i grew up in the western mountains of the USA and small towns, vast views of desert landscapes feel like home to me. In isolated places, people are grateful for company, don't take resources for granted, and find happiness in simple living. I love seeing this in China. We have different cultures and history but a shared humanity. Especially with Western propaganda/bias in media, this is the kind of thing we don't see in movies or tv and I'm grateful to see it here. thank you for sharing this with us
I'm also grateful you shared your experience. My comments are often deleted on TH-cam but I hope you see this. There's not much conflicts between common people in USA and China. Those who possess power and wealth want commoners hate each other so they can be safely doing what they always do and become even wealthier.
isolated Han Chinese mailman remains in the silk road every where for almost 2000 years , they were sent by govt and keep a well in the no where of desert .
Miss Yan: This episode is BY FAR the best one you have posted unbelievably descriptive and POETIC! How I would love to be able to make a trip to the Taklamakan Desert myself, but alas I am very old - 83! and can only "travel" by watching your wonderful channel. Thank you SO MUCH for posting!!!
I also love to be able to travel virtually with you. I love seeing these places and people that are so far away, I will never get the chance to see them in person. Thank you.
12:54 "In the presence of nature's vastness I feel humans' fleeting existence is like a grain of sand slipping through our fingers, swept away by the wind, and eventually merges into the boundless desert's eternity." ... In case you didn't know that our presenter is one of the most gifted on youtube, here is another example. Spoken in a second language, no less. She is a captivating soul.
This way of thinking and romance is deeply rooted among Chinese people. For thousands of years, poets and philosophers alike have shared these sentiments, continually probing the meaning of life and humanity's relationship with the cosmos. I shall never forget those famous lines like 哀吾生之须臾，羡长江之无穷, 固知一死生为虚诞，齐彭殇为妄, and 闲云潭影日悠悠，物换星移几度秋
I felt bad for that curator because it seemed to have little tourists despite how passionate and knowledgeable the man is. Thank you for letting us appreciate his work.
Across the world there are small but significant places that are kept open by such dedicated people. They see their role as one who preserves history to be viewed as it is, as it was and hopefully will be forever. Tourists are not always a benefit, even economically: Just ask the City of Venice. May such people continue their chosen vocation.
The director of the museum is really professional. At first glance, you can tell he loves this job. It reminds me of the director of Xining Wildlife Park. He is also a small place and a person who loves his work.
I did the same highway last year. Very cool. Also stoped by the house. We did stay one night in the driveway, since there wasn't anywhere else we could park the RV along the road. The guy was so happy to have accompany. Chatted with us for hours.
The 'grass grids' are such an ingenious way to protect the highway, and the hard working people who work alongside it are unsung heroes. Safe travels as ever, Yan.
Thanks Yan for your amazing videos, very special& so enjoyable, Happy Prosperous, Healthy ,Positive Wishes to You & family ,for the New Year.i look forward to your videos &travelling coming each week. THANK YOU excellent 🎉
The people who gave you some snacks in return of the favor you guys did to move there car out of the sand moved me that how the humanity exists in this world. Please keep posting the videos . I always love them and always watch them ❤
Highways in desert, planting straws to block sifting sands! I have seen so many amazing things in China, and this is one of those marvels! Harbin snow to Taklamakan sands, she has come a long way, and she is so cheerful, lovely lady. I think as such Northeast people are very, very friendly. Such a wonderful video, Yan, I have already started it to see it second time! 🥰
I wrote a similar description at the end of a poem “無有“ in 2021。 What a coincidence! This is the paragraph (in Chinese). 我似乎看到我自己 一颗泛黄的砂粒 沦落在迷茫的红尘里 翻滚地被卷向太虚
Merry Christmas to you little Chinese 🎄And a Prosperous new year 🎊🙏 thanks for showing us ur subscribers the glimpse of the ancient Silk Road inner mongolia and rest of the border😘hoping you can visit Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 Tajikistan 🇹🇯 mostly the Central Asia . God bless you always 🫶🏻
Those people in the desert houses remind me of people that managed lighthouses on the coast. That place you stayed looked like shipping containers. Very interesting! Thanks!
She mentioned that everyone working at the stations were couples because it would be too lonely for single people. I'm sitting here thinking, "She's so sweet, but naive." 1/4 of the world population feels lonely. At one place I lived for a couple years I had some upstairs neighbors that never returned a single "Hello". There are millions of people who live in isolation, even when others are within 20m of them (physically separated only by walls). In 2022, about 30% of American households were made up of one person. In Korea, it's 42%.
