My hometown is in a remote countryside in Hube Province in China. I used to take care of silkworm when I was in primary school。 In summer vacations or on weekends, I was woke up by my parent to pick mulberry leaves for silkworm. When the cocoon formed, we collected them to sell. Silkworm did much to help us off poverty. Thanks for the sacrifice of silkworm. I want to cry when watching this video.
I just have to say a big THANK YOU! Every morning during self isolation, I grab my coffee and watch one of your videos, traveling inside my mind. It sets the tone for my day, keeps me striving towards my goal of Chinese fluency and is just all round fantastic. So thank you Amy, you are a fantastic virtual buddy! 💗
Just a suggestion. You may be able to learn Mandarin faster with the Google translate app. You can even form sentences with the app. Although the translation may not be 100% accurate, it is good enough to hold a conversation with the Chinese in China.
lol， my gf told me its because man planning their wedding 6 months before the wedding day, but the girl start planning her wedding since she was 12 years old.
The Wandering Rey Well, I don’t even get why the men came if they’re not interested unless their so called ‘wifey’ told them to come for no reason. I would rather tell my fiancé to stay home and just let the women critique the dress and surprise him on the big day.
Men used to be excited for their wedding as well if not more than women. That's when they were mostly virgins. Nowadays, even if God were to have another son, He couldn't find a virgin. That isn't the case anymore, thanks to Jesus or God.
I've been to suzhou before but all I went to are the famous parks and food...Amy has really spent time and energy, not to just hang around, but to make such a high quality video focusing on this intriguing topic! Appreciate it!
i can't get enough from your videos, they are so entertaining, well edited and enriching. I learn a lot from them and I can't wait to visit those places myself!
Hello blondie in china I’ve been watching ur videos for a week now and I am a 19 year old sophomore in college planning on going to China. My mom is half Malaysian chinese but she didn’t teach me mandarin so I’ve been learning for five years. I love your exploration and openness to experience I love ur vids I hope my chinese will get as good as yours and could even maybe meet you one day. Also glad you didn’t die when you visited the miao ppl
Each and every day her content quality is increasing, and she just shows the raw experience of China unlike other vloggers who only care about showing things which give a bad reputation to china, this is why you're my favourite China vlogger :D Keep it up, you're doing a great job Greetings from India
Hi Amy just starting to watch your video channel! Very interesting and love your engaging tone and sweet smile when you introducing the Chinese culture. Though I am a Chinese, I don’t even spent such time to travel around China myself. So you are awesome! :))
I lived in Suzhou for 2 years. I really miss it after watching this video! Also, That one mall, as large as it may be is just the tip of the iceberg for Suzhou's wedding dress district!
Oh my goodness. You went to Suzhou. My grandpa's home was on the side of the river. I am too familiar with mulberry tree(桑树). In my elementary school age, every year we raised silkworm for fun.We call it 蚕宝宝🐛 ❤️ Love you last sentence "when you hold a piece of silk in hands, you are literally holding a piece of Chinese history."
Surprised by the high quality! You film like a pro, Amy. BTW, as a Chinese Canadian, I've never been to Suzhou before. I'll definitly pay a visit there in the future.
Wow, surprised you visited Suzhou, a few months ago. Suzhou has certainly been developing all this years. Fyi, I too visited Suzhou, but that was a few years ago, and I bought a Silk bedsheet from a factory. Besides, I also seen SIP. Good memories. Thank you for sharing. “All people are the same; only their habits differ.” - Confucius. Cheers
We do appreciate the work of silkworm. There're so many poetries and mottoes contributing to their hardworking and dedication spirit. Although I don't think silkworms know that. They're more like "another wonderful day, getting well-fed, and I'll become a beautiful moth after a great beauty sleep. What a life" and then... oops
@@BlondieinChina I find a lot but not all of them are very famous. Here's one I personally feel "not bad". You can search "诗 蚕" on Google or Baidu, there'll be a lot for you to discover. 宋 戴表元《咏蚕》 物亦有仁者，蚕功不可量。 将身甘鼎镬，与世作衣裳。 过栈苍云湿，登山白雪香。 未知龙种似，犹与马群妨。 But there's one piece that so famous that almost every Chinese knows, though the entire poem was not all about silkworms: 春蚕到死丝方尽，蜡炬成灰泪始干。 by 李商隐
Thank you for presenting the beauty of my motherland to those who do not know it. Even though I only spent my childhood there. I am jealous you get all the delicious food. Hello from England
Of the silk products from China I love is what they call the "quillow" a combination of a pillow and a quilt. Its a silk cushion for your sofa and it opens up to be silk quilt for when the weather is cold. Awesome.
