My most authentic Chinese New Year yet! 🐲 还是乡下过年有味道！🧨 

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这段视频是我认为，外国人做关于中国新年的视频中，做得最好也是最富有人文情怀的，几乎把所有新年的元素全都包含了进去。而且把过年时中国人那种乡愁拍得太到位了，情感内敛却又深厚。我都觉得你上辈子一定是个中国人👍👍👍

Thank you for being honest and sharing the beautiful people of China. The beautiful food. The beautiful cultures. The beautiful people. Just like us. We're all here just trying to share, trying to survive and trying to live another wonderful day.

Dami is so cute, and smart! I love how clearly he explains things

You are my favorite youtuber these day. I can't speak Mandarin, but your sounds really authentic and even a bit smart ass at times. The internet really needs footage of China and rural China and everyday people when the media is getting so crazy. these are wholesome and funny and culturally enriching. Thank you

This was one of the most authentic things I saw on RU-vid recently. I never expected to see someone traveling through China and showing everything. As a Brazilian, it's hard to imagine a life there, but it makes me feel more curious and interested in visiting one day.

If you enjoyed this video, raise your hand to show Katherine 😺 ion your undying support 👍✋🙋

The sense of humor in your videos makes wacthing them more amusing and relaxing.

This really makes us those who couldn't go home for Chinese New Year missing home more :(

1:44 Even in Romania, we have the same tradition with loud noises and fires to "drive away evil spirits". I guess at some point they're all connected. Happy New Year!

From Québec you are so lucky to be in China away from all the negative stuff going on everywhere else. I hope my visa will be re-activated this year and I can go back in October. Thanks for the videos.

Dami has such a great personality 😂

Glad you enjoyed yourself in the village during CNY. Chinese villages in Malaysia celebrate CNY in the same way too except that we don't play firecrackers so much. Thanks for sharing a wonderful video. Gong Xi Fa Chai.

Thank you for this lovely episode, Kat. As always it's like being there sharing the experience with you. Wishing you all the best in the year of the rabbit.

Watching this on the 15th and final day of new year's celebration. Time flies when you're having fun.

That young kid is smart and adorable. Smart boy

这小朋友太可爱了😂津津有味的讲中国年的由来

One of the last countries where new year has really great meaning and caring tradition❤️ I hope it will stay that way forever.

Thanks for this video. It’s customary for Chinese people to make a lot of noise when celebrating- meaning joy & happiness. If celebrating quietly, live a graveyard, it’s not joyous. Happy New Year to you all

Kids love those small firecrackers here in Brazil too

This is the kind of Chinese new year I experienced many years ago

因为疫情三年没有回中国过年了，都快忘了过年是什么样子了， thanks for reminding me the sense of NIAN.

the huge greenhouse is a wonderful way to grow fresh fruit and veg in the city. the fireworks are beautiful.

The boy is veeery cute and articulate. 😀

The Chinese New Year show is very wholesome and family friendly. In the U.S., we used to have wholesome show as well but it has since gone downhill.

A unique channel which shows China in a unsual view, and I learned a lot. Almost 100k subscriber, congrats!

很真实的中国乡村过年🧨❤谢谢阳离子有趣而可爱的记录。视频里的小男孩是个小机灵😂

Great video Kat! Wonderful and exciting lives of folks in rural China during CNY! 🐰🐰🐰

Happy CNY Katherine. Truly truly awesome, thanks for showing us how the rural folks celebrate their CNY. 👍👍👍

man, that little kid knows everything!

this is such a wonderful experience oh how I wish I could experience this beautiful celebration in China! ❤The village looks prosperous and well planned

I m impressed by this little boy speak fluent English, he is awesome ❤

Wow, especially love this video! it brings back so much great memories. I left rural south China 31 years ago for Australia with I was 9. Now I have kids of my own with a 5 and a 8 yo, I would love to take them back to experience the joy and excitement similar to my childhood years. I hope that I can take them back to China to visit our village to experience the rural village life.

Lovely vlog Katherine! Such wonderful commentary, visuals...Its like I was watching a documentary. You are a quite a film maker, aren't you?

Loved it! It is my dream to be in rural China during the new year spring festival and play with all kinds of firecrackers and enjoy amazing food. I can feel the richness of the Chinese culture by watching your videos. Thanks and cheers from the frozen land of Canada

So very nice to celebrate in the village.. Wish I could be in China to enjoy the atmosphere. Katharine, have a wonderful CNY!!

