Hello Yanyan, I really enjoy your videos. I think you are really helping out many of the Hakka people spread around the world to see a bit of their heritage. My dad left Fengshun, Meizhou in early 1900 to go to Mauritius in search of a better life. His clan name is NG. I would be very interested if you ever consider doing a video on Fengshun county where they have a natural hot spring!!
Thaksin Shinawatra's family was also from Fengshun. I considered visiting it when I was in Shantou because the county is close to the Chaoshan plain and belonged to Chaozhou until 1950. But I was short of time during that trip. There is an old Hakka Weilong House up in a mountain in Fengshun which might be the Weilong House of the highest location. It's on my bucket list. My schedule is full in the near future, but I'll definitely visit that house and Fengshun one day.
Hi Yanyan, discover your channel yesterday and I like it n subscribe right away. Hope you don't mind, there is point I like to point out..is that the background music is too loud that I can't hear your content. Thank you for sharing this wonderful work of yours. My mother is Hakka from Xiamen.
@yanyangoaroundinchina Thanks for the video. I think the "fork" like roof finials on Hakka wall house roofs are actually tiger forks. Those big three pronged spears used to defend against tigers long ago in China! They're used in martial arts nowadays. If you look at the walls of tulous, the lower walls have no windows. The small windows only appear above. This is to prevent arrows being fired into the windows. Why are the bricks of the Great Wall of China and many old houses in China dark grey? Is it because that's the most common colour of clay to make old bricks found in China? The turrets of the Great Wall of China are squarish. Whereas those in Europe are rounded. I think because of the development of more and more powerful cannons in Europe. Rounded turrets deflected cannon balls much better than flat surfaces. How do you tell an old traditional house or Chinese temple are built in the northern style or the southern style? The main roof ridges of old northen Chinese houses are straight and horizontal. Like the roof of the Hall of Supreme Harmony of the Forbidden City in Beijing and many old Japanese buildings. Whereas those in the south are curved. Like the traditional Chinese temples in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. I'm a Cantonese-Hokkien Chinese man living in Southeast Asia.
very interesting, to know the history of pre- china, and the chinese characters. The coastal fortresses in the east likely was completed in 19th century, after Japan modernization.
@yanyangoaroundinchina Thanks for the video. I think the "fork" like roof finials on Hakka wall house roofs are actually tiger forks. Those big three pronged spears used to defend against tigers long ago in China! They're used in martial arts nowadays. If you look at the walls of tulous, the lower walls have no windows. The small windows only appear above. This is to prevent arrows being fired into the windows. Why are the bricks of the Great Wall of China and many old houses in China dark grey? Is it because that's the most common colour of clay to make old bricks found in China? The turrets of the Great Wall of China are squarish. Whereas those in Europe are rounded. I think because of the development of more and more powerful cannons in Europe. Rounded turrets deflected cannon balls much better than flat surfaces. How do you tell an old traditional house or Chinese temple are built in the northern style or the southern style? The main roof ridges of old northen Chinese houses are straight and horizontal. Like the roof of the Hall of Supreme Harmony of the Forbidden City in Beijing and many old Japanese buildings. Whereas those in the south are curved. Like the traditional Chinese temples in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. I'm a Cantonese-Hokkien Chinese man living in Southeast Asia.
Hello Yanyan, I really enjoy your videos. I think you are really helping out many of the Hakka people spread around the world to see a bit of their heritage. My dad left Fengshun, Meizhou in early 1900 to go to Mauritius in search of a better life. His clan name is NG. I would be very interested if you ever consider doing a video on Fengshun county where they have a natural hot spring!!
Thaksin Shinawatra's family was also from Fengshun. I considered visiting it when I was in Shantou because the county is close to the Chaoshan plain and belonged to Chaozhou until 1950. But I was short of time during that trip. There is an old Hakka Weilong House up in a mountain in Fengshun which might be the Weilong House of the highest location. It's on my bucket list. My schedule is full in the near future, but I'll definitely visit that house and Fengshun one day.
Excelente el video mostrar tu cultura más cercana y conocer al detalla su majestuoso país que construyeron sus antepasados . Saludos desde Chile 🇨🇱.
Gracias!
Wonderful to know that there are still many 'castles' left in China.
Hi Yanyan, discover your channel yesterday and I like it n subscribe right away.
Hope you don't mind, there is point I like to point out..is that the background music is too loud that I can't hear your content. Thank you for sharing this wonderful work of yours. My mother is Hakka from Xiamen.
Ok, I'll turn down the background music in my future videos. Thanks for pointing it out! I'll pay attention to this.
@yanyangoaroundinchina Thanks for the video. I think the "fork" like roof finials on Hakka wall house roofs are actually tiger forks. Those big three pronged spears used to defend against tigers long ago in China! They're used in martial arts nowadays.
If you look at the walls of tulous, the lower walls have no windows. The small windows only appear above. This is to prevent arrows being fired into the windows.
Why are the bricks of the Great Wall of China and many old houses in China dark grey? Is it because that's the most common colour of clay to make old bricks found in China? The turrets of the Great Wall of China are squarish. Whereas those in Europe are rounded. I think because of the development of more and more powerful cannons in Europe. Rounded turrets deflected cannon balls much better than flat surfaces.
How do you tell an old traditional house or Chinese temple are built in the northern style or the southern style? The main roof ridges of old northen Chinese houses are straight and horizontal. Like the roof of the Hall of Supreme Harmony of the Forbidden City in Beijing and many old Japanese buildings. Whereas those in the south are curved. Like the traditional Chinese temples in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. I'm a Cantonese-Hokkien Chinese man living in Southeast Asia.
study on the great wall of china will also be interesting .
very interesting, to know the history of pre- china, and the chinese characters. The coastal fortresses in the east likely was completed in 19th century, after Japan modernization.
@yanyangoaroundinchina Thanks for the video. I think the "fork" like roof finials on Hakka wall house roofs are actually tiger forks. Those big three pronged spears used to defend against tigers long ago in China! They're used in martial arts nowadays.
If you look at the walls of tulous, the lower walls have no windows. The small windows only appear above. This is to prevent arrows being fired into the windows.
Why are the bricks of the Great Wall of China and many old houses in China dark grey? Is it because that's the most common colour of clay to make old bricks found in China? The turrets of the Great Wall of China are squarish. Whereas those in Europe are rounded. I think because of the development of more and more powerful cannons in Europe. Rounded turrets deflected cannon balls much better than flat surfaces.
How do you tell an old traditional house or Chinese temple are built in the northern style or the southern style? The main roof ridges of old northen Chinese houses are straight and horizontal. Like the roof of the Hall of Supreme Harmony of the Forbidden City in Beijing and many old Japanese buildings. Whereas those in the south are curved. Like the traditional Chinese temples in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. I'm a Cantonese-Hokkien Chinese man living in Southeast Asia.