Exploring China's ISLAND CITY: Zhoushan! 🏝 中国的“小岛城市”生活如何？走进舟山！
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- This city is LITERALLY its own island! What is life like here???
➡️ If you're new here: hi, I'm Katherine from the United States 🇺🇸 I've been living in China 🇨🇳 for 5 years and after having graduating from my masters program in environmental engineering at Nanjing University, I am now working at an environmental organization called Green Zhejiang. I also run this video channel on the side to share interesting experiences and stories, especially focusing on rural / small town life. Some videos you may find interesting:
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中秋快乐阳离子，关注你4年了，你在中国🇨🇳经历了很多，祝你越来越好，加油⛽
在这个频道其实看了太多脏乱差的环境感觉不好。希望国家领导人包括习能够看到！希望祖国越来越美丽干净文明，成为全世界最文明美丽干净的国家，特别是城乡非大城市地区。 基层还是需要做很多工作提高的。素质教育也需要继续不断提高
普陀山 是觀世音菩薩 示現的道場
Putuo Mountain is the dojo where Guanyin Bodhisattva appears.
Thank you for showing us this amazingcountry, Chinese culture and architecture are fascinating!
What a hidden gem Katherine, thanks!! ❤❤
Beautiful video! Love those little cute fish coming out of the mud! This island city is really fantastic!. The Catholic church at the top of the hill is so romantic and the temple spectacular. Wow delicious vegetarian buffet! Thank you Katherine for showing us this beautiful place. Take care 🪻💕🍀
Wow! Another interesting video from the brave gal. Thanks for creating and sharing it. Am enjoying this amazing clip now. Enjoy yourself. Take care 🍻
Bon voyuer, Kathrina, Hope to see you back again
在这个频道其实看了太多脏乱差的环境感觉不好。希望国家领导人包括习能够看到！希望祖国越来越美丽干净文明，成为全世界最文明美丽干净的国家，特别是城乡非大城市地区。 基层还是需要做很多工作提高的。素质教育也需要继续不断提高
普陀山 是觀世音菩薩 示現的道場
Putuo Mountain is the dojo where Guanyin Bodhisattva appears.
Aysajan is just a big kid full of curiosity😂As I know, they've been breeding salmon in Xinjiang for several years, in some sort of farms under the mountains, similar to those in New Zealand.
When I was student, I spent a weekend in the mount Putuo, one of the best, a life experience, young and fearless, sitting on the beach through the night and waiting for the sunset. the view is breathtaking, and the ambience is just memorable. Just want to be there again some day!
10:51, the guy sitting in the mini tent🤣
What a beautiful bustling spot! Well worth the trip I think.
China is great when you head off the beaten path - like you did finding a cool spot like a park to explore 😊
祝愿姑娘
回国顺风 与 家人好好团圆团圆 💖
中国家这的大门 随时为妳而开
Katherine sees China as her second hometown. I have watched almost all the videos. She gets herself totally involved in our society. She lets me learn a lot what I never have a chance to access!
Meanwhile.
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Now this is one of most fascinating places I've seen on this channel, place looks absolutely gorgeous.
Katherine, you deserve to know the actual name for "the little creatures on the roofs" since you are so into them!
They are called 脊兽 in architecture. The exact type and the number of them followed a strict rule depending on the social status of the building - imperial buildings that are directly used by the imperor can have up to 9 of them, while his extended family can have up to 7. If I'm not mistaken, temples can have up to 5 but there could be exceptions to this in remote areas where “天高皇帝远” was more prevalent :P
我就猜到评论区能有专家答疑解惑😄
I don't read chinese, "What are they for)?"
@@Pokingthebear999 there is a Wikipedia aritcle about it. it's short. but it should give you a basic understanding of it. search for "Imperial Roof Decoration".
@@Pokingthebear999 Imperial roof decoration
@@Pokingthebear999 It denotes the ranking or the status of the building. The more the higher in status. Generally there are 3, 5, 7, or 9 mythical animal statues on the roofs, and the order is also fixed. It has Immortal riding bird, nine mythical animals like Phoenix, Lion, Sea Horse, Heavenly Steed, Suan Ni, Ya Yu, Xie Zhi, Dou Niu.
MY HOMETOWN! Miss Zhoushan so much.
Hope you enjoyed your time in zhoushan❤
that transition from the church to the heavens at 6:00 -- katherine going full spielberg on us
Wow! What an interesting Buddah Island! Thanks for taking us there, Katherine!
Katherine,
Great Video today.
Have a safe trip back to the States.🙏🙏
This is so "Hong Kong", with the fishing villages and boat people, hundred year old Catholic churches and even older Buddhism temples coexist peacefully. Beaches and mountains. Peoples from all walks of life. You help me to appreciate my hometown so much more.
