Heavenly Lake and the Bazaar in Xinjiang, but...
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Күн бұрынIn this China vlog about living in Beijing as a foreigner, I am visiting Urumqi in Xinjiang. I experienced the Uyghur Autonomous Region, visited Heavenly Lake and the International Bazaar, and ate the best Kebab meat ever, but not everything went according to plan.
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:21 Set up the day
03:00 Journey to Heavenly Lake
06:00 Walking up to the lake
06:58 The Heavenly Lake
08:13 Walking around the lake
12:06 What I could have seen
12:51 The International Grand Bazaar
15:23 The food hall at the Bazaar
16:43 Eating the best Kebab ever
17:03 Closing conversation
18:57 Outro
19:10 End
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@arthurlincoln9093 3 ай бұрын
So glad it went well. Think of the thousands of Uighurs trapped in re education prisons for whom life under brutal Chinese occupation is much worse than a splash of rain.
@ForAllLifesAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Please elaborate on your meaning… feel free to take as much space and time as you want to detail all your evidence, the history of that region and enlighten us with all your insights and facts. I would really like to learn from your knowledge and experience.
@eddywu2077 2 ай бұрын
有段时间新疆爆发了民族对抗和恐怖主义事件, 很复杂的起因,如今已经各说各话,很难说清起因. 但确实是有视频记录, 有维族人当街杀人, 砸店烧街. 政府不可能放任混乱不管,问题是手段如何. 政府对待最极端的反抗人员采取抓住审判进监狱, 因为他们杀人放火,有些只是丢石头和辱骂的,政府会派政府公务员人来劝说, 有些是穷人,他们没职业技能导致没有工作没有收入,所以跟着闹事. 事实上, 当地区失控,各种各样的理由都可以是推翻统治者的口号, 并且要小心这些人里有外国势力故意煽动的可能. 看看阿拉伯之春,看看美国为什么接受这么多政治庇护人员 . 中国政府后来也反思起因, 有部分原因是宗教,有部分原因是贫富差距,有部分原因是民族不和谐, 有部分原因是美国用政治庇护, 移民美国做筹码 , 收买了一些人,让他们喊自由新疆,民主新疆, 意在推翻中国政府. 中国政府应对办法是发展新疆, 让新疆人民富足, 给新疆人优于汉族的政策, 富足吃饱的新疆人会感谢政府. 中国政府的新疆政策是长远和怀柔的.你可以对比美国如何对待恐怖分子. 事实上 , 全世界的间谍有很多, 虚假的信息也有很多, 民众和学生可以被轻易煽动. 民众需要有甄别假信息的智慧, 政府也要有防范间谍煽动民众的措施.
@bemmychan1518 2 ай бұрын
@arthurlincoln9093 IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT UIGHURS RUBBISH, YOU ARE NOT ONLY GULLIBLE, BUT SHEER IGNORANT.
@ptiz6231 2 ай бұрын
There is nothing stopping you from visiting and understanding Xinjiang from the China side, go there and have a look. Taking BBC as a source of information is the most pathetic thing I can imagine
@gfhcoalition6631 3 ай бұрын
With the heavy fog around, it is really a HEAVENLY LAKE!
@ForAllLifesAdventures 2 ай бұрын
It was a memorable moment and you are right, it looked heavenly with the additional mist.
@billinsf88 3 ай бұрын
Regardless of the weather, the lake is simply breathtaking! Actually, it looked very romantic 🤭
@ForAllLifesAdventures 3 ай бұрын
It was a very peaceful, misty and romantic place ❤️
@pingpong7810 3 ай бұрын
Xinjiang part of Pakistan 🖤
@yao3721 2 ай бұрын
@@pingpong7810why you don't say China is a part of Pakistan
@user-gl2wu2fs8h 3 ай бұрын
新疆(XJ) 真是个世外桃源！ Thank you Ian for sharing your personal experiences and joy in XJ . It's a spectacularly peaceful, harmonious and wonderful place indeed . “ Seeing is believing！ ” “ 百闻不如一见！” It's , therefore, no exaggeration to say one visit to XJ is worth ten times of visits to Switzerland. There are interesting cultural activities, exquisite cuisines, mesmerising scenery, diverse terrain , salt lakes and flourishing land and aquatic agriculture and infrastructure developments. ❤中国 新疆加油🎉
@ForAllLifesAdventures 3 ай бұрын
I absolutely agree… I know that I will be coming back to Xinjiang in the future. I loved it ❤️ ✌️
@hawkkim1974 3 ай бұрын
a natural beauty that was totally unexpected!