Amazing! I left China when I was 10, and used to spend every CNY with my grandparents in the countryside. It’s one of my favorite memories growing up, and this just bring back so much feels!! So amazing… and yeah the 联欢晚会was all the rage in the 90s 😂 I’ve watched many of your vids, this is definitely one of my favs, thank you!!

That's a cute little tour guide ya got there. He speaks so fast I could hardly catch what he said. The evening program is broadcast to my country live every year same time. I also never miss it every year while waiting for the fireworks at midnight. Unfortunately rain did also dampen out the fireworks here too. It was suppose to be a fireworks gallore this year as it has been permitted to be sold after a long ban. The change in governance lifted the ban literally days before CNY. Somehow people still managed to sell and buy some in time. As for me, I sort of was oblivious of the lifting of the ban and didn't get any. I'm keeping my fingers crossed they would continue next year. Tell you something, a CNY is not exciting nor happiest without fireworks and children(the more the merrier). I just love to play fireworks with young children around the ages of 6 onwards, they are just so happy the vibe spreads to you. Happy CNY Katherine, CNY is all about family. You are more than friend in this family. You are family in China.

Wow! Fantastic video, as usual. Your host family is truly nice and this new year celebration was so well organised. I wish you a very Happy Chinese New Year!! Thank you very much for sharing ⚘

Thank you for taking us along Katherine. Bless you! Happy New Year of the Rabbit.

It brings back memories when I was in Taiwan many years ago. I am a rabbit. So guessing my age is a multiplication question. I am too Americanized now, just happened I was on a Princess cruise ship in the Caribbean on CNY day. Dinner was served with Chinese dumplings(煎餃子) as an appetizer for the occasion.

Happy Lantern Festival today!

You made the most Chinese Chinese new year video without a single dancing lion. Good job. Happy Chinese new year to you.

You have a very young tour guide this time. So interesting n fun having him around.😃

Nice video which captured the rural Chinese New Year celebration vibes.....well done Katherine👍

Nice video . Very nice and warming family life . Its the cornerstone of the society after all . Which we a bit lacking in the west , but when we in "poorer" times we draw more back to "families" .

Thank you for sharing. Wish you an enjoyable stay in China! 🌹

I can't stop laughing at the CONSTANT fireworks!! LMAO I nearly lost it when there's all those fireworks and then the auntie goes "we're gonna set off more fireworks, and then we'll have dinner" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 If I'm ever in rural China for Chinese New Year, I feel like I won't be able to stop laughing from all the fireworks going off! Funny how Katherine mentioned Chicago because I lived in West Oakland for YEARS and I never heard anything even close to this. And actually, setting off fireworks was usually a pretty quick way to get the cops chasing you, even on the nights the Warriors won the NBA Championships.

Thanks Katherine, As an offspring of Chinese myself, I really don't know the Red story of China until your little kid told me. I just thought red is official symbol of China. You should wear red outfit as well. Happy Chinese New Year to you and your beloved family in China.

Before I could type it, you beat me to it with the reference to Chicago! I bet that you’ll reach 100k subscribers with this episode.

Very enjoyable to watch and glad to see the authenticity of tradition in a rural backdrop.

Happy Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day, Miss Katherine. 🐇🧧 Very authentic celebration you had in China. And I don’t know whether it is illegal to shoot fireworks in the sky by ourselves? I heard sounds of it during midnight, which I almost could not sleep the entire night.

This is the time to spend time with your love ones. Hope to get united with your hubby soon.

A happy and great year of the rabbit to you Katherin. From Malaysia.

Katherine you are right where you should be for eternity. Life is wonderful.

This is one of the best videos on your channel, ever. When I see things like that, it gives me warmth to the idea that everyone in the world is the same when it comes to family and culture, although the US would like people to think anyone not following the American way of doing things is illegitimate.

Year of Dragon. Expecting👏👏👏

(7:49) The CCTV Spring Festival Extravaganza is a must watch program in the freezing North-East provinces. The further down south, the warmer the winter weather, the less people watch it. In southern provinces like Guangdong, Guangxi & Hainan, after the big meal people can go outdoors and check out other fun activities. These days audience participation in the south is down to 2-3%. In a large country like China, traditional practices are diverse and cultural preferences are far from homogeneous. The core idea of Spring Festival shared by all Chinese is family gathering, taking a break from work, collecting year end bonuses, having fun, and getting ready for another year. Anthropologically, people everywhere are very much alike as they respond to the changing seasons.

