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More global travelers are going beyond China’s megacities to experience farming, village life and local traditions firsthand_我的网站

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US tourists experience the farming culture of harvesting crops at an agritourism farm in Zhangjiajie, Central China's Hunan Province. Photo: VCG
Editor's Note:
In early 2026, the phrase "Very Chinese Time" went viral on global social media platforms. Content centered around China's everyday life has been widely viewed and discussed, bringing the Chinese experience into the international public sphere in an extremely down-to-earth way. However, this phenomenon goes beyond mere online popularity - it is unfolding amid the ongoing reshaping of the global order and the accumulation of anxiety in Western societies. A deeper transformation is emerging, as China's lifestyle, pop culture and technological practices are increasingly recognized, discussed and used as references around the world.
This series uses "Very Chinese Time" as an observation lens to go beyond a single internet trend and systematically showcase how the Chinese experience is entering global everyday life. This is the sixth installment of the series.
"This is way harder than any weights I lifted in the gym. I never felt so much pain and struggle as when I was carrying those watermelons," Kevin Loi-Heng could not help thinking as he learned to carry two baskets of watermelons on a shoulder pole, just as local farmers do.
The 29-year-old traveler from London had seen China's modern megacities on previous business trips. But two weeks spent working on farms in the countryside of Fenghua, Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang Province, gave him a chance to see a very different side of the country.
China's inbound tourism boom has continued into 2026. Inbound tourism maintained strong growth, while data from the National Immigration Administration showed that 22.91 million foreigners entered China in the first half of the year, up 20.4 percent year-on-year, according to a report about 2026 tourism market insights for the first half of the year released by the China Tourism Association.
As "China Travel" continues to trend across social media, a trip to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou or Shenzhen is no longer the only way foreign visitors explore the country. Increasingly, they are heading into villages, farms and fields.
Videos posted by foreign travelers show visitors picking fruit, harvesting rice, feeding livestock, learning traditional farming techniques and simply spending time with local villagers.
Through these immersive rural experiences, they are discovering a different China, one that is earthy, vibrant and deeply human, a tourism expert told the Global Times.
See a different side
Kevin's own company focuses on research into sustainable agriculture and soil health, so working with the land was not entirely unfamiliar territory. Yet he found that China's countryside taught him a great deal.
"One question I had before coming to China to do farm work was: With 1.4 billion people, how does China feed all of its people?" Kevin told the Global Times. "I had this picture in my head that China was very large, and that remote rural communities would have different ways of living and different land practices. I wasn't sure if they would accept a foreigner like me."
The fact is, this land welcomed everything.
To get to the mountain fields and start working, Kevin and his fellow participants would get up as early as 4 am and begin working by 6 am. They picked local white peaches, harvested watermelons and dug up peanuts.
Beyond picking crops, Kevin helped prepare the land and soil, plant seasonal crops such as chilies, prune overgrown trees and clean up farmland. He also fed pigs, chickens, ducks and geese, checked agricultural equipment at the local rural market and spoke with farmers and agricultural workers about the challenges they face in their daily lives.
"One of the first tools I used was a backpack sprayer. It was actually very practical," he recalled.
Kevin said the experience broadened his understanding of China. "I saw that the working people are very humble, but also very hardworking."
Over the past year, China's countryside has emerged as a new growth area for inbound tourism.
According to data released by Trip.com, a large online travel agency, on February 11, its affiliated rural resort farms saw inbound tourism bookings increase by more than 50 percent year-on-year in 2025, while the number of room nights booked by international visitors rose by more than 75 percent. "Visiting the Chinese countryside" is becoming a new option for international travelers who once focused overwhelmingly on major cities. Singapore, the US, Australia, Germany and Malaysia were among the major source markets.
Many overseas vloggers are turning their lenses toward China's countryside, hoping to find a different perspective from which to observe the country.
In March, US content creators Ludwig and Michael were cycling through a village in Central China's Hunan Province, when they encountered villagers preparing for a traditional funeral. Mistaking the gathering for a busy restaurant and the people dressed in white mourning clothes for cooks, they initially misunderstood what was happening. But rather than being offended, a local villager surnamed Li invited the two travelers into his home for a meal. The three chatted about their cycling adventures along the way and eventually sang a song together before parting ways.
After Ludwig uploaded the footage to YouTube, the video received more than 2 million views, offering overseas audiences an unexpected glimpse into culture in a Chinese village.
Kevin Loi-Heng, a 29-year-old traveler from London, works on a farm in Qufu, East China's Shandong Province, on April 18, 2026. Photo: Courtesy of Kevin Loi-Heng

