Where did you spend your Chinese New Year 2020? What are your favourite Chinese New Year traditions? I hope you are doing well despite the difficult situation. Sending love and strength to everyone affected by the virus. Stay safe!
Kaisa A I’m also in Beijing, I spent it in Tianjin. It’s such a beautiful city.I stayed at a hotel which is right across the Haihe river. I’ve been indoors since I’ve been back in Beijing.
The news got dramatically worse after the CNY. We did not have big family gatherings afterwards. Me and my husband are now back in Beijing and staying at home. His home village in Zhejiang has been locked down, so no one can leave or come in anymore. 新年快乐，身体健康！我从来没有用过bilibili，但是很多人已经说过我应该开始在中国的网站做视频。Maybe one day 😅
Thanks Bryan! I love to travel far and get to know new cultures. My husband’s home is now my home too so I want to get to know it better. 😊 All the best to you!
Thanks Miriam for your lovely comment, it made me so happy to hear that you have watched my video! I love the fire stoves too, the food tastes so good, but I have no idea how to cook with them 😂 I also love pumpkin, so simple to cook, just steam it and it tastes delicious! The village is in the mountains, so the scenery is quite beautiful and changes according to the season. ☘️🌾🍁
@@kaisaa4318 I have also only seen people use them! They aren't a thing here in Qinghai unfortunately... I'd love to learn how to use one though! I can imagine it being absolutely beautiful there in spring time
At :45 seconds, there is something about the way you speak to your husband trying to get him to sit next to you. Your voice, hands and body language show a genuine affection that is reserved for people in love. This video is gold.
Kaisa, just watched for the first time your video about the trip to visit your husband's village in late Sept 20 and I just simply couldn't stop watching some more (the boxing practice in a hotel was the second and this is the third one in a row). It's so lovely to watch how Chinese NY was celebrated at your husband's village and how well you accustom yourself to living in China and mingling with your husband's family. Wishing you all the very best, keep well and stay healthy!
Your husband is a bit uncomfortable presenting in front of the camera and giving a speech. However, this is a very authantic man. He looks much more comfortable showing/explaining the tradition during the the event. You are very good at presenting and add explainations. Keep up~ You are a great combination.
The day before Chinese new year, we call it "除夕"，the pronunciation is "chu xi" , the meaning is getting rid of "Xi", the "Xi" was kind of terrible monster. So people will using the firework to drive the monster away. That is the legend of Chinese new year
The monster is actually called Nian (年, or Nian Shou 年兽) which appears on the eve of every year causing troubles. In order to scare monster always, people will paste red paper, hang red cloth outside their house and making loud cracking noises. There is a story about Sui (岁) another monster that will terrify children in their sleep on the eve of lunar new year, in order to keep the children safe, parents will light up the house and keep the children awake hence Shou Sui (守岁). A rich official gave his child red paper and coins to keep him awake, but the child fall asleep with the coins wrapped in red paper, and the child was unharmed. Hence Ya Sui Qian (压岁钱)🧧is given to children to keep them safe.
In ancient Chinese legends, Nian is a ferocious beast. Every time before the age of the year, he would eat people and animals. In order to drive Nian away, people would beat gongs, drums, set off firecrackers, and write some spells on the doors and windows. Over time, it has formed a very important festival in China now
I'm a Chinese working in Malawi, Africa. I spent my last Chinese new year here with the colleagues here. We set fireworks during the festival, which attracted a lot of the locals to watch. It was my third spring festival stay in Africa, and I hope next new year I can stay with my families in China. Good wishes to all.
I just discovered your channel... and I connect already. I, too, am a non-chinese married to a Chinese. We are currently living the the States, but lived the first several years of our marriage in China. In this current time when we are unable to travel back to his hometown, spend time with extended family, and enjoy traditions that are so deep from his culture this video made me smile. Oh how I wish I could record and share his mothers cooking or our neice and nephews antics, even just to hear their voices so clearly. Thank you for sharing. :)
You have broke a lot of hearts of your channel subscribers first of them is me 😢 we thought you are single But we still watching you and I hope that you have a happy life together
This so so fascinating. Watching private video blogs is like seeing a priveledge insight of someone's personal life. As viewers people create some kind of strange personal mindset. You should be happy for her, getting on with her life. Keep more videos coming.
Yeah, nature dz you're right she broke our hearts. We thought she is a single. A beautiful and smart girl suddenly appears with a man. I was like damn but wish her nothing but the best.