@@MrVvulfyet it's different being without companion in a place with many people. Seeing people around somtimes uplifts the soul even without interacting. To not see anyone for months like people who work on gas tankers or gas platforms in the sea it hits different. Similar to their experience probably. Less people to see even more so to interact with. Many people live different lives though what's important is that regardless of where one is we find meaning and purpose in life so we continue to live regardless of situation. Another great video. Really eye opener. 🫡
Love you and envy you at the same time. I havent been following you for that long yet so I don’t know much about your background and what took you to get where you’re now but, your videos are just stunning, amazing, show us how the world is vast, humongous and incredibly diverse, full of different lives and things to do and discover. How our daily and own lives are so so tiny compared to all that no possibilities. So, although, at same time, I feel renovated with live and sense opportunities yet to live and to come, I also get depressed in “what am I doing with life” or “why have I made myself stuck to this place” sorta of feelings. If I ever build the courage to drastically change my life, leave all behind and try something else elsewhere, I’d like u to know that you and your videos will be big part of that. In other words, please continue what you’re doing, love you❤. Hope this comment finds you well😊
Also I’m a go-back-and-forth learner of Chinese for the last 8 years or so. But I’ve been stuck on my HSK4 (intermediatish) for so long that I’ve lost the track of it. Anyway, Love that it has both Chinese and English subs, always learning something new in Chinese with your videos. Hope one day to became good enough so I can only hear your guys Chinese without going to the characters… so so hard, you guys “swallow” too many sounds
@@zaoldyecksamaLearning language is an attitude. If you keep trying to find flaws with other people's language, you will never learn. FYI, there are over 2 billion Chinese speakers.. It is not that hard.
U cannot not be amazed by the engineering feat of China. Also the 108 workers (好汉）that station along the entire highway to ensure irrigation success and preservation of the road from shifting sands. 108 is a significant number that date back to the 108 heroes of China. The red-blue houses are commitment to ensuring success for travellers. What a huge sacrifice living alone for 8 months period and with little or no bath. Totally love this vlog. Another 5 stars!
The significance of 108 dates back to thousands of years before that, it comes from the Dharmic religions that influenced Chinese culture. Eventually it became an important number for Taoism too, and it's directly from Taoism that the 108 number of heroes comes from.
Hi Yan, I'm still amazed by all the different places you show us! It's not just the unseen China you share with us, it's the real China. Looking forward to your next adventure!😊❤👍👍
Highways in the desert with shifting sands. I would call it one of the wonders in the world. The Chinese has the best infrastructure in the world , high speed rails .. All the lies about Xinjiang.... People are so kind in Xinjiang and happy.
I hope the workers receive better supplies. I hope future tourists who see this video can stop by and chat with them. A big salute to all those who make this possible. ❤❤
Thank you for posting yet another beautiful and heart-warming video Yan. It never ceases to amaze me, from my western perspective I guess, just how friendly and trusting the people you encounter are. The way the gentleman offered to show you his humble home and wanting to cook noodles for you and your friend. The sincere gratitude that the stuck couple showed when you helped them with their truck. I was so happy to hear that you decided to continue your trip eastward and look forward to your next videos of you traveling on the national highway.
I have seen videos about China turning the desserts green What these videos did not show is that there is a lonely person every 2km to water the plants everyday. This is just an amazing effort. I hope these highway protectors know their job helps people move across the dessert. Seemingly the job is trivial but they are actually very important. Thanks Yan. I have learned something new today, thanks to you.
Dr. Yan, thank you for this amazing video! The challenge in building roads and trains amidst shifting sands is mind-boggling. How the problem of shifting sands is “overcome” is so simple yet clever. I bet your driver is having the time of his life experiencing things he would have never experienced if he hadn’t agreed to be your driver. Hope he agrees to your next assignment. Like a true adventurer, you just couldn’t resist going to Xining via the cross province highway G315.
Yan, you never fail to find the most fascinating places and people. Who would guess that a drive along a desert highway could be so interesting. And thanks for another lesson in the kindness and resilience of the human spirit.
Other than not being able to shower, living in a hermit station and getting paid to water plants sounds like paradise for this introverted soul I have. I just need showers!
Now I am 70 years. Once I worked with Prime Minister of Bangladesh and finished as education secretary of Bangladesh, finally with the request of honorable p.m. I worked as curator father of nation Museum. Suddenly government has changed violently and now I am hiding under fear of persecution. In my life, I have troubled 96 countries but the experience I’m getting from you is exceptional. I read a lot about Taklamakan and lop nor lake especially expedition of Sir Orel Stean. However, I am so charmed to your stamina and narration about the places. I have been. I have visited many times in China in government capacities as well as private. No I think that I have to be visited Xinjiang and Qinghai province. As I told I am hiding my Name is N I Khan.