We've been to China many times from Shanghai to Hainan Island and in between like Confucius hometown.

Just like watching the marathon of the "Christmas Story" became the tradition for many people on Christmas as well.

What a nice family. According to some people, the Japanese never visited this city, or reports of their visit has been greatly exaggerated.

I really really want to play with that 'shooting firecrackers/works' (the one he shot it to the sky)! Looks like you have an awesome time over there!

I am such a city person that I find the amount of explosives rural China use to celebrate the New Year to be rather unnerving 😅 And CCTV owes you a medal for being a Spring Gala die hard fan. Happy CNY!

Great video. Nice host Family. Happy Chinese New Year of the Rabbit!🧧 ❤ Happy Lantern Festival! 🏮🌝

You surely made everyone everywhere homesick! Thanks you for showing us your experience!

"feel like I'm in Chicago" 😂😂

A great people and culture 🇨🇳

nice , being Nanjing citizen in Europe so many years , already couldn't feel so much fun for new year here , after watching Katherine's video , I'm starting missing home . She is better than me because she was in BAGUAZOU and I was never being there for visiting accept knowing well name of BGZ

元宵节快乐。吉祥如意。身体健康。合家平安。

Successfully described the Chinese New Year culture

I really enjoyed your rural Chinese new year celebration.

Thank you for the video which gives a realistic view of life in China. Also your videos are great English speaking learning material, I love them! 感谢你的视频，让人们看到了真实的中国生活。同时你的视频也是很好英语学习素材，我很喜欢！

Very nice video, especially the white-and-black piece of the silent movie style. Information for those who are not familiar with China. In southern China, traditionally people live through winter without heaters, so temperature in room is just the same as outdoors, even lower when the Sun is out. As a result, people leave doors open (why bother closing it) and wear down coats inside their houses, which you probably noticed in the video. In northern China, the bitter cold in winter could be lethal, so heating is a must-have. As a result, people just wear sweater or even t-shirts in their houses, and enjoy popsicles from time to time. China is so big that varieties could be shocking for foreigners, especially for those who do not visit China yet.

1st Your video always brings me back to my childhood.

Thanks for taken us on the tour.. "Feel like I'm in Chicago" lol .. Glad you have Auntie and Uncle.. and a smart kid. lol

Thank you for showing the celebration in China.🎉😀🤚

Happy Lantern Festival aka Chinese Valentine’s Day. 🧧🧧🧧

Great!❤

That anxious look everytime you hear the fireworks. 😅✌️

What a smart and bright kid His native Chinese is 💯 😮

新年快乐！

The filming is great and fun. The explaining is clear and concise. The celebration is loud and delicious! :D 👍👋💯

Happy New Year Kat!

阳阳，春节快乐！兔年顺利，万事如意！☺

兔年大吉！

Thanks for sharing d spirit of spring festival in rural China. The spirit is d same for Malaysian Chinese, d spring cleaning, shopping n cooking auspicious dishes, firecrackers/works everything Red. Happy Lantern Festival to you. Today, we are celebrating dual festival ie Thaipusam an Indian Festival. You can Google significant of this festival. Finally, Happy New of Rabbit to you n all your dear ones.

This is such a fun video. It embodies everything u want to feel and enjoy during Chinese New Year. Thanks Katherine.

Haven’t seen your husband for a while. Wish you two an awesome year of the rabbit

元宵快乐！happy new year too!

great Chinese New Year experience

Happy 元宵节 Katherine~🐰Dami is so cute, he definitely knows alot of history👦 and I think Niuniu missed u alot!🐶

Great video that catches the mood of Chinese New Year really well. Thank you very much.

Happy CNY.

好真实

Happy Chinese New Year

热闹的气氛真是太好了

This is one of the better vibe episode recently! After your swipe on Chicago, feel like a battlefield but full of joy!

Today is Lantern Festival. Don't forget to eat the sweet dumplings. The real Chinese Valentine's Day is Qiqiao Festival 七夕，with a totally awesome romantic story attached.

Great rabbit new year. 👍👍👍

新年快乐