Kevin Loi-Heng, a 29-year-old traveler from London, works on a farm in Qufu, East China's Shandong Province, on April 18, 2026. Photo: Courtesy of Kevin Loi-Heng
The appeal of countryside
As overseas audiences increasingly encounter images of China's highly modernized cities across various online platforms, some travelers are showing greater interest in experiences that offer a sense of authenticity, simplicity and contrast, Zhang Lingyun, a professor and the executive editor-in-chief of Tourism Tribune journal, told the Global Times.
After Kevin showed the video on social media, a lot of his friends found it quite unexpected. "They found it interesting and funny. One of my friends remarked, 'You're always doing side quests,' and said he wished he could live an adventurous life like me," Kevin recalled.
The criteria by which travelers evaluate an experience have changed, Zhang emphasized.
Zhao Mai, an English-speaking tour guide who works extensively with international visitors, has observed this shift firsthand.
Zhao told the Global Times that many young foreign travelers are increasingly interested in participating in everyday activities and interacting directly with local people rather than moving from one landmark to another.
There is another attraction: value for money. China's rural tourism destinations can offer international visitors a combination of affordability, quality and variety that is difficult to match, Zhao said. The diversity of China's countryside is also a major advantage.
In 2025, among the hundreds of "best tourism villages" selected by UN Tourism, China alone accounted for 19, spanning a vast geographical range from the eastern coastal regions to the western plateaus, and from the water towns of Jiangnan to the mountain villages of the southwest, according to the CCTV News.
But Zhao believed the most important factor is still the rise of experiential tourism itself.
"Experiential tourism has become one of the key forces driving the global tourism industry," he said. "And that is where China's countryside has a natural advantage. Rural areas in China offer natural scenery, local traditions, community life and opportunities for deeper participation."
Kevin said working in the village in Zhejiang gave him a new perspective on self-sufficiency and sustainable living.
The experience was so meaningful that he returned to China for a second trip, this time spending another two weeks doing agricultural work in Qufu, East China's Shandong Province.
A teacher living in the local Confucius Institute community spoke to him about the "qi" of the soil, an idea that, Kevin noted, is largely unfamiliar in the Western context.
"In the West, I was accustomed to explanations and theories in which soil is seen simply as a resource with physical and chemical properties that can be exploited," he said.
The trip helped him understand soil in a broader way, not merely as an agricultural resource, but as something essential to community life and health and as a connector between humans and the environment, or biosphere.
"I wish I could speak Chinese and understand local people's thoughts better, so I could learn more about Chinese rural agricultural life and local history," he said.
In May 2026, a village in Guilin, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, held its annual Terraced Fields Plowing Festival. Across the layers of terraced fields, local residents demonstrated traditional farming practices, attracting visitors from both China and abroad, the news outlet chinanews.com reported.
He Chengxi, a deputy manager of the media department of Guilin Longji Tourism Co., Ltd., told the Global Times that foreign visitors are particularly drawn to this immersive experience as they are intrigued by this traditional method of farming, and found Chinese farming culture novel and meaningful.
And social media shows that the phenomenon goes beyond short-term tourism. For example, some foreigners who have married Chinese partners have shared their enjoyment of rural life online.
Foreign visitors taste local drinks during the Terraced Fields Plowing Festival held in Guilin, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Photo: Courtesy of He Chengxi