Great video Amy 👏🏻 thank you 🤗... They say you learn something new everyday, I've just woken up and learnt about worm spit.. Who knew!! I will be adding Suzhou to my travels 😍
You are an amazing Chinese speaker these days .I love your every videos and you such have a lot of fun when you have visit China .I love you so much that is all .What is a wonderful trip when you traveling.
you look so amazing in either the wedding dress or the silk scarf.. I’m from zhejiang but never in my life have gone to the neighborjngh City Suzhou!defiantly a must go after watching your video!!!
I thought so too! Flying a drone there was really really interesting to see the perspective from above. Incredibly, just as beautiful as the view from in front
I'm from a village near Suzhou, when I was young some families cultivate mulberry trees and raise silkworms. Silkworms feel soft and cool, they eat mulberry leaves, with the sound of gentle swish, diffusing a kind of strange scent, which makes people at ease. I don't like worms but silkworms are just cute.
Omg! You are in my city right now! And my parents have manufactured silk product for almost 20 years in Suzhou. You make me so impressed!! 嗨！ 我是苏州人啊啊啊，我爸妈是做丝绸行业的！ 你的视频真的太真实，地道啦！ 棒棒哒！ 喜欢你💕
I visited Suzhou last year and I didn't realise how well-known it was for silk! I might have picked something up... haha. Thanks for the informative/entertaining video! :D
In fact raising silk worm is very interesting. If you have some of them, you can hear the rustling when they chew leaves. And you can see the leaves diaspearing little by little. It is amazing.
Actually, silk is originally from Huzhou where is not far away from Suzhou. It’s also where Chinese Brush (毛笔，又称湖笔）are made. Go and have a look, you will love My hometown🎊
I just realised they wouldn’t tell you how silk is made in the textbook in the west, that’s why you don’t know it’s worm spit. But it’s not dirty or anything so don’t worry ( ´▽｀)
Chinese biggest silk production province is Guangxi nowadays, the aquaculture moved to this province since 20 years ago as apart of the industrial transfer policy. And the engineer start to use modern factory to feed these worms. They are totally different between the shows in museum and the silkworm farm right now.
Hey Amy! Im planning ok visiting Suzhou next week! Can you please share the locations you’ve visited in the video? I want to check out those cool places❤
My hometown is in a remote countryside in Hube Province in China.
I used to take care of silkworm when I was in primary school。
In summer vacations or on weekends, I was woke up by my parent to pick mulberry leaves for silkworm.
When the cocoon formed, we collected them to sell.
Silkworm did much to help us off poverty.
Thanks for the sacrifice of silkworm.
I want to cry when watching this video.
my eyes get wet by reading this
I genuinely thought that silk came out of "the other end," so your fun fact was not only informative but also comforting xD
DongHua Reviews bahahahahahahaha
Buddy, you need to try Kopi Luwak.
Me too. I think I confused it with spider webs.
Spider silk comes from that side.
+1
I just have to say a big THANK YOU!
Every morning during self isolation, I grab my coffee and watch one of your videos, traveling inside my mind.
It sets the tone for my day, keeps me striving towards my goal of Chinese fluency and is just all round fantastic.
So thank you Amy, you are a fantastic virtual buddy! 💗
Just a suggestion. You may be able to learn Mandarin faster with the Google translate app. You can even form sentences with the app. Although the translation may not be 100% accurate, it is good enough to hold a conversation with the Chinese in China.
Women: Gets Excited for wedding
Men: zzzzzz
lol， my gf told me its because man planning their wedding 6 months before the wedding day, but the girl start planning her wedding since she was 12 years old.
The Wandering Rey
Well, I don’t even get why the men came if they’re not interested unless their so called ‘wifey’ told them to come for no reason. I would rather tell my fiancé to stay home and just let the women critique the dress and surprise him on the big day.
Men used to be excited for their wedding as well if not more than women. That's when they were mostly virgins. Nowadays, even if God were to have another son, He couldn't find a virgin. That isn't the case anymore, thanks to Jesus or God.
@@Tingling10 Those were just men or male, not necessarily the grooms.
@@Tingling10 agree
I was literally in Suzhou two weeks ago. AWWWWWW I miss it so much. Sadly I'm back in New York.
New York is a very good city, from china.
@@tan3679 哈哈谢谢
As a chinese, I never go suzhou, I am bad, oh my god, and I really want to go New York, but I have no money, I will go these places in the future.
sadly i am back in a small town in Russia, that ia sad
@@zametki_kitaista_nn just move to a big city then??
