Rice water 12:05 Rice water application 14:20

Does anyone notice that the ladies in there 40,50, and 60's and beyond don't have hardly any grey hair??? It is thick black and beautiful!!!

The secret of her hair is that fresh river water and pollution free environment

Aside from learning about the use or rice water for the hair, this video is highly informative and educational. I love how colorful the people are, how gentle and revered as women. I have so much admiration for their tradition being passed down for generations, and still being much respected and loved. The communal, helping one another nature of the wash day is what we used to do until we became modern. Even though they are wearing the same clothes, each woman is unique in her body shape and look. This is really wonderful to see.

They’re basically using rice water and doing protective styles. Makes sense.

I am so emotional seeing all these women follow a tradition from years ago not only for beauty but for the respect of their culture!!! So beautiful and the hair styles are nice. Love this!!!

What's beautiful to me is that the ladies do each other's hair...that's caring. Also, the 3 different wraps were very interesting.

We live in America where we color, flat iron, perm, and add extensions. These women embrace their natural hair! Beautiful

I thought the lady had a head SCARF wrapped around her head BUT it's her HAIR.

Their genes are incredible, not just the hair but their skin as well. They all looks very young for their ages

12:04 RECIPE: "The water after washing the rice we are putting in a big barrel and boil them together with some oranges skins and, you know, keep them in a big barrel for half a month or a month, then after that we will use that to wash our hair."

There is less stress in these villages and they gently take care of their hair. This is probably why it is so beautiful. ...Family and Togetherness is important. They take care of each other.

Everyone is talking about the hair but their skin is also very glowing and beautiful. Even the women in their 50's 60's look so young. They are really beautiful inside out.

What a beautiful ceremony and set of traditions. How their hair is so sacred to them... so wonderful... we come from such different worlds but this makes me emotional and gives me amazing insight of this village and it’s culture...

the thing is: they take care of theirselves without expensive products or expensive hair products! I just started with using rice water and I’m excited to see the results.🥰

The water plays a huge part in hair health. When i temporarily lived in a farm, we had water pumped from a spring for our cooking, cleaning and bathing. My skin was so clear (even though i had no clenser), my hair was super shiny and my nails grew fast. When i came back to the city all that changed. The minerals in spring water / river water are rich and pure. The fermented rice has amazing aminos and benefits.

All of these ladies have eleagance and beautiful hair,also love their tradition. Thank you for sharing🌹

So who else out there is thinking on doing the rice water challenge,the yao women's way?

I am also going to wash my hair with rice water .Is anybody there who is thinking like me 😊

Rice water is incredible. It also slows down greying. Black rice water is even better than normal rice. I’ve just measured by hair and it has grown so much with organic black rice water.

Wow this is like world Guinness record holders for the most women with the longest hair in one village 😍 beautiful

I love different cultures it’s very interesting

They all look like Chinese Repunzel, if I had seen them as a child I would have fainted from excitement

I love how they all help each other clean their hair❤ so lovely to especially see the elderly so respected.

They also don't over wash only once a month and not with harsh chemicals also their food and lifestyle is healthy probably no drugs

This is a very beautiful documentary; so rich in culture and ethnicity. Love how it captured my attention, really wish I had saw how long the girl hair was before she cut it! Beautiful people❤️

That's it, I'm retiring early and moving to Yao Village.😩 Bye America! ✌🏾

They gathered together just to take care of their hair..thats unique and amazing!

اختصار الڤديو يحتفظون بماء الرز ويضعون معه قشر برتقال ويخمرونه لمدة شهر ثم يضعونه على شعورهن قبل ما يخذو شور لمدة ربع ساعه. (فائدة قشر البرتقال انه يجعل رائحة ماء الرز المخمر مقبولة )

I think the river also a matter of growing their hair😉

Thank you 🙏🏽. It’s wonderful to see such beautiful traditions still carried out. Lovely people.