@ForAllLifesAdventures 3 ай бұрын
It was a beautiful peaceful place and although the weather was against me, it was still every bit enjoyable 👍
@pingpong7810 3 ай бұрын
Xinjiang part of Pakistan and 🖤
@LW78321 3 ай бұрын
You captured the lake at a very mystical moment 😍
@ForAllLifesAdventures 3 ай бұрын
It was a a great surprise to see it frozen over and with the must, I think the guide had expected it to have been thawed… but no matter what, it was special to see.
@pingpong7810 3 ай бұрын
Xinjiang part of Pakistan 🖤
@guestonearth1274 3 ай бұрын
Amazing real XJ , China
@ForAllLifesAdventures 3 ай бұрын
It is a beautiful part of the world 👍
@computer-ot8si 3 ай бұрын
"real" hahah
@ForAllLifesAdventures 3 ай бұрын
@@computer-ot8si so it was imaginary- you are that person.!
@pingpong7810 3 ай бұрын
Xinjiang part of Pakistan 🖤
@user-ut9uw6we6v 2 ай бұрын
Six years ago, in June, my family visited the silk Road, one stop was Heavenly Lake. The weather was perfect . the scenery echoed its name. "Heavenly"
@ForAllLifesAdventures 2 ай бұрын
I think I was lucky to see it when I did, moody and misty… but it would have been wonderful to have seen it when the weather was good.👍
@ymhktravel 3 ай бұрын
Heavenly Lake aka Tianchi, the best time to visit is in Spring/Summer, when the hills are filled with lush greenery of the pine trees, and the lake glistening in the sun. Not in this kind of weather and when the lake is frozen, basically going there during this time is a waste of money as well, nothing much to see.. but less crowded. kanas lake is actually more breathtaking but further.
@ForAllLifesAdventures 2 ай бұрын
Yeah, it will be great to see in the summer time. I also heard that there are other activities around that area too 👍
@gliu1431 3 ай бұрын
Nang (bread), lamb stew and Kaobaozhi are the popular food I learnt from Xinjiang travel videos.
@ForAllLifesAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Yeah, I tried the beef stew and the bread - the bread is best warm, straight from the oven. So good.
@jakiejk 3 ай бұрын
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😂😂😂😂😂Welcome to Shenzhen buddy vchat jakiejk
@hz240 3 ай бұрын
Great attitude mate. Every trip comes with uncertainties. Weather cooperation is part of it. Gives you another reason to make a return trip hopefully under more favourable conditions to capture the postcard image. I can imagine her captivating beauty, even under cloud covered fog and misty conditions. Certainly a sight to behold with clear skies and turquoise water. Btw, there is another popular tourist destination in the Northeast Dongbei region at the North Korean border named Paektu aka Baitou mountain with similar beauty dubbed as "Heaven Lake" a glacial reservoir. Food vlogger Blondie in China featured in one of her earlier episodes. Worth a visit some day. Enjoy the rest of your adventure.
@ForAllLifesAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the comment and as always, for the great support. I am sure I will go back to Xinjiang, maybe Kashgar if I can get time away. I need to look into that area in Dongbai, sounds amazing. I was up that area previously but I do need to also try and get back there… too little time, but too much beauty in the world to see.!!
@ivyshy98 3 ай бұрын
when life gives you lemons, make lemonade! you still got some nice footage and I know it never translates well on camera. once I was rowing in the middle of west lake and it started pouring - something I'll remember for the rest of my life lol. it's always the unexpected things that come up that make experiences memorable :)
@ForAllLifesAdventures 2 ай бұрын
You are so correct… I have the memory now of visiting a frozen lake in Urumqi… not many people have done that. A great memory to have.
@edie930 3 ай бұрын
Amazing scenary😍😍😍
@ForAllLifesAdventures 2 ай бұрын
A beautiful part of the world
@MsOpineminded 2 ай бұрын
I think it looks gorgeous in its Stark coldness, a wee bit of Scottish weather 😀
@ForAllLifesAdventures 2 ай бұрын
It was definitely a reminder of Scotland for me ❤️
@qt.81 3 ай бұрын
Unlucky with the weather! But I guess it was less crowded than usual?
@ForAllLifesAdventures 3 ай бұрын
It was unlucky but equally lucky as many people see the lake as normal, I have seen it frozen over 🙏
@alextube2551 2 ай бұрын
amazing, thanks for sharing
@ForAllLifesAdventures 2 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching and to take the time to leave a comment 👍
@fanzhang6931 3 ай бұрын
I don't know, but I actually like the lake and mountains with fog and rain!
