cousins there. 😅🤣

@MiriamFollin 10 ай бұрын

@lmtb6349 I can totally see that! It’s the same with toys actually for us, I don’t often buy toys, and if I do usually for something special like birthday. But Yonghong buys a bit more, and does let them drive in those cars in the shopping mall etc. he never did that as a child, and he never had toys, so it makes him so happy that he can provide it finally.

@Jindinhackerhelp 10 ай бұрын

Dina söner kommer växa upp och bli ödmjuka unga män, något som saknas i väst ❤

@SubutaiKing-I 9 ай бұрын

I don’t care used or not, some of my new clothes are never worn because I don’t like to wear them but some I wear again and again.

@AkiraYC88 10 ай бұрын

I love to hear your mother in law's story, she has such a gentle soul. And again this video was shot beautifully it brings me calm and peacefulness. May you and your family be blessed with good food and good health as always.

@injunnfuz6698 10 ай бұрын

Memories are unforgettable. Yr mother in law is such a wonderful down to earth person

@MiriamFollin 10 ай бұрын

She sure is! ❤

@cassiezhouzhou 10 ай бұрын

Beautiful and high quality video ❤ vividly captured story ❤

@MiriamFollin 10 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@看世界-f7m 10 ай бұрын

动人的故事，非常棒的拍摄

@AL-jm7bx 10 ай бұрын

我也是很喜欢她的拍摄

@yvonnebirch6026 10 ай бұрын

I watched this again. To see your beautiful boys and also because I love your mother in law. She reminds me of my beloved mother in law. She went through hardships as a young girl from Hungary sent to the Netherlands to regain strength after WW2. She never went back. She was caring and helpful and kind. She listened . Even at my age of 88, I still miss her. She will always be my inspiration. You are a lovely daughter in law Miriam ! 💕🌷🇳🇱

@darthvadeth6290 10 ай бұрын

Grandma looks so strong and healthy 😂😂

@MiriamFollin 10 ай бұрын

She is super strong!

@banshong3997 10 ай бұрын

Wow what a great video. Glad you have a chance to interview your mother in law and bring together the food, practices and activities of those olden times when even though they're poor but at least they had families, relationships and shared difficulties and practices to keep them all together. I remember growing up poor when compared to now but we never felt we're poor Anyway a heartfelt thank you to you for showing us what life was like and my admiration of you for loving this life in far away Qunghai and making for yourself a happy close family ❤❤❤👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏

@deborahhaynes8361 10 ай бұрын

I loved your mother in law telling her stories.

@MiriamFollin 10 ай бұрын

I might be posting the full interview in the future - she told so many things, but I could not fit it all in here!

@Marta-di1iu 10 ай бұрын

So interesting and your mother in law is such an adorable, gentle woman, your boys must be happy to have her as their grandmother! Thanks for bringing the rural China nearer to my mind.

@MonicaJohansson-o2c 10 ай бұрын

So very interesting to follow your life in China. So different from the life we have in Sweden. Sometimes the simple life is so much better, to learn from the elderly so it won't be forgotten.

@karenavey2183 10 ай бұрын

Superb documentarian!

@MiriamFollin 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! ❤

@DeliaLee8 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for another gorgeous video! I learned a lot as always. And thank you to your mother-in-law for sharing her life stories with us.

@MiriamFollin 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching! ❤

@yvonnebirch6026 10 ай бұрын

Hi Miriam, so good to see your Chinese family again. I hope you are well and happy in the city ? You must miss the interaction with your family ? Much love from California ! 🇳🇱💕🌷🙏🇳🇱

@MiriamFollin 10 ай бұрын

Hi, thank you! We are happy in the city, the kids love their school! And we still see each other every weekend so far, sometimes even during the week ❤ The village is only a forty minute drive.

@xujunling 10 ай бұрын

very impressive and inspired👍

@IleanaSutLenaQuilt 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your family memories with us. Every time I watch your films, I realize how similar people's lives are in essence, regardless of the country .Kind regards from Romania.

