李子柒

Lǐ Zǐqī

proper noun

Meanings

1 Li Ziqi (rural-lifestyle video creator)

About Li Ziqi

born 1990 · 网红 internet celebrity

Video maker from rural Sichuan whose quiet, wordless films of farming, cooking and old crafts drew tens of millions of followers on YouTube, making her a standard example of 文化输出, Chinese culture reaching abroad.

Also called 李佳佳

Characters

child / name character

柒

qī

seven (formal form)

Examples

HSK 7-9

李子柒的视频在YouTube上有上千万粉丝。

Lǐ Zǐqī de shìpín zài YouTube shàng yǒu shàngqiānwàn fěnsī.

Li Ziqi has tens of millions of YouTube subscribers.

HSK 7-9

李子柒在视频里展示了中国田园生活之美。

Lǐ Zǐqī zài shìpín lǐ zhǎnshì le Zhōngguó tiányuán shēnghuó zhī měi.

In her videos Li Ziqi shows the beauty of rural life in China.

Tips

memory

The 柒 in her name is the anti-forgery way of writing 七 'seven' on cheques and official papers, and also an old variant of 漆 'lacquer'. Her first video after a three-year break, in November 2024, was about 漆器, lacquerware.

In Pop Culture

李子柒 Lǐ Zǐqī

Li Ziqi

Born 1990 in Sichuan, began uploading videos in 2016 from her grandmother's rural home. Known for painstakingly filmed, wordless sequences of traditional craft and cooking - ink-making, silk production, bamboo furniture, pickle-jar-from-the-soil-up cooking. Became the most-subscribed Chinese-language YouTuber. Took an extended break from late 2021 to November 2024 during a contract dispute with her agency 微念; relaunched solo.

Stroke Order

李 lǐ

子 zǐ

柒 qī

李子柒