I came across a video of Liziqi on r/simpleliving the other day and fell in love with her! She makes these gorgeous YouTube videos (~6.5M subscribers) showing her traditional rural life on a homestead in China. She does everything with such feminine grace, I thought you ladies would appreciate her example of a modern feminine renaissance woman.

I wasn't sure which video to post so here's Liziqi's YouTube Channel, and here's the video I first saw that got me hooked on her.

Her videos show such a range of homemaking talents...plenty of mouthwatering traditional Chinese recipes (her father was a chef), but she also makes her own makeup, designs/sews/embroiders her own dresses and shoes, builds her own furniture, even brews her own beer. She grows everything herself (from rice to silkworms) and makes everything from scratch using traditional (even ancient) Chinese methods (she builds with hand tools and her kitchen stove is wood burning).

People often think she is an actress on a set. But not only does she make everything in her videos herself (as her rough hands can attest to), she's her own filmmaker who directs, shoots and edits everything herself. She started out shooting and editing on an iPhone. In one video where she was making noodles, she had to keep remaking the noodles over and over again because they would dry out in the time it took her to set up each shot. Eventually she was able to buy a digital SLR and hire a cameraman (it was taking her 3-4 months per video), but she still directs all the shots and final edits herself. Her videos are so peaceful to watch and her production level is like something you'd find in a BBC documentary. I have so much respect for the dedication it takes to get that level of quality!

She's an example of a woman who is strong, independent yet totally feminine. All the comments are gushing about how any man would be honored to be with her. (Haven't come across anything about her romantic life other than the fact that she is single). Her backstory is like something from a Disney fairytale, complete with an evil stepmother before she was orphaned. She worked a hard life in the city, sleeping on park benches and working in everything from waitressing to DJing. When her grandfather died she returned to the country to care for her grandmother and started making videos to help sell her handmade products. And while she lives on a rural farm (in what most people would consider poverty conditions) everyone calls her a princess of China. She's my new woman-crush and has also inspired me to reconnect with my Chinese heritage. I hope you enjoy!