FIRST impressions of Guangzhou in CHINA! 🇨🇳 | Guangdong, China Vlog 2024

[@5566rao]

As a Chinese, I warmly welcome you to travel in China. I hope you have a smooth and successful journey.❤

[@Antinonsens]

Guangzhou has been a trading city for more than 2,000 years since ancient times, which is very unique.

[@shahbazmalhi8691]

Very very beautiful China from Pakistan

[@zimuli3549]

Pakistan, our brothers!

[@KaikaiPoon-sh4wn]

巴基斯坦是我們的兄弟！👍

[@VeggiesOnTour]

Go great Pakistan! 🇵🇰

[@WanderEats]

Those initial noodles looks so rich and delicious.. I can even smell it all the way here in Malaysia.. LOL!

[@龍-r2m]

😂Come over and have some then！😂

[@WanderEats]

@@龍-r2m planning to visit in 2026.. lol

[@ZyChen-gc2zz]

@@WanderEats2025前 因为可以免签喔

[@王班超]

呃…你吃的可能只是南方面食，有机会试一下北方面食，吃完我估计你一辈子都会非常想念的。

[@FrankZhang-pj9nn]

1. what you eat is Chongqing noodle, it's a chain restaurant, you will see lots of Chongqing noodle everywhere in the street. 2. China has 10000km metro system in more than 60 cities. 9 of 10 cities with the most longest metro system in the world are from China. 3. People in China especially in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, they don't need wear a suit to work, it's more close to US style, you can wear what you want. more people like the casual style.

[@oliviaqr]

Your observation about Beijing is quite accurate. The atmosphere is much more relaxed, to the point where very few people would feel the need to dress up for work. Even office ladies don’t put on very detailed makeup. In contrast, Shanghai is quite different-people there pay much more attention to their appearance and makeup. This phenomenon is also widely discussed on Chinese social media.

[@VeggiesOnTour]

Great insight this, thank you for this Olivia! It’s interesting, we’re used to a suit culture in the UK too

[@Monitor2023]

*_I 100% agree with what you said, => if you understand Chinese, everything is just incredible

[@VeggiesOnTour]

This!! 💯💯💯

[@yonight6871]

10.1-10.7 is China’s National Day holiday. You will see a huge crowd, so please be mentally prepared. So try to avoid attractions that are too popular, otherwise you may collapse if there are too many people.China is relatively free and tolerant. Chinese office workers generally do not need to wear suits. Those who wear suits are usually real estate agents and bank managers. Chinese businessmen generally drive luxury cars or EV cars, so it is difficult to see businessmen on the subway. Japanese society is relatively old-fashioned and formal. It is stipulated that you must wear a suit to work, so you can see suits on the subway. The entire Japanese society is relatively lifeless and lifeless. You rarely see Japanese smiles on the Japanese subway. Japan's technology is very backward. I only saw the news last year that the Japanese government agency finally phased out the 3.5-inch floppy disk (an antique product from 30 years ago). I was shocked!

[@ronlee-o7k]

I like what you said about china, but no need to put Japn down. I visited Japan as Chinese American and it was great in Tokyo!

[@哈尔滨工作室]

@@ronlee-o7k棒极了日本极品

[@ZyChen-gc2zz]

@@ronlee-o7k 难道他说的不是事实吗？日本的地铁确实是那样！ 他也没有虚构！你不需那么着急！你喜欢日本不代表别人也要喜欢日本！特别是让中国人 夸日本人！

[@ronlee-o7k]

@@ZyChen-gc2zz Maybe some parts of Japan is run down like he said but Tokyo is just as beautiful as any major city in China. Too much hate between the 2 countries and understandably so looking at the history and the past wars between them. I hope someday, we can build genuine friendship instead of hate.

[@zimuli3549]

I'm glad such a cute couple got to eat their favorite food. I know exactly how you feel when you travel a long distance for your favorite food and finally eat it.

[@VeggiesOnTour]

Hahaa bless you, lovely comment this! Thank you 💯🙏🏻

[@hmj1116]

I am from Zhongshan city very close to my hometown Daiwan village to Guangdong province to Guangzhou.

