We Found ‘The REAL CHINA’ (Lijiang, Yunnan)

[@MattandJulia]

This is a totally new side of China for us! Have you ever visited Yunnan? 😍🇨🇳

[@朝暮云-c5i]

I just returned from Lijiang. I recommend you go to Dragon Girl Lake. After you reach the entrance of the scenic area, walk in (make sure to walk in and go to the right). There are not many people there, at the foot of the snow-capped mountains, beautiful to the point of taking one's breath away

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much for the recommendation!!! ❤️

[@maggie2759]

What an enchanting village.. absolutely beautiful.

[@林北就是唱秋]

You two are so hilarious at the end of the video 😂😂😂😂😂

[@MattandJulia]

😂😂😂😌❤️

[@MattandJulia]

Thanks! 😅

[@mankwediseunane770]

So beautiful. Nice place. Thanks sharing. Greetings to you.all the way south Africa 🌍🇿🇦🌍🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 is

[@MattandJulia]

Glad we could share it with you! ❤️ Lots of love to South Africa! 🇿🇦❤️

[@mankwediseunane770]

@@MattandJulia . Thank you @MATT&JULI, SO when you coming to south Africa 🌍🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@MattandJulia]

We hope that soon ❤️🇿🇦😍

[@mankwediseunane770]

@@MattandJulia . Wow that's good news to me. Am looking forward to seeing you 🤪😋🤪😋🤪🤪

[@mankwediseunane770]

@@MattandJulia . And what I like about you. You always laugh. You looks so happy all the time... And I do enjoying to watch your episode 😜.

[@donovandavidsonAlton]

It's how I imagined it to be thanks for the view. impressive drone footage wow

[@MattandJulia]

Glad we could share it 🙌🏼❤️

[@yoingen]

Really like your video style. Keep it up.

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@Susannatad87]

Aside from the toilet part😂😂😂 this town is mesmerizing. I would’ve loved to see the outskirts and the mountain. But like you said before -there is a reason to visit again🙂 Loved this.

[@MattandJulia]

Haha, why not the toilet part?😫🥲😂 Lots of love ❤️🫰🏼

[@DylanF.B]

When you gotta go you got to go even in a travel vlog

[@maxihobbs]

Great insight into 云南省 ❤

[@MattandJulia]

Xie xie Max! 🇨🇳❤️🇸🇬

[@alejandroheld9527]

What a fantastic experience, I could walk those streets for hours and hours. I hope I can visit it one day. How great is a city prepared to help Julia, with her severe "pee problem" ha ha. It will help me too, I drink a lot of mate during the day!! What was that thing they offered you to try, cheese? I'm intrigued. Each video and each city increases my desire to travel around that country. Greetings from Buenos Aires

[@MattandJulia]

Hahaha, it is a city built with me in mind 😅❤️ ahhh, we still haven’t tried mate! 😫 It was a yak milk yoghurt snack with dried fruits, really good 🥰 Oooh, hope we get the chance to share it with you next year! Love to Buenos Aires ❤️🫰🏼

[@EmilyIbranimo]

Your videos are more than just entertainment, they are a true source of inspiration and knowledge.🍗✊🦌

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you 😊 x

[@Shanghai_Knife_Dude]

There was a secret hiking route above Tiger Leap Valley. Worth trying once a life.

[@yonight6871]

Your videos are so real! The ancient town of Lijiang is full of art, with many handicraft workshops and exquisite cabins, which is amazing! The ancient buildings are well preserved, people respect history, protect culture, and there are very unique ethnic minorities!Did you know? China has 56 ethnic groups, including Muslims and whites.

[@isotobex5703]

thanks for taking us on another epic location :) mwaaa x

[@DannyChean]

That see through bathroom door is hilarious!! :DDD

[@karenr59]

What a lovely town. Very authentic.

[@kyreneleung9043]

Really enjoy your videos ‘C you threw in some good sarcasm once a while & fun to watch. Think you will be fine learning Chinese ‘c I can’t rolled or twist my tongue in trying Russian.

