Love love this video and really appreciate it as I miss this place badly. Just randomly searched Gulang Island today and this showed up💛 It really made my day!
Love whole China from SKorea. We need to be strong together 👏👏🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷. I always studying about China history and culture that shows all aspect it is great nation and peaceful. I am so proud of China. I live in Busan city Republic of Korea but really like Sino culture. 👍🧧
I have been there 35 years ago, it is such a beautiful island.....only by walking, no cars ......thanks for sharing...enjoy the tranquility and atmosphere of the place.
i studied in Xiamen uni for undergraduate , i never visit Gulangyu alone, because it's a romantic place to me in my heart, so I visited with my love every time only
@@豪彬何 TO ALL CHINESE BROTHERS WATCHING THIS: most people do have the brains to debate the point with you but know what you are by your daft choice of username and your grammar. You, your parents and grandparents were bought up with communist ideology. Forget the 'ancient times' argument...your history starts and finishes with the cultural revolution....youll probably find if you look at photos of your family from the 60's they were dressed as 'young pioneers'. There's no room in your heads for anything other than party rhetoric. And yeah, youre free to have that, so shouldnt your countrymen be free to do what they wish instead of being imprisoned {Uighurs}, killed {Tibetans} or messed with...Xians and Buddhists. Damn, we just want you to stay in China with your bullshit but you cant stay put and spill over into neighbouring Asian countries. Or you come and get an education in the West because its considered better than that on offer at home, then want to stay because you like what you see and like our freedoms. Then you complain that your host countries are racist because youre not welcomed as......young pioneers !!! Go read your little red book, send your mama to the park to find you a wife, and go drink beer & get a 'poison dragon' with your ugly friends after eating some fried offal
Hi Oli, you bring me back to 25 years ago when I was working in Xiamen, a fantastic memory. Xiamen was an unique beautiful city then but it's unbelievablly you can find beautiful places everywhere in China.
Such a beautiful island! Would love to see you do more videos on churches, temples and mosques in China though. They are everywhere all across China and rarely get much coverage!
This is a place in China I have never heard of. Glad you brought it to my attention. The next time I am in China I would like to try to visit the island.
Ooh I like this place and it is very nice. Those villa’s are really opulent and very beautiful. I wish I could spend time staying in some of those beautiful villa’s. The rental of those villa’s are beyond my budget really. Beautiful places, great weather, good food and wonderful music scene too. I recommend everyone to at least visit this place once.
Guangzhou Shamian is another area in mainland China that gives you an exotic feeling. It used to host many foreign diplomatic missions. Now, Polish consulate general is still there.
I’ve seen a couple of other vlogs on Gulangyu one of which is Jason’s but I love yours especially the aerial views. Wish you could have done more of the aerial of the island. Still very enjoyable thanks Oli.
The Chinese name of the Island is actually "The Billow of the Drums", so I guess it is more like an old time name describing the geographic location before the arrival of the foreign occupation. Thanks for sharing and you are amazing!
@@lnic178 it does mean island. Yu which is 屿 means islet/small island. So the full name Gu Lang Yu （鼓🥁 浪🌊 屿）means island/islet of drum wave/billow. Ps. the name of drum wave always reminds me of sound waves in concerts.
Another amazing place. Thanks for bringing that to us. Isn't this island also quite close to Kinmen County, Taiwan ? I believe there is also a ferry service between Xiamen and Kinmen ?
I'm Chinese, of course I can speak English, or Chinese English, or English with Chinese characteristics. my accent is chinaccent. do I know the culture of the English language ? if there is such a thing, whatever that means. I don't know. I only speak chinglish. it is my freedom to use English anyway I want. I speak my own languages. it is nobody's business. I m just a Chinaman. if you are a troll, just leave me, my people and China alone.
11:40 That puff is my favorite as well as my friends and classmates! They are so good and popular among local young people! (sorry I really have so much to say I'm so excited to see Barrett Channel visiting my home city
I studied in the Xiamen Music School. Our old campus is right on Gulangyu! I strongly suggest avoiding the tourist crowd and wander deeper into the island. You'll find the local way of life and feel chill there!