I've been to suzhou before but all I went to are the famous parks and food...Amy has really spent time and energy, not to just hang around, but to make such a high quality video focusing on this intriguing topic! Appreciate it!
Amy. You have a unique and beautiful way to tell a story. And the silk story was amazing. Thank you so very much. We love you.
aww thank you!!! Made my day
I’m dead when I saw those men sitting on the chairs...
You look so gorgeous in the wedding gown!
Hahaha I wish I have ur energy, u r filled with positive vibes. China is beautiful
Yes, China is very beautiful, welcome to play
i can't get enough from your videos, they are so entertaining, well edited and enriching. I learn a lot from them and I can't wait to visit those places myself!
love your content Amy always invigorating and educational whilst showcasing the beauty of China. ;) Keep it coming.
Stanley 🇵🇭
sublime 3stan thanks stanley!! ❤️❤️
Chen Uy China isn't the 3rd or 4th largest, but the #1 country in the world.
Hello blondie in china I’ve been watching ur videos for a week now and I am a 19 year old sophomore in college planning on going to China. My mom is half Malaysian chinese but she didn’t teach me mandarin so I’ve been learning for five years. I love your exploration and openness to experience I love ur vids I hope my chinese will get as good as yours and could even maybe meet you one day. Also glad you didn’t die when you visited the miao ppl
Please make your videos longer 😭😭 I absolutely love you. I’ve been binge watching your videos since yesterday.
ohhh Lydia I'm so happy to hear that!!! Put the biggest smile on my face :) will do my best to make my videos longer for ya!
I was born and raised in Suzhou but never really know much about these. Thank you Amy!
Amy: Suzhou is famous for beautiful women.
Old ladies taking photo: Hold my beer.
hi哈哈哈哈哈哈哈。。
哈哈哈哈哈哈哈
They are as long as they think they are
Hold my cocoon*
You looked gorgeous in the wedding dress! Was it a hint to your German BF ;) ?
Al F. What! She got a BF? No!!! (Haha just kidding)
Each and every day her content quality is increasing, and she just shows the raw experience of China unlike other vloggers who only care about showing things which give a bad reputation to china, this is why you're my favourite China vlogger :D
Keep it up, you're doing a great job
Greetings from India
YOU! ARE really talented with filming or maybe acting! I really enjoyed your video. And thank you so much for advertising China to the whole world.
Blondie I love your videos. So filled with curiosity and exploration
Awww thank you so much!
Your videos are always informative. Big thumbs up. A solid fan of yours. 👍👍👍
Thanks so much Alex!!!
Been to Suzhou last year and 13 years ago, it's an amazing city with both modern and ancient, alway love your piece of work, thank you Amy!
Your videos have surpassed the broadcast/TV quality, very informative and fun facts on China.
Awww thank you soo much Davie! Your comment means a lot!
Love your video as always. Educational and respectful, broadcast the culture.
Your editing skills are amazing. Love your videos, I'm currently in Beijing China myself and your videos were super helpful
Hi Amy just starting to watch your video channel! Very interesting and love your engaging tone and sweet smile when you introducing the Chinese culture. Though I am a Chinese, I don’t even spent such time to travel around China myself. So you are awesome! :))
I hope you enjoy my videos!!! Happy to hear you found my channel
It's always uplifting to watch your video's.
Brian Petersen thanks Brian!
Come from Suzhou. Have been in AUSTRALIA for 5 years, studying in UNSW right now. Good on you. Pretty good videos and wish you all my best.😃
月亮培根 学弟呀👍
UNSW is my university too! Studied my bachelor there. Hope you have lots of fun in Sydney!
@@BlondieinChina thx!!!
fun fact: Amy's videoes are produced in extremely high quality
Awww thank you so much for saying that!!! I'm trying to improve my production quality so thanks so much for your kind words!~
Blondie in China Yes, so true, i really really enjoy watching your videos!!! I can watch them all day long
did they call you the truth teller
The quality of your videos has been improving so much! Good job, Amy!
Thanks so much for noticing! Putting a lot more effort into the editing and production process these days!
Such an fun video to watch! I wish you the best of luck on your youtube channel, you are doing great!
I lived in Suzhou for 2 years. I really miss it after watching this video! Also, That one mall, as large as it may be is just the tip of the iceberg for Suzhou's wedding dress district!
