China's Weifang Kite Festival 2023 潍坊什么都能上天?
The 40th Weifang International Kite Festival, China's annual event, is back! And for the first time in 3 years, kite enthusiasts from all over the world have descended upon the city, in Shandong Province, to fly some of the most amazing kites and creatures ever seen.
Traditional kites, centipede dragon head kites, modern kites, sport kites, soft kites... ALL THE KITES!
You really have to see this to believe it. It is simply AMAZING!
If you want more, I speak to some of the international competitors and find out why they've made the long journey from their home countries to attend one of China's biggest kite festivals: • China's INCREDIBLE Wei...
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It's great to see the youth participating in this! With the participation of young people, the Kite Festival has injected new vitality into the community. I've read that many young workers participating are putting their "complaints" about work into the sky, which is not only their way of relief, but it also just makes people happy because it's artistic expression and it adds on to the festival. It shows just how inclusive this festival is. This world is but a canvas to our imagination, and that's why art is so important whether it's through kites or paintings. It helps shape who we are, and it helps us view things from a new perspective while dusting away the problems of daily life. Art is not a thing, it is a WAY! From marine life to even a high-speed train, this festival has it all! Even cooler at night! But that one of my man Qin Shihuang looks so epic. I've been fascinated with Chinese culture ever since I was 8 and it doesn't take long to see why the Chinese so proud of their rich history.
These awesome festivals make China even more awesome. I love China.
I was born in weifang and lived there for 18 years. I met the first foreigner in my life when I was around 8, during the kite festival that year. I always say hello, good morning to everyone I met. We are hospitable from deep of our hearts, please come and enjoy the wind together
Watching these colourful kites soaring is an uplifting feeling! Want to be there in person!
wow WOW WOWOW WOWOWOW thank you for sharing
@TravelinChina
Жыл бұрын
You're welcome Phavie. Thank you for watching!
great at all !!!!!
Thank you Stu! I am proud of my hometown. Go Weifang Go!
the night ones are so cool! really does look like we’re underwater
Amazing! Very creative. Only in China you can see this. Wonderful vlog. Stay safe Stu, God Bless You & fam.
What a fantvideo Stu. Love the framing shots, the drone shot and especially the night scenes. Your video skills are very good. Love the editing too. Keep it up👍👍👍💪💪🤔
@TravelinChina
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it.
Fantastic video! The kites design really go to the sky high level!
Wow amazing! Especially the kites light up colofully at night 🤩🤩🤩👍👍👍👏👏👏 Thanks Stu!
Spectacular!
This is very awesome to look at. I wish I was there to feel the excitement and surrounded with beautiful and colourful kites.
Thanks for sharing, Stu. It's such an amazing event.
@TravelinChina
Жыл бұрын
You're very welcome! Thanks for watching. Glad you liked it
China's 5000 years of history and culture never fails to amaze people!
Wow thanks for showing this. Never knew there’s nighttime kite flying before.
@TravelinChina
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
Very cool! The dragon (4:18) that looks like it is coming down from the sky especially.
@TravelinChina
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, so beautiful
@Runningbowels
Жыл бұрын
@@TravelinChina I also have to mention the vibrant colors of the kites that make this event so joyous and each kite so beautiful.
Hello from the u.s.a! What an amazing display!
@TravelinChina
11 ай бұрын
Howdy!
Nice festival
Great
"One that spells Brexit, took 3 years to make and doesn't fly" 💀The Tories have been real quiet since Stu dropped this diss track. 😂Yup, even we sent a team to participate in the festival, as shown by our flag at 0:49. Shame you didn't get to talk to them. Maybe you should learn some Korean in Hunchun in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture (since it's not a place people think of) and visit the volcano Paektu/Changbai on the border, or perhaps Dandong in Liaoning and see our city of Sinuiju across the Yalu! Tomatoes are originally from the Americas as the wild ancestor of the tomato is currant tomato which is native to Ecuador and Peru (and the Spanish saw them being domesticated by the Aztecs in Mexico), but it's great to see places in rural China be revitalized by growing tomatoes and thus, putting these rural villages on the map.
Thanks so much Stu!!!! Absolutely amazing and stunning 👍👍👍👏👏👏
@TravelinChina
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching 🐇
Incredible!
You did a Great job!!! Thank you so much for sharing!!!
疫情终于过去了,人民恢复了正常的生活,wonderful
谢谢司徒带我们看到这么精彩的风筝节❤
That's just stunningly beautiful!!
👍👍👍
You're right, the dragon kites are amazing. Something about so many kites being stacked high into heaven is so beautiful.
@TravelinChina
Жыл бұрын
Captivating when you watch it in person Bryan.
你拍的这个视频真棒👍👍👍 谢谢你的精彩分享❤❤❤
Wow! First time seeing this!👍🧧🎈🎈🎈🎈
现场看应该很震撼吧,晚上的风筝好漂亮,想去~
That was mindblowing.
@kennyg-888
Жыл бұрын
didn’t you mean wind blowing?😜
好漂亮好壯觀哦!😲😄
This would be so cool to go to! I really like the huge centipedes! And the quick shots of squid being cooked..... makes me want to visit even more! ✌
Wow amazing 👍😊
This video really lifted my spirits!
@TravelinChina
Жыл бұрын
Great to hear Adam. Hope you're not feeling too down!
Amazing!!
Great video filming, I’m blown away 😂
@TravelinChina
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Mike!