I see a lot of people in the comments talking about how to prepare rice water, but few acrually know how to prepare it or have doubts about its use. As someone who has been using rice water for half a year let me tell you this: 1. For this, you can use either a pomelo or orange for the smell (pomelo is stronger and helps a lot) 2. You NEED to boil the water, ONLY the water: wash the rice lightly the first time so you get the exterior cape off, then wash it again between your fingers for 5 to 10 minutes. Then separate the water from the rice and put the water to boil with the pomelo or orange peels for 15 minutes (you can cook the rice and make something out of it). 3. Put the water in a sealed recipient with the peels and some aromatic herbs or essential oils for the smell and leave it FOR A MONTH. This is because it's the fermentation the thing that helps with the growth, so you need it fermented. Note: DO NOT leave it in the refrigerator. Again, what does the trick is the fermentation, putting it in the fridge will stagnate the fermenting. If you want to make the water last, put it on a sprayer and apply it on your hair before washing it, leave it for 20 to 30 minutes depending on the damage, then wash it as normal. WARNING: This is a protein bomb, if you use it too much of for too long your hair could be damaged. Just once a week of every two weeks is ok. It also works for the skin, making black marks and black heads dissapear ;) Hope it helps

I love watching these women doing their hair with LOVE!!❤👍🇺🇸

Hm, so after watching the process seems to be… 1. Wash rice. 2. Put clean rice in clean water & scrub it a bit between your hands. 3. Separate the rice water from the rice. 4. boil just the rice water with some orange peels & then ferment that for half a month. 5. Once fermented use on hair for 20 mins then wash out with clean water. Is this correct?

why am i just finding out about this if it’s been around for 1000 years!!! insane how we live in this modern society. Damaging our hair everyday omg!! the things we learn! i’m soooo amazed

It’s so interesting to see how they uphold their culture and differentiate between the married women with children, those without children and then the single ladies. Very beautiful women.

19:24 she cut it down when she was 80 years old😳... how old is she?!!! 🥰🥰🥰 She is beautiful!!!

They’re so beautiful omg I’m so amazed by their hair and traditions I love it !!

Long and healthy hair is not the only thing that runs in their genetics, they are also all so beautiful, I am stunned beyond believe.

I wander if they know they started a trend in America lol

such a beautiful tradition. I love to see your village women help each other comb & wash out the hair. Its wonderful to see a closely knit community help each other...I hope to visit your village one day.

I love seeing amazing cultural festivals in China. I would love to visit the festival some day

No relaxers no curling irons no dyes highlights etc. Which is killing our hair plus stressy life. Today I'm going Yao. Thank u!!!

They all seem so welcoming and lovely ☺️ I would love to visit that village 100%

An excellent informative video. I have studied and admired the Red Yao of Huangluo village for many years and possess two of their lovely embroidered jackets. The long hair of the ladies is remarkable and very beautiful indeed.

My mom always used to use rice water on her face. She never had a pimple and she’s now 71 yrs old and her face still smooth. I need to follow her steps

Their hair is amazing, I'm going to try it my hair may turn black too :P

No white hair or falling hair even among the older women. Such healthy hair!

This is awesome!...No more complaints about natural hair style routine...and I'm copping that recipe...Lol

The second hair style had me shook she just tucked in the ends no bobby pins no product my hair is way to damaged for that😩

This is so beautiful! What a culture. Just amazing! Thank you all for sharing!

Amazing! So much of community life n fun.. not to mention d fascinating hair of each of these beautiful women! Styles recognized as married with kids, without kids n unmarried 👍 Keep sharing more of such traditions.. 💚🦋

These ladies are so blessed that they are having this kind of hair.

cold water to wash your hair, no heat tools, no dye, healthy food and rice water, no hair products full of chemicals, amazing tradition:)

My grandmother who is 80 has as many grey hair as I have currently in my late 30's. She's always used herbal products and always oiled her hair

they all have such gorgeous hair, this is my goal for my hair journey

Cut Pomelo/Grapefruit/Orange/Lemon's skin into pieces and soak it in rice water which contains 8 to 10 drops of any essential oil or castor oil for atleast 3 days. After 3 days it will turns into light orange colour. Apply into hair and keep it for one hour and then wash it off 💁🏻‍♀️

My head was so dead, dry but I tired the rice water and my hair grew so well and I finally got to chop off the dead hair without having to go bald 😌✋🏼🙌🏼

Beautiful! I am inspired to grow my hair as long as I can!!🤩

If my hair was that long, I wouldn't have that chill I swear. I'd let it flow down to my knees just to show it off😂😂😂.

I don't think rice water is the miracle formula. Their genetics, lifestyle and environment plays a massive role

I’ve been researching this for a week! The river water and clean environment of course helps but it is mainly the rice water. Why would they go through all that effort with the rice water if it was just the river water?

Their hair is so black, shiny and gorgeous.

Their hair is so black and shiny and perfect!!!