Foreign visitors taste local drinks during the Terraced Fields Plowing Festival held in Guilin, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Photo: Courtesy of He Chengxi
From tourism traffic to lasting connections
Zhao believes the growing interest in rural tourism should be viewed against the broader backdrop of China's efforts to revitalize the countryside and integrate agriculture, culture and tourism.
China unveiled its "No. 1 central document" for 2026 on February 3, outlining plans to advance agricultural and rural modernization and to promote all-around rural revitalization, according to the Xinhua News Agency.
According to estimates from the data center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, China received 793 million rural tourism visits in the first quarter of 2026, up 12.2 percent year-on-year. Rural tourism revenue reached 457 billion yuan ($63.5 billion), up 10.9 percent, Xinhua reported.
The direct economic impact of foreign visitors to rural areas, however, is harder to measure. Zhang said it seems that that rural inbound tourism remains a relatively small trend amplified by social media rather than an established industry at scale.
Zhao believes their most important contribution may therefore be something less immediately measurable: international visibility.
There is also a less visible effect. The arrival of foreign tourists can prompt local residents to reconsider the value of their own everyday lives, Zhao noted.
"Farmers who are accustomed to regarding planting, harvesting and tending livestock as routine work may suddenly find outsiders treating those same activities as something worth traveling thousands of kilometers to experience," he said.
That outside perspective can give ordinary agricultural work, local food and traditional customs a new sense of value, not only as tourism products, but as elements of local identity, Zhang said.
How can this social media traffic be turned into lasting tourism demand? Zhang believed that the key might not be intervening too heavily in the specific products that villages offer, but improving the basic conditions that allow international visitors to access them.
The government's role, the expert suggested, is to help bridge the "last mile," making rural destinations easier and safer to reach and navigate, while leaving room for villages and travelers themselves to determine what kind of experiences are meaningful.
And beyond economics, Zhang said, these encounters carry cultural exchange value.
"People-to-people exchanges can help dispel misunderstandings and allow the world to see another side of China: ordinary Chinese people, like people everywhere, value peace, stability and a prosperous life. That deeper cultural encounter may ultimately be one of the most valuable things international tourism can offer," he explained.
Kevin has not stopped thinking about the people and places he encountered in China's countryside. The experience changed his impression of rural China and made him want to return and stay longer.
"I would like to know more about what other people who have experienced these agricultural activities think," he said. "Is now the time to reconnect with this ancient practice?"
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C | 毕竟，较小的芯片面积意味着原始设备制造商在制造设备时可以为其他组件节省空间。在处理器部分，高通855移动平台仍然使用我们熟悉的Kryo核心，但时钟频率和结构有很大的不同。新的KRYO 485处理核心不再大。虽然很少，但它使用的ARM Dynamlq体系结构与早期的高通（Qualcomm）骨髓710移动平台和高通（Qualcomm）骨髓670移动平台相同。与大的相比。Dynamlq的八个核心从44个变为134个。它还支持大小核之间的区别，但比定义明确的大小核更灵活。Dynamlq不再区分集群概念，核心的大小可以在同一个集群中自由处理。

D | 这意味着CPU不再需要缓存来连接多个集群来分配任务，因此处理器自然更高效。高统悦龙855移动平台KRYO 485核心，最大频率核心提供2.84GHz主频，负责高性能应用和游戏操作；3个2.41GHz中频核心负责略低的需求性能操作；4个核心最低1个。78GHz将负责日常常用应用的操作要求。根据高通公司提供的官方数据，与铜龙845移动平台相比，高通龙855移动平台处理器的性能提高了45%。它也是历史上最强大的高通处理器。从实际性能来看，KRYO 485确实显示了防尘骑乘的性能优势（与之前的高通Miron处理器相比）。与一年前的高通路龙845移动平台相比，高通路龙855移动平台在安图V7.1.1和Geekbench 4.0处理器测试方面取得了显著进展。其中，安图V7.1.1的得分为362110分，这是安卓平台首次在这次测试中几乎与iPhone的XS最大值持平，远高于麒麟980系列30W的得分。在Geekbench 4.0的测试中，高通M855移动平台终于取得了一些进展。由于超级内核的强大性能，其单线程性能最终超过3507点。尽管与苹果A12系列相比仍存在差距，但与其他7NM竞争对手相比，它仍然是一款干净的产品。同时，高通MOULON855移动平台多线程性能与A12并列，达到11254点。当然，绝对数字差异不一定反映在实际应用中。毕竟，iOS和Android是两个不同的阵营，所以跨平台基准测试的可比性不是很高。例如，苹果乐于将A11和A12处理器的性能与英特尔核心处理器进行比较。在天际赛马中，A系列处理器赢得了比赛，但是你不能证明基于ARM架构的A系列处理器比基于x86架构的A系列处理器更好。让我们来看一系列的浏览器jacascript运行，这也是CPU性能的一个重要指标。

