gooses are used as dogs to watch the gates of many households, so they are aggresive and they can actually bite you and it hurts a lot. you should try to avoid them.
My own Welsh grandfather kept geese on his ranch in Arizona in the 1920s. Their pen was by the gate leading to the house, so the family would know when someone was coming, night or day.
But what is the plural word for "mongoose?" Nope -- it's "mongeeses" (that is indeed correct -- look it up). A group of geese is called a "gaggle." A juvenile goose is called a "gosling."
Friday 13, Jacques de Molay, who was the last Grand master of the Knights Templar was burned at the stake. Since then Friday the 13th has been considered bad luck...
+DStray Cat what I read was that Friday 13 bring bad luck because of the diner Jesus had with his 12 disciples the day Judas betrayed him (12 disciples + Jesus = 13) and that diner was a Friday
Not really... Jacques de Molay was killed on Friday the 13th, before that the date had no significance... Perhaps in some other culture it could have but not any that I am aware of :-) I follow "Numerology" extensively... 13 reduces to "4"... 1+3 = 4... 4 is a significant number as it is in China too. 8 is a power number, associated with wealth and money... Both my Birth Number and my name number is 9, which is the top of the order and the most Spiritual of numbers... If you are interested, just search in TH-cam for Numerology and you'll find hundreds of videos explaining the system... It's as old as the mountains... :-)
Bros, the place you visit is technically not a "temple" like in West for Gods but Ancestral hall for that family clan to remember their ancestors. So instead of going to the graves, they put their names (for important members, picture paint of the person) so that could pay respect any time (everyday). And there is where they keep the ancestry book that you can trace to many generation just by reading the Chinese names. The Chinese name with 3 characters first character (surname) tells family name, either the 2nd or 3rd characters is your name and your generation name (Generation - your kins, brothers, cousins will have same character). Just FYI.
The current "toss salt over your shoulder", is practiced mistakenly. You were to toss the salt, ONLY, if it spilt, spilled! Not just tossed anytime for good luck.
The root of the Salt superstition comes from its rare and essential nature in ancient times. Romans paid their soldiers in a ration of salt (the root for the english word salary). Salt that was spilled got wet and disappeared. thus a pinch of it was thrown over the shoulder to prevent the gods from believing that the one who spilled it was being disrespectful or disdainful of the gift.
Please upload more videos with villages like these. I really love them, as I spent a year living in one when I taught in China back in 2014-15. Reminds me of the little family-run noodle places and such friendly and curious people.
lmao but you gotta point out that loki wasn't then captured for crashing the party of insulting them, but the idiot threw a cup at a servant and accidently killed him :D what a legend, showing up uninvited, telling everybody that he fucks their wives... proud of my culture
Dallas... the arrest of Templar Knight Orders was also the first time Westerners used time zones. Since the arrest had to happen over a large span of area a command like, attack them at sun set, wouldn't have worked. So the church inadvertently invented the adjustment. And then it was lost again for centuries.
u point out more details in the relics which i never noticed and u also provide interesting explanation for them which even me have never heard of. i really know less about the history of my own country than a foreigner on a certain sense.
Chinese zodiacs vs. Western zodiacs is a worthy topic to discuss. Was C-milk born in the year of the rooster by the way, or he just likes chasing chicks.
I live in Scotland and i bought my house during a bit of a boom. Most houses in the area were overpriced but were still selling in a couple weeks. My house was on the market for nearly 6 months and was always at below market price and had been completely refurbished. The bonus of living at number 13.
Great video. I like the 2 way conversation that also ties in with the area you happen to be at. As for police corruption; when I lived in Russia and you were stop by a police officer, you always made sure that there was a bill folded into your passport so when he asked for it the bill would disappear and if it was enough you got no ticket, not quite enough a reduced offense and nothing, he kept you by the side of the road until you found a very discreet way to give him money and the longer you took, the more expensive it got.
The superstition of 13 being bad, is particularly that of seating arrangements for 13. there were 13 at the last supper, and the 13th seat implies a Judas is among you and thus bad luck. Not ever having 13 for a meal became a thing, and that bad luck of 13 extended to cover other things.
Not so sure about this one. 13 at the last supper is Jesus plus the twelve. After Judas betrayed Jesus and hung himself, Steven replaced him. After Steven was stoned to death, Paul was converted by Jesus. There were always 12 primary disciples, therefore always 13 including Jesus. People have made more of it than it ever was.
I heard it was because of the 13th month. The calendar and even astronomy was originally discovered because women noticed a pattern to their menstruation, that it occurred every 28 days usually. (which is where the 13th month calendar came from) It started the Pagan calendar which also included other pagan traditions. Roman leaders couldn't stand that, so had to change it to something more christian.
Friday the 13th of October 1307, King Philip IV of France, with Pope Clement V’s backing, ordered the arrest of every Knight of the Templar throughout France, confiscated their properties and burned them at the stake. That was in the French history books that I studied in the 1950's (i am 80)
I thought that opening an umbrella inside the house is a Chinese superstition. Growing up, my parents would tell me opening up an umbrella (black) symbolizes death since in funerals families would hold up black umbrellas and would pour spots of water to mimic the rain when it's not raining. Just my two cents! And great video as always guys!
My chinese family has the umbrella superstition too, but for a different reason. They say if kids open umbrella in the house, or any indoor place, the kids wouldn't grow tall enough. And I think that's a way to induce fear in kids for the same reason Winston mentioned, and also to prevent boys hurt other boys with umbrella.