We just came back from Zhoushan not too long ago. Absolute hidden gem! ❤❤
Beautiful place
Another beautiful travel vlog as usual. Thank you Kat. 💙💙
Fun story about those little creatures on roofs (8:35). I think they are called 屋脊六兽 which roughly translates into "six creatures on the edge of roofs". When I was a little kid, whenever my grandpa saw me sitting around doing nothing, he'll say that I look as idle as the 屋脊六兽. So now, whenever I see those creatures, grandpa always comes to mind.
I've never been to Zhoushan & Putuo and very much hope to visit some time. Thanks for another great video!
OMG I am stealing that phrase, I love it 😂😂😂😂
As someone who absolutely loves seafood, yes, this fish market is totally a paradise.
Love the humor at the beginning of the video, even though it was based on a boat actually sinking!
i love your desert boy, everytime he discover something new. The glee on his face is just...it brings joy to everyone else.
Greetings from Indonesia! Thank u for this great vlog, Kat!
Those cute creatures on the roof top are powerful protectors to protect the building. I have one more the Ming Dynasty. Very beautiful work of art.
Your videos are so consistently good. Where do you get your music? The musical score lifts the video to another level. All in all , a Great Effort We have been to China but not in the way
you have. Getting outside of those major cities gives you a better understanding of daily life in rural China. What they care about. Congrats to 130k subscribers . All the best 🙏👍🙏
Jim and Harriet Richmond, VA.
I get it from epidemic sound 😁 hope you get another chance to see china off the beaten path !
今年就开车自驾游（南京出发）到舟山2次了，现在舟山群岛的几个主要岛屿都建设道路大桥通公路，很方便！！！我们第一次开车从上海方向过来，经过杭州湾跨海大桥，正好是下午日落时候，真的漂亮啊，日落+绚丽的晚霞+大海+跨海大桥！！
The Buddha Island is definitely a must-visit place. All the vegetarian meals are tasty, strongly recommend the one in Putuo Temple. I visited the island in the fall and was amazed by the delicious tangerines grown there. They were the best I've ever tasted!
So true. I have been there. The gigantic and majestic Buddha on top of the mountain is so serene, sacred and majestic!
"Good bye comrade." immediately followed by Amazing Grace. :D One of the many reasons I like this channel.
Kat deserves must subs... come on!!!
happy journey to see your family again. love from canada.
I enjoy all of your out-of-the-way non-touristy places. Cheers from Edmonton Alberta Canada.
Thanks for showing us another great location with lots to offer.
The US, here we come! :D
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Thanks for sharing. Glad to see it. Have a good day!
What a beautiful temple! You did an amazing job capturing the beauty of this place❤
the tide used to submerge the mud flats along the Fuchun river, and those mud fish would all line up and walk across the road to the nearest rice field. some of them contributed to our seafood porridge.
When I was a child, I liked to go to the fish selling area in the market. It was like an aquarium, and some bosses even allowed me to touch their crabs. My parents asked me to go to the market with them to buy groceries after school, and I always spend time negotiating with them about whether to go to the fish selling area today. For a long time, my parents thought I loved to eat fish very much.
I used to love looking at the lobster tank in the American grocery stores and always begged to go look at it …😂😂😂
@@kats_journey_east Haha, Lobster. My cousin and I once discussed who would win if Lobster and Crab got into a fight, but so far there has been no result. Happy Mid-Autumn Festival.😆
Seems like China allow foreigner goes anywhere they want 😊. That's good thing 👍
阳离子最近精神面貌好多了，感谢艾萨江同学💖
Let's just say she has an interesting taste on men.
跟别的男的啪啪啪 气色好了
我以为她这种明显心理年龄远超生理年龄的女人会喜欢霸道总裁呢，结果喜欢一个软绵绵，甚至有点孩子气的男人😅
China’s commitment to little guys on their buildings is unmatched, I have just as much fun spotting them in your videos as you do :)
I’m sure it’s a very interesting experience to see Christian churches in the East, love seeing how their architectural style is so similar yet entirely different from those here in the west.
Absolutely love the vibes here. Thanks for sharing.
Cool, I am putting Putuoshan on my visiting list now. I am glad you had un over there.
Quite interesting 👍👍
Kathy,
Thanks for this video! I went to Shanghai several times but missed going to Putuoshan.
I hope you can make videos of Ermeishan or Wudangshan.
Love you and your videos!
Love your videos, and nice choice of music. :)
WOW!!! Incredible videos. Be honest I fall in love with your amazing videos. Just focus on how I can explore incredible China as soon as possible.
Sending love and hugs from India 🇮🇳 ❤🤗
Thanks for taking us on a trip to this obscure unheard of but very interesting island.