Fascinating! Can’t imagine myself living in the desert just tending to watering plants for almost 3/4 of a year! Salute to the people doing this seemingly ‘unending’ job 👏🏻
The driver makes a great "cohost" for your show. He's a fun and adventurous person, just as curious as you are. It feels like he''s a regular host on your show
Dear Yan, I’m genuinely impressed by your dedication and high standards shown in your videos! Makes me realize I never really knew much about the country I grew up in! Love what you are doing, keep up the good work and be safe out there ❤
Fascinating way to visit China and seeing places most of us will never have opportunity to visit. Ingenious method of protecting the highways across the desert and making them possible. Requires a lot of man hours and continual maintenance but worth it.
Yan, your ability to speak with just about anyone you come across is very commendable. You don't shy away from conversation, and I deeply admire that about you. You probably make these folks day by giving them some recognition and asking about their lives. As someone with pretty bad social anxiety, your videos give me courage to talk with others and most importantly, listen to their stories. Thank you for visiting the parts of China no one sees! If it weren't for you, many would not know these small towns and villages and its people exist!
This is amazing. A lot of us live thousands of kilometres away in all corners of the earth. Without you documenting this journey and telling the stories of the little blue houses and the people in it, I would never have known this in my lifetime. Sincerely thank you as always for all you do Yan.
Love this clip, the dedication and friendliness of the couples 4 km apart, walking every day to see each other, the warm welcome and heartiness of the locals. Great stories, and amazing shots of the scenery. Appreciate the edit and the post, keep them coming. Warms me in Minnesota, USA
Yan, your channel is the best travel channel I watch. I have learned so much about China and other places and the wonderful gracious people that live so many places on the globe. Thank you!
Its new year's eve, was alone until I found your channel. I have been binge watching all your episodes. The most happy I have felt in a while. Thankyou.for your videos and for the way you view the world.
Another amazing video. So cool to see these humble hard-working people, unnoticed by most, who quietly keep things moving along for the rest of us. Superbly done!
thanks again for taking us on a journey around your amazing country and showing the China we would not see otherwise and once again your professional production on all aspects of what we view and hear you are as amazing as your country. many thanks
Thanks for the video, Yan! It's great to see a different part of China, and I truly appreciate the dedication of those who work hard to maintain the desert highway.
This is absolutely an Awesome video on the Taklamakan Desert, the humongous project of nearly 500 km highway built in a desert!! And your explanation of the blue colour buildings with red roof is the crucial to the maintenance of the highway.. Looking fwd to yr next video of Qinghai
Hi Ms Han, I'm in a foreign country but of Chinese origin. I have been following your videos for years now. I think I have watched all your videos on Unseen China which is one of the best channels I can find on TH-cam about China that is not political. I must say I enjoyed watching each one. Thank you for your tireless and brilliant work. The other 2 similar channels about China I like are: 青云迹 and Blondie in China，you all are professional and correctly focused.
Yan, you’re truly amazing! You have a curious, brave, and kind heart! So much kindness and love in ordinary people you encountered! The stunning desert highway! I admire the people who built and are maintaining the highways!
This channel just gets better and better, it’s a full scale production of some of the most incredible shots, the editing, the narration - it’s just a joy. The work you have done over the last year is exceptional, I hope you feel proud of your work - because you should. Take a bow lady, this is exceptional and it’s because you have such an open, friendly but incredibly intelligent & philosophical outlook which you narrate throughout all of these videos. ❤
thanks you for making vidoe of ancient silk road,i imagine about the experience of western explorer that fist time travel through ancient silk road, and south east asian merchant that go to china for trading spice and explore ancient silk road,thanks for making this video
Hello Yan...thank you for your vlogs/videos through your videos i discovered the unseen China which made me wonder how awesome and mesmerizing China is.
I kept wondering, why doesn't he use a bike to get to his wife and back, it would cover the distance in one third of the time. Yan, thank you for all the videos from you that I have seen in the past year, I have learned a lot about China: that it is a very beautiful country, that the people are kind, that it is safe for a young woman to travel alone on a scooter, which is a rarity on this planet. This is the only classical civilisation that has been in continuous existence for thousands of years. The Greeks and the Romans and the Sumerians and the Egyptians are all gone the Chinese are still here, Chinese characters have been in use for more than 3000 years. Impressive! Yan, I wish you a very Happy New year!
Because he was worried that his safety will be threatened by high-speed vehicles on the highway while cycling or motorcycles. This old man and I speak the similar dialect, which is indeed the style of the elders in my hometown. And wish you a happy new year🎉.
That was a long time ago, 36 years to be exact. You'll be shocked how China has changed since then. Technologically speaking (in daily applications), China is undoubtedly the most advance country in the world. Where many convenient stores are unmanned and customers can pay with facial recognition or palm print if they forgot their cell phones or wallets.
Thank you for always providing some of the best content on TH-cam! You’ve inspired me to travel myself and I hope to share my adventures with others someday!