When you have larger families, living in smaller houses, (like they did when that superstition began) if you opened an umbrella in the house, the chances of someone getting a permanent eye injury go way up. (which isn't a good thing now, but it would have been a Much Bigger Problem in the past)
Regarding the Green Hat superstition, a really amusing anecdote is that when McDonald's first opened stores in China, they issued all staff with green caps, as per their US operations. This created such a backlash from staff and customers that they were forced to reissue all caps in a new acceptable colour (red I think).
This channel I didn't even know about, even though I've been subbed to laowhy and yourself, Serpent, for a little while now. A shame I didn't get to watching these videos back in the day because I've always had a fascination with the East, even down to these kinds of "variety of life" videos deep in the countryside. Binging a bunch on Christmas break. Cheers.
I don't know about China, but in Japan the number 4 is "shi" which also means death. So say "yon" instead. ^^ Similar with the number 7: "shichi" and "nana"
Keep up the good videos, gents. Like what you see, like what you say. Some of the gaps in your knowledge is telling, but that is some of the fun in your tales. Well done and keep up the good work :)
Shocking how everyone's a critic! I really enjoyed this episode. These videos are the type of outings I would love to participate in if I ever go to China. Exciting exploring and riding around the countryside. I would love to see one about job opportunities for foreigners, or maybe link my if you have a video you've already done (I haven't seen all your episodes yet). Keep it up guys, respect from Canada!
mashy461 I remember him replying to a comment that he's played all the mass effect games and enjoyed them, though I don't know if he was joking or not.
Winston has stated in a Video (dont ask me which one, hard to keep them apart) that he is/was actually a big gamer, he's played a shit ton of games and he is a HUGE fan of the mass effect series, he finished every single game. So he does know what the icon is and he put it on there for a reason :)
I always thought with breaking mirrors was that before vacuum cleaners, shards of glass were difficult to remove entirely and even minor infections could be deadly, so a broken mirror shard could randomly kill you many years later
This temple is actually a 祠堂 。The correspondent family name of 瑞应堂 may be 昌： cn.18dao.net/%E7%99%BE%E5%AE%B6%E5%A7%93%E5%90%8D/%E6%98%8C More about 祠： ctext.org/pre-qin-and-han?searchu=%E7%A5%A0
I'm really enjoying these videos, awesome content and quality :) My question is, do you guys plan on spending the rest of your lives in China? What will you do if for some reason you are unable to extend your visa?
Hey! Great video's. When I was in Chins I was told that the high thresholds to the house entrance was to keep the evil spirits out. When the spirits are driven out they can still get back in when a door was opened, and the high threshold was there because the spirits are very small, and they can't get into the open door. There was also a lot of Feng Shui used also. Keep up the great video's.
Not buying shoes or umbrellas or clocks for your loved ones. Interesting! I will definitely practice it. One should just give money and let your loved one buy whatever!
Guys Love your videos! super informative and great insight into chinese culture. Would love to see some videos on the city life in China. How's the bar scene? What do the young people do? What are the popular hobbies? What's the architecture in urban china like? I hope you get the drift. Thanks for the videos and keep them coming!
Yes, the correct answer for mirrors is that they were incredibly expensive, during the era when they were first starting to make them out of glass with a silver backing. (Earlier mirrors, typically made out of bronze, were also somewhat expensive but much harder to break.) Modern cheap glass making, and the chemistry to easily deposit a one-molecule-thick film of whatever you please on one side, and the discovery of alternative mirror-backing materials that actually work better than silver and are much cheaper, have all conspired to bring the prices of mirrors down to where everyone can afford them. But at one time, only the very wealthy could even afford glass mirrors, and for a clumsy servant to break one... let's say it was not a particularly good career move. There of course Western superstitions with no such practical origins. A black cat crossing your path is a fairly well-known example. Mentioning MacBeth by name in a theatre or while working on a stage production. Mentioning by name the annoying customer or nosy neighbor or whoever (according to the superstition, if you name them, they'll probably show up sooner; I have several co-workers who actually believe this).
Actually, there are protected temple buildings but those are tourist hotspots! It also really depends on the local mayor or town chief think too. The village temple in my home town has beautiful wood carvings everywhere and they're all protected by glass. The locals are very proud of it and show it to us or any tourists or non-locals. I'm not sure if worship is still happens there but many families actually worship in their own homes too so that might be why the village shrine is so run-down.
My brother in law, who is a TCM doctor, and my wife keeps telling me that having a fan blow air across my body, especially at night, will give me arthritis.
@Warsie No, i dont think its the same. AFAIK the korean version is: Closed room, no open window and its not mentioned to let it blow over the body. The effect of the blowing fan, if you do so: You will suffocate....... ;)
A cool, rainy, cloudy, gray, drizzly, day there in this episode. Hey what about the superstition of encountering pissed off geese? hahahaha. Really enjoyed seeing the drawing of Mao on the building next to the temple. Very cool piece of history there. As always another awesome video!
Interesting finds you got there, places like that used to be quite common here in Malaysia decades ago but now they are in the outskirt and villages and townships where majority of the population is Chinese here.
These superstitions are really diversified across China, I only know about 30% of the superstitious you mentioned. I grow up in the northern part of China
What is the general source or preference of entertainment for the majority in China. Does everyone just consume western content, or is there a lot of Chinese entertainment that we in the west have just not heard of? I guess I am asking if people prefer western entertainment (movies, TV Shows, books, music, etc) over Chinese. When I was in Europe, it seemed the majority followed US music and shows/movies and I was wondering if it was the same where you are. Also, on a similar topic, I know you have said before about how the average Chinese person does not work out or participate in sports, so are there sports teams that people follow for entertainment like in the west?