That's so cool, I visited the same silk factory 2 months ago, it's amazing to see the whole process with your own eyes from beginning to end
Yay！my hometown！i was wondering when you'll be visiting there！Glad you had a good time😁
xsy2020 it was so great! Such a beautiful city
Oh my goodness. You went to Suzhou. My grandpa's home was on the side of the river. I am too familiar with mulberry tree(桑树). In my elementary school age, every year we raised silkworm for fun.We call it 蚕宝宝🐛
❤️ Love you last sentence "when you hold a piece of silk in hands, you are literally holding a piece of Chinese history."
英文结棍得来！😉
Thanks Amy. Love you and your video. Safe journey keep exploring and from London
Surprised by the high quality! You film like a pro, Amy.
BTW, as a Chinese Canadian, I've never been to Suzhou before. I'll definitly pay a visit there in the future.
Have a great time in my home town, Blondie. Love your videos as always.🌹🌹😎😎
I have been there last year ,one of my favorite city in china, your video made me reminiscing lots of things !!!
Wow, surprised you visited Suzhou, a few months ago.
Suzhou has certainly been developing all this years.
Fyi, I too visited Suzhou, but that was a few years ago, and I bought a Silk bedsheet from a factory.
Besides, I also seen SIP.
Good memories.
Thank you for sharing.
“All people are the same; only their habits differ.” - Confucius.
Cheers
We do appreciate the work of silkworm. There're so many poetries and mottoes contributing to their hardworking and dedication spirit.
Although I don't think silkworms know that. They're more like "another wonderful day, getting well-fed, and I'll become a beautiful moth after a great beauty sleep. What a life" and then... oops
thats beautiful!! I'm so glad there are poems about them and people appreciate the hard work they do. Any chance you could link me a few of the poems?
@@BlondieinChina
I find a lot but not all of them are very famous. Here's one I personally feel "not bad". You can search "诗 蚕" on Google or Baidu, there'll be a lot for you to discover.
宋 戴表元《咏蚕》
物亦有仁者，蚕功不可量。
将身甘鼎镬，与世作衣裳。
过栈苍云湿，登山白雪香。
未知龙种似，犹与马群妨。
But there's one piece that so famous that almost every Chinese knows, though the entire poem was not all about silkworms:
春蚕到死丝方尽，蜡炬成灰泪始干。
by 李商隐
Thank you for presenting the beauty of my motherland to those who do not know it. Even though I only spent my childhood there. I am jealous you get all the delicious food. Hello from England
Of the silk products from China I love is what they call the "quillow" a combination of a pillow and a quilt. Its a silk cushion for your sofa and it opens up to be silk quilt for when the weather is cold. Awesome.
Best Chinese culture vlogger of the year!
从杯子里掏出个充电线xswl
haha
很有创意，你设计一款丝绸充电线吧
Lol 😂
very informative, professional quality, this is the first time for me to see the worm spinnning silk.
Great video Amy 👏🏻 thank you 🤗... They say you learn something new everyday, I've just woken up and learnt about worm spit.. Who knew!! I will be adding Suzhou to my travels 😍
You are an amazing Chinese speaker these days .I love your every videos and you such have a lot of fun when you have visit China .I love you so much that is all .What is a wonderful trip when you traveling.
Amy, you look great and natural in the Chinese silk blouse. The wedding dress...hinting to us!!!!👏👏👏
you look so amazing in either the wedding dress or the silk scarf.. I’m from zhejiang but never in my life have gone to the neighborjngh City Suzhou!defiantly a must go after watching your video!!!
"thats our silkeorm in there"
*sad face*
*Shakes aggressively* 😁
they are all dead after boiled XD
@@hydrogen8029 and she was shaking the body...
The architectural of the city from above is marvelous. 😳 🏠
I thought so too! Flying a drone there was really really interesting to see the perspective from above. Incredibly, just as beautiful as the view from in front
China welcome friends from all over the word. and China is very. very beautiful and very very very safe country
Love your facial expressions!🤣very informative and entertaining! 👍You are talented! Many thanks!👍
Very informative! Thanks for your video introducing Silk Road history!
and thanks for watching!!!
I really love Suzhou. Spent 4 years there, a wonderful city with wonderful food.
I love what you're doing, I've been following your every videos and they're cool.
I'm from a village near Suzhou, when I was young some families cultivate mulberry trees and raise silkworms. Silkworms feel soft and cool, they eat mulberry leaves, with the sound of gentle swish, diffusing a kind of strange scent, which makes people at ease. I don't like worms but silkworms are just cute.
Great vibes, great vid, much love.
Love your videos! Keep up the good work.
Van Wei thank you!!
Your videos are so informative. Love them
Thanks so much for saying that!!! So happy to hear
Wish I can travel whole of China like you... I so miss the scenes, local people & food...
