Wow. China has breathtaking places, culture, people, languages, traditions and food. It's so inspiring. I hope more people around the world will see the true beauty of China and not being manipulated by the media.
You don’t know what is call propaganda, don’t believe what you see, this is what they want you to see, communist is master of propaganda!! Watching for fun but don’t believe!! You will find alot of different whatever you had seen on video !!!
@@masterk5372Hmong people came from China and settled in different parts of South East Asia. Vietnam call them Hmong, in China they call them Miao. Miao people migrate from time to time, some ethnic minorities do such practices.
Stunning location. We were in Yunnan 20 years ago and loved it . We traveled on our own all the way to the Tibetan border . A great unforgettable experience. ❤
This was an astonishing documentary. It's like being transported to another world full of constant surprises. By the end tears were flowing down my cheeks. Can't upvote enough! Should have 10 millions views!
@@Hallands. I've lived in China. At night everyone floods into the streets to walk around, dance, and eat street food. Young, old, even the pets. There is no fear of being robbed or shot. No homeless anywhere. No beggars anywhere. I've also lived in Detroit. This the the most Dystopian city on the planet. Unbelievably weird and crazy. House robbed three times in 6 months. Cars stolen, stripped, and abandoned on my street almost every week. Totally empty at night. Everyone is scared to go out. Homeless drug addicts everywhere. I've seen it with my own eyes. Neither you nor anyone else is going to convince me that the U.S. manages their country better than China, or that U.S. citizens have more freedom than the Chinese. They don't. It's way worse. That is the real propaganda.
@@davidbosak7503 Yeah, the democrat cities and states are doing horrible. I wasn’t comparing, merely pointing out that the present narrative got a little too pink to be true.
If you think this is paid propaganda... why bother watching this beautiful documentary? Why bother at all? Just stay where you are and be ignorant. I agreed with David Bosak, obviously he has more intelligence knowledge then you could ever imagine.
@@Hallands. , Republicans in USA can't do any better, but still in China communist party can change and its leaders can change, what can happen in future is just a guess, uncertainty is always true, change is constant.
Yunnan is the place I'd love to visit if I ever get a chance to travel to China 👏👍💯❤️ not interested in big sparkling cities,this is more real,beautiful with warm people 🤗💕 Thank you for bringing China into our homes,hope to see more ☺️🙂❣️👋
Absolutely agree with you. Nobody wants to visit a place in China with Dunkin Donuts and Burger Kings that looks like New York City. I'd love to see inland lakes, small farms and traditional harvest times, annual festivals, Thursday markets, hilltop rest homes, exotic foods, tribal clothes,traditional implements, lush forests and slow riverboats in meandering rivers.
Great snapshot of this interesting province. I always marvel at how different everyday life can be depending on where you live, but also am in awe of the similarities in our values and goals. From the elderly lady noting the change in both her abilities and the economy as she's aged, to the child dreaming of Olympic glory, to the ship captain's emotional connection to the river...I know these people. For all our differences, we are so, so alike.
Give it to the Brits and everybody practice the same thing and everybody speaks English in no time. Look at the US, no Native Americans speak their own tribal language anymore.
Yunan province also had a great impact on India's north-eastern state of Assam. The Tai-Ahom community of Assam has its roots in Yunan. The founder of the Ahom Dynasty, Sukapha, came to Assam from Yunan province in around 12th century AD and setup the great Ahom empire.
@@laurathakooor1314 actually its the other way 😀 nepali indigenous people are all tibeto burmeli speakers and has root in yunan and yellow river . Most of them seem to have settlements from eastern nepal coming through north east india via myanmar and some directly through yellow river china , himalaya tibet and then nepal hills but all are admixed and populated nepal hills and plain . Well we are related and have the same roots and ancestors . Eastern nepali indigenous limbu and rai kiratis seems to be more close to north east groups
OMG- that was absolutely amazing in every way. The beauty of the people in all their traditions and happiness, and health. I'm from the US and we could learn about a million things from these folks and how to take care of our hearts , our families and our land. I've never seen a better video ever. Thank-you so very much.
they showed river valleys that were essentially untouched for centuries that got turned into wet rice farming fields since the 1960s, a flooded genetically-engineered monoculture crop they're tossing industrial fertilizer on and using gas-powered farm tools to grow. they're no different from the usa.
Awesome Documentary, I would love to visit this part of China. As an African born and raised watching this is like being on the Continent of Africa, we have such a rich diversity, and some of them are so much like what is in this film. It just amazes me the way we are all the same in most parts of the world. The way the women wrap their heads and just the different traditions, coming from a family of generations of fisherman and farmers I can relate to a lot of their traditions
older civilizations like the Africans and Chinese will have similar features in culture. We are all humans after all. We all have rich diversity and history.
while Yunnan likely holds 1,000 unique and interesting stories, your team has done well to capture some of these regions and cultures. it really is a very nice production in my opinion. well done.