People in China enjoy western content. There are lots of Hollywood movies in the cinema. Most of them are PG-13. R rated movies can't get pass the censorship. Besides the movies, Chinese Internet companies buy the play right of almost every hit TV shows in the US for people to watch for free with ads and people love them. I would say the most beloved show in China is Friends.
They are right about how average people do not work out. Young people mostly play basketball and soccer. Old people walk around in the park and practice Taichi. And not a lot of people work out in the gym, but there still are some. The most followed sports on TV are basketball(NBA, CBA) and soccer too
Odinwolfe The turning indicator light. it blinks yellow in the direction you are going to turn but i think you have to reset them manually on a bike unlike when using them in a car and he keeps forgetting to do that.
Hahah "Hollywood Bruce Lee stuff" :) Great that Chinese culture is preserved in places like Hong Kong and Taiwan. HK movies were pretty pompous for sure when showing munks and chinese stuff. Nice to see people still go to temples in mainland. Pretty cheesy they wanted people to worship Mao heheh. Great and insightful tour, thank you!
Adonai, China in Mao's time was not in the middle ages. They were actually quite modern in terms of infrastructure. China was very important during the second world war because it had many modern factories which could be used to make war machines and access to raw materials so that there would be no risk of losing the materials during shipping. This is why both the Japanese and the Americans wanted to control the lands. The Communist revolution did not begin until after the war was over, and everybody left the land devastated. Foolish (racist) westerners did not believe that the Chinese peoples would reunite, much less become a world power. (westerners include the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, who viewed all asians with disdain.)
Chairman Mao's mistake was in destroying the cultures that each province had developed, in the hope that he could unify China as a single nation. He ignored millennia of history that proved that it is the various provinces, when combined, that make China strong. This is the lesson that Americans are ignoring, now. The great strength of the United States does not come from White Europeans, Blacks, or Mexicans. It comes from the common history we share. It comes from our diversity, not from our individual roots.
According to Mr. Krabs on Spongebob Squarepants, there are 13 dirty words. Squidward must be a George Carlin fan, because he responded that he thought there were only seven. “Not if you’re a sailor,” Mr. Krabs replied.
I've been binge watching these videos for about 10 hours today... lmao Something great about going on this foreign adventure, without the plastic touch of Hollywood like fakeness. Just lost my job of 4 years, but will support you guys on Patreon as soon as I can. Is there a preferred site to watch the conquer documentary where the funds go to you guys instead of the hosting site?
13 is unlucky because when King Leopold the 2nd of Belgium came back from Congo it turned out that the 13th bottle of gin he brought with him was poisoned by the locals in order to stop his imperialistic advances. And every since the number 13 has been connected to death and other bad stuff.
13:50 Suicidal Rooster. Flawless Victory. What about number eight and the colours red and gold? I think it has something to do with luck and prosperity. I have worked in plenty of tall buildings in Sydney. They never seem to have a thirteenth floor. Thirteen is either skipped or replaced with "Twelve A". Thank you for sharing.
When we went to GM plants in Mexico from Detroit, we had to put 5000$ in bribes in the budget to get from our hotel to the plant. Every 1/2 mile or so there was a Mexican motorcycle cop who made us pay a fine just to pass through because we were "foreign" We literally had it in the budget as "Bribes"
The mirror was because many mirrors back in the day used mercury behind glass to make the reflective surface. And if you broke it, you can get sick, from the mercury, particularly if you cut yourself.
You mentioned there are often no 4th floors .. this must happen everywhere, but in Canada (and I think the USA) the 13th floor is usually omitted. My apartment has no 13th floor .. 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, PH.
Hi Serpentza, did you heard from buddha of compassion (in female form), Guan Yin? She is incarnation of Avalokireshwara and is Charakter in Chinese Sage “jouney to the west“. I saw it on youtube, a 80 episode - series withEnglish subtitles, the adventure from rascal monkey king sun wukong and guan yin is “helping“ him to do good things. Guan yin can bring the trees to blossom. This reminds me, that in north of china is the green wall of china. Is that true, or is that fake? Does this dictatorship this good side? I just make a comic in which a woman apperars, who is fond of her and want to green the Sahara desert. A green dragon is hunting people, who cut trees in the desert, but Jenny yin stops him to kill them, because it does not make sense to kill, they become morw angry ... like a bit of the plot. You like it, or govermental propaganda? BW, Max
Gotta say, that old painting of Mao on the wall was definitely the pinnacle of this video for me... That's the sort of stuff which makes me want to go to China, finding these amazing forgotten historical things... So jealous that you got to find that, and not me xD
Don't walk under a ladder is for a few reasons, if there is someone on the ladder they feel uneasy if someone walks underneath, thus, can possibly cause unbalance. Secondly, if something drops or the ladder happens to slip. Don't open an umbrella in the house is because they don't want to jinx the roof getting holes in (old days when roofs weren't so good)
There is also a list of superstitions during Chinese New Year where one must not do because it is bad luck. Here is a few: Can't cut or wash hair. No sweeping the floor ( sweeping your money away). Can't say bad things. Must wear red clothing.
