it's amazing that Xiao talks to her grandparents in Mandarin. The local dialect is a little different than Yangzhou city's. Now think of it, China's development has been super fast in the last 2 generations and people moved around a lot.
Stumbled across your channel a few weeks ago and it has been nice seeing your progression as a youtuber. I am planning to go to Nanjing, Jiangsu again (went there once in 2019) and watching these videos from around Jiangsu Province has been very nostalgic. Great content, thanks Matt!
Really love your videos. I am also from Jiangdu and I was an international student in Canada and Australia. I am always homesick so I tried to search my hometown in TH-cam.Though I don‘t live in the village，it still gives me a good feeling that I am home. Thanks a lot for sharing it！
@@heweiwang1964 Thanks for the comment! I know the feeling of being homesick and watching videos of my hometown online - I was stuck in China for 4 years during covid. I have a bunch of videos in Jiangdu walking around - A Serene Stroll Through Local Life in a Third Tier City in China th-cam.com/video/HyzvIFmluI0/w-d-xo.html , Morning Stroll in a Chinese Park: Vibrant Activities by the Grand Canal th-cam.com/video/hwlGH6NXKHE/w-d-xo.html , Exploring an Old Neighborhood in a Third-Tier City in China th-cam.com/video/_xjwZRqwKBs/w-d-xo.html , How Many EVs Can I Find on a Walk in China? | Exploring China's Electric Vehicle Scene th-cam.com/video/2aUn36r5VMU/w-d-xo.html , Toast of the Village: Baijiu & Family Traditions on May 1st Labor Day th-cam.com/video/FOnRT-UCFpA/w-d-xo.html I hope my videos cure your homesick a little!
I was so not expecting this because of what I’ve seen from city tours which were so run down and cramp, this place looks so spacious and comfortable, the garden is cute!
Yeah well the villages in Jiangsu Province, especially not very far from Nanjing, Shanghai and Suzhou are not as poor as in other parts of China. Jiangsu Province is the richest province in China, so the standard of living even in villages is decent compared to other parts of China.
Nice one! I really like this video, it's awesome to see inside a countryside home. Really cool to see them growing their own vegetables too. Keep up the great videos 💪👍
I am amazed at how big that house is and I absolutely love the garden. What is the average price for a house like that in the countryside? Also, your videos is great.
Over the last few weeks, I have discovered your channel after TH-cam searching "Rural Jiangsu". I enjoy the content of your channel. Jiangsu and Shanghai alone are about 110 million people combined, slightly larger than South Korea, but with twice the population, and feature a great variety of large and mid-sized modern cities with good public infrastructure and rural areas with lush farms, plenty of rivers and ponds, and countless hamelts and villages large and small. You will not be short of content, ranging from features such a visiting pottery shops and blacksmiths to modern factories with foundries and CNC machine tools; ones cuisines; customs and festivals; and comparisons and contrasts of ways of life and even differences between seemingly similar cities such as Suzhou, Wuxi, and Changzhou.
At 9:25 you said that they pump water, what’s the purpose of this? Is it like a Chinese version of the hose, do they use it for their gardening or is it for washing clothes?
The house looks nice. However, I prefer the one your father-in-law built much better. 6:43 She did it without taking her heavy coat off, and in high heels, too!
For the last 15 years, I have been to China in many places and seen what the real China looks like! The places I've visited are from Harbin in the north to Haikou in the south, you've never seen a village like this! Sleeping at home as a guest of both the poor in the countryside and the rich in the cities means that you have learned a lot about China these years! This village looks like it was built for a lower 'elite' with money but who don't want to live inside a city! (?) We must not forget that at least 700 million Chinese are poor and are struggling to make life work! This does NOT represent normal China!
Agreed. This is a nice village. The people aren't 'rich', but they are comfortable because they have a very low cost of living in a village like this and many of them have children who live in the cities and give them a few thousand RMB a month to help them get by. This village is in the countryside of southern Jiangsu Province just north of the Yangtze, so it is not a poor region of China.
They have heating indoors, but they want to save money, so they don't always use it. Also Chinese people always wear way too much. They are afraid of the cold. I actually wear more layers here now than I would back home just so I can prevent Chinese people from asking me if I am cold all the time. It's actually good for the environment to wear extra layers instead of turning up the heat. It lowers your carbon footprint!