Actually most of the time they speak Wu dialect and I don’t understand a word 😅 but if they are trying to talk with me or if I insist they speak in Mandarin, they will try their best. My father-in-law has not spoken this much Mandarin for a decade 😂
@@kaisaa4318 Ah, that makes sense. It's true what they say about the difference between a dialect and a language -- a language has an army and navy. The three major Chinese dialects of Mandarin, Shanghainese, and Cantonese are totally unintelligible among their speakers. I find the differences between any two wider than the differences between any of English, Dutch, or German. There was a story about a Russian woman whose husband was the President of Taiwan from 1978-88. She learned the Wu dialect first and later in life she spoke Mandarin with a Ningbo accent instead of a Russian accent. Best wishes to you and your new family.
@@brianplum1825 , although my ancestors are from Shunde in Guonghou, I am a M'sian and the Chinese dialects in M'sia are Teow Chiew, Cantonese Hainanese, Hokkien, Fukien, etc., a real good mix.😄
@@brianplum1825 Many Chinese so called dialects are actually languages, as in India. Just that the first Emperor did away with all scripts n keeping one to centralise control n admin. Hence all languages were now called 'dialects'.
If you don’t mind,i sincerely want to make friends with both of you.I live in the mainland and i am a collage student in China majoring in English.I love language and i worship your talent😜.If you would like to accept it,i can give you my WeChat or Facebook.Thank you for submitting these videos to learn more about the Western countries and Western cultures.I am always here waiting for the good news from you😋😋
How come you got married all of a sudden? Haven't seen anything related to your relationship in your previous videos.But congratulations on your marriage.恭喜发财，早生贵子！
谢谢！I haven’t talked about my relationships in my previous videos, but since we got married recently we thought it’s time we appear together on my channel. 😁
I've never spent Chinese new year Eve at my parents in law, the married daughter in her hometown must spend it with the husband's family so we aren't allowed to go there until January 2nd
Let me tell you a story I heard years ago. Some guys (soldiers) went to the north for a war with their general in the Ming Dynasty. So they ate Mantou in the north but they found it delicious, and kept it as a tradition when returning home.
Kaisa A it is quite easy, you just need to register a bilibili account and then upload videos, you do not need to speak chinese and just give the chinese subtitle.😄
新年快乐，Kaisa！你以前在芬兰有没有庆祝过中国新年？芬兰的中国人庆祝新年有没有不一样的传统？美国的中国人从十九世纪开始每一年在各个大城市的华府举办游行活动。 Before my family and I moved to the US, I _hated_ 三十晚上, because at the stroke of midnight, all those firecrackers would go off. As a child, I didn't care why; I just wanted some sleep. How did you enjoy the firecrackers?
新年快乐，ZhangtheGreat！在芬兰的首都赫尔辛基每年有一个比较大的春节的活动，有表演，烟花，也可以买中国小吃的。我认为这个活动是举办的为了给芬兰人看看中国的春节是怎么样的。有一些芬兰的中国人会参加这个活动，但是可能大部分中国人会在家里跟他们的家人一起吃饭，这样过年。The first time I was in China for the Chinese New Year I also hated the firecrackers, since I could not sleep. Now, this was my third time in China during the CNY and I think I slowly start to like the firecrackers, especially the fireworks that look pretty. But, I still could not sleep XD I'm also a little bit scared of them.
Thank you for sharing the Chinese new year with us! Wish you a wonderful marrige! Plus please take care of yourself and other family members in case of being harassed by the virus! 新年快乐，身体健康，万事如意，大家也都要平安！
Hi, Kaisa! Welcome to China and congratulations on your marriage! I live in China, too. Happy New Year! My name is Matt and I'm a language learning card game designer. If you would like to review one of my games on your channel, I'd be happy to send you one. Just let me know!
Hi Matt and thank you for the congratulations! Wow, this is the first time anyone has offered me to do collaboration on my channel. 😄 Thanks for the offer, but as attractive as your offer sounds like I think I have to kindly refuse it. I barely have time to upload videos about the content I would like to do. I had a look on your videos and your card games seem like an interesting learning method, though. Also, I believe that during this time in China when people have to stay indoors many people would be interested in your card games. I wish you the best of luck and a Happy New Year!
@@kaisaa4318 That's quite alright! Thank you very much for your kind reply! Best of luck with all that you do in 2020! Happy New Year again! And if you ever change you mind, feel free to contact me. --Matt
Wow thanks a lot! 💞 I love Miriam’s videos too, she portrays the Chinese countryside so beautifully! 😍 I hope you get a chance to visit Chinese countryside, it differs quite a bit from the big cities. 😁