I've always heard that the number 13 being unlucky has to do with witch covens being held on the 13th day of the month back in medieval Europe. These covens or sabbaths usually consisted of 13 members. In some cultures 13 is actually considered lucky and China is one of these. It apparently has to do with the lunar calendar having 13 months and is also the reason why 13 got a bad rep in Europe as the lunar calendar was replaced with the solar one that had 12 months instead. Would not surprise me if the church had something to do with it as it often would create superstitions to make anything considered as heresy unappealing for the uneducated folk. Repression of femininity by the church comes to mind with women going through 13 menstrual cycles per year and this could tie back to the whole witch thing as they often would practice things in direct opposition to the church.
C-Milk just made a comment about those ghost villages, with no one living there..would make a very cool trip fof you guys..think about it!..cool find at that temple, w/ the drawing of MAO...Thanks Guys!
I'm binge watching all of these.. "Your indicator is on" LOL! Its the little things that amuse me.
Same! :D
That was the mind control revenge of the wronged chicken. He will have to live with the shame of having let his indicator on for the rest of his life.
Ditto
gooses are used as dogs to watch the gates of many households, so they are aggresive and they can actually bite you and it hurts a lot. you should try to avoid them.
Rome was saved once by geese
That was just one temple, the Gauls managed to sack the rest of Rome though! GO GAULS! OCCIDE OMNES ROMANI!
wow, just like it is in villages in Mother Russia
My own Welsh grandfather kept geese on his ranch in Arizona in the 1920s. Their pen was by the gate leading to the house, so the family would know when someone was coming, night or day.
But what is the plural word for "mongoose?" Nope -- it's "mongeeses" (that is indeed correct -- look it up). A group of geese is called a "gaggle." A juvenile goose is called a "gosling."
Friday 13, Jacques de Molay, who was the last Grand master of the Knights Templar was burned at the stake. Since then Friday the 13th has been considered bad luck...
+DStray Cat Thanks for clearing that up!
+DStray Cat what I read was that Friday 13 bring bad luck because of the diner Jesus had with his 12 disciples the day Judas betrayed him (12 disciples + Jesus = 13) and that diner was a Friday
+DStray Cat I thought the number 13 was to do with the Satanic belief in numbers having meaning and such.
Not really... Jacques de Molay was killed on Friday the 13th, before that the date had no significance... Perhaps in some other culture it could have but not any that I am aware of :-) I follow "Numerology" extensively... 13 reduces to "4"... 1+3 = 4... 4 is a significant number as it is in China too. 8 is a power number, associated with wealth and money...
Both my Birth Number and my name number is 9, which is the top of the order and the most Spiritual of numbers... If you are interested, just search in TH-cam for Numerology and you'll find hundreds of videos explaining the system... It's as old as the mountains... :-)
+pbilk1 no the only bad number in the Bible is 666 and even typing that feels wrong but besides that nothing
I appreciate the great genuine friendship these 2 have. Their chemistry together is awesome and they are best friends
Bros, the place you visit is technically not a "temple" like in West for Gods but Ancestral hall for that family clan to remember their ancestors. So instead of going to the graves, they put their names (for important members, picture paint of the person) so that could pay respect any time (everyday).
And there is where they keep the ancestry book that you can trace to many generation just by reading the Chinese names. The Chinese name with 3 characters first character (surname) tells family name, either the 2nd or 3rd characters is your name and your generation name (Generation - your kins, brothers, cousins will have same character). Just FYI.
Calvin Thank You♥️🙋♀️♥️
@Moy No, I am Singaporean. This is quite common practice in South East Asia too.
a "temple" doesn't exclusively refer to a place to worship gods. buddhist religious buildings are also known as temples in english for example
I'd say it's a safe _superstition_ not to go into Chinese concrete farm houses.
Go easy on those poor chickens dude
C-Milk -2, Chickens - 0
finish your chicken burger
It is categorically imperative that you treat all those chickens well!!! And the geese!
Those chickens made me think of Chicken Invaders. I still love that game and have it on my computer.
Those chickens are chinese scammers! They want to cheat the insurance and shit!
The current "toss salt over your shoulder", is practiced mistakenly. You were to toss the salt, ONLY, if it spilt, spilled! Not just tossed anytime for good luck.
CS Ako doesn't matter
The root of the Salt superstition comes from its rare and essential nature in ancient times. Romans paid their soldiers in a ration of salt (the root for the english word salary). Salt that was spilled got wet and disappeared. thus a pinch of it was thrown over the shoulder to prevent the gods from believing that the one who spilled it was being disrespectful or disdainful of the gift.
14:16 "Its also really bad luck to hit a chicken. I just made that up".
ACTUALLY, that's very true! Just ask Link.
you're talking about cuccos, right?
Please upload more videos with villages like these. I really love them, as I spent a year living in one when I taught in China back in 2014-15. Reminds me of the little family-run noodle places and such friendly and curious people.
the lack of other traffic and the fog/polution/crappy buildings make it seem like a apocalyptic wasteland game.
Europe looks the same during Winter. This was uploaded in December.
how cool, miss your old vids guys!
What I like about your channel is, you show the real, authentic China! Keep it up, guys!
Came a long way guys , respect for the efforts to keep it grounded these days 2021
There was a mass arrest and execution of the Knights Templar on Friday, October 13, 1307.
Ezios Great Grandfather helped them capture them.