Salute to the man and his wife. I genuinely wish they had access to better amenities, but he seems happy with what he has. That’s barely enough drinking water for one person for 20 days, especially after walking so much every day. Such a kind soul!
Thank you Yan for another great video and adventure to a part of China that we will probably never visit in real life. Never underestimate the resolve of the chinese people. Great work.
i grew up in the western mountains of the USA and small towns, vast views of desert landscapes feel like home to me. In isolated places, people are grateful for company, don't take resources for granted, and find happiness in simple living. I love seeing this in China. We have different cultures and history but a shared humanity.
Especially with Western propaganda/bias in media, this is the kind of thing we don't see in movies or tv and I'm grateful to see it here. thank you for sharing this with us
Xinjiang has been demonized by western propaganda, thanks those youtubers for sharing truth
I'm also grateful you shared your experience.
My comments are often deleted on TH-cam but I hope you see this. There's not much conflicts between common people in USA and China. Those who possess power and wealth want commoners hate each other so they can be safely doing what they always do and become even wealthier.
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Yeah, you guys and these people truely live a life.
isolated Han Chinese mailman remains in the silk road every where for almost 2000 years , they were sent by govt and keep a well in the no where of desert .
Miss Yan: This episode is BY FAR the best one you have posted unbelievably descriptive and POETIC!
How I would love to be able to make a trip to the Taklamakan Desert myself, but alas I am very old - 83!
and can only "travel" by watching your wonderful channel. Thank you SO MUCH for posting!!!
I am happy to take you with me on this virtual trip!
祝您高寿，身体健康！❤
I also love to be able to travel virtually with you. I love seeing these places and people that are so far away, I will never get the chance to see them in person. Thank you.
Thank you very much for taking me in your amazing journey ❤❤❤❤
12:54 "In the presence of nature's vastness I feel humans' fleeting existence is like a grain of sand slipping through our fingers, swept away by the wind, and eventually merges into the boundless desert's eternity." ... In case you didn't know that our presenter is one of the most gifted on youtube, here is another example. Spoken in a second language, no less. She is a captivating soul.
She is a PhD graduate.
I was also struck by her poetry complementing the awesome drone views! Well done Yan!
This way of thinking and romance is deeply rooted among Chinese people. For thousands of years, poets and philosophers alike have shared these sentiments, continually probing the meaning of life and humanity's relationship with the cosmos. I shall never forget those famous lines like 哀吾生之须臾，羡长江之无穷, 固知一死生为虚诞，齐彭殇为妄, and 闲云潭影日悠悠，物换星移几度秋
她有瑞士留学工作经历，她的老公是德国人，我觉得这一切对她学习语言肯定有帮助，当然她也很有天赋。
Hope our fleeting existence slows down so Yan’s videos won’t slip through our fingers 😅
I felt bad for that curator because it seemed to have little tourists despite how passionate and knowledgeable the man is. Thank you for letting us appreciate his work.
Across the world there are small but significant places that are kept open by such dedicated people. They see their role as one who preserves history to be viewed as it is, as it was and hopefully will be forever. Tourists are not always a benefit, even economically: Just ask the City of Venice. May such people continue their chosen vocation.
very kind of you.
The director of the museum is really professional. At first glance, you can tell he loves this job.
It reminds me of the director of Xining Wildlife Park. He is also a small place and a person who loves his work.
I did the same highway last year. Very cool. Also stoped by the house. We did stay one night in the driveway, since there wasn't anywhere else we could park the RV along the road. The guy was so happy to have accompany. Chatted with us for hours.
It's on my bucket list!
必定是非常有趣的一晚
Thanks!
Thank you so much 🥰
👍👍👍
viva la boss
老板大方
老板大气
The 'grass grids' are such an ingenious way to protect the highway, and the hard working people who work alongside it are unsung heroes. Safe travels as ever, Yan.
Yes, hope more people who lived in desert to learn this to tranform their hometown.
Thanks Yan for your amazing videos, very special& so enjoyable, Happy Prosperous, Healthy ,Positive Wishes to You & family ,for the New Year.i look forward to your videos &travelling coming each week. THANK YOU excellent 🎉
Wow very kind of you!! My thanks to you for supporting Yan too as I love watching her content so much🙏🙏
老板您好
老板大气
@@davidkelly2262 👍👍👍🌹
wow! That's very generous
China is great because of these people.We use actions to improve the world instead of bragging.
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chairman mao said：the people，and only the people，are the driving force in making world history
You do realize that you just bragged and thumped your chest???
@danielschoeman5427 I just stated the facts.You don't realize that you can't accept the reality.
@@danielschoeman5427 How dare you!
