ANCIENT PAGODAS and HUNDREDS of CATS! - Shandong, China. 

As a Chinese, I am grateful to you for exploring the ancient pagodas in China and sharing your videos.

Amazing pagodas. Cute cats. Awesome Buddhas sculptures. Cool place to visit in Shandong ❤❤❤.

The dragon and tiger pagoda is so beautifully detailed! I would be so scared being around maimed and probably violent cats lol

Nine pinnacle pagoda. I've never seen anything like it and unique indeed.

Beautiful, stately, showing the ravages of time yet standing tall and proud...these cats are truly a sight to behold. The pagodas are nice too ;)

I really like your pagoda hunting tour, from which I've learnt some Chinese history. Thanks 👍👍

Really enjoyed this day out! Has anyone else been here? What are your thoughts? Also...keep an eye on the map!!! www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1hTgSMEXlk4ZE7JzGtts9JGI_rbX1-2s&usp=sharing

The Longmen Grottoes are absolutely packed with people, bizarre that nobody comes here.

Ancient temples and cats are really a good combination. The whole scenic spot looks more friendly and lovely, instead of being so deep and solemn. Your introductions always combine the attractions with historical background in an engaging way, which is really great. I commented on the last video and mentioned the bell notification for video updates, but I still haven’t seen it this time. This is because I noticed your video appointment on the homepage, so I found your video quickly. Thanks again Nick for the wonderful video

Who is feeding the hundreds of cats roaming around?

Really enjoy your videos. All are very informative and well done. I'm quite interested in Chinese history and have done some travel throughout China (my wife is Chinese born in Anhui province). It's seems a bit odd because neither her nor much of her family has much, if any, interest in their own history. Can you recommend a book on introduction to Chinese history? Again, thanks for all of your great work.

Another great find! btw, Sui Yang Di "ended" up in Yangzhou.

Thank you. Very interesting. It looks like the lower parts of the temples and pagodas are build with a more advanced technique, which might indicate like in the rest of the world that the ancient cultures were more skilled. I would like to visit this place myself some day :) And the carved Buddha mountain looks amazing :)

Thanks for showing us unknown and beautiful places like this! The location is great!

This place is magnificent.. can’t wait to visit it in person. Great vlog as always.

amazing video as always Nick, thank you so much!

❤❤❤thank you. the warm winter sunshine made a great filter for the video shooting. u r so lucky to have 🐱🐱🐱. do u like 🐶too?

100 million people in Shandong and Nick found the one place with more cats than people. 笑

Your choices reflect the wonderful diversity of pagodas just in one spot - the nine-pinnacle, four-door, and dragon and tiger pagodas. Going from the simple, staid four-door one to the intricately carved dragon/tiger pagoda was like walking from one dynasty to the next...which it kind of was.

So quiet and meditative! Am sure the cats chose to stay for that reason.

We enjoyed this video very much, as we've just come back from 3 months in Jinan, but never been to this place. My wife thinks she went 35 years ago, but I now want to go when we go back next year. The Tang dynasty is one of my favourite eras, mainly because of the detective Judge Dee stories, translated by Robert Van Gulik. When I went to the Jinan miltary museum, I was the only visitor, plus when I went to the Natural History museum near 1000 Bhudda mountain, I was also the only visitor, accompanied by a Chinese student who'd never been before and the officials followed us, to turn off the electric heating, as we went from one room to another.

Woo that’s really beautiful, and very cool. And since it’s super hot in here, it’s also cooler to watch now seeing snow😮

This place is otherworldly! the cats definitely add to the mystique!

I'm from Shandong province and I had no idea these places existed! Will try to visit this summer when I go back.

I'm watching this for the second time just to see the cats.

Such a history nerd, Nick.

Looking at historical sites that I have never seen up close in this way is another form of healing for me

there is no one else in this place. feels strange as every other china vid has so many people in them

It's so solemnly quiet....i love those kind of places

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#37 Very unique looking pagoda!❤ #40 absolutely gorgeous, and the temple cats…wow, love them too ❤absolutely great tour for us too Nick, thank you. Yes, i will put this place on my bucket list to China!❤️🙏🙏❤️🙏

Love, love this episode. Never knew such a temple existed in China!

Such a solemn and serene place.