Hi, thanks again, Oli, for showing another interesting part of China. Your deep masculine voice makes the commentary enjoyable. Would you care to sing a few lines of the Chinese song 🎤when appropriate in your future video clips? 😄This clip is under 15 mins and I really appreciate it because I'm sharing it with my friends and relatives. Well done! Take care, keep up the good work. 🙏Jeremy 趙耀勝(赵耀胜)
I've been living on this beautiful island for five years ,Gulangyu like My second home. It's really nice to see every streets and buildings from your version.Thank you sooooo much for let me go back again (Because of Covid “stuck”in another country)
Wow your pronunciation for certain chinese words are spot on! How long have you been in china! lol 'you got hard workers like this man over here, just absolutely doing bits everyday'😂
Thanks for introducing Gulangyu. I want to add something--while Western people built many of the earliest churches and consulates, most of the more sophisticated buildings on the island were built by overseas Chinese with a mix of European, Southern Min, and Southeastern architectural designs.
I’ve been to Gulangyu four times over ten years. It’s a lovely place, though sadly it gets worse every time. Last visit was two years ago shortly before Covid and I noticed a real decline in the maintenance of some of the buildings, most notably on the western side of the island where fewer tourists visit. Of course, the eastern side is crowded because it’s touristy. I’d still recommend it as a place to visit but go out of season when it’s quiet and/or stay overnight. Oh, another thing that annoys me now: You used to be able to take the ferry across the narrow channel for 5rmb a trip. Now only locals are allowed and tourists have to pay 20x that for a tourist cruise that takes half an hour at least. This sucks.
I’m curious about the boat you took actually. It might be a seasonal thing or maybe a post-covid policy, but the last two times I went tourists had to go from a different port on the western side of Xiamen island and were forbidden from using the five minute ferry across the channel which you seem to have done here. The cost was also more than 35rmb I’m sure and you had to book a specific boat like a train, with a fixed time. If you missed it, you had to book again. I wonder why it was different for you.
I went to this place 2 times. You can also swim there if you go at summer. Very peaceful place. There is also a Turkish ice cream shop. This island has art schools. 😊
I live in Quanzhou and got to go over to Xiamen for a day trip last year and visited Gulangyu for a few hours. It's so nice and peaceful there. I hope you get a chance to visit some of the attractions over here. There aren't a ton of TH-cam videos about Quanzhou, and I really feel like it's underappreciated.
Taking sugar or rather sweat cakes etc without enough magnesium to neutralize the bad effects will lead us more vulnerable to cancer growth in our body. Some doctors who have studied integrative medicine ie allopathic medicine plus naturopathic medicine will know this and that magnesium is one of the elixirs God has given us. There are many forms of magnesium, and magnesium bisglycinate or glycinate is one of the best forms. Magnesium cannot stand alone and it has to be combined with another element. Good luck to Lee !
a THUMBS 👍 UP would be awesome if you enjoyed the Gulangyu even half as much as I enjoyed exploring it!
teach me sensei
Oli, you should visit Tianjin if you haven't or at least show the audience. It just might be the most European city in all of China. Nice video too.
Love love this video and really appreciate it as I miss this place badly. Just randomly searched Gulang Island today and this showed up💛 It really made my day!
Love whole China from SKorea. We need to be strong together 👏👏🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷. I always studying about China history and culture that shows all aspect it is great nation and peaceful. I am so proud of China. I live in Busan city Republic of Korea but really like Sino culture. 👍🧧
love Korea too，we share many culture
think you and welcome to China👍🏻
我住在西安，我的老板是韩国人，他的家也在釜山市，我的老板也要请我去釜山去游玩
@@thomash9338 美国没有超级英雄，只有希特勒
@@thomash9338 They are.
Thank you so much for showing my beloved hometown.❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
I have been there 35 years ago, it is such a beautiful island.....only by walking, no cars ......thanks for sharing...enjoy the tranquility and atmosphere of the place.
This is my beautiful hometown, I am proud of it.
The CCP will kill you so be safe
@@deathtomorons9388 The evil CCP already let American COVID kill 700,000 people in China... oh I mean in US. My mistake.
@@deathtomorons9388 Search The Anglo Saxon Mission explained by Bill Ryan! You will be shocked .