The people who gave you some snacks in return of the favor you guys did to move there car out of the sand moved me that how the humanity exists in this world. Please keep posting the videos . I always love them and always watch them ❤
Highways in desert, planting straws to block sifting sands! I have seen so many amazing things in China, and this is one of those marvels! Harbin snow to Taklamakan sands, she has come a long way, and she is so cheerful, lovely lady. I think as such Northeast people are very, very friendly. Such a wonderful video, Yan, I have already started it to see it second time! 🥰
Thank you so much for your kind words and your support 🥰
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I wrote a similar description at the end of a poem “無有“ in 2021。 What a coincidence! This is the paragraph (in Chinese). 我似乎看到我自己
一颗泛黄的砂粒
沦落在迷茫的红尘里
翻滚地被卷向太虚
Merry Christmas to you little Chinese 🎄And a Prosperous new year 🎊🙏 thanks for showing us ur subscribers the glimpse of the ancient Silk Road inner mongolia and rest of the border😘hoping you can visit Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 Tajikistan 🇹🇯 mostly the Central Asia . God bless you always 🫶🏻
Thanks for sharing your experience it's opening me up to seeing places in China. It's a vast country to see all those beautiful places. ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉😅😅😅😊😊😊
Those people in the desert houses remind me of people that managed lighthouses on the coast. That place you stayed looked like shipping containers. Very interesting! Thanks!
She mentioned that everyone working at the stations were couples because it would be too lonely for single people.
I'm sitting here thinking, "She's so sweet, but naive." 1/4 of the world population feels lonely. At one place I lived for a couple years I had some upstairs neighbors that never returned a single "Hello".
There are millions of people who live in isolation, even when others are within 20m of them (physically separated only by walls).
In 2022, about 30% of American households were made up of one person. In Korea, it's 42%.
@@MrVvulfyet it's different being without companion in a place with many people. Seeing people around somtimes uplifts the soul even without interacting. To not see anyone for months like people who work on gas tankers or gas platforms in the sea it hits different. Similar to their experience probably. Less people to see even more so to interact with. Many people live different lives though what's important is that regardless of where one is we find meaning and purpose in life so we continue to live regardless of situation. Another great video. Really eye opener. 🫡
@@MrVvulfSo true.
@@bangonkali 你说的很对，这种孤独不是内心的，而是全方面的
从你马来西亚开始就关注你到现在，感谢你让我看到了我无法看到的中国风景和那些热爱生命又亲切的中国人，祝你健康平安。
Same here
毕竟血浓于水
Love you and envy you at the same time.
I havent been following you for that long yet so I don’t know much about your background and what took you to get where you’re now but, your videos are just stunning, amazing, show us how the world is vast, humongous and incredibly diverse, full of different lives and things to do and discover. How our daily and own lives are so so tiny compared to all that no possibilities. So, although, at same time, I feel renovated with live and sense opportunities yet to live and to come, I also get depressed in “what am I doing with life” or “why have I made myself stuck to this place” sorta of feelings.
If I ever build the courage to drastically change my life, leave all behind and try something else elsewhere, I’d like u to know that you and your videos will be big part of that. In other words, please continue what you’re doing, love you❤. Hope this comment finds you well😊
Also I’m a go-back-and-forth learner of Chinese for the last 8 years or so. But I’ve been stuck on my HSK4 (intermediatish) for so long that I’ve lost the track of it.
Anyway, Love that it has both Chinese and English subs, always learning something new in Chinese with your videos. Hope one day to became good enough so I can only hear your guys Chinese without going to the characters… so so hard, you guys “swallow” too many sounds
Oh I know how u feel... Because I feel that way too... Lol
❤❤
@@zaoldyecksama 我们学英语也是这个感觉🤣
@@zaoldyecksamaLearning language is an attitude. If you keep trying to find flaws with other people's language, you will never learn. FYI, there are over 2 billion Chinese speakers.. It is not that hard.
U cannot not be amazed by the engineering feat of China. Also the 108 workers (好汉）that station along the entire highway to ensure irrigation success and preservation of the road from shifting sands. 108 is a significant number that date back to the 108 heroes of China. The red-blue houses are commitment to ensuring success for travellers. What a huge sacrifice living alone for 8 months period and with little or no bath. Totally love this vlog. Another 5 stars!
Salute to 108 warrior. Fight with sand. Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩
The significance of 108 dates back to thousands of years before that, it comes from the Dharmic religions that influenced Chinese culture. Eventually it became an important number for Taoism too, and it's directly from Taoism that the 108 number of heroes comes from.
How can you know so much
太佩服他们了❤
i wonder if there are still job openings for these stations, i would love to work in one!
Hi Yan, I'm still amazed by all the different places you show us! It's not just the unseen China you share with us, it's the real China. Looking forward to your next adventure!😊❤👍👍
Highways in the desert with shifting sands. I would call it one of the wonders in the world. The Chinese has the best infrastructure in the world , high speed rails .. All the lies about Xinjiang.... People are so kind in Xinjiang and happy.