From Wikipedia:
The transportation condition in Zhoushan has been improved largely during recent years, especially after the opening of Zhoushan Trans-Oceanic Bridges in 2009, which established a stable corridor connecting to the continent and converted Zhoushan into a peninsula per se. Due to geographical isolation, Zhoushan is the only one of the municipalities in Zhejiang Province which is not served with rail transportation.
Glad to watch your vidieo hear
I like the beach. Beautiful place, beautiful video
Just back from there，lovely
A very engaging and interesting video! And your Mandarin is killer!
Wow.. just wow! Thank you so much for the Tour again. Amazing views & beautiful places too, I enjoy watching it. & for Aysajan go for the Gold in Olympic for that swing gymnastic, better luck next time!.. Again Thank you Katherine.. Looking forward to watch your vlog here in USA.
what beautiful scenery and cultures of the mind and body are demonstration in this video Thanks. looking forward to the home stories.
This is somewhere I've been wanting to go for a while. Watching this has made me want to go even more! 🙏
Amazing and spectacular island.
These fish are so cute and interesting! 😄
What an absolutely beautiful place.
Nice to see catholic churches and buddhist temples coexsiting. So much zen everywhere. And very surprised at the nice beach. Buddha Island now on my list to visit.
A huge and beautiful temple 😮
Love this video and Kath.
Beautiful video！
I had taken a trip to 普陀山 in 1992 from Shanghai by ship, it took us a whole night, we finally arrived on next morning. ❤
Katherine is showing the true China.
Great video
阳离子 is filming so good.
Oh thats my hometown, I miss her so much 😄
when you are visiting PuTuo Shan, the best thing you will do is swiming and floating in the ocean. The water is warm and salty so you can even sleep and swim for hours without being afraid of sinking.
La gente en su afán diario captados a través de la magia de tu dulce mirada.
"Mudskippers" - those funny looking fishies
陽離子中秋快樂🏮🥮🤗
中秋节快乐🐰🌛
关注你快4年了，中秋快乐阳离子。
大慈大悲南海观世音菩萨就是在普陀山
nice real life video clip thank you.
Really neat video! I’m a new subscriber working my way through your channel, and I just wanted to say I really appreciate the way you film these, it feels like being taken on a personal tour of each location by a friend. 🙂
Adding Zhoushan to my China Bucket list!
From the end of the Ming Dynasty, when Catholicism was introduced into China, there were many religious fishermen in the south of the Yangtze River and along the coast.
Katherine, How did you find all these places? They are AMAZING! 👍
Some of the music from the temples sound similar to the music in Wukong. The temples are active.
Interesting. Thanks for sharing.
What a beatiful little spot. Is there a background story behind the turtle sculpture? Have a nice flight to the USA!
that beach is sooo beautiful!
❤❤❤❤ from Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Hope you're having a great MAF 🎉
Zhoushan is the hometown of the former owner of the world known shipping company,
OOCL" Oriental Overseas Container Line." His son Mr Tung Chee Hwa was the 1st governor of Hong Kong SAR after 1997 British handover Hongkong to China.
Very cool place. Thanks
Thank you for your share about of China 🇨🇳🫶🇨🇳⋯⋯like like like 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻⋯⋯
Good vlog, keep filming, 加油。
Liverpool UK is a city port and we don't have a seafood market and very little seafood in the supermarkets and we are an island, such poverty
中秋节快乐！
it is very convenient to take shipyards to reach Mount Putuo. Putuo is very famous among Chinese and is a holy mountain and blessed land for Guanyin in Buddha.
唸「觀世音菩薩普門品」，最後都會唸，「南摩普陀琉璃世界大慈大悲觀世音菩薩」摩訶薩。（三稱）
Curiosity: Originally, the British wanted this city to be their colony, because it was already a very known port, but they got Xianggang (Hong Kong) instead.
Thanks for the info
Declining Anglo saxons thugs.
The vegetarian buffet looks delicious 😋
Beautiful island
you should watch the documentary in cinema "the Lisbon Maru", it happened in Zhoushan
Hoping those people are safe and sound after the devastating typhoon this past weekend. Shanghai was hit hard. The Islands would be even worse.
I love the intro BGM.😂😂😂❤❤❤
Another curiosity: Putuo Island is home to a very old species of tree. There is only one tree of it, and it's located there. It's 200 years old.
like it, was looking for the phrase "wo ai ni" ... in the sand
❤
So lovely. My next trip back to Hangzhou i have to make an effort to try and get out to Ningbo and Zhoushan. Maybe stay overnight at Taohua island as it's supposedly the location of one my favourite Jinyong character "Eastern Heretic" Huang Yaoshi, and the namesake peach blossom season.
Found your channel through Blondie In China.
Zhoushan Port is the largest port in the world.
After hours of (pleasurably) watching Katherine, it finally occurred to me that she looks like someone famous that I don't watch: Taylor Swift. K's material is SO much better!