[@internationaldaily9820]

05:39 Everything in Japan came from China, including its people except for the so-called aborigines, like Burakumins, Ainus, etc. Some things which seem to be firmly established "facts", like Japanese Karate actually came from Fujian in China. The elaborate Japanese tea ceremony (茶道 or "The Way of Tea") or chanoyu (茶の湯) was copied directly from that of the Tang Dynasty yet in spite of the cultural appropriation, Japan claims them as their own and never really openly acknowledged that they came from China (except for Son Goku or Sun Wukong in Dragon Ball). What do you expect? The people actually came from China, after all. All this had been fully documented in Chinese literature and historical archives on paper and bamboo scripts, etc. The Chinese have a joke that the Japanese and their culture are Tang Dynasty fossils. So, everything can be traced back to China. The cat called Maneki Neko 招き猫 in Japan is known as 招财猫 or Zhao Cai Mao in Mandarin Chinese.

[@VeggiesOnTour]

Woah very interesting stance - I wonder how many feel about this? More comments like this! 🙏🏻

[@Hoo88846]

@@VeggiesOnTourGoogle search for “Japanese missions to imperial China” and “Japanese missions to Tang Dynasty”. Japan, Korea and Vietnam are collectively called the Sinosphere. Google search for the inventions of noodles, dumplings, rice, rice wine, rice noodles, bean curd doufu (tofu in Sino-Japanese), miso, soy sauce, hotpot, char siu (chashu in Sino-Japanese), tea, matcha, chopsticks, koi fish, penzai (bonsai in Sino-Japanese), lamian (ramen in Sino-Japanese), weiqi, paper folding art, cherry blossoms. They all came from China and are Chinese inventions. Hiragana is cursive Chinese. Katakana is partial Chinese. Kanji is Hanzi or Han Chinese characters named after the Han Dynasty of China. Google search for “hiragana origin chart” and “katakana origin chart”. All three writing system in Japanese came from Hanzi or Han Chinese characters. Enjoy your trip in Guangzhou. Greetings from Los Angeles…..

[@NoohCee]

​​​​@@VeggiesOnTourThe entire Kyto city is copied from China. More than 95% of Japanese culture and tradition are copied from China and some are bastardized. Korean are similar.

[@NoohCee]

​@@VeggiesOnTour He is correct. In fact more than 95% of Japanese culture are from China. Same with Korea and vietnam.

[@TaiwanSausage]

​@@VeggiesOnTourjust google "taika reform" in 645CE. then you will realize that the entire ancient japanese culture was a wholesale copy from tang dynasty china..... it's basically "chinanization movement" enforced by japanese govt. from japanese tea ceremony, kimono, fashion, textile, chinese buddhism, martial arts, architecture, bridge engineering, arts, music, paintings, fashion, literatures, history compilation, laws, medicine, philosophy, zen, political system, science, technology, astronomy, craftsmanship.....japan pretty much copied everything....

[@lalalalalalala127]

11:45 you’ll find many people in suits or shirts during around 7-9am and 5-7pm in metro. And the dressing code for a regular office worker is not that strict in China.

[@futo]

there are several other cities in China that are like this Shenzen, Qingdao, Chengdu, Tianjian, etc...but Harbin is the most unique for it's winter festival, it's also the largest northern city in China

[@Unanswered888]

The suit question is probably because 1) the weather doesn’t permit and makes suits wearing difficult 2) guangzhou isn’t a financial hub like Shanghai or Hong Kong

[@GarlandHo-l6i]

Guangzhou "suit guys "or girls change their dressing after office before they go into the metro .

[@user-bf2sh4hy9w]

Amazing China ❤

[@linus631]

❤ China! More video please! 😊

[@VeggiesOnTour]

There is more! 🙏🏻🇨🇳

[@charlesyeeh]

Welcome back to China! I can tell that you couple are one of those best travelers who are welcomed everywhere! ❤️ Hope you enjoy your second visit the same as your first one! ❤

[@DannyChean]

Wonderful vlog!! Hope you have a great trip in the pearl river delta. BTW for the love the Guangdong (Canton), please try some cantonese cuisines as well. How to spot them? Easy. They are not spicy at all :D

[@miltonodeja3969]

Estados unidos muchos paises de Europa estan por detras de china en ciudades futuristas en infraestructura

[@NaturalBeautyHealthy]

Welcome to GZ👏 I was in Guangzhou this January. street is clean, the food is amazing. Everything is so good!