@yuandeng9152 10 ай бұрын

拍出了纪录片的感觉质量很高

@MiriamFollin 10 ай бұрын

非常谢谢！❤ 我的梦想就是做纪录片

@suzannes5888 10 ай бұрын

Hi Miriam and Family! Love from Washington DC❤

@MiriamFollin 10 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

@aaronzhao1052 10 ай бұрын

我也很喜欢老人们讲述那些年代久远的故事。

@MiriamFollin 10 ай бұрын

🥰

@AL-jm7bx 10 ай бұрын

哈哈，我就是那个年代的人虽然没生活在农村，但跟父母回老家的时候都经历过，我也是在西北

@gonzalos4379 10 ай бұрын

@@AL-jm7bx 90后东部省份，正好赶在大规模农村征地开发的时代之前，体验过十多年祖父母辈那里的乡村慢生活，他们有自己的农田，童年农村的记忆就是早上听鸡鸣，中午看着柴火生灶做饭，跟着表亲玩着电子网络时代之前各种简陋的农村游戏，河边摸鱼抓虾，没有任何焦虑，时间过得很慢。之后很多年以后，我在古巴感受到了同样甚至更原始的生活节奏

@gabrielle-uk3nl 10 ай бұрын

Love from Norway❤

@MiriamFollin 10 ай бұрын

🥰🥰🥰

@margm.8644 10 ай бұрын

Hi Miriam ,Nice to hear & watch your family video , how your mother-in-law cooks & the bond with your in laws & the whole family its lovely. God Bless .

@PSAndPowerBI 10 ай бұрын

Good, calm and appreciate

@christinerobertson 10 ай бұрын

anything with your mother in law is defo worth a thumbs up.

@MiriamFollin 10 ай бұрын

❤

@lisaliu2431 10 ай бұрын

希望多多看到力安-- 他很安静，但模仿力强。三三 --- 语言天赋高，肢体协调性好。个性不同的 2 个孩子 ---- 都很聪明。

@seowhongtcheau9727 10 ай бұрын

The endearing stories and the amazing cinematography!! Your work of love is conveying so much powerful emotions to us viewers. You must have put in a lot of thought and effort into creating and editing this precious documentary. Thank you, Miriam, for sharing this with us ❤❤❤

@meganmcdermott7538 10 ай бұрын

Your mother-in-law is such a lovely woman. Thank you for sharing her memories & experiences with us. Please give her heart-felt greetings & wishes for a happy and prosperous new year from OHIO, USA.

@missprettyonabudget 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this segment Miri ❤I will call it a documentary in a way because it talks about times and places in the past, and ones life! Your mother in low seems to have had a very tough life, but as she said it was happier time. I feel that way too here in the balkan area so I am very eager to hear what she has to say ❤ I hope you two really make a digital Cook book of som sort, where she talks about spices, medicinal properties, food and culture in general ❤ Sending a big hug to all from us all. Nat, Stan and the cats 😊

@raymondlianto9882 10 ай бұрын

The food that your mother in law made look delicious. It's fortunate that yoyr mother in law still healthy and strong in her age.

@ykwong230 10 ай бұрын

Such a blessing to see people living in harmony at this time in our turbulent world where we see so much suffering as if we live in a world without God. Watching your video on this gives me hope and belief again that God still exists and will bless us all. God bless

@jerryliu3320 10 ай бұрын

谢谢！

@MiriamFollin 10 ай бұрын

谢谢你❤️

@memary4887 10 ай бұрын

Your Mother in Laws Smile is a Gift, it is Magic.....and Grandpa is a Gift!

@MiriamFollin 10 ай бұрын

They sure are! ❤

@tajhau 10 ай бұрын

It's so interesting to hear what the elderly has to say. You have such a calm and sweet mother in law! I'm a brazilian living in Hainan and it makes me miss my mom in law so much... but at the same time I feel blessed to have such precious relationships in my life, which I bet you do too! Keep up the great work

@renyyantono1847 8 ай бұрын

A very touching story from the past. Your mother-in-law is a very kind and sincere person. May your mother-in-law always be given health and happiness.

@MiriamFollin 8 ай бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

@qake2021 10 ай бұрын

👍👍👍 thank you ‼️👏👏👏

@derek-ct4xj 10 ай бұрын

這集拍的很棒,可了解傳統的事物.

@susanwong9592 10 ай бұрын

A very loving mother and father inlaw you have Miriam. God bless you always. ❤

@MiriamFollin 10 ай бұрын

Thank you, I’m very lucky ❤️

@beautifuldream108 8 ай бұрын

Love your mother in law 💞💞💞 💓 truthful, sincere, happiness, faithful, hardworking and understanding. you are lucky.😊😊😊 Hopefully you can take her to Sweden for a holiday..... Or even take her to Shanghai or Beijing.😊 Only a hope. Only for short trip. I know is expensive. Hopefully you can afford it one day.😊

@johnkiel1000 10 ай бұрын

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@chase846 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing all of these stories. ❤❤❤

@usa-racistwarmachine3631 9 ай бұрын

@5:43 I had several of those as a kid.

