Comments by "May L" (@MeiinUK) on "Breathtaking winter wonderland in China as country is blanketed in snow" video.

  1.  @obsidianstatue  : I think he is meant to say, they preserved it a lot better. Which is very very true. And obviously, any new buildings, are a lot more considered, before building, and before integrating with the old buildings. One thing, which so many people dislike is... how the rush to build buildings, so many old architectures were destroyed. I like these old buildings.. and I am guessing that, they are big, and magnificent, cos on those cold hills and cold climates. It definitely is Man Vs Nature. It must be a lot warmer in those buildings, than outside. I can appreciate, why some of the old buildings, used to have underground rooms, where warmth and heat is retained.
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  2.  @SouravskpXD  : I think so. Some of them. But then again, this is up against that argument of... are they created or was created because of.... X reasons, or whether they were a part of.... There is a lot of confusion over what should be preserved or not. Like in Xinjiang, because historically one of the leaders turned himself into a Muslim, then next thing you know, a lot of mosques are opened, for example. Even though the people are not believers. Do you see where this is going ?? A lot of things are seen as "trends", than it is of heritage, or a "I found a better technique based on limited raw materials, so I will make it this way instead". More like.."this person is no longer the ruling dynasty, let's get rid of all of their things and rebuild new things"...
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  3.  @dreamynnnn  : Western scholars have a lot of confusion over the different kind of buildings. Some of the buildings were basically "scholar temples/study rooms".. but then were turned into "temples". Cos they assume it was a worshipping temple, but it is not. Lol... So this is why sometimes, even the term "museum" is confusing. Some of these private land, should be turned into a proper trust. And not be a museum, cos it still belongs to that person's family tree. It belongs to them. The Kung/Confucius estate/compound is one of those...
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  4. Haven't seen this kind of whiteness for a long time in the UK.... Everything pure white. Cute.
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  5.  @SouravskpXD  : Really more like, not bias than it is... Something which does not exist, say. Even now, I am learning. And nobody will actually correct it, or to redefine, cos there is also the people's biasedness as well. i.e. "I cannot tell you this, since I am not that person"... This is why some chinese people will not be able to explain and cross reference it back to the Western model. Sometimes, I am confused over some of the terms as well.. Cos I think the written words were left by a certain dynasty, for example. (Some, are basically totally lost.) But I think there is a bit of a movement, to rebuild the past now. Archeology is something which is happening in China.
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  6.  @obsidianstatue  : No... I think they mean, just in general... As in, city planning. Some buildings, across Europe, are extremely old ? So there isn't any room to build. A lot of the land are untouchable. So, instead of leaving no room for living. Most of the old buildings are re-used. To re-use, strict laws are placed on how they can be strengthened. It has to go through analysis and approval etc etc. By several teams. I have yet to make trip to the mainland yet, but I like to one day. I just watch a lot of videos for now. I think there are more old things in China, which is more common, since the land is so big... Which I also find surprising. I didn't mean, "Japan is better than China, nah nah nah nerrrrr". :) Don't be so petty.
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