Li Ziqi

Li Ziqi fascinates me because she turned slowness into spectacle. In an internet culture obsessed with speed and noise, she built a global audience by filming an unhurried rural life in Sichuan, planting, cooking, dyeing, and crafting from scratch. I don't read her work as mere nostalgia; it's a quietly radical argument about what a good life can look like. The craftsmanship behind each video, often months in the making, reveals a serious artist, not a casual vlogger. Her Diamond Play Button is impressive, but what earns my admiration is the patience and integrity of the labor itself.

Name (English)

Li Ziqi

Name (Japanese)

李子柒

Born

July 6, 1990 (age 36)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Horse

Origin

Mianyang, People's Republic of China

Occupation

food blogger / vlogger / television producer

Awards & achievements

• Diamond Play Button

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/cnliziqi/
• Xhttps://x.com/cnliziqi
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%20Ziqi%20(vlogger)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E5%AD%90%E6%9F%92
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55696255

Tags

• food blogger
• vlogger
• television producer

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.