Life in My Hometown in Rural China: What Village Life Is Really Like
About this video
In this video, Ting takes viewers on a quiet journey through her hometown in rural Meizhou, Guangdong Province. The camera follows her as she walks along narrow village paths, past old stone houses and lush green fields. There is no dramatic narration, just the natural sounds of birds, chickens, and the occasional greeting from a neighbor. Viewers get a glimpse of how local families tend to their vegetable plots, cook simple meals, and maintain centuries-old traditions. The atmosphere is calm and unhurried, offering a rare look at a lifestyle that is slowly disappearing in modern China. What makes this video special is its honesty, it shows both the beauty and the simplicity of village life, without romanticizing or exaggerating. For anyone curious about what it really means to live in rural China, this is an authentic window into a world far from the busy cities.
Video transcript
Hello good morning here is a rural China in Henan province this is a typical village here in henan it's also my hometown gonna visit one of my relatives yeah this family is kind of very special because they are like living in a very struggling situations no mom only one single father with 8 kids(actually it is 8) i don't remember here is their house i know about it is that they get some support from the government so they can make a new house this is the old house but nearby is a new house we can get inside and have a a little bit room tour because it's
kind of still rare in the villages in the rural China like this kind of situation here's the main gate and then we get inside is their new houses becomes better this is a yard this is a typical house here in rural China it looks like henan province what is this the old washing machine but it's a not using right now They have a new one here is their living rooms but living rooms like with two beds the situation is very tough here 三平 你有几个姐弟啊 7个 6个 6个还是7个 哈哈哈 you Don't understand me 5个 5个哈 6个 here is where i grow
up and this is the wheat it's very flat here around here in henan all the field do the farming the peasants here job their main income is just from this field let me show you what this looks like for a land of this一亩地for one year it is 666 square meters and the income for one year is around 1000yuan ( ( $144 USD ( €122 EUR ) which is quite low that is also why so many people here in rural China they all just left all this behind only the the elderly here they still doing this and the young people they just went to the city like shenzhen guangzhou
Beijing Shanghai more developed cities to make a living only Chinese New Year they will come back for several days usually is one week and then they will go again their life in rural China is basically like this so that is also why only in the Chinese New Year it's gonna be busy but after Chinese New Year people just left all gone it's become so quiet seems like totally different 我来捡一下 it's really cold today and now it's showing the process of making some traditional Chinese food it is something very unique like only when people in the poverty
like we used to eat that a lot but not for me even probably like for my parents generation let me show you a little bit about that are you cold你冷吗 can you speak English 你可以说英语吗 可以吗 the cute dog 穿衣穿衣服穿衣服穿衣服 就像感觉来的话 都一样一样学的 this is a traditional the kitchen looks like 我在在屋里不冷 a big pot wok we call this wok and this one is a small wok like for stir fry some dishes even in rural China even cooking it can takes a lot of time like three meals a day if we just use this way
it's so slow at least takes ten minutes like to get the water boiled so in rural China but it's always like that some family still keeps this but some family they have already changed it this is my sister little ting hey hey Christine this is my my brother Bruce Lee now i gonna with my parents and with the whole family we gonna go to the city to do the grocery shopping for preparation the Chinese New Year let's go Car is so samll 都挤后边了吗 嗯 那后边我坐下吗 妈坐前头了 这价格看着我的爸爸直挠头 好搞笑 we went to the
city supermarket and then my father found everything is more expensive than he expected probably we will go out to buy i found yeah exactly so during Chinese New Year even the supermarket started super busy 竟然是这个 这个可以 这是什么 这个是话梅的 啊可以啊 this is all the candies we usually buy it in the Chinese New Year when people come we just Gonna hospitize them with the candies 这个棉花糖 here winter is no greenery at all sounds like a really the north part of winter looks like this year i come back and really just
realize that oh my god there's so many so many cars every family they got one car even some big family they get even three cars this is really crazy so everywhere i go is so hard like in the city is so hard to park today it also like takes us at least one hour to find a parking lot there's a big change now it seems like people here in the rural China they still make a big difference compared before oh my god it's really too hot wow crazy this winter is really crazy i feel like it's a summer i want to wear t-shirts so hot 好热呀
刚才那汤都够喝的了 啥汤 呃 那你可以 喝烩面吗 鱼汤都可以 my mom want bought this this coat does it suit her or not 可以啊 is this OK or not for her price 99 yuan ($14.41) usually Chinese new year is always like buying new clothes for parents and also yeah for the children today is my neighbor's wedding i was just here to check it out also at the same time i can show you guys what is looks like every year during Chinese New Year there's always always like the wedding season since i come back from shenzhen this is the second time
i participate this food event ceremony but this one is just in front of my house is my neighbor they's get married they's still very young is in the rural China is always like this they get married super early like twenty two some of them even just eighteen