Are bicycle actually not allowed on this island?
i studied in Xiamen uni for undergraduate , i never visit Gulangyu alone, because it's a romantic place to me in my heart, so I visited with my love every time only
A bright spot in all the negative news around the world. You truly are blessed.
全世界所有负面新闻中的一个亮点。你真的很幸运。
Beautiful comment
@@豪彬何 TO ALL CHINESE BROTHERS WATCHING THIS: most people do have the brains to debate the point with you but know what you are by your daft choice of username and your grammar. You, your parents and grandparents were bought up with communist ideology. Forget the 'ancient times' argument...your history starts and finishes with the cultural revolution....youll probably find if you look at photos of your family from the 60's they were dressed as 'young pioneers'. There's no room in your heads for anything other than party rhetoric. And yeah, youre free to have that, so shouldnt your countrymen be free to do what they wish instead of being imprisoned {Uighurs}, killed {Tibetans} or messed with...Xians and Buddhists. Damn, we just want you to stay in China with your bullshit but you cant stay put and spill over into neighbouring Asian countries. Or you come and get an education in the West because its considered better than that on offer at home, then want to stay because you like what you see and like our freedoms. Then you complain that your host countries are racist because youre not welcomed as......young pioneers !!! Go read your little red book, send your mama to the park to find you a wife, and go drink beer & get a 'poison dragon' with your ugly friends after eating some fried offal
There are too many place need to go visit in China. I wish, i had more time for it. Also there are too many delicious local foods in China. 😁
Thank you so much for showing me and the world the beautiful sights of China! 😊 I also like to wish your dad a speedy recovery xx
Been there around 7 years ago. An unforgettable experience that you will enjoy!
Hi Oli, you bring me back to 25 years ago when I was working in Xiamen, a fantastic memory. Xiamen was an unique beautiful city then but it's unbelievablly you can find beautiful places everywhere in China.
大概10年前去了一次鼓浪屿，对那里的海鲜记忆尤深，真的很好吃，不过也是因为带我们去玩的是厦门一个做导游的朋友，如果是我们自己去估计也难找到那么好吃的小吃
Thanks for showing this beautiful island!
Such a beautiful island! Would love to see you do more videos on churches, temples and mosques in China though. They are everywhere all across China and rarely get much coverage!
Thank you for showing us the unknown small charming places like this. When I retire, I can travel China following the footprints.
This is a place in China I have never heard of. Glad you brought it to my attention. The next time I am in China I would like to try to visit the island.
Thanks for the video definitely would visit this beautiful place.
Ooh I like this place and it is very nice. Those villa’s are really opulent and very beautiful. I wish I could spend time staying in some of those beautiful villa’s. The rental of those villa’s are beyond my budget really.
Beautiful places, great weather, good food and wonderful music scene too. I recommend everyone to at least visit this place once.
Very impressive video! This island would be listed in my trip planner to China. Thanks for sharing
Guangzhou Shamian is another area in mainland China that gives you an exotic feeling. It used to host many foreign diplomatic missions. Now, Polish consulate general is still there.
I’ve seen a couple of other vlogs on Gulangyu one of which is Jason’s but I love yours especially the aerial views. Wish you could have done more of the aerial of the island. Still very enjoyable thanks Oli.
The drone shots are pretty amazing, and something that wasn't possible some years back, so new tech gives that extra dimension.
Thank you for the efficient introduction to this beautiful island, hope you enjoyed yourself
The Chinese name of the Island is actually "The Billow of the Drums", so I guess it is more like an old time name describing the geographic location before the arrival of the foreign occupation. Thanks for sharing and you are amazing!
But the Chinese name for this place doesn’t mean “ island” at all. I don’t know why foreigners like to call it “ island”
@@lnic178 Agree
@@lnic178 it does mean island. Yu which is 屿 means islet/small island. So the full name Gu Lang Yu （鼓🥁 浪🌊 屿）means island/islet of drum wave/billow.
Ps. the name of drum wave always reminds me of sound waves in concerts.
非常棒的视频和内容，很喜欢你的空中俯视，很美很有带入感，感谢Oli的分享！以后有机会一定去那里参观！
Another amazing place. Thanks for bringing that to us. Isn't this island also quite close to Kinmen County, Taiwan ?