[@joannezhou5354]

I really like your video

[@Psalm118.26]

Nice video, thanks for sharing. It doesn't have to end after your first visit to China. There's many many other cities and places to visit on your second trip to China. Aside from the big megacities, try a different scenery. The rural areas of the Yunnan province with ancient towns of Lijiang, Dali and Shangri-La will blow your mind of what China's countryside looks like.

[@VeggiesOnTour]

We’ll definitely go to Yunnan!

[@miltonodeja3969]

China es un país maravilloso su comida su cultura aparte de eso es muy seguro puedes andar caminando a cualquier hora de la noche ... Guangzhou es una ciudad preciosa sobre todo por la noches ....pero china tiene unas ciudades espectaculares como shen zhen Beijing Shanghái entre otras que se me escapan en este momento

[@Choolloyd]

So glad that both of you are back to China. Enjoy watching your vlog on China. Thanks for sharing this video clip lovely couple. Enjoy your trip and food. Take care n best regards 🍻

[@VeggiesOnTour]

Thank you Choolloyd! 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@Choolloyd]

@@VeggiesOnTour You are most welcome. Take care🙏

[@SeaKitten0]

you are very talented in languages, i think you can learn some everyday Chinese expressions soon.😊

[@VeggiesOnTour]

Haha thank you - very kind of you. Xie Xie! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@lljia-ni7yn]

enjoy another trip in China😊

[@internationaldaily9820]

11:28 It was probably still summer or early autumn (fall), so the businessmen don't wear suits except when indoors. They are more chill (and less rigid) in that sense. Yeah... but most businessmen do wear suits. 😄😃😀

[@yorkchan4789]

中国的大城市，都值得去玩三四天的，因为中国太大了，地域文化非常丰富，每个大城市之间，都有自己相对独立的文化。北京，上海，广州，深圳，香港，南京，武汉，重庆，成都，杭州，西安，昆明，还有很多很多，我建议你们可以先按照我给的这些城市都玩一遍

[@ranochung]

your suggestion is very good, visit most southern part first.. and then western part of china, the last go north or dongbei area

[@VeggiesOnTour]

Great suggestions!! Would love to go to HZhou and Wuhan!

[@Bear-en6dt]

There is a stone fortune cat from the Northern Wei Dynasty (February 386 - February 535) in Qishan County, Shaanxi Province, but I think this version from Japan.

[@flood6978]

岐山县？第一次在外网看到我们县城😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Bear-en6dt]

@@flood6978 岐山臊子面很有名啊，我在英国都买过

[@flood6978]

@@Bear-en6dt 臊子面和擀面皮出了岐山都不正宗了，包括去西安我都没吃到过对味的😅😅😅

[@Bear-en6dt]

@@flood6978 还真是，有机会还是得去本地试看看

[@VeggiesOnTour]

Wow, very interesting. I didn’t know about that.

[@alexpan8138]

Welcome!

[@vickyhuang1958]

Hope you have a good time in China.

[@andrewzhang985]

Most Chinese companies do not require employees to dress in suits. In fact, it generally very relaxed regarding dress code, people can wear whatever they like.

[@BaekKing]

there is an autonomous public bus you can take.

[@firstlast-pt5pp]

@9:40 - metro lines are sprouting in mainland China -Guangzhou line 18 ( 160 km/h metro ) ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3vFemuDoZdojbM&si=z5cGKox7-h7RYr1Q and Guangzhou line 8 ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4PZaXSDqKecnbc&si=7VVDOL3LEHhztV24

[@VeggiesOnTour]

Interesting

[@ChineseKiddo]

When I first clicked in and saw the video was 19 minutes long, I thought it was too long and wanted to skip it. But after watching for just a minute or two, I ended up continuing and unknowingly finished the whole thing, haha. Your girlfriend is really beautiful, film her more, thanks haha.