Long before the templars, Loki showed-up uninvited to a feast of 12 Norse Gods and ruined their party.
lmao but you gotta point out that loki wasn't then captured for crashing the party of insulting them, but the idiot threw a cup at a servant and accidently killed him :D what a legend, showing up uninvited, telling everybody that he fucks their wives... proud of my culture
Dallas... the arrest of Templar Knight Orders was also the first time Westerners used time zones. Since the arrest had to happen over a large span of area a command like, attack them at sun set, wouldn't have worked. So the church inadvertently invented the adjustment. And then it was lost again for centuries.
Thank you for tellings us
Looking back as a new fan from 2021... Horrific intro boys! Great work on evolution!
u point out more details in the relics which i never noticed and u also provide interesting explanation for them which even me have never heard of. i really know less about the history of my own country than a foreigner on a certain sense.
Thanks for taking us along for the ride with you guys, it was fun, as usual! Much appreciated...
Chinese zodiacs vs. Western zodiacs is a worthy topic to discuss. Was C-milk born in the year of the rooster by the way, or he just likes chasing chicks.
+syncmaster915n ;) im a tiger bro!
+Churchill Customs This chicken clearly ran into him. I think it wanted to commit suicide...
syncmaster915n why is he called C-milk?
@Philipp S - It probably wanted to scam him out of all his birdfeed. ("My lawyer is a huge cock!")
@@lanesworld8288 Definitely not Chicken Milk or Ji Nai (雞奶)
I live in Scotland and i bought my house during a bit of a boom. Most houses in the area were overpriced but were still selling in a couple weeks. My house was on the market for nearly 6 months and was always at below market price and had been completely refurbished. The bonus of living at number 13.
I like how you explore and show every place in detail! That's awesome!
I seriously enjoy these Chinese riding vlogs and the stories you guys tell. Made me subscribed. KEEP IT UP!
Great video. I like the 2 way conversation that also ties in with the area you happen to be at.
As for police corruption; when I lived in Russia and you were stop by a police officer, you always made sure that there was a bill folded into your passport so when he asked for it the bill would disappear and if it was enough you got no ticket, not quite enough a reduced offense and nothing, he kept you by the side of the road until you found a very discreet way to give him money and the longer you took, the more expensive it got.
Sounds like how we tip our waiters and waitresses. It just makes for good service and makes sense. Lol
Sounds like South Bend police tbh
5:30-5:45 feels like a GTA mission
Heritage Inmoshun lol
Tagging up turf.
Ha!
The superstition of 13 being bad, is particularly that of seating arrangements for 13. there were 13 at the last supper, and the 13th seat implies a Judas is among you and thus bad luck. Not ever having 13 for a meal became a thing, and that bad luck of 13 extended to cover other things.
Not so sure about this one. 13 at the last supper is Jesus plus the twelve. After Judas betrayed Jesus and hung himself, Steven replaced him. After Steven was stoned to death, Paul was converted by Jesus. There were always 12 primary disciples, therefore always 13 including Jesus. People have made more of it than it ever was.
There was never 13 again after Judas left - Jesus died. Matthias also replaced Judas, but casting lots, not Steven or Paul. Get back to that bible.
it's about romans, not jesus, it's about the XIII legio, lost against the germans tribes, since then there was no any more a XIII legio
I heard it was because of the 13th month. The calendar and even astronomy was originally discovered because women noticed a pattern to their menstruation, that it occurred every 28 days usually. (which is where the 13th month calendar came from) It started the Pagan calendar which also included other pagan traditions. Roman leaders couldn't stand that, so had to change it to something more christian.
Friday the 13th of October 1307, King Philip IV of France, with Pope Clement V’s backing, ordered the arrest of every Knight of the Templar throughout France, confiscated their properties and burned them at the stake.
That was in the French history books that I studied in the 1950's (i am 80)
Know this is old, but your videos are awesome not many get a chance fo ride around China and Asia. All the cultural insight is amazing.
I thought that opening an umbrella inside the house is a Chinese superstition. Growing up, my parents would tell me opening up an umbrella (black) symbolizes death since in funerals families would hold up black umbrellas and would pour spots of water to mimic the rain when it's not raining. Just my two cents! And great video as always guys!
+Jack Lin Maybe that was a crossover one! Thanks dude!
My chinese family has the umbrella superstition too, but for a different reason. They say if kids open umbrella in the house, or any indoor place, the kids wouldn't grow tall enough. And I think that's a way to induce fear in kids for the same reason Winston mentioned, and also to prevent boys hurt other boys with umbrella.
When you have larger families, living in smaller houses, (like they did when that superstition began) if you opened an umbrella in the house, the chances of someone getting a permanent eye injury go way up. (which isn't a good thing now, but it would have been a Much Bigger Problem in the past)
2:36 Don't walk under ladder is claimed to originate with Pythagoras (570-495 BCE), who viewed the triangle as being sacred.
Winston and C milk your video on superstitions was very informative thanks to the both of you for an intelligent insight
Regarding the Green Hat superstition, a really amusing anecdote is that when McDonald's first opened stores in China, they issued all staff with green caps, as per their US operations. This created such a backlash from staff and customers that they were forced to reissue all caps in a new acceptable colour (red I think).
love these bike commentator videos
+lill8er thanks!
This channel I didn't even know about, even though I've been subbed to laowhy and yourself, Serpent, for a little while now. A shame I didn't get to watching these videos back in the day because I've always had a fascination with the East, even down to these kinds of "variety of life" videos deep in the countryside. Binging a bunch on Christmas break. Cheers.
I don't know about China, but in Japan the number 4 is "shi" which also means death. So say "yon" instead. ^^
Similar with the number 7: "shichi" and "nana"
in Chinese 4 is si is death, exactly the same.