Omg! You are in my city right now! And my parents have manufactured silk product for almost 20 years in Suzhou. You make me so impressed!! 嗨！ 我是苏州人啊啊啊，我爸妈是做丝绸行业的！ 你的视频真的太真实，地道啦！ 棒棒哒！ 喜欢你💕
Amazing video!suzhou is really a wonderful city!
I always learn something new when I watch your videos.
Nice work :-)
That makes me so happy to hear!!! Glad you liked it
Thank you ! Very educational !
What a silky smooth video!
Now we know why your tailor-made pink top would have cost three times more if made with silk. :D
RespectOthers hahahahahahah yes! I have a new found appreciation for items made of silk and can understand the price tag now!!
Such a great video!! Last year we travelled to Dunhuang then Suzhou, unknowingly Suzhou is also the start of Silk Road 🤣🤣
I love Suzhou and love you videos!
Suzhou is also famous for its embroidery.
AS ALWAYS.. LOVE YOUR VIDEOS.
jack chung thanks jack!!!
Thank you for introducing my city! Love u
I visited Suzhou last year and I didn't realise how well-known it was for silk! I might have picked something up... haha.
Thanks for the informative/entertaining video! :D
Glad you liked it Alex!
Wow!
That houses in this city are amazing!
And everything in Chinese culture is amazing!
As a chinese I have never been there😭 so beautiful
🙄🙄🙄辣鸡，买车票去呀
@@bovincen2787 你骂人家辣鸡干嘛？你天天吃吗？人家只是说没去过你至于吗？
@@weiwenwwe2066 我没骂人呀？？
@@weiwenwwe2066 辣鸡是朋友间打趣用的词，垃圾才是骂人的话
You finally came to Suzhou!!!! Welcome!!!
In fact raising silk worm is very interesting. If you have some of them, you can hear the rustling when they chew leaves. And you can see the leaves diaspearing little by little. It is amazing.
yeah!!! I spent ages just watching them. When you enter the room they're in, you can definitely hear little rustling!
Great content as always!
Hope you can check out downtown Suzhou for the modern side of this ancient city.
Great use of drone to film in beginning of video. Keep up the awesome content.
Amazing content as always
Thank you so much!
This is the realest vlogger I know, keep up the good work! 👍🤟
exactly - she's my favorite on youtube now
여행하는 '오늘, 우리'Today, We you’re so sweet!!! Thank you!
Khaliq Rodriquez aww Khaliq ❤️❤️ thank you!!
love your video,support you
Once again, a very nice video!
So interesting, so beautiful pictures and you look so fantastic. Thanks for that. Alex
Thanks Alex~~~
OMG - worm spit 😂, great content this week, I think they need those massage chairs in most shopping malls 😂, Thanks for another great video 👍
Tony I spent a decent hour in that chair haha
Man you look gorgeous in that wedding gown!
Actually, silk is originally from Huzhou where is not far away from Suzhou. It’s also where Chinese Brush (毛笔，又称湖笔）are made. Go and have a look, you will love My hometown🎊
love your video!!
Thank u. Learn a lot about Suzhou.
when you roll played the discovery of silk, I was laughing out loud in my office:D I was awaiting a fiber, but a USB cable came out! hahaha
wow. the video is more and more professional
Nice video good quality WE love it
I just realised they wouldn’t tell you how silk is made in the textbook in the west, that’s why you don’t know it’s worm spit. But it’s not dirty or anything so don’t worry ( ´▽｀)
Chinese biggest silk production province is Guangxi nowadays, the aquaculture moved to this province since 20 years ago as apart of the industrial transfer policy.
And the engineer start to use modern factory to feed these worms.
They are totally different between the shows in museum and the silkworm farm right now.
You looks so beautiful with that wedding dress!
我出生于上海住在苏州的人！蚕这玩意其实我们以前家家户户都养！90年代一斤好像4.8元！那时候我天天有桑葚吃！那时候帮助妈妈采桑叶，桑葚！好怀念！
Bird Nest Soup which is precious tonic is made from swiftlet 's saliva.
Fun fact: PPl spent thousands of dollars to drink saliva from a bird.
漢仔 yeah that’s so crazy!! I tried it once, it was a surprising texture! But the one I tried was definitely on the less expensive side haha
@@BlondieinChina
Brand's Bird Nest comes in half a dozen bottles and cost less than 50 Singapore dollars.
Hey Amy! Im planning ok visiting Suzhou next week! Can you please share the locations you’ve visited in the video? I want to check out those cool places❤
Actually, the most popular silk in Europe was from Huzhou（湖州）...and it was called Jili silk（辑里丝）
The real stuff likely comes from 四川南充。