E | 高通公司的基准测试提供辛烷值、速度计和喷射流，在这三项测试中，高通公司的Miaolong 855移动平台仍然表现出色。在游戏性能方面，Adreno系列图形处理器始终比朋友有绝对优势。ADRENO 640图形处理器集成在高通滦龙855移动平台上。与Adreno 630相比，在T-Rex、Car Chase和Gfxbench的Mahaten试验方面取得了显著进展。事实上，高通MOULON855移动平台的图形性能在日常使用中可以充分发挥优势，因为高通公司支持当前主流图形API，如OpenGL、Vulkan。

F | 同时，高通移动855和该平台可以更好地平衡和调用GPU和CPU组件，从而在游戏运行时获得更平衡的画面性能，而不仅仅是使用CPU或GPU。

G | 除了运行点之外，骨髓体验还反映了高通公司在移动平台上定位处理器的更多领域。

H | 它不仅是一个高性能的处理器，而且提供了全面的移动互联网体验。这些特性通常不会反映在基准测试中，而是与日常使用中的普通用户密切相关。首先，高通公司将5G、AI和XR视为高通公司M855移动平台的三大核心亮点。

I | 它们不是纯粹的CPU或GPU性能所代表的体验，而是与处理器的每个部分相关的。5G是目前移动互联网的最大热点。5G作为下一代通信技术的出现，将彻底改变人类现有的工作和通信方式。在2G时代，人类第一次有了实时连接的想法，但直到3G时代才真正实现，但当时的较慢速度只能用于处理邮件和文本信息。在4G时代，千兆LTE的出现使移动互联网应用更加可能。

J | 通过5G实现，将反映出更多革命性的应用场景。高通公司一直是一个很好的沟通者。秋龙855移动平台内置X24 LTE调制解调器。

K | 它是一种能实现2Gbps下行链路速率的调制解调器。通过外置的X50 5G调制解调器，高通公司855的移动平台使终端在6GHz以下的频段和毫米波中使用最多5G。这意味着在今年内，5G将不再是一个幻想，而是一个现实。同时，人工智能也是高通公司Moulong 855移动平台需要努力推广的领域。

L | 高通公司一直致力于将DSP用于人工智能计算。高通公司Mobility 855内置Hexagon 690 DSP处理器。它仍然来自高通公司的独立设计。与上一代相比，它的标量性能提高了20%，向量扩展内核的数量也从2个增加到了4个，使得人工智能和传统图形的性能提高了一倍。当然，人工智能性能的提高不仅来自硬件，还来自人工智能引擎，它是业界覆盖最广的人工智能生态系统，为各种框架和操作系统提供官方支持。腾讯、百度、亚马逊、阿里巴巴等领先云服务提供商合作，实现终端降噪、夜景拍摄、超分辨率、人脸识别、语音识别、目标检测、视频分割、背景可视化等用户体验。作为5G时代的先驱者，大量的终端都在加速上市，虽然M855移动平台的性能优异，但高通公司仍然相信，基准测试无法反映出它在日常使用中所能提供的全部体验，毕竟，运行分数只能是苍白的数字，普通消费者真的很在乎。丰富的功能体验。因此，高通公司继续在Moulong 855移动平台上提供一系列完美的主流支持，这使得Android设备获得一种新的形式和体验，无论是5G、4K还是人工智能，几乎无所不能。