新疆人会越过越好，但是新疆的地理位置决定了，关于新疆的谣言不会停止
@@tongyigeshijie 新疆的谣言不是地理位置的问题，是那些披着民主自由的皮缺撒着最卑贱谎言的人的问题。新疆在哪并不重要，只要在中国，外面就会有不断地造谣，不过who cares,走起旅游~嘿嘿。
当bbc能说出新疆有集中营这种这么低智商的谎言时，你就会知道，没有什么是他编不出来的@@tongyigeshijie
I hope the workers receive better supplies.
I hope future tourists who see this video can stop by and chat with them.
A big salute to all those who make this possible. ❤❤
Yes, the job is important and tough. I hope the management will improve their living conditions.
@@TaipoRoad 还不够改善？注意看视频？每个房子都有电，有电视，生活物资一应俱全，这个工作最大的挑战是孤独，这里的条件在我看来比贫民窟好了不知道多少倍
Come on, this is China. In the very near future all this will be fully automated and would no longer need lonely souls to man the water valves.
@@TaipoRoad Without shower and washing machine for 8 month seems tuff.
I will bring some food to him if I decide to there
向沙漠公路驻扎的这些工作人员致敬，感谢你让我们看到这么美丽的风景和人。希望有一天我也能够去亲身探索祖国的广袤河山
Thank you for posting yet another beautiful and heart-warming video Yan. It never ceases to amaze me, from my western perspective I guess, just how friendly and trusting the people you encounter are. The way the gentleman offered to show you his humble home and wanting to cook noodles for you and your friend. The sincere gratitude that the stuck couple showed when you helped them with their truck. I was so happy to hear that you decided to continue your trip eastward and look forward to your next videos of you traveling on the national highway.
These desert forest rangers work eight months a year and have four months off. They are all older workers.
Thank you so much! It is truly amazing to see so much kindness and hospitality. 😊
I have seen videos about China turning the desserts green
What these videos did not show is that there is a lonely person every 2km to water the plants everyday. This is just an amazing effort. I hope these highway protectors know their job helps people move across the dessert. Seemingly the job is trivial but they are actually very important. Thanks Yan.
I have learned something new today, thanks to you.
Awesome views and eye-opener regards the desert highway and the caretakers. Looking forward to your YT always. Thank You !
Thank you so much ☺️
👍👍
Dr. Yan, thank you for this amazing video! The challenge in building roads and trains amidst shifting sands is mind-boggling. How the problem of shifting sands is “overcome” is so simple yet clever. I bet your driver is having the time of his life experiencing things he would have never experienced if he hadn’t agreed to be your driver. Hope he agrees to your next assignment. Like a true adventurer, you just couldn’t resist going to Xining via the cross province highway G315.
Yan, you never fail to find the most fascinating places and people. Who would guess that a drive along a desert highway could be so interesting. And thanks for another lesson in the kindness and resilience of the human spirit.
Thank you so much! 🥰
Other than not being able to shower, living in a hermit station and getting paid to water plants sounds like paradise for this introverted soul I have. I just need showers!
哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈 听起来好像是不错
Now I am 70 years. Once I worked with Prime Minister of Bangladesh and finished as education secretary of Bangladesh, finally with the request of honorable p.m. I worked as curator father of nation Museum. Suddenly government has changed violently and now I am hiding under fear of persecution. In my life, I have troubled 96 countries but the experience I’m getting from you is exceptional.
I read a lot about Taklamakan and lop nor lake especially expedition of Sir Orel Stean. However, I am so charmed to your stamina and narration about the places. I have been. I have visited many times in China in government capacities as well as private. No I think that I have to be visited Xinjiang and Qinghai province. As I told I am hiding my Name is N I Khan.
Fascinating! Can’t imagine myself living in the desert just tending to watering plants for almost 3/4 of a year! Salute to the people doing this seemingly ‘unending’ job 👏🏻
These desert forest rangers work eight months a year and have four months off. They are all older workers.
又一个令人惊叹和感动的视频！向您致敬，Yan!
非常感谢😊
Danke!
Thank you 🥰
The driver makes a great "cohost" for your show. He's a fun and adventurous person, just as curious as you are. It feels like he''s a regular host on your show
even no name right now🤣
@@peter-gy7xo NPC
@@peter-gy7xo Mr. Dong
hahaha so true
Dear Yan, I’m genuinely impressed by your dedication and high standards shown in your videos! Makes me realize I never really knew much about the country I grew up in! Love what you are doing, keep up the good work and be safe out there ❤
Valeu! Feliz ano novo guerreira ❤
Thank you so much!!
You too
Fascinating way to visit China and seeing places most of us will never have opportunity to visit. Ingenious method of protecting the highways across the desert and making them possible. Requires a lot of man hours and continual maintenance but worth it.