@αφροδιτηβεργουλιδου-τ6ξ 7 ай бұрын

I like your husband family and your mother in law is such a nice person 🙋‍♀😍👏👏👏👏👍👍👍💥💥💥💥🤗🤗🤗🎁🎁🎁🎁

@elysepoh6402 10 ай бұрын

A great video, filmed with different angles, good sound effect and mix use of different scenes. The content is great! it will be good memories for your children and their future generations.

@CheryleeWilcox 10 ай бұрын

Thank you. This was truly extra special. ❤

@lynj-c9153 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the traditional knowledge of New Year in China. Very interesting. I had no idea that potato was so prominent in cooking. Your videos are a good education for the world. 🌏🕊️🙏🏼

@clochettestarz 9 ай бұрын

Beautifully captured, thank you so much for sharing this with us.

@jiwonmoon 10 ай бұрын

This is so inspiring! I recently visited my grandparents and asked about their younger days too and this motivates me to have our conversation recorded next time. Always rooting for you, Miriam. Thank you for sharing this beautiful moment with your family!

@MiriamFollin 10 ай бұрын

Oh, I'm so happy if I motivate you to record your conversations! I recorded a conversation with my grandmother last summer, but somehow managed to loose the footage, it breaks my heart. I plan to do it next time I see her too. Imagine what a treasure to have later on when they are not with us anymore! I also thought about recording my parents and their siblings, simply to have for personal use and for my children. I think doing it now is good, since they both have their memory intact!

@callunya 9 ай бұрын

Your mother in law is so lovely. Thank you for sharing!

@AppleXTaku 10 ай бұрын

Why doesn't youtube recommend this channels videos?

@juliegoodwin6850 10 ай бұрын

Thank-you so much for sharing! Please let your mother in law know how interesting her life is and that she looks like an amazing cook!

@w.z.6062 10 ай бұрын

very interesting topic! China has changed so much in the last few dacades!

@MiriamFollin 10 ай бұрын

It has! The life and possibilities of one generation compared to the next... The speed is huge, and hence also difficult to come to terms with sometimes I think. Like, I know my mother-in-law is happy that her kids and grandkids can go to school, get an education, move to the city, work with something else than farming - but these opportunities are also challenging, ebcause that means her way of life ends with her generation, the "new" way of life is something completely different and they are hard to combine.

@jessiehorne 10 ай бұрын

Amazing video Miriam always ☺️ Thank You to the both of you Miriam

@MiriamFollin 10 ай бұрын

Thanks to you too Jessie! I'll be posting a Patreon link to my next video soon, it is also about my mother-in-law!

@dagmaryork4940 10 ай бұрын

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@joannpyne1480 10 ай бұрын

Say thank you to your Mother-in-Law. She is such a beautiful woman, she radiates love. Thank you for the video.

@michaelyoungshaw4481 10 ай бұрын

People should not make random comments without seeing the whole picture.China is still a developing country.Tens of millions of farmers were lifted out of absolute poverty.That's by no means an easy accomplishment.Some farmers in my hometown are better off than city dwellers like me.

@7590548 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for such an enlightening video. There is so much humanity in it. Whilst I cannot even imagine the kind of hardship that your mother-in-law lived through in her younger days; she appears to show very little sense of unhappiness but fondness in her recollection of the events in her childhood.

@dm7487 10 ай бұрын

I love the way you capture the images. Also it is so nice to see how others live. Your mother in-law seems lovely. Thank you for sharing.

@christinap43 10 ай бұрын

Just amazing storytelling from a legend. Thank you for this!

@christianecoward3298 10 ай бұрын

Miriam thank you for a wonderful video!

@MiriamFollin 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! ❤️

@felixliu4510 10 ай бұрын

Miriam, i am immensely touch by this video. it brings back memories of my childhood...

@halnicholas3791 10 ай бұрын

Beautifully done mini documentary! Hope to see more like this.

@nivzfrabx3718 10 ай бұрын

What an amazing video!