@@xiaoandmatt I just constantly see Chinese people SLEEPING in sweaters, brushing teeth in coats and it's seems, it's always below freezing in Chinese homes. Plus they have a lot of tile in interior, it doesn't help either:( We are in Montana and just thinking about no heater.....🥶🥶🥶💀 CO2 is plant food, farmers even use special machines in greenhouses to increase it, please, don't follow this fraudulent nonsense.
@@xiaoandmatt thanks for explanation though. Something cultural, I guess. Indian people also like to put 40+ layers on small children, no matter how hot is inside.
that home is depressing beyond words. you live with an enormous family and each room a sleeping quarters. you have zero freedom, consistently being judged by family members....like...where do you even have sex? and can everyone hear you have sex? can you walk around naked? no view of anything....its a prison......its a prison.
it's amazing that Xiao talks to her grandparents in Mandarin. The local dialect is a little different than Yangzhou city's. Now think of it, China's development has been super fast in the last 2 generations and people moved around a lot.
I was also very surprised by her grandfather's Mandarin ability. He speaks it much better than Xiao's father.
So laid back and familiar, love it
Thanks for the comment!
Strange home layout but definitely pretty cool to see how others live ty for sharing! Looks like they enjoy their home and family all together.
Stumbled across your channel a few weeks ago and it has been nice seeing your progression as a youtuber. I am planning to go to Nanjing, Jiangsu again (went there once in 2019) and watching these videos from around Jiangsu Province has been very nostalgic. Great content, thanks Matt!
Thanks Felipe! I appreciate that and I hope to meet you when you come!
Really love your videos. I am also from Jiangdu and I was an international student in Canada and Australia. I am always homesick so I tried to search my hometown in TH-cam.Though I don‘t live in the village，it still gives me a good feeling that I am home. Thanks a lot for sharing it！
@@heweiwang1964 Thanks for the comment! I know the feeling of being homesick and watching videos of my hometown online - I was stuck in China for 4 years during covid. I have a bunch of videos in Jiangdu walking around - A Serene Stroll Through Local Life in a Third Tier City in China
th-cam.com/video/HyzvIFmluI0/w-d-xo.html , Morning Stroll in a Chinese Park: Vibrant Activities by the Grand Canal
th-cam.com/video/hwlGH6NXKHE/w-d-xo.html , Exploring an Old Neighborhood in a Third-Tier City in China
th-cam.com/video/_xjwZRqwKBs/w-d-xo.html , How Many EVs Can I Find on a Walk in China? | Exploring China's Electric Vehicle Scene
th-cam.com/video/2aUn36r5VMU/w-d-xo.html , Toast of the Village: Baijiu & Family Traditions on May 1st Labor Day
th-cam.com/video/FOnRT-UCFpA/w-d-xo.html I hope my videos cure your homesick a little!
I love their house! So cool to explore.
I was so not expecting this because of what I’ve seen from city tours which were so run down and cramp, this place looks so spacious and comfortable, the garden is cute!
Yeah well the villages in Jiangsu Province, especially not very far from Nanjing, Shanghai and Suzhou are not as poor as in other parts of China. Jiangsu Province is the richest province in China, so the standard of living even in villages is decent compared to other parts of China.
@@xiaoandmatt I see I see that’s good to know
Not bad overall. I would consider it for a summer place. But the only place to pass hard winter in China is the city.
Nice one! I really like this video, it's awesome to see inside a countryside home. Really cool to see them growing their own vegetables too. Keep up the great videos 💪👍
Nice and big house. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Nice 🙂
I am amazed at how big that house is and I absolutely love the garden. What is the average price for a house like that in the countryside?
Also, your videos is great.
About $50000
@@LiXu-p7b I almost fell out of my chair.
I like the organic vegetables in the yard
Me too!
Interesting layout. We don’t have this kind of layout in Canada
Yeah we don't have these types of houses in the USA either.
I think this style/layout is called sìhéyuàn 四合院. A compact, personal palace.