I believe there is also a ferry service between Xiamen and Kinmen ?
@Kat Bos Thank you Kat Bos. That is a very good sign. PEACE !!!
@@axelschroeder6657 is very very close share the almost same calture
yeah it’s quite convenient for travel between the 2 countries
@yeehaw Just one country.Taiwan is not a country,it's a part of China
@@jackchen683 👍👍👍
Thanks for showing the place. Nice. Qingdao also has colonial bldgs.
Romantic + fresh air + beautiful flowers & parks + Tsingdao beer.
it is amazing this channel showing the positive sides of China 👏
如果你是中国人，你应该知道你的名字在英文中是对中国人很不尊重的，如果你不明白，那是因为你对英文文化不了解，最好把你名字改了。
I'm Chinese, Henry li ,it is none of your business. just take a hike. you are not one of us, the Chinese and China as I'm a Chinaman.
咱们中国🇨🇳的事与你Henry li 沒有关系。滚。
I'm Chinese, of course I can speak English, or Chinese English, or English with Chinese characteristics. my accent is chinaccent. do I know the culture of the English language ? if there is such a thing, whatever that means. I don't know. I only speak chinglish. it is my freedom to use English anyway I want. I speak my own languages. it is nobody's business. I m just a Chinaman. if you are a troll, just leave me, my people and China alone.
@@xyz-pf1yz 无知真可怕
It’s very sweet of you to mention your Dad when u see nice desserts . Wish him good health🙏
11:40 That puff is my favorite as well as my friends and classmates! They are so good and popular among local young people! (sorry I really have so much to say I'm so excited to see Barrett Channel visiting my home city
Gulangyu my beloved hometown! Thank you so much for showing the world this unique place. All the best!
This place looks beautiful n interesting.
Very interesting. Thank you😃
我去過鼓浪嶼超過10次，是一個很棒的地方，白天與晚上各有風情，好吃的食物，充滿歷史文化的街道與建築，也可以參觀博物館，真的很棒。
I really enjoy your video, thank you Oli.
Good video as always, thumb up 👍👍👍
10:19 "Gospel Church" in Mandarin.
Once again a fascinating journey. Love it.
Thank you :)
I enjoy the beautiful beach and historical building
Me too, I enjoyed walking round that island
This is my hometown....thank you ! You get me homesick now 😭
Another great video from Portugal
happy to see you smlie . have a good time in china
Unique and beautiful! thank you oli! hope you and your dad are doing well mate.
jason:here we are
Haha. Mr Youyisi
we were there 16 years ago nice place to live and beautiful small island
You are more mature now . Good video. Keep going , show the world , the true China
Awesome video Oli!
Support and Good Job !
Fab video, really enjoyed it, thanks Oli 👍💕
I studied in the Xiamen Music School. Our old campus is right on Gulangyu! I strongly suggest avoiding the tourist crowd and wander deeper into the island. You'll find the local way of life and feel chill there!
Very interesting, Thank you! :)
Love the drone views matey !
"Here we arerrr" this need to be a brand.
I have been waiting to Travel for over 2 years now......Your videos are killing me with neverending vacation tours.
Awesome video!
Enjoyed this video very Oli, Thank you very much for showing this place. Love it absolutely.
Thanks for coming!
follow your channel from 小红书 to weibo then here！thank you guys a lot! Plz keep making more awesome videos!!b
That place is a gem
Great work
汉堡王👍👍👍👍😄😄😄😄
Sharp filming. Really professional.
去年疫情解除的时候去了厦门，很美的一座城市，我来自西安
Finally the first to view💪😁
my duddd that's a gorgeous island!! i woulda bought all the flavor from that store at 11:25 that looks so goddang good!
Thanks Oli. It’s shameful that I have learnt a lot about my mother country from Barrett’s channel🤦🏾♂️
Hi, thanks again, Oli, for showing another interesting part of China. Your deep masculine voice makes the commentary enjoyable. Would you care to sing a few lines of the Chinese song 🎤when appropriate in your future video clips? 😄This clip is under 15 mins and I really appreciate it because I'm sharing it with my friends and relatives. Well done! Take care, keep up the good work. 🙏Jeremy 趙耀勝(赵耀胜)
Great video..