[@Iszwan.L-cng]

魏晋遗风？

[@VeggiesOnTour]

Hahaa thanks Chinesekiddo - love this comment, so very kind.

[@dav5253]

The reason (my guess) why we can't find suited businessmen riding in the metro is because those businessmen have their own cars to commute to their offices.

[@OMGFrijoles]

Wealthy Business men have their own personal drivers. Average Business men have their own electric cars. Up and Coming Business men order high end Didi's.

[@VeggiesOnTour]

Haha ofc I imagine so

[@BaekKing]

you can take a ferry to the other side

[@jasonw-hi5yi]

Have a nice trip.

[@w.z.6062]

Have fun in China!

[@radrums7362]

50 cent army 🤣

[@w.z.6062]

@@radrums7362 Green Frog army from aa small well. 🙂

[@etow8034]

If you are vegetarians in Guangzhou then you have to try miànjīn 麵筋 aka Seitan or mocked meats at specialty miànjīn restaurants.

[@VeggiesOnTour]

Oooh we’ll look out for these

[@baileyshirleen37]

Don't stick chopsticks vertically into rice. This is an important culture at the Chinese dinner table.

[@raylau2766]

its okay when you are an expat

[@VeggiesOnTour]

I’m not sure we did that during the video when did we do that? 😂

[@一几王-u2u]

welcome you to travel in china

[@HarveyChenBlog]

Julie has a new nick name: instant expert !!!😀😀😀

[@VeggiesOnTour]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Gorchi826]

GZ is having the most various food in China

[@VeggiesOnTour]

It’s very diverse - what’s your favourite?

[@ryanweng4323]

What hotel did you guys end up staying at?

[@VeggiesOnTour]

It was Yimmi apartment on Trip!

[@vs123]

I like city and food chaina

[@VeggiesOnTour]

💯💯🇨🇳🇨🇳

[@huichen3822]

欢迎你们来到广州！如果你们喜欢摩天大楼，那可以选择坐高铁动车去隔壁的深圳市。

[@Jenny-ck9sh]

講到好似廣州冇高樓大廈咁，都要去深圳咩？？佛山東莞都有啦，中國有邊個地方唔係高樓林立？

[@Rogermoore-r5p]

I go to that Mr. Rocky with my son every few weeks😊

[@azharidris7092]

Pat.. are you going to Shenzhen.. I think their metro is the most modern in China..

[@Tony-pm9xm]

Maybe, but Guangzhou Metro is No.1 in metro management in Chna.

[@VeggiesOnTour]

Haha! Good to know bro! Shenzhen videos is coming soon!! 💯🙏🏻

[@wendywalchli163]

🤣there are usually no business people in the place you go, so few wear suits, especially in Guangdong province, people don't like to wear suits, weather is so hot🔥 , enjoy your trip in CHINA♥🍀

[@杜子腾-w8l]

你可以座高铁从广州去深圳，高铁只需要1小时时间就可以到. 深圳比广州更现代化

[@lizz7805]

the cat is called Maneki-neko in Japanese and originated in japan, in mandarin, it's called 招财猫, meaning fortune cat, it's believed to bring good luck to the owner.

[@VeggiesOnTour]

Oooh so it originated in Japan, great insight

[@Thecuriouscollection52]

Will be visiting guangzhou from the uk 🇬🇧!! Thanks you for this video what maps did julia use to navigate the streets? X😊

[@JPan0530]

👏👏👏

[@jingmo2210]

❤❤❤

[@ivyshy98]

you don't have to buy metro tickets each time. there is a transport mini-app within your payment app that you can set up. it will generate a qr code you can scan to enter and exit the metro. no need to waste time picking out lines and destination! did you check out the driverless bus? or the lightshow? as others mentioned, your videos are too short lol

[@VeggiesOnTour]

Hahaha, thanks Ivy - the one we put up today is longer! 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@JaceWD]

those r "lucky" cats and r meant to give good luck. yea, u always get one but not always the one u want. And therein is the trick, if u want a different one or r collecting all of them, then it is gonna take a while. Its like collecting cards. u dont always get the one u want.