@@1madlilgrunt actually this one is a 四合院 Building a house in the Chinese countryside (June 2023 UPDATE)
th-cam.com/video/Cr4yrI-6DDg/w-d-xo.html
So big 😮
Love this house! It’s odd in its design, but I like it XD
Over the last few weeks, I have discovered your channel after TH-cam searching "Rural Jiangsu". I enjoy the content of your channel. Jiangsu and Shanghai alone are about 110 million people combined, slightly larger than South Korea, but with twice the population, and feature a great variety of large and mid-sized modern cities with good public infrastructure and rural areas with lush farms, plenty of rivers and ponds, and countless hamelts and villages large and small. You will not be short of content, ranging from features such a visiting pottery shops and blacksmiths to modern factories with foundries and CNC machine tools; ones cuisines; customs and festivals; and comparisons and contrasts of ways of life and even differences between seemingly similar cities such as Suzhou, Wuxi, and Changzhou.
Thanks for the comment! I hope you continue to watch our videos! There is certainly no shortage of places to make videos!
At 9:25 you said that they pump water, what’s the purpose of this? Is it like a Chinese version of the hose, do they use it for their gardening or is it for washing clothes?
They pump water to do certain things around the house like wash dishes and water some of the plants.
The house looks nice. However, I prefer the one your father-in-law built much better.
6:43 She did it without taking her heavy coat off, and in high heels, too!
Just curious. Are there houses like these in the major Chinese cities?
@@EnkiEnterprises I don’t think so. There are some housing communities in big cities but they are modern houses like in an American suburb.
I was expecting the toilet would be squat toilet I used to have. Things changes a lot.
Hahah. Yeah I was also surprised the first time I went out there.
How many beds and bath in total? How old is the house?
I don’t remember exactly, but I think I say at some point in the video.
Do u know what year it was built? 😊
I’m not sure exactly but I think around the year 2000.
Poor chickens. The house was definitely big, but it doesn't feel cozy and has a weird layout.
Yeah man it’s a different style for sure. They were built to house big families and not necessarily made with coziness as their main objective.
感觉不是扬州话，应该是江都靠近泰州的部分
是的。这个农村离泰州很近。
For the last 15 years, I have been to China in many places and seen what the real China looks like! The places I've visited are from Harbin in the north to Haikou in the south, you've never seen a village like this! Sleeping at home as a guest of both the poor in the countryside and the rich in the cities means that you have learned a lot about China these years! This village looks like it was built for a lower 'elite' with money but who don't want to live inside a city! (?) We must not forget that at least 700 million Chinese are poor and are struggling to make life work!
This does NOT represent normal China!
Agreed. This is a nice village. The people aren't 'rich', but they are comfortable because they have a very low cost of living in a village like this and many of them have children who live in the cities and give them a few thousand RMB a month to help them get by. This village is in the countryside of southern Jiangsu Province just north of the Yangtze, so it is not a poor region of China.
Why is everything grey and depressive?
I guess it’s just the style.
Why are they all in winter coats indoors? They have no heating and live whole season in coats? That's hell.
They have heating indoors, but they want to save money, so they don't always use it. Also Chinese people always wear way too much. They are afraid of the cold. I actually wear more layers here now than I would back home just so I can prevent Chinese people from asking me if I am cold all the time. It's actually good for the environment to wear extra layers instead of turning up the heat. It lowers your carbon footprint!
@@xiaoandmatt I just constantly see Chinese people SLEEPING in sweaters, brushing teeth in coats and it's seems, it's always below freezing in Chinese homes. Plus they have a lot of tile in interior, it doesn't help either:(
We are in Montana and just thinking about no heater.....🥶🥶🥶💀
CO2 is plant food, farmers even use special machines in greenhouses to increase it, please, don't follow this fraudulent nonsense.
@@xiaoandmatt thanks for explanation though. Something cultural, I guess. Indian people also like to put 40+ layers on small children, no matter how hot is inside.
@@xiaoandmattYeah, yeah, yeah. I lived in China for many years myself. I can tell you that having it cold inside sucks--period.
@@mickey1849 What city did you live in?
My God, those chickens have a crappy life.
that home is depressing beyond words. you live with an enormous family and each room a sleeping quarters. you have zero freedom, consistently being judged by family members....like...where do you even have sex? and can everyone hear you have sex? can you walk around naked? no view of anything....its a prison......its a prison.
WTF are you talking about. Only 4 people live in that house. Did you even watch the video? I don't live there. lol Wow..
@@xiaoandmattDo you think you are smarter than Chinese people?
@@yongjunchen-m2t Me lol No I’m not that smart.
@@xiaoandmatt No sir, I replied to the wrong person. I should have replied to the person above.sorry
@@silentsmokey You fool don't understand anything.