[@MattandJulia]

Thank you so much! ❤️ We hope so! (P.S. I can’t roll my r’s in Russian either - neither can many Russians so don’t yet it put you off 💪🏼 - Matt)

[@kyreneleung9043]

Good as in “good” not negative.

[@MattandJulia]

❤️

[@costasworldofmusicmemories5792]

The China Series has been spectcular . To go to regions of China that rarely gets a look see is so very special. You guys ar doing a gret job. This region is bucket list for us. One question for you ? Were you able to fly your drone there. To see no vehicles in the Lijiang Markets is so nice. Again, you guys are killing it. Sending much love and affection❤❤ from Harriet, Jim and Yuki Richmond, VA.

[@aleksandarbrzic8351]

Finally: a video with a title page on which Julia is smiling and does not look like having a tummyache 😘 Love your work, great stuff!

[@agneswatson9592]

So lovely, looks like a film set! ❤❤

[@miriam2909]

Oh how pretty 😊 it looks like it’s mainly for tourists but you could sit there all day and feel calm and relaxed.

[@rollingdownfalling]

On the topic of tones, I've watched a video from Thai's got talent on KZbin. I knew nothing about the language, but the content was so interesting (with subs ofc), so I watched it many times, and I also mimicked how they say a couple of words. And for some reason, I started to pick up their tones without even intentionally trying to (and I don't even know how their tone markers goes on paper). So another time I was curious about that language and try to hear some words in some random lesson, I find that tones from these simple vocabularies are not that hard when trying to mimick it, because it's clear to my ear already from previous exposure. (Although vocabulary retention is another rabbit hole, but mimicking it is not difficult).

[@joannem6878]

What an interesting town, combination of modern and traditional. The drone shots with all the lights was beautiful. I don't know if you noticed but at the 15:06 mark you got photobombed by a cute young man. It gave me a chuckle. Thank you for all the work you do to put these videos together, I love seeing where you go and China is especially beautiful. I'm still waiting for you to go to Petra. 🙏🏼😌 I don't know if you're allowed to but I want to see inside not just the outside which is all I've seen in pictures. I'm fascinated with the fact that they built that "city" back when there were no real tools. It amazing.

[@thirdrockjul2224]

Lovely adventure! ❤

[@cristinabearden9629]

What a fun looking town! Very beautiful!

[@jb3811]

It's just beautiful, everything!

[@LenaTheodor]

Such a beautiful video you created! Lijiang looks like a fairytale city. Definitely on my bucket list on my next trip to China. BTW the Greek word for "tea" is also "τσάι" (tsai). 🙂

[@-DC-]

It's only when you travel to China you become aware what you are told in the West is Propaganda, It's a magical place to explore these series of videos have been fab x

[@katewilliams4876]

Sadly didn’t make it to Yunnan. Doubt I will get there. I hope you are going to Guilin, simply the most incredible landscape. Enjoy China is huge, diverse and incredibly interesting. I envy you!

[@carolali8851]

Where do you even start to comment on a place like this! It would cost me a lot of money to walk through there and I'd definitely need a shopping cart to carry it all! The drone footage was beautiful and gives a really good idea what the area looks like.

[@mechannel7046]

8:20 I think they serve milk tea, and the milk is yak milk

[@MattandJulia]

Incredible, it was surprisingly good! 😍❤️

[@mechannel7046]

@@MattandJulia Good to know!

[@johnsimon2988]

Glass bathroom doors? That just may spread 'round the world. What a bloody fantastic concept! Are the locals having a laugh? (●'◡'●)

[@kevken5213]

Amazing, thx

[@zen1tsu-sam]

During peak season, Lijiang ancient town is inundated with over 100,000 tourists, resulting in overcrowded main streets that leave little room to breathe, making for a claustrophobic and unpleasant experience.

[@lesleycarney8868]

Growing up i heard the word cha a lot instead of tea, my mum and my nan would ask if we wanted a cup of cha all the time. Or maybe it was char as i never saw it written down but just verbal and i was raised in Birmingham UK.

[@davemagrel3349]

Exellent video

[@liamporter1137]

Lijiang is beautiful.