Why are you astounded it’s not about the Chinese people the negative press is about the communist human right violating government, as it should be. I’ve never once heard a new station talk bad about the Chinese people
I’m Indonesian from Borneo Island, it is so happy to see the culture and the tradition, my ancestors came from Yunnan to North Kalimantan and i wish i could come to China Specially The Yunnan Province one day
I was told that I was adopted from Yunnan, specifically in Kunming. Thank you for filming this documentary so I could visit vicariously through the lens :)
Amazed to see so many cultural similarities with the different tribes of Northeast India.. I am pretty sure we migrated from Yunnan region through burma than finally reaching Northeast India🙏🏻
The crazy thing is we Zo people(Chin-Kuki-Mizo) which is a major tribe in NE India/Chin state of Myanmar also came from a cave called Chhinlung as a lore which we dont know where it is.All we know is that we migrate from south China due to raid.
I traveled in Yunnan in 2019 and wanted to return overland from Laos in 2020 but the borders of China closed in March 2020. I wanted to return because I had had a taste of Yunnan culture through the Yeo and the Bai people. I wanted to explore such beautiful lands with cultures so connected with the natural world where a deep joy lives in the heart of the people. This film has captured the feeling of the connection humans can have for thousands of years if we cherish our connection with our earth mother (of us all). Cannot wait to return to these beautiful lands.
Wow ...their culture, belief, their tradisional clothes and the roof style of their homes are familiar in Indonesia. I think the ancestor of some local tribes in Indonesia.
A research was done and said that an immigration from Africa came to SEA, b4 the lands was submerged caused by volcanic eruption and divided into M'sia, Indonesia, Philipines, etc. This group collectively called Malay people. Jawa, Bugis, Bawean are branches of Malay people.(Africa & Philipines also have an ethnic/race called Malay), Soon they migrated to Yunnan and also Taiwan, Taiwan via Philippines. whom are now called the natives of Taiwan. By DNA, Malay people are older than Chinese and Indian. The ancient Indian race was annilated by the eruption of Mt Toba (if i remember correctly). The newer Indian came later. I happen to come across this info when i was searching on RU-vid "Malay race" i think.
the Ancient Dian kingdom existed until around 100BC in this region until Han-China annex it. Many Dian people decided to emigrate to Vietnam, Cambodia or even overseas to Sumatra island of Indonesia (Badhak?)
@@almira1382 bruh, indonesian are not from africa? You forgot papua are the first human homo sapiens migrated from africa even their culture almost same with africa
@@petercastellino6997Tai Khamti, Tai Phake, Tai Ahom, Tai Aiton, Singpho, etc are the ethnic groups who have recorded history of having migrated from Yunnan via Myanmar. While there are others like the Naga people who were likely to have migrated from Yunnan, they don't have have any recorded history as they didn't have any written tradition. Some other ethnicities are speculated to have originated from around Tibet.
WONDERFUL YUNNAN WITH 25 OF THE 56 ETHNIC CHINESE PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE ' DAI ' WHO ARE THE ANCESTORS OF THE THAI PEOPLE FOR OVER 1,000 OF YEARS! from my home in ' The City of Angels, Bangkok ' I visited Kunming many times 40-yrs-ago & had been to Xishuangbanna once. Nowadays, China's High-Speed train from Kunming to Vientiane in Laos & in a few years down to Bangkok. We don't have to fly but riding High-Speed trains to see all the natural surroundings of Thailand, Laos, & Yunnan China. WONDERFUL TRAVELLING BY TRAIN IS COMING TO SOUTHEAST ASIA!
I'm a Sumi, Naga from Nagaland, India. And since the Nagas are distant relatives of the people of Yunnan. I wish to visit it before I pass. With my children, ofcourse.
I do not see physical or language similarities between Nagas and Chin-Mizo-Kuki or Meitei-Assamese. I don't see similarities between Nagas and other Northeastern Indian States. I do not see similarities between Nagas and Southeast Asian. I do not see similarities between Nagas and Yunnan Province. If you are dark/brown skin and short with somehow Oriental looks (but mixed DNA) and you have Indian names and surnames, please don't try to associate with Nagas, we are not your cousin. We are not related with anyone other than ourselves, over and out. People with Indian name and surname, all claiming to be from Yunnan Province SMH. Just stop already.
The dragon boat race in 28:40 is very similar with Meitei tribe in Manipur, Northeast India. THE DESIGN OF THE BOAT IS ALSO EXACTLY SAME.. And in 31:15 he is praying in one of the four corner of the room, it's also done by Meitei Manipuri people..
@@sklu309yes meiteis have almost lost their identity. Converted to hinduism, using indian surnames, looking down on the tribals who are related to you lol
Greeting from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺 Thanks for sharing your vlogs. Beautiful parts of China and amazing Culture and old traditions still going keep well❤👍🙏
I loved the fish festival! I was worried with that many people catching and packing up the river but when I saw the last ritual was to release fish back into the river! What a beautiful ceremony! Buddhism is beautiful!
That's a little far for why direct historical connection between them. But maybe you are implying that. The Wa are pretty far inland almost behind a bunch of mountains. The migrations through that area towards Bornes are probably too far back in time to carry all those cultural nuances you are pointing to. The Wa speaks Pelaugic language. It's a different "big branch" in the language family tree that also reaches over to Borneo. But some ideas and techniques in the arts probably spread in that direction during the waves of Buddhist and Hindu culture that rose through southeast Asia at a couple different points in time. Or, maybe, the Khmer Empire created a cultural and trade connection across that vast distance a thousand years ago. That's my best educated guess.