[@VeggiesOnTour]

😂😂 true

[@leeyoung347]

I thought i saw John Travolta until i heard the accent

[@amorexxx8772]

Hey bro, welcome to GZ，at the video beginning that place is call Changgang road, and near my home. One of the liveliest places of HaiZhu district Is next to Changang road, call Jiangnan west road. GZ has many place you can found the Morden and old fision combination, very interesting. suggest you to try some local food, especially morning tea（dim sum）❤

[@olivialiu7866]

❤

[@isbenhere]

居然在我家旁边 我就在changgang lol

[@arindamsaha735]

Bro explore village life of china.😊

[@ChakwingTsui]

Oct 1st is the National Day of China

[@VeggiesOnTour]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@uncle-ue7sm]

要有心里准备哦😂马上国庆会有很多人，很多景点，公共交通出现排队，拥堵…😂😂

[@愛燕鄭]

👍🏙️🌃🌆🌇🌉😘China food😋🍜

[@愛燕鄭]

👍👍👍👍👍💃🎁

[@徐敘舊]

Your are should be try hot dry noodles in wuhan city Chinese name is 热干面

[@VeggiesOnTour]

Woooah - need to try them! 💯🙏🏻

[@徐敘舊]

@@VeggiesOnTour yes wuhan city breakfast is one of best in china too many choice and many types is veggies

[@brucelil3711]

中国穿西装的不是卖保险的就是销售😂

[@BeenFan-n3l]

美国穿西装的两个小伙子或两个小妹妹一组，然后给你传授主张一夫多妻的摩门教

[@VeggiesOnTour]

😂😂😂

[@HHZX]

中国人一般不穿西装 西装不是常用的职业装 至少只有很少的职业穿 比如保险之类 真正有钱的商人很少坐地铁 基本开车或者专车接送 因为有一辆自己的车 或者叫一个专车都很便宜

[@graymindso1555]

canton is my hometown

[@yentin888]

台灣人上班也不太穿西裝 尤其是夏天 太熱

[@KaikaiPoon-sh4wn]

香港人都很少會穿西裝！真的太熱了！

[@杜子腾-w8l]

看饿了

[@VeggiesOnTour]

😂😂

[@shuyangluo9237]

in China, suit man drive , 99% correct. they need car ro show his status not cheap metro.

[@omgitsnishaaa]

😂😂

[@faisalisahac4567]

First viewer

[@VeggiesOnTour]

Faisal you are QUICK on the buttons! Haha!! Top marks A+++

[@jacintochua6885]

Before visiting any country, the visitor must do some research hinseof. Don't go unprepared .

[@raincheck6444]

推荐你们去深圳，它就在广州南面。😊

[@VeggiesOnTour]

Oooh recommendations in SZ?

[@HarveyChenBlog]

CANTON TOWER has a nick name called 小蛮腰 because it has a curving line which is narrower in the middle like the waist of a beautiful girl

[@VeggiesOnTour]

Oooh 🙏🏻

[@주자한]

男孩优雅绅士，女孩可爱漂亮

[@puweiting]

❤😂🎉❤😂🎉

[@kidumeciway3216]

People in suite are business man, they have enough money to have their own luxury vehicle, they dont rely on public transportation

[@zhangjin7179]

I thought that veggie meal lacks the umami taste in general... no?

[@VeggiesOnTour]

Nooo it can be full of umami! Vegetarian is the same as your dish, just minus the meat or fish! 😂

[@karin-qx7fo]

国庆节会让你知道什么叫寸步难行哈哈哈哈

[@VeggiesOnTour]

Hahaha we experienced it today 😂

[@SwatNero]

Come si chiamano quei noodle coi ceci? Devo assolutamente provarli a Chongqing 😋

[@efei33]

重庆小面

[@SwatNero]

@@efei33 Thanks! Easier than I thought :D

[@VeggiesOnTour]

Hahah! Ci sono diversi tipi di Chongqing noodles a quanto pare, questi sono ‘chongqing pea noodles’! Quelli che a noi sembravano ceci sono un tipo di piselli, dicono! Sono i nostri noodles preferiti in assoluto sinora 🤩

[@SwatNero]

@@VeggiesOnTour proverò senz'altro quelli coi legumi! Poi scopriremo se sono ceci o piselli :D

[@raymondw6584]

This is a chain store. Just like the McDonald

[@lizz7805]

China has the lowest electricity production cost in the world, which is why electricity is abundant, and people don’t need to worry much about their electricity bills. When I lived in Shanghai, electricity during off-peak hours was only $4 cents per kilowatt-hour.