@ForAllLifesAdventures 3 ай бұрын
It did have its very own character and I was surprised that it was frozen over… it did look special, compared to the typical tourist time of the year look. 👍🏼
@SophyaAgain Ай бұрын
I understand you. I love beach in winter time. Deserted, silent. Sometimes sunny, sometime gray.
@ForAllLifesAdventures Ай бұрын
@@SophyaAgain Oh, I am with you on that. A quiet beach with a distant storm is a moment to be enjoyed.
@ForAllLifesAdventures Ай бұрын
@SophyaAgain I am with you on that.
@ForAllLifesAdventures 23 күн бұрын
@SophyaAgain 👍
@xeoglenang7197 3 ай бұрын
Thank you for taking me to visit such a beautiful city
@ForAllLifesAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching and for taking the time to leave the kind comment ❤️
@gl7252 3 ай бұрын
Very informative for a Xinjiang trip I’m planning. Thanks.
@ForAllLifesAdventures 2 ай бұрын
Thank you, I hope you have a great time. It is a brilliant area 👍
@yao3721 2 ай бұрын
Please allow me to add some more information for your trip to Xinjiang: Heavenly Lake in the legend is a goddess ( Xiwangmu ) of the face washing place, there are a lot of myths about her, so you can see in the lake side of her temple, the video shows is the big heavenly lake, in the middle of the mountain, there is another lake, we call it the small heavenly lake, because the small heavenly lake's water is more turbid than the big heavenly lake's, so people say that small heavenly lake is the goddess of the foot washing place.
@ForAllLifesAdventures 2 ай бұрын
@@yao3721 thank you, I love learning more about the places I visit and I didn't know this. 👍🏻❤
@2morrowsworld 3 ай бұрын
Too bad the elements got in the way of your visit to Tianchi. Actually, one lake that is absolutely must- see, but further west near Yining on the Kazakh border, is Sayram. If you get the opportunity to go out that far, its recommended.
@ForAllLifesAdventures 2 ай бұрын
That’s sounds brilliant, I am back in Beijing now. But I will add that to my bucket lists as I hope to get back to Xinjiang.
@JustaBritinChina 3 ай бұрын
Haha! Sod's law mare. Interesting video. Thanks.
@ForAllLifesAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Yeah, a different kind of day - but all good still the same 👍
@osuan9 3 ай бұрын
nice..
@ForAllLifesAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Very nice 👍
@kelwang446 3 ай бұрын
You don't realise that China is massive if you haven't been to Xinjiang, which is 7 times the size of UK.
@ForAllLifesAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Yeah, china is massive and you could spend a lifetime exploring it… and that would be amazing.!
@pingpong7810 3 ай бұрын
Xinjiang part of Pakistan 🖤
@myriamfelix5798 3 ай бұрын
@@pingpong7810barking 🐶
@kremigmitsahne7197 3 ай бұрын
I was lucky to visit the heavenly lake without getting wet and cold on a warm day. But I have to say it's really awesome to see the lake on a rainy day (from the comfort of my room 😅). It's a different type of beautiful atmosphere that I haven't experienced during my trip. And the sounds of nature are different beautiful too. I like it very much. And oh boy the meat in Xinjiang was tasty as hell!
@ForAllLifesAdventures 3 ай бұрын
I am now one of the fewer people that have seen the Lake looking so beautiful frozen over and that was a real privilege (but I can also imagine how beautiful it would be to see with good weather ok)and you are correct, the meat, the kebab meat here is so good. So tasty ❤️
@wlee3400 3 ай бұрын
@@ForAllLifesAdventures XJ is the place for meat lovers, period.
@ForAllLifesAdventures 3 ай бұрын
@@wlee3400 👍
@zhanghg5080 3 ай бұрын
On 1st May,2001, I went to here. The lake's ice had about 0.5m deep
@ForAllLifesAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Even in May! 🤩 My guide had expected the ice to have been broken up already - and that was April!!
@MrSuperunix 2 ай бұрын
雨天去天池有点遗憾啊😂
@ForAllLifesAdventures 2 ай бұрын
it was a frustration, but in a way, I seen it on a day that was not always typical for the many - always a positive. 😂
@topsuperseven7910 3 ай бұрын
Here's what the food area looked like 15 years ago before it was paved over with that new Disneyesque shopping center: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r86Go7KAuK29fmQ.htmlsi=_QEnpsMeSfmGHlQe
@ForAllLifesAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Amazing video, but people have the right to progress… I remember my childhood markets, awful places and I remember seeing a guy have his face slashed there.. Awful places back in the day in glasgow, but progress has changed that.