Thanks! Merry Christmas. What a great adventure! Happy New Year!
👍👍💐
Thank you so much! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too! 😊
As an Iranian, I love your videos. I'm in Korea and now I'm thinking of visiting China again after 12 years
Yan, your ability to speak with just about anyone you come across is very commendable. You don't shy away from conversation, and I deeply admire that about you. You probably make these folks day by giving them some recognition and asking about their lives. As someone with pretty bad social anxiety, your videos give me courage to talk with others and most importantly, listen to their stories. Thank you for visiting the parts of China no one sees! If it weren't for you, many would not know these small towns and villages and its people exist!
又是一篇精彩的游记，好美丽的沙漠风光，过两年我要去看看。勤劳的中国人民，点赞。
This is amazing. A lot of us live thousands of kilometres away in all corners of the earth. Without you documenting this journey and telling the stories of the little blue houses and the people in it, I would never have known this in my lifetime. Sincerely thank you as always for all you do Yan.
The highway built in the desert is amazing! so as the lonely but lovely souls who are protecting the road.
我的天，追博主的视频这么久，出现我们渭南老乡，好神奇❤
还俩😂
The dessert road keeper is truly an unsung hero.
These desert forest rangers work eight months a year and have four months off. They are all older workers.
I would love that I will just play video games read book during null time. It also depends on the salary.
Yan offers travel videos like no other. Yan is not only a Chinese treasure, she is an international treasure.
Thanks
Thank you ☺️
What a stunning desert road n great info
Chinese are so kind.
I like your driver. He's proving to be quite the character, so I'm happy if you continue your trip together!
Hi Yan, this is another beautiful video for those of us who want to know more about China. Greetings from Serbia.
Love this clip, the dedication and friendliness of the couples 4 km apart, walking every day to see each other, the warm welcome and heartiness of the locals. Great stories, and amazing shots of the scenery. Appreciate the edit and the post, keep them coming. Warms me in Minnesota, USA
Yan, your channel is the best travel channel I watch. I have learned so much about China and other places and the wonderful gracious people that live so many places on the globe. Thank you!
I had to laugh at the presence of a KTV in Tazhong 😂😂😂 ... It seems no place in China is complete without somewhere to sing and get a drink 😂😂😂...
Wonderful video. Amazing country & amazing people
Cảm ơn bạn!
Thank you 🥰
Thanks Yan for showing the Unseen China.
The world is out there, but some people don't want you to see it.
Thanks so much for making such wonderful videos about China. Happy Chinese New Year! 从一年前就开始看你的视频。 支持你。来自苏北小城。
Thank you!
Happy new year to you to!
新年快乐 🥰
Thanks for the uncommon views of China.
Thank you for your support ☺️
Its new year's eve, was alone until I found your channel. I have been binge watching all your episodes. The most happy I have felt in a while. Thankyou.for your videos and for the way you view the world.
看到那些極艱巨浩大程成就的今天中國，我滿心感動，政府不愛民不愛國會這樣做嗎？希望那些亂賊反中份子，特別自己還是中國人的，能早日清醒懺悔。
远离动嘴煽动的人，亲近默默奉献的人，社会就会越来越好。你的付出就是别人的收获，动嘴什么都改变不了。
就好像那些默默无闻的治沙人，我们在新闻里经常看到的都是举旗帜喊口号的环保小将，而他们真的对环保做了什么贡献呢？跟真正在用一生精力去做环保的人相比，可以说一点也没有。
so beautiful and impressive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That desert landscape is really quite incredible!
I have been watching this channel since it was a 100K subscriber,
for showing a place where no one can show
thank you from north east india
Another amazing video. So cool to see these humble hard-working people, unnoticed by most, who quietly keep things moving along for the rest of us. Superbly done!
thanks again for taking us on a journey around your amazing country and showing the China we would not see otherwise and once again your professional production on all aspects of what we view and hear you are as amazing as your country. many thanks
Thanks for the video, Yan! It's great to see a different part of China, and I truly appreciate the dedication of those who work hard to maintain the desert highway.
I really want to travel china ..... beautiful people ..... beautiful place
Happy New Year! keep up the good work in 2025🎉
Thank you so much! Happy New Year to you too! 😊
This is absolutely an Awesome video on the Taklamakan Desert, the humongous project of nearly 500 km highway built in a desert!! And your explanation of the blue colour buildings with red roof is the crucial to the maintenance of the highway.. Looking fwd to yr next video of Qinghai
Hi Ms Han, I'm in a foreign country but of Chinese origin. I have been following your videos for years now. I think I have watched all your videos on Unseen China which is one of the best channels I can find on TH-cam about China that is not political. I must say I enjoyed watching each one. Thank you for your tireless and brilliant work. The other 2 similar channels about China I like are: 青云迹 and Blondie in China，you all are professional and correctly focused.