四是死
Talking about death gets you not invited to dinner parties anymore, so I understand why they think it brings bad luck, haha.
its si not shi idiot
@@iveeljin5409 no it isn't
Keep up the good videos, gents. Like what you see, like what you say. Some of the gaps in your knowledge is telling, but that is some of the fun in your tales. Well done and keep up the good work :)
you can write a full volume of encyclopedia and it wont even cover half of chinese superstitions
that is true .man ,and different Chinese people have different superstitions.
China has a lot of superstitions? I think that was the point.
bingo, we have a winner
Name one guy who is getting super butthurt over nothing.
Check out the video China will misunderstand you.
You fit the bill dawg. The argument youre using is also a chinese thing. Get over your country.
Shocking how everyone's a critic!
I really enjoyed this episode. These videos are the type of outings I would love to participate in if I ever go to China. Exciting exploring and riding around the countryside.
I would love to see one about job opportunities for foreigners, or maybe link my if you have a video you've already done (I haven't seen all your episodes yet).
Keep it up guys, respect from Canada!
9:10 Is that a Mass Effect N7 leather jacket I see?
Sihong Jiang yes it is
No. It's just the N7 patch serpentZA had sewn on the jacket by a Chinese street tailor. There's a video showing that on his channel.
ah shoot. that is N7 from mass effect though... Too bad he doesn't know what it is.
mashy461 I remember him replying to a comment that he's played all the mass effect games and enjoyed them, though I don't know if he was joking or not.
Winston has stated in a Video (dont ask me which one, hard to keep them apart) that he is/was actually a big gamer, he's played a shit ton of games and he is a HUGE fan of the mass effect series, he finished every single game. So he does know what the icon is and he put it on there for a reason :)
I always thought with breaking mirrors was that before vacuum cleaners, shards of glass were difficult to remove entirely and even minor infections could be deadly, so a broken mirror shard could randomly kill you many years later
That N7 jacket is pretty dope! I didn't know you're a Mass Effect gamer.
lol you guys have come a long way with your intros
This temple is actually a 祠堂 。The correspondent family name of 瑞应堂 may be 昌：
cn.18dao.net/%E7%99%BE%E5%AE%B6%E5%A7%93%E5%90%8D/%E6%98%8C
More about 祠：
ctext.org/pre-qin-and-han?searchu=%E7%A5%A0
+薛元 awesome. thanks!
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%A5%A0%E5%A0%82
I like the fact that you have one working gauge between the two of you haha, stay awesome guys
Old school mirrors were made with mercury . This would be a good incentive not to break a mirror.
7 years of mad hatters'
No they were made with silver.
And francensense and murr?
Winston, Can you and Sasha do a video either validating or debunking some popular treatments of Traditional Chinese Medicine?
@2:20 Why did the chicken cross the road?
+Z Jay to get run over by C-Milk
I just love when you guys drive through all the little villages.🐨🐨🐨
I'm really enjoying these videos, awesome content and quality :) My question is, do you guys plan on spending the rest of your lives in China? What will you do if for some reason you are unable to extend your visa?
Hey! Great video's. When I was in Chins I was told that the high thresholds to the house entrance was to keep the evil spirits out. When the spirits are driven out they can still get back in when a door was opened, and the high threshold was there because the spirits are very small, and they can't get into the open door. There was also a lot of Feng Shui used also. Keep up the great video's.
Not buying shoes or umbrellas or clocks for your loved ones. Interesting! I will definitely practice it. One should just give money and let your loved one buy whatever!
Guys Love your videos! super informative and great insight into chinese culture. Would love to see some videos on the city life in China. How's the bar scene? What do the young people do? What are the popular hobbies? What's the architecture in urban china like? I hope you get the drift. Thanks for the videos and keep them coming!
Yes, the correct answer for mirrors is that they were incredibly expensive, during the era when they were first starting to make them out of glass with a silver backing. (Earlier mirrors, typically made out of bronze, were also somewhat expensive but much harder to break.) Modern cheap glass making, and the chemistry to easily deposit a one-molecule-thick film of whatever you please on one side, and the discovery of alternative mirror-backing materials that actually work better than silver and are much cheaper, have all conspired to bring the prices of mirrors down to where everyone can afford them. But at one time, only the very wealthy could even afford glass mirrors, and for a clumsy servant to break one... let's say it was not a particularly good career move.
There of course Western superstitions with no such practical origins. A black cat crossing your path is a fairly well-known example. Mentioning MacBeth by name in a theatre or while working on a stage production. Mentioning by name the annoying customer or nosy neighbor or whoever (according to the superstition, if you name them, they'll probably show up sooner; I have several co-workers who actually believe this).
Actually, there are protected temple buildings but those are tourist hotspots! It also really depends on the local mayor or town chief think too. The village temple in my home town has beautiful wood carvings everywhere and they're all protected by glass. The locals are very proud of it and show it to us or any tourists or non-locals. I'm not sure if worship is still happens there but many families actually worship in their own homes too so that might be why the village shrine is so run-down.
My brother in law, who is a TCM doctor, and my wife keeps telling me that having a fan blow air across my body, especially at night, will give me arthritis.
+Carl Sharp (Caseyorourke) haha, tell her that having a fan blow across your body will keep you cool
I do, but she thinks I'm full of it....