[@VeggiesOnTour]

Amazing really, how do they keep it so cheap?

[@HarveyChenBlog]

People dressing in suits don't take subways in general, instead they drive fancy cars to work

[@VeggiesOnTour]

Haha sounds about right Harvey!

[@neoliu0922]

你们在广州吃重庆食物，两个城市的饮食习惯差别非常大。😂

[@f1111v]

i need to order the chongqing noddles immediately. 😂

[@f1111v]

btw r u guys coming to shenzhen?

[@yangdaoy]

Most Chinese companies don't have a dress code, if they do, people typical leave their suits at work.

[@爱就一个字]

视频太短 体验一下无人汽车 过几天 你就会体验到中国的假期 什么叫人山人海 哈哈 10月1号不知道 你在不在中国

[@VeggiesOnTour]

Wow, I’ve never seen an unmanned car. We’ve got a try one, where can we find them?

[@chankaan888]

0:55 居然写着“汕头非遗 牛肉火锅”，汕头真是不要脸。 正确名称是“潮州或潮汕非遗”，无论如何也轮不到“汕头”，整个潮汕就汕头最没有历史。

[@FKJLHFAJKDFHLAJ]

汕头和潮汕有啥关系？ 不懂

[@chankaan888]

@@FKJLHFAJKDFHLAJ 潮汕=潮州+汕头+揭阳，三座城市，以前都属潮州府，所以海外都自称“潮州人”

[@FKJLHFAJKDFHLAJ]

@@chankaan888 咁点解你系度屌汕头？

[@楊大華-b8e]

嚴格來講：汕頭也是潮州的一部分，所以稱為潮汕！就如同泉州同安！

[@c.justiceleague1756]

Guangzhou and Shenzhen residents (both in Guangdong Province) do not like to wear suits. In the impression of Guangdong residents, suits are too formal, and only insurance salespeople and funeral processions wear suits. Guangdong is the province with the best economic development in China, and California in the United States is no exception. Actually, economic development has nothing to do with what clothes to wear

[@VeggiesOnTour]

Oooh great insight! There is a lot of Cantonese inspired food in London we've seen on our latest vlog! Not many suits in Chinatown either aha!

[@zheshipeng]

Chinese don’t wear business suits for day to day office work unless for important occasions or his/her job is low end salesperson. This is very different from Japanese office culture. About the bright lights comment that you made, you have to blame your government’s stance on the war in Ukraine. Sanction is a double edge sword which pushed up the electricity price significantly. I watched a documentary film talking about the low income people in the UK struggling to choose between paying a heating bill or putting foods on the table. What a sad story. Also, many populist governments chose to give up the nuclear plan but on the contrary China double down on investing nuclear energy. All in all, the electricity bill as well as the metro ticket are so affordable in China that most people don’t even think of them as a cost of living at all.

[@VeggiesOnTour]

Great insight. I agree with you, but I cannot concede an acceptance of an invasion. No countries, sovereignty and freedom should ever be at stake! It’s not Britains fault, but the invading country who is at fault. But yes UK is terribly run 😂 - great comment Zheshipeng! Look forward to more of your insights 💯🙏🏻

[@HarveyChenBlog]

招财猫 money cats

[@杜子腾-w8l]

深圳比广州还要现代化

[@VeggiesOnTour]

Nooo - really??

[@杜子腾-w8l]

是的，深圳是科技城市未来城市，你可以从广州座高铁去深圳，只需要1小时就到了​@@VeggiesOnTour

[@莫忘初衷-p2k]

深圳你一定要去看看😂

[@hmj1116]

Gra

[@radrums7362]

Got your 50 cents?

[@maneil9297]

Suits people take their own cars 😢😢