16:00 Hekai, the Bulang Mountains 91 year old Grandma enjoys climbing the short trees for tea leaves. Her humble home and village is lovely. Looks comfortable, open, yet safe and sheltered. Pu-erh tea ... From ancient tea trees. Natural treasure more precious than gold. So true! And the younger tree climber of Lahu people respects the trees like respect for her parents, adoration as with her children. Very nice warm feeling she gave me. A touching portrait. And the Lahu people of ancient times were known for their skills in hunting tiger, according to narrator. Then they picked leaves from the cherished tea trees. As in this clip of the video.
This is extraordinary. The dances, costumes, food and the people are very similar to my region/people. I will keep on researching why that is so. Thank you for sharing.
@@aroopgohainbaruah5216 He's probably from Thailand. The Thais used to live in southern China before they migrated south to the land of Khmers in present day Thailand where they took over most of the Khmers' land. There are still ethic Thais living in China.
where do you live? if you dont mind me asking. and what do you mean by "we dont have connection with people". i dont mean anything, just a genuine question
That’s just one city. Not the whole country, so you think people in cities have interactions? You have no idea about east asia isolated and pressure society of work
In the USA those who are pretentious can connect. Those who are real and capable of being truly independent are discouraged from connecting, so that the pretentious can continue to pretend. There really aren't many unpretentious people near me. I write comments to stay connected. Besides I get to choose the subject matter/topic that are truly interesting to spend effort commenting. I had once been accused of "flooding the comment section" by a commentary who thought I write too much, too long. In China, there are many more people. I think there are those in the cities that are pretentious but are truly busy in learning and developing therefore connect in a different way than those in the USA. The USA is already fully developed country, though only 2.5 centuries old and civilized in the last century. China is an old country, civilized long ago in ancient times, but was very underdeveloped until late 20th century. These minority groups like the Lahu people that do things in more the traditional ways are slowly progressing - but only in necessary areas. You are connected by commenting. I think it could be worthwhile more so than in other ways. I don't know about Twitter or Facebook since I am not in. But social media is connection, though not in person.
@@sklu309 Nope the Dai language and culture are more similar to Thai and Laotian, whereas your culture and language are more similar to Tibetan and Burmese. The Dai language is part of the Tai-Kradai family, whereas the Meiteis language is part of the Sino-Tibetan family.
Dai are what we call the Lue people, dai is Chinese propaganda like the video. That’s why they are all speaking Chinese and not their ethnic language in the video
The documentary about the Yunnan people's of China tells more liked the naga's of northeast India. Here in India we still have the clans of people's know as WA people's. Even the names are very much familiar liked NA WA and Ying li Tang zu . The displayed of log drum and mang buffaloes skulls hang outside the houses are everything's similiar to us. I suggest the author to research more know about all . Thanks for the information.✌️🙏
@@xinyiquan666 I don't mean it's india. Never I mention it. But similarities of the yunnan province and northeastern india I talked. Why not support us Naga's of india who are struggling freedom since 76 years. 🙏
This is a great educational video. The world need more this kind of educational video for all human races to have a better understanding and love of each other rather than hate, killing and having war on each other
Our communities are exactly photocopy same kind of Yunnan. Their ancestors from there called the Land below the Wind do weaving and rice planting and hosting harvest festivals. Many are Sinos and mandarin speakers
OMG, I love the 91 year old grandmother that's so active and still picking tea leaves. What a beautiful soul. Too think my relatively healthy 70 year old mother, 50 miles away regularly calls me over just to help with simple chores, weeding, lawncare, etc. First World problem. 😂 I also really enjoyed the "mud fights" of the Wa people. Who said "black face" was a negative? It's all a matter of perspective. And the 11 year old swimmer with Olympic hopes. Her mind is headed in the right direction. At that age, most kids are glued to the computer and gaming these days, while wolfing down microwaveables.
Though this documentary didn't cover my Miao heritage in the Wenshan Perfecture and other places, it's so wonderful to see the ethnic minority of Yunnan, the Province below the cloud.
Based on research Indonesians 62,5% are O groups. From Southern China Yunnan. Yunnan look like Indonesians culture. Dayak, Minahasa, Toraja. Visiting Yunnan Culture is almost similar like visiting Dayak in Kalimantan, Bali, Toraja. Based on DNA Y Chromosome and MtDNA Indonesians 62,5% are O group one frequency with people in South China particularly Yunnan.
Beautiful video, so interesting culture living in Yunnan! Very colourful cheerful, friendly and charming people! May Buddha s Blessings rains upon them daily!!!!🌞🌞🌞🌞🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟☺️☺️☺️☺️🤗🤗🤗💛💛💛💛🧡🧡🧡🧡🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗 Sincerly rosa margriet Holland
When i was in school, my teacher told me that peoples of Indonesia and Asean (Southeast Asian) are originally migrated from Yunnan Province in China and some other are Austronesian migrated from Formosa Island (Taiwan).