TCM and doctor can't go together in the same title
seems like that Korean fan death bullshit
@Warsie
No, i dont think its the same. AFAIK the korean version is: Closed room, no open window and its not mentioned to let it blow over the body. The effect of the blowing fan, if you do so: You will suffocate....... ;)
A cool, rainy, cloudy, gray, drizzly, day there in this episode. Hey what about the superstition of encountering pissed off geese?
hahahaha. Really enjoyed seeing the drawing of Mao on the building next to the temple. Very cool piece of history there. As always another awesome video!
what is that red bar under the keys
l e d
3:30 The salt only works if you throw it over your left (the sinister) shoulder.
That's deep!
It's unlucky to hit a Chicken.. especially one crossing the road....you could end up with red rooster or being clocked by a goose.
+Steven Monash 62 Dude. I'm screwed.
laowhy86 Nuh ..you'll be fine ..its only if you hit the fourth (no.4) chicken...I think??? - then you piss of a lot of gesas
Yes, unlucky...for the chicken!
I like ur guys Chanel!!cant wait ur update. Stay awesome. !
haha, that plastic bag handle makes me laugh man LOL
Interesting finds you got there, places like that used to be quite common here in Malaysia decades ago but now they are in the outskirt and villages and townships where majority of the population is Chinese here.
C-Milk and Winstonator is best team
+OsamaBinObama thanks! better believe it!
These superstitions are really diversified across China, I only know about 30% of the superstitious you mentioned. I grow up in the northern part of China
What is the general source or preference of entertainment for the majority in China. Does everyone just consume western content, or is there a lot of Chinese entertainment that we in the west have just not heard of? I guess I am asking if people prefer western entertainment (movies, TV Shows, books, music, etc) over Chinese. When I was in Europe, it seemed the majority followed US music and shows/movies and I was wondering if it was the same where you are. Also, on a similar topic, I know you have said before about how the average Chinese person does not work out or participate in sports, so are there sports teams that people follow for entertainment like in the west?
+HandgripsRaise noted. thanks!
+laowhy86
Sort of related, what's the live music scene like in either of your (you and Serp.) cities?
People in China enjoy western content. There are lots of Hollywood movies in the cinema. Most of them are PG-13. R rated movies can't get pass the censorship. Besides the movies, Chinese Internet companies buy the play right of almost every hit TV shows in the US for people to watch for free with ads and people love them. I would say the most beloved show in China is Friends.
They are right about how average people do not work out. Young people mostly play basketball and soccer. Old people walk around in the park and practice Taichi. And not a lot of people work out in the gym, but there still are some. The most followed sports on TV are basketball(NBA, CBA) and soccer too
I absolutely love all your stories in China and all the adventures keep it up 👍👍👍👍😀😀😀😀
WHY IS C MILK'S INDICATOR ON IN EVERY EPISODE
At this point i am pretty sure he's doing it on purpose.
Pavr nice meme
What does the indicator mean?
Odinwolfe The turning indicator light. it blinks yellow in the direction you are going to turn but i think you have to reset them manually on a bike unlike when using them in a car and he keeps forgetting to do that.
Odinwolfe lol its UK terminology for the US term 'turn signal', as is 'boot' for trunk or saying 'chips' instead of fries
Oh yes another excellent video. Love the injection of comedy too .very good. Awesome 😎
Hahah "Hollywood Bruce Lee stuff" :) Great that Chinese culture is preserved in places like Hong Kong and Taiwan. HK movies were pretty pompous for sure when showing munks and chinese stuff. Nice to see people still go to temples in mainland. Pretty cheesy they wanted people to worship Mao heheh. Great and insightful tour, thank you!
That's not actually true. The Bruce Lee Kung Fu monk can be found in Shaolin Temple, Zheng zhou. Which is a day away by train from Guandong.
Adûnâi person said worship mao, not be communist
Adonai, China in Mao's time was not in the middle ages. They were actually quite modern in terms of infrastructure. China was very important during the second world war because it had many modern factories which could be used to make war machines and access to raw materials so that there would be no risk of losing the materials during shipping. This is why both the Japanese and the Americans wanted to control the lands.
The Communist revolution did not begin until after the war was over, and everybody left the land devastated. Foolish (racist) westerners did not believe that the Chinese peoples would reunite, much less become a world power. (westerners include the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, who viewed all asians with disdain.)
Chairman Mao's mistake was in destroying the cultures that each province had developed, in the hope that he could unify China as a single nation. He ignored millennia of history that proved that it is the various provinces, when combined, that make China strong.
This is the lesson that Americans are ignoring, now. The great strength of the United States does not come from White Europeans, Blacks, or Mexicans. It comes from the common history we share. It comes from our diversity, not from our individual roots.
Old superstition. Clams are hidden in every old place. Even in old video's. It is true, I should know. I am Clam man. Wǒ ài Há Nán.
it is silly shit, because all these chinese superstitions is based on the overlapping pronunciation of some of these words...
Very late to the party here, but I loved the clips of you two acting out some of the superstitions.
Topic idea: Sex industry in China
Love how you guys record on your bikes. Makes it feel like Easy Rider! 😁
According to Mr. Krabs on Spongebob Squarepants, there are 13 dirty words. Squidward must be a George Carlin fan, because he responded that he thought there were only seven. “Not if you’re a sailor,” Mr. Krabs replied.
You guys have some great back road rides if it muddy you have a decent bike path to ride on
Blood OMG!!! 2:37
+Seth Oldman ;)
+Seth Oldman It is firecracker residue -_-
I've been binge watching these videos for about 10 hours today... lmao
Something great about going on this foreign adventure, without the plastic touch of Hollywood like fakeness. Just lost my job of 4 years, but will support you guys on Patreon as soon as I can. Is there a preferred site to watch the conquer documentary where the funds go to you guys instead of the hosting site?