@topsuperseven7910 3 ай бұрын
@@ForAllLifesAdventures Glasgow Kiss. The epic and horrific violence of Urumqi and other parts of Xinjiang 15-20 years ago was utterly horrific.
@ForAllLifesAdventures 3 ай бұрын
@@topsuperseven7910 I can imagine and trust me, you never want to experience that type of violence.
@user-gu4oq7km8r 3 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, it rained no one in the bazaar. Are you still in Urumqi? Go to the Bazaar in afternoon! There so many people dancing Uighur dance together, the atmosphere very very good
@ForAllLifesAdventures 3 ай бұрын
I went back the following day in the evening, it was a much better day to visit, but still quieter than expected - again, because the weather was dull and on and off rain.
@thevoiceoftaiwan 3 ай бұрын
It’s not a good time for you to visit Tianshan Tianchi. The lake is completely frozen.
@ForAllLifesAdventures 3 ай бұрын
It was, but it still looked amazing and I seen it when not many other people see it frozen over, so that is a plus. ❤️
@pingpong7810 3 ай бұрын
Xinjiang part of Pakistan and India ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@ForAllLifesAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Why would the people there want that… Pakistan is a country that’s going nowhere?
@yao3721 2 ай бұрын
@@ForAllLifesAdventures He's a fool. I am from Xinjiang and none of us would even think that way. Honestly this is the first time I've seen this kind of comment, certainly closer to a joke
@ForAllLifesAdventures 2 ай бұрын
@@yao3721 👍🏻
@pbworld7858 3 ай бұрын
0:18 Who says there isn't propaganda in XJ?
@peekaboopeekaboo1165 3 ай бұрын
😁 CNN with it's dismal ratings in America !
@ForAllLifesAdventures 3 ай бұрын
You spotted the CNN, I put it there for a reason.. I could watch it on TV!!
@davepsk7334 3 ай бұрын
Does America have new songs using cherokee indian language to sing?? Cultural genocide??
@topsuperseven7910 3 ай бұрын
Yes, many because Cherokee carried on and have reservations where (little secret) they have more rights and privileges than most other American citizens. The are 'autonomous' and here is a big difference: - the Uighurs you see doing a govt sponsored song learned that 2 years ago in a Re-education camp and are assigned to sing those songs for tourists. 3 years ago those were unknown to any Uighurs nor were the Shanghai Theater costumes they are forced to wear. vs - The Cherokee just carried on doing whatever songs they ever wanted as long as they wanted, where they wanted and if a government agent shows up they tell the govt what to do.
@ForAllLifesAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Not sure… doubt it!
@TAL142 3 ай бұрын
What China did for this region you don't see American democracy done for any country they are supposed to help. Much of the success if any country has is more due to their own hardworking. Of course they just do cheap labor work for the west just like China. But it won't stop them from taking credit.
@AzizKazi-qi6vr 3 ай бұрын
Free east Turkestan free palestine stop occupy and stop genocide
@ForAllLifesAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Go further… try looking at the world!
@yndiiatecow2536 3 ай бұрын
Headlines by BBC AND CNN, DW, FRANCE NEWS. I an could not go to the lake because the chinese police is roubdibg up every uyghur they will find near the lake abd on concentration camp...😂😂😂😂😂😂 headline....
@ForAllLifesAdventures 3 ай бұрын
😂 I could see that story in the news 😂
@computer-ot8si 3 ай бұрын
do china have new songs that is using uyghur language to sing? Cultural genocide? It seems the latest one is already written in year 1939?? What's that background music?
@WarLionsofGesar 3 ай бұрын
1939??? It seems that you really know nothing about XJ. The most popular actress in China at present is Dilraba, who is from the Uyghur ethnic group. The hottest rap singer is called Nawu(NW). My favorite Uyghur singer is called Esqer Memet. They can all sing in Chinese or Uyghur language. Esqer Memet has released many Uyghur language rock albums. In the parks and streets of Xinjiang, you can see people singing and dancing together. They are singing songs from before 1939? You westrners really live in a box isolated from the real world, fed with lies every day and night and you still are unwared of it, like the movie "The Truman Show".
@ForAllLifesAdventures 3 ай бұрын
It was music often recorded from the musicians in the Bazaar.
@bluesky-ui7qf 3 ай бұрын
I recommend a Uyghur song that I like. You can search it on KZfaq：Nurshat Dilshat - Yargha Meptun
@WarLionsofGesar 3 ай бұрын
My reply was deleted by YT or someone. This American media platform, they fear westerners know the truth.
@computer-ot8si 3 ай бұрын
@@WarLionsofGesar It's YT has problem, now no one sure comment can be read by others
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