[@00001111henry]

Mushrooms 🍄‍🟫 city.❤

[@RajuBoro-mk9xx]

Nice

[@maxplanck9055]

Try the ginseng tea, a great energy boost. As short arses do you feel at home in china? Only teasing 😄✌️❤️🇬🇧

[@杜子腾-w8l]

接下来去大理，香格里拉，西双版纳

[@MattandJulia]

🫰🏼🙌🏼❤️

[@eaglestar2962]

There are a lot of real authentic China in many different areas of China.

[@johnsimon2988]

If only, if only the whole world could be friends. I've an idea! Let the women lead! Let women run the whole world. Less conflicts, less wars, more thoughtful discourse. Being a retired male R.N. I've experience with such a system. Back to your difficult slog through Lijiang, it appears to be a tourist destination within China for other Chinese? All those neat stalls!

[@dicksonwonseng9011]

Next stop Shangri-la

[@HendraSaputra-g3z]

Go to Indonesian ❤️❤️❤️

[@MattandJulia]

We have been, we have videos on the channel 🥰🫰🏼

[@lawks797]

Cross my heart, both of you and almost every travellers to China are very accommodating to the bad habits of Chinese, or the quotidian antipathy behaviour. I hope both of you won't feel upset for the mishap encountered, such as bad weather, not accustomed to local food, etc. Enjoy your peregrinations.😉

[@MattandJulia]

There are habits in all countries that are different to ours but that’s what makes travel incredible! Overall people have been incredibly kind! 😍 Thank you very much!! ❤️

[@jeffwen9965]

哦，你的意思是西方人很文明，没有让人日常反感的行为？ 请解释一下你们西方世界满大街的吸毒人群和零元购！

[@GOAT_MESSI53]

Only China has preserved its history and culture the best among the four ancient civilizations, which is enough to prove how great China is. Moreover, each of their cities has its own characteristics, culture, and cuisine, which is truly shocking.

[@ivyshy98]

any place in china with a high speed rail stop is going to be built up and if famous, very touristy 🤣 there are numerous similar ancient towns only accessible by car if you really want to see it less crowded and without all the touristy shops. the compromise is there's a lot less convenience. something for everyone lol

[@Shanghai_Knife_Dude]

Btw, the best season of Yunnan is July to August, the mushroom season. In order to let my comment stay In place, i have to stop here. 🎉

[@fuzhangdeng4099]

❤

[@paisiossinger5223]

Hey Julia why should Matt be afraid of the Backstreet?

[@MattandJulia]

Haha, we are from ‘the hood’ you always gotta keep your wits about you 😉

[@paisiossinger5223]

I see.. Kepp it upp Matt you are champ!

[@MattandJulia]

❤️❤️❤️

[@selfishbiaich]

9m45s Tastes yucky heh heh

[@echan275]

The real died in 1949.

[@hamburgermcgrath3493]

Lijiang “real China”. 😂

[@zen1tsu-sam]

The reason I'm saying this is that approximately 99% of the viewers of your China travel videos are of Chinese origin. Visiting the popular tourist spots in China can be overwhelming due to the high costs of tickets and transportation, not to mention the crowds, so consider exploring the lesser-known destinations for a more enjoyable and authentic experience. Visiting China's popular tourist spots can be overwhelming due to high costs and crowds, while locals often find these places uninteresting due to their familiarity. Consider exploring lesser-known destinations for a more enjoyable, authentic, and immersive experience.

[@zen1tsu-sam]

Lijiang Ancient Town was 1000x more beautiful in the 1980s and 1990s, before commercialization totally destroyed it, much like what happened to Dali. Really disgusting.

[@zen1tsu-sam]

Skip making videos about Dali and Lijiang-they're already well-known tourist hotspots. As vloggers seeking unique content, explore Yunnan's less-traveled destinations for a truly authentic experience and avoid the overcrowded tourist traps.

[@terryyeung7470]

The automatically generated English language on your video cannot appear in Chinese characters when selecting Auto Translate into Chinese. You may be using the wrong method or software when editing the video. It's a pity that many chinese missed this video because most Chinese people don't understand English. 😅

[@SophiaCampbell-b1j]

Your channel is one of the best sources of quality content. Keep on making us happy with your creations!🦏🫣🐂