Thanks mate for all of the support! Vimeo.com gives us the best profit share for our documentaries
13 is unlucky because when King Leopold the 2nd of Belgium came back from Congo it turned out that the 13th bottle of gin he brought with him was poisoned by the locals in order to stop his imperialistic advances. And every since the number 13 has been connected to death and other bad stuff.
+Yolo Swaggins you still have my favorite user name
laowhy86 haha cheers mate, it closes all doors for being taken serious though :p
The standard answer is that Judas was the 13th disciple
Don't think 13th being unlucky associated with Belgium.
Friday the 13th (when the templars were rounded up) and before that because of the last supper
13:50 Suicidal Rooster. Flawless Victory. What about number eight and the colours red and gold? I think it has something to do with luck and prosperity. I have worked in plenty of tall buildings in Sydney. They never seem to have a thirteenth floor. Thirteen is either skipped or replaced with "Twelve A". Thank you for sharing.
No.13 is bad because Judas was the NO.13 person in the painting "The Last Super"!
Read about the Templars.
Markus Laslo I did, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Templar
I don't think there is anything about the number 13.
Di Dxpeo
I don't care about wikipedia,read some real historic text.They were attacked friday the 13.
Markus Laslo ;(
Yeah it is because the head of the templar war burned on a Friday 13th and cursed the King of France
When we went to GM plants in Mexico from Detroit, we had to put 5000$ in bribes in the budget to get from our hotel to the plant. Every 1/2 mile or so there was a Mexican motorcycle cop who made us pay a fine just to pass through because we were "foreign"
We literally had it in the budget as "Bribes"
Why would you hit a chicken? WTF psychopath.
redryan20000 To cross the road?
for some reason this is one of the videos i like to rewatch when YT algo ups it
You guys should visit Shao Lin temple, there's kongfu everywhere! You will be shocked!
C-Milk just a new sub. You and Winston are a great team.
such an intro!
why did you stop doing that?
it adds to the overall atmosphere of a road trip show so much
Love the skits to demo the points! I'd take hello kitty helmet over a boring green one any day
Awesome Job, love exploring!
The mirror was because many mirrors back in the day used mercury behind glass to make the reflective surface. And if you broke it, you can get sick, from the mercury, particularly if you cut yourself.
You mentioned there are often no 4th floors .. this must happen everywhere, but in Canada (and I think the USA) the 13th floor is usually omitted. My apartment has no 13th floor .. 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, PH.
+Glenn Laycock Interesting
Hi Serpentza,
did you heard from buddha of compassion (in female form), Guan Yin? She is incarnation of Avalokireshwara and is Charakter in Chinese Sage “jouney to the west“.
I saw it on youtube, a 80 episode - series withEnglish subtitles, the adventure from rascal monkey king sun wukong and guan yin is “helping“ him to do good things.
Guan yin can bring the trees to blossom.
This reminds me, that in north of china is the green wall of china.
Is that true, or is that fake?
Does this dictatorship this good side?
I just make a comic in which a woman apperars, who is fond of her and want to green the Sahara desert. A green dragon is hunting people, who cut trees in the desert, but Jenny yin stops him to kill them, because it does not make sense to kill, they become morw angry ... like a bit of the plot.
You like it, or govermental propaganda?
BW, Max
Gotta say, that old painting of Mao on the wall was definitely the pinnacle of this video for me... That's the sort of stuff which makes me want to go to China, finding these amazing forgotten historical things... So jealous that you got to find that, and not me xD
This is got to be my favorite episode coz it reminds me of my biking escapades in the Philippines.
Those ornate metal doors on all those old crummy houses are so nice to look at
Don't walk under a ladder is for a few reasons, if there is someone on the ladder they feel uneasy if someone walks underneath, thus, can possibly cause unbalance. Secondly, if something drops or the ladder happens to slip.
Don't open an umbrella in the house is because they don't want to jinx the roof getting holes in (old days when roofs weren't so good)
There is also a list of superstitions during Chinese New Year where one must not do because it is bad luck. Here is a few: Can't cut or wash hair. No sweeping the floor ( sweeping your money away). Can't say bad things. Must wear red clothing.
I've always heard that the number 13 being unlucky has to do with witch covens being held on the 13th day of the month back in medieval Europe. These covens or sabbaths usually consisted of 13 members.
In some cultures 13 is actually considered lucky and China is one of these. It apparently has to do with the lunar calendar having 13 months and is also the reason why 13 got a bad rep in Europe as the lunar calendar was replaced with the solar one that had 12 months instead. Would not surprise me if the church had something to do with it as it often would create superstitions to make anything considered as heresy unappealing for the uneducated folk. Repression of femininity by the church comes to mind with women going through 13 menstrual cycles per year and this could tie back to the whole witch thing as they often would practice things in direct opposition to the church.
Covens aren't a real thing.
My Asian colleague in Vancouver said that number 4 thing is pretty big in Vancouver. A building won't have a floor 4, 13, 14, 24, etc.
my wife is from Shanghai never heard of 90% of this shit. in fact if i never bought her shoes she would have left me a long time ago :)
C-Milk just made a comment about those ghost villages, with no one living there..would make a very cool trip fof you guys..think about it!..cool find at that temple, w/ the drawing of MAO...Thanks Guys!
the intro is cool