Yan, you’re truly amazing! You have a curious, brave, and kind heart! So much kindness and love in ordinary people you encountered! The stunning desert highway! I admire the people who built and are maintaining the highways!
This channel just gets better and better, it’s a full scale production of some of the most incredible shots, the editing, the narration - it’s just a joy.
The work you have done over the last year is exceptional, I hope you feel proud of your work - because you should.
Take a bow lady,
this is exceptional and it’s because you have such an open, friendly but incredibly intelligent & philosophical outlook which you narrate throughout all of these videos. ❤
Thanks Yan….another unique video. Desert but not deserted. The highway shrubs manager reminds me of a lighthouse keeper. Catch you in the next.
All you videos are good, but this one is particularly great
简直就是旅游界的李子柒，太棒了。
真的为讲中国故事贡献了很大力量，感觉她也应该被央视采访
但是她没有李子柒影响之广
Looking forward to you visiting my hometown Haidong city ,QingHai province.
老乡好，我也是海东的
thanks you for making vidoe of ancient silk road,i imagine about the experience of western explorer that fist time travel through ancient silk road, and south east asian merchant that go to china for trading spice and explore ancient silk road,thanks for making this video
Hello Yan...thank you for your vlogs/videos through your videos i discovered the unseen China which made me wonder how awesome and mesmerizing China is.
Deserts are boring places, yet you are able to produce most interesting travel content.
Unbelievable engineering marvel
I kept wondering, why doesn't he use a bike to get to his wife and back, it would cover the distance in one third of the time.
Yan, thank you for all the videos from you that I have seen in the past year, I have learned a lot about China: that it is a very beautiful country, that the people are kind, that it is safe for a young woman to travel alone on a scooter, which is a rarity on this planet.
This is the only classical civilisation that has been in continuous existence for thousands of years. The Greeks and the Romans and the Sumerians and the Egyptians are all gone the Chinese are still here, Chinese characters have been in use for more than 3000 years. Impressive!
Yan, I wish you a very Happy New year!
Because he was worried that his safety will be threatened by high-speed vehicles on the highway while cycling or motorcycles. This old man and I speak the similar dialect, which is indeed the style of the elders in my hometown.
And wish you a happy new year🎉.
@@斉藤千陽 I still feel a bit sorry for that man. Thank you, I wish you a happy New Year too. 新年快乐 😀
Having a bike also means maintaining it, such as using a pump, tire patches, etc.
The civilization is strong and will last another 5000 years. I see the grit and hard working people.
I am not so sure if "civilisation" will last over that periode with these corrupt politicans everywhere in the world.
Fantastic Yan. Thankyou very much.
awesome, incredible, makes me want to go and travel in China again, last time was 1988! Thanks from Australia! 🙂
welcome!
That was a long time ago, 36 years to be exact. You'll be shocked how China has changed since then. Technologically speaking (in daily applications), China is undoubtedly the most advance country in the world. Where many convenient stores are unmanned and customers can pay with facial recognition or palm print if they forgot their cell phones or wallets.
Thank you for always providing some of the best content on TH-cam! You’ve inspired me to travel myself and I hope to share my adventures with others someday!
伟大的人民，伟大的文明
Great people, great civilization
Stop tooting your own horn 😂😂😂
Papa Jones
@@thetreekeeper143 中文评论就开始了嗷
@@thetreekeeper143难道赞美用爱发电？😂
@@thetreekeeper143 stop showing your SBility
You are a desert queen Yan 💚✨
an ancient country, with its magnificent landscape and rich civilization
Salute to the man and his wife. I genuinely wish they had access to better amenities, but he seems happy with what he has. That’s barely enough drinking water for one person for 20 days, especially after walking so much every day. Such a kind soul!
Thank you Yan for another great video and adventure to a part of China that we will probably never visit in real life. Never underestimate the resolve of the chinese people. Great work.
Your drone photography work over the desert was stunning. Wonderful episode!
Yes.yes. stay safe n can't wait for route 315. 🙏
மிக்க மகிழ்ச்சி நன்றி சகோதரி.
Thank you. Enjoyed watching.
❤❤❤ great video
I clicked Like before I watch the video 🤪
Hi Yan I accidentally discovered your channel and believe me it's absolutely amazing, watching you from California USA
Some of the best content out there. You are a gem.
Yet another fantastic video. I love and appreciate how you effortlessly apply a human touch to all your videos. Thank you for sharing
Thank you so much! 🥰
Yan's long presentation and introduction about the geography, landscape and nature along the highway is amazing!
What China has achieved is amazing! Truly inspiring. Enjoyed the video so much.
小Yan的字幕校对真用心啊，没想到带口音的陕西话都正确收录了