I've been living on this beautiful island for five years ,Gulangyu like My second home. It's really nice to see every streets and buildings from your version.Thank you sooooo much for let me go back again (Because of Covid “stuck”in another country)
Barrett, I was in Xiamen this September. It is such a nice place to be visited. Have a nice trip and enjoy yourselves!
I am just jealous that you can walk around normally without any sign of COVID. I wish I could also travel around. Keep up the good work ollie.
Wow your pronunciation for certain chinese words are spot on! How long have you been in china!
lol 'you got hard workers like this man over here, just absolutely doing bits everyday'😂
Thanks for introducing Gulangyu. I want to add something--while Western people built many of the earliest churches and consulates, most of the more sophisticated buildings on the island were built by overseas Chinese with a mix of European, Southern Min, and Southeastern architectural designs.
Oh nice, I've been there! There's a fort there too, with a view, if I recall.
I’ve been to Gulangyu four times over ten years. It’s a lovely place, though sadly it gets worse every time. Last visit was two years ago shortly before Covid and I noticed a real decline in the maintenance of some of the buildings, most notably on the western side of the island where fewer tourists visit. Of course, the eastern side is crowded because it’s touristy. I’d still recommend it as a place to visit but go out of season when it’s quiet and/or stay overnight.
Oh, another thing that annoys me now: You used to be able to take the ferry across the narrow channel for 5rmb a trip. Now only locals are allowed and tourists have to pay 20x that for a tourist cruise that takes half an hour at least. This sucks.
I’m curious about the boat you took actually. It might be a seasonal thing or maybe a post-covid policy, but the last two times I went tourists had to go from a different port on the western side of Xiamen island and were forbidden from using the five minute ferry across the channel which you seem to have done here. The cost was also more than 35rmb I’m sure and you had to book a specific boat like a train, with a fixed time. If you missed it, you had to book again. I wonder why it was different for you.
beautiful city
Omg that cat! Sooooooooo cute!!
The quality of drone footage in this video has significantly improved from the past videos!
Wonderful Island! I have travelled this Island just before Covid 19.
Cool!
beautiful！
Good job with the here we are intro😂
If I’m not mistaken, the island Gulangyu locates very close to Taiwan, more specifically, Jinmen.
Qingdao has European style buildings too. Many German ones. Of course Huawei campus in Dongguan too.
Oli, very interesting that your father and you likely got different accents.
Beautiful
My hometown 😬😬. Made me feel bit homesick after watching it lol
Nice place.
I went to this place 2 times. You can also swim there if you go at summer. Very peaceful place. There is also a Turkish ice cream shop. This island has art schools. 😊
山东青岛有机会了解一下，青岛建筑也挺奇特的，好像青岛也叫琴岛。
Wow you are in fujian, I suggest you come to Quanzhou~it’s an ancient city
Wow! Welcome to Amoy(XiaMen!
鼓浪屿有好多特色的咖啡馆，还有小吃。
I live in Quanzhou and got to go over to Xiamen for a day trip last year and visited Gulangyu for a few hours. It's so nice and peaceful there. I hope you get a chance to visit some of the attractions over here. There aren't a ton of TH-cam videos about Quanzhou, and I really feel like it's underappreciated.
泉州是一座很有歷史遺蹟的地方，很多古跡就隱藏在人民的生活之間！
I visited the island almost 23 years ago. Such an amazing place. Hope someday I can go back.
Taking sugar or rather sweat cakes etc without enough magnesium to neutralize the bad effects will lead us more vulnerable to cancer growth in our body. Some doctors who have studied integrative medicine ie allopathic medicine plus naturopathic medicine will know this and that magnesium is one of the elixirs God has given us. There are many forms of magnesium, and magnesium bisglycinate or glycinate is one of the best forms. Magnesium cannot stand alone and it has to be combined with another element. Good luck to Lee !
鼓浪屿definitely is one of the top places to visit.
Welcome to Amoy, don't forget to try traditional local food🤗
Check out the classical concerts and operas in China, you may be surprised
Interesting
Turns out it was high risk when I went to xiamen hahah so I didn't get to visit this island but hopefully i'll get back there soon.
This is the last Chinese city I visited before COVID. Beautiful island❤️❤️