@MiriamFollin 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!❤️

@tanyabriggs8969 10 ай бұрын

Beautiful. Your in-laws remind me so much of my rural grandparents and their life during the depression. I grew up learning so much from them on farming, harvesting, and how to make do without "grocery stores". Their diet was heavily corn and bean based which we grew and had to depend on when the hog market collapsed. The hogs were how they could buy new cloth and shoes. But gov stopped that so family survived picking crops.

@openzzf9937 10 ай бұрын

建国后到60年代，虽然被很多人说的不堪，但那个时代是中国最敢生育，最能生育的时代，这些爷爷奶奶辈现在都60-70谁，普遍都有3-7个兄弟姐妹，而且多数都活下来了。到70年代-90年代，城市很多都是独生子女，农村还有1-3个子女。过了2000年，不婚不生就开始出现，但城市里除了独生子女也有的家庭出现2-3个孩子。

@ReelTalkX 10 ай бұрын

不奇怪啊，生活很困难存活率很低的生活，繁殖率会高，这样才能保障生存率，这是生物本能，是自然规律。

@openzzf9937 10 ай бұрын

更大的原因是摆脱几十年的战乱，突然有了土地，文娱还没跟上，节育还没普及，天黑了生孩子变成必然。就算现在沿海很多老人回忆那段日子，都说渔获很便宜，而且很丰富。大带鱼才几分钱，那是自然资源丰富，刚刚开始学会机捕的时代，而且还没有速冻冷库。

@terantruitt66 10 ай бұрын

I love your Mom!!

@ttfilmpro 10 ай бұрын

Love this Interview documentary.

@christineb8148 10 ай бұрын

I have one of those knives your MIL is using on the potatoes, a gift from a sister when she was living in China :-)

@injunnfuz6698 10 ай бұрын

Great truth info

@sienwu794 10 ай бұрын

雖然沒妳公婆那麼年紀大，但小時候也有類似的記憶！

@hymanhemlock4904 10 ай бұрын

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

@lotta_love 10 ай бұрын

Så fint fångat. 🥰

@MiriamFollin 10 ай бұрын

Tack Lotta!!! ❤️

@张小七小九 10 ай бұрын

喜欢看你们家的一张张笑脸👍👍㊗️㊗️

@MiriamFollin 10 ай бұрын

❤❤❤㊗️㊗️㊗️

@Tdochi79 10 ай бұрын

Greetings from Hanoi, Vietnam😊

@mamieguoguo 10 ай бұрын

上世纪八十年代以前老百姓生活都比较贫穷，平时没什么好吃的，有的家庭甚至吃不饱饭，就盼着过年能吃好吃的，还有新衣服穿，所以大人小孩都盼着过年🧨现在生活好了，想吃啥吃啥，想穿啥穿啥，又不让放鞭炮🧨，年味少了很多

@mikekok 10 ай бұрын

Imagine in one generation, almost everything has changed for the better. It's time to cherish a better beginning and not forget about the past. It gives meaning to this new generation like yr husband or yr children

@petercua6158 10 ай бұрын

Good old days when life is simple, but difficult.

@johnkiel1000 9 ай бұрын

❤❤😊😊🎉🎉❤❤

@AAAAAAaaaaaa889 10 ай бұрын

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@MiriamFollin 10 ай бұрын

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@qake2021 10 ай бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏✌️👍

@ShijinJu 10 ай бұрын

有纪录片的感觉，你的镜头会说话，区别于一般的自媒体。也善于讲生活的故事，镜头刻画细腻。加油！

@carrom 10 ай бұрын

看哭了，婆婆采访那一段，虽然很平实。

@carrom 10 ай бұрын

可能源于老人家朴实的笑容，或不容易的过去

@michaelyoungshaw4481 10 ай бұрын

Miriam posted this video in order to make people cherish the current happy life.

@SubutaiKing-I 9 ай бұрын

MY GRANDFATHER SAID BACK IN THE DAY HE COULD GO IN THE GROCERY STORE WITH 2 DOLLARS IN YOUR POCKET COME OUT WITH A LOAF OF BREAD, A DOZEN EGGS AND EVEN BUTTER HE SAID "NOW THEY HAVE CAMERAS EVERYWHERE"😂😂😢😢 我祖父说那天他可以带着 2 美元去杂货店口袋里拿出一条面包、一打鸡蛋，甚至还有黄油，他说“现在他们到处都有摄像头”