ما في لا شامبو ولا مرطبات ولا شي اظن ان هذا هو السر هو التخلي عن الشمبو و استعمال الليمون او الخل و ماء الارز انا شعري طويل و قوي لكن اريده ان يكون صحي سأتخلى عن الشمبو و ارجع اقولكم النتيجة يالله الي عربي يخبط لايك اشوف كم عربي يرى الفيديو

On minute 12 she says they put ORANGE SKINS 🍊 on the rice, "BOIL IT TOGETHER" and fermented for half a month to months!!! Did anyone understood this too???? Anyone??

I feel like just washing their hair is a family bonding experience for mothers and daughters. it would be very difficult, if not impossible, to clean such long hair all by yourself and do a good job of it. I see them around those barrels helping each other and talking and smiling. It seems like a very lovely bonding experience for them all, making them an even more tightly knit community.

Incredible history and tradition. Im amazed!🔥

They are so organized and calm, wish the people of village were like that😁

I wish there was a fraction of culture and community here that this video showed of all these beautiful women coming together and taking care of each other.

Black hair is so beautiful! I don’t understand why people who have black hairs dye them to blonde 🤮

I did the no shampoo method on my hair for a while and my hair grew so fast. Oh also the inversion at the same time, i got almost an inch a month. I was surprised it actually worked. The first week and a half was gross though, my hair had to go through that crazy oily hair faze I couldn’t stand but after is was sooo nice.

All I see is BUNDLES.

Rice water really works ..I use it too ... though my has never been that long😂😂..4c hair is the hardest hair you can ever try to grow

Thank you for this, absolutely beautiful ❤️ you and the lady were absolutely wonderful to show us.

I love their traditional dressing style 😍😍it's soo good looking . I wanna try it once😇

They dont even use shampoo😭 and I'm over here washing with shampoo and my hair short asf

all lady all age have black healthy hair and clear skin same face also iwant 2 live with them plz 😄😂

Quarantine got me finally taking care of my hair

I'm going to attempt to ONLY use rice water(without shampoo or conditioner) for 5 and a half months. And I will update. Day 04 of using- my hair has grown 2 and half inches and got somewhat thicker. 1 month of using - my hair has grown 11 inches and got way silkier and thicker.

They are so sweet! And that 3 hairstyles thing is so cute

I watch historical asian dramas all the time, & get very fascinated for even the asian men with thick long luscious beautiful hair, and they always drinking tea, so tea must help too?

I wish I lived with them so they could take care of my hair. My hair is so hard to manage. It’s dry dead not shine frizzy. I don’t even know how to take care of it.

I just want waist length...is that too much 😭😭🤣🤣🤣

Very interesting for me and i love learning about different cultures

My hair hardly grow, my grandmother has long hair, I notice she always have her hair in a bun, I think hair is stronger when the ends are not exposed to the sun..

Imagine having your hair down to your knees and it being called short hair

So impressive, I think I'll try it. Also, just another observation, amazing how well the speak the English language. So educated and diverse.

Is nobody gonna talk about their skin????😍😍😍🥺🥺🥺🥺

Naturally beautiful women wow 😍. I have so much pride in my culture

I luv it..from the customs to the costumes Everyone seems so happy..💃

Wow!! This is amazing! This is the first time I have ever seen hair this long. I am going to try this for my hair also using the rice water and orange peel.

For me, it is incomprehensible that the Western nations pick on China because of political issues. China has old traditions that are cultivated. And has nevertheless made the leap into the modern age. If you accept and respect the Chinese as they are, they will accept and respect us in the same way. And their hospitality is proverbial. I have been traveling China for over 15 years on business to almost all regions, and have only positive things to report, even when dealing with the authorities. And already looking forward to the next trip to discover more valuable cultural customs along the way.

I wish I could get hair at least half of their length ....or even a quarter..

My God, I'm dying of envious. I am here so worried about my thinning hair and don't know what to do to help it. And here they are having those beautiful hair. I'll try the water rice and all they do. Hope it will help my hair. God bless these women and thanks for sharing your methods on how you grow your hair. And also they do have a very clear skin. There skin looks very healthy.

Wow! Thank you so much! I love watching this!

I think the quality and length of hair is most influenced by genes, then the way of washing or nutrition...

Wow this is beautiful❤️

I think since they do not apply heat to their hair or bleach it like many women in the west do, that plays a LARGE role in length retention. And just an FYI, if y’all have heard of the brand SK-II, their “miracle ingredient” is pitera. It’s literally just rice water. Instead of spending $99 for their “essence”, you can just make it at home with rice and water.

Lovely women 😍😍😍. I hope to visit your village one day. You have my biggest respect for keeping this tradition ladies ❤❤❤