Hey Stu, welcome to my hometown!! Haven’t been back for over 3 years. Cannot wait…
Amazing 😊
Spectacular
I'm blown away too 😮 it's amazing and kites are displaying beautifully, definitely a must place on a list 😊
hahaha it’s so funny that one minute it’s showing those giant octopus kites floating in the sky, and the next minute is BBQ squid/octopus 铁板鱿鱼😂 2:15
@TravelinChina
Жыл бұрын
Hahaha... Finally, someone noticed!
Amazing. Wish I were there!
Thanks, Situ, this is so amazing, it really lights up my day, make me incredible happy watching the kites, the people, and you... Haha, i am blown away too..
@TravelinChina
Жыл бұрын
So glad to hear you liked it
Awesome kites. I didn't know they were that big. The night kites looked fantastic.
@TravelinChina
Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it. The night time kites really are impressive!
6:39 🎉
A great Festival very good.
博主总是很快乐!❤
Beautiful, colourful, stunning~!🎉👍💕🌿✨💋☀️💗🌼✨🌬💨🌲😘🌳🕊🌸🎋💓🌯🍿🍹🍧🌭💖✨👍✨
Beautiful
太棒了!!!好想去!!
Amazing....
Wow, it's amazing, how did they do it? not tied up with each others' kites.
@TravelinChina
Жыл бұрын
That happens a lot. But they're used to it, they just pull them down and untangle the lines. And then fly them again! So quick.
Don't forget to eat some BBQ in zibo When you come to Shandong province❤🎉🎉🎉😊
@TravelinChina
Жыл бұрын
I did! I'll post a KZread Short soon.
@xiaonasong5824
Жыл бұрын
@@TravelinChina 山东欢迎你
Great, welcome to Weifang, Shandong again, April 15, 2024.
@TravelinChina
5 ай бұрын
That would be great!
I'm going to buy a kite for Taobao now 😂
@TravelinChina
Жыл бұрын
Enjoy! Stick to the simple ones to start with. I bought a soft body kite last year and couldn't get it in the air.
Stu : sorry, i forgot my "second" purpose, the food is amazing ! 😄😁😆
interesting! night-time lit kites, too
😁😁裁判保密意识还挺强👍
Have been there before covid 19. One of the greatest Festival ever been
安居樂業,國泰民安 ! 下次做個航太系列的風箏,長征,天宮的風箏 !!
If I didn't know better, I will think it a hot air balloon 🎈
哈哈哈哈 竟然去风筝节了
真棒,加油
😀🤩😊🙏👍🙏
Hope it did not fly accidentally to USA. Otherwise, they will be frightened by it and shoot it down with missiles.
@chyeni
Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣
@albback8176
Жыл бұрын
😆 make it a pickup truck kite. That way their police would chase it instead.
@greentea8852
Жыл бұрын
If it ever happened I hope it'd be the octopus then they'll say each tentacle has cameras to watch US citizens 🤣
@wildmiku2943
Жыл бұрын
Stop👽👽👽👽
@engleelim2508
Жыл бұрын
Ouch...😋
Nice to see people from all world 🌎 in China.....having fun celebrating together 🪁🌈 The war crimes may shoot down the bigger balloons 🫧;)
am from qingdao (a bigger city nearby) and it’s so great to hear a familiar accent!!
Hello Stu! It looks fun over there in China.
Those cosmonaut...cute!
Love it!! Absolutely love it! Thx Stu.
@TravelinChina
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Jo
The UK kite would look like Liz Truss tangled in her own line. 😂
Weifang kite are amazing!
想多多看夜光风筝。。希望下次能多拍一些
Magnificent !
潍坊风筝,淄博烧烤,完美!
Incredible😍😍😍
晚上就能感受到软体更漂亮了
❤❤❤❤❤
好看,好玩
The biggest one festival!
Qing shi huang Kite so funny , 😂
What a night show!
@TravelinChina
Жыл бұрын
Truly superb isn't it!
Haven't seen you for ages
@TravelinChina
Жыл бұрын
Hi Jenny!
Looks like you had return to China
My home town Stu 我们隔了1km
Wow! Manificent display!! Loved the night ones, kites lit up with lights! Never seen that before.
6:48, that one is my favorite, what was it supposed to be? a spinning angelfish? some of the kites are pretty scary, like the alien-like squids, and the caterpillar, as well as the Qing Shi Huang which kinda reminded me of nearly headless nick in HP, lol, they are cute, but scary.... and I'd thought there would be food tour after the kite show...........
@TravelinChina
Жыл бұрын
That's a double line sports kite, I believe. They make a great noise in the air.
UK theme kite? How about a Rishi Sunak kite?
does it count as balloon or kite if inflate it? hmm
What fun! Standing underneath those massive and beautiful and cleverly designed kites would have blown me away, too~ It must have been such an awesome spectacle to see those kites even for those driving up to that event and getting a glipse from a distance. Especially at nighttime, those large, light--up ones look so cool against the night sky and give me amusement park/local fair/carnival vibes!
@TravelinChina
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it.
顺便去淄博吃个烧烤😅
Wow! A great place to be.
When I was 10 years old and my brother 12 in 1975 I remembered my father as a present brought us as a gift a Chinese kite from the San Francisco kite festival which was a traditional event at the west coast city SF. It was a 15 metre long dragon black on chrome like colour nontearing extra strong alaminum like paper with a range of 2km. robe length! My brother still keeps it I hope
@TravelinChina
11 ай бұрын
What a wonderful gift! Hope your brother takes it out to fly every now and then if he's still got it.
Good job
Unfortunately not uk friends really attended to the event
@TravelinChina
8 ай бұрын
I'm from the UK, I was there.
I heard one dude came to the festival site with a little tiny kite, thought he was able to join the kite competition, later was told his kite was too tiny even in the children group. lol