Li Ziqi, one of China's most popular influencers, made a surprising comeback on Tuesday afternoon after she stopped posting videos for more than three years. 

11月12日下午，中国知名网络博主李子柒宣布回归。此前，她已停止发布视频三年多。

Li resumed posting online with two new videos showing how she transformed a shed into a woodland cloakroom and making wardrobe doors using the intangible cultural heritage Chinese lacquerware techniques across social media platforms, including Douyin, Sina Weibo and YouTube.

李子柒在抖音、新浪微博和YouTube等社交媒体平台上发布了两段新视频，展示她如何将柴房改造成森林衣帽间，以及如何利用中国非物质文化遗产漆器工艺制作衣柜门。

Despite not updating her content since July 14, 2021, she has seen her followers increase and fans requesting for new videos during her absence. Many had wondered where she was or whether she had retired from posting. After her new videos were posted, her number of followers quickly shot up to more than 26.67 million on Sina Weibo and 50.15 million on Douyin.

尽管自2021年7月14日以来李子柒就没有更新过内容，但在她缺席的这段时间里，她的粉丝数量仍在增加，还有很多粉丝希望她能够更新。许多人都在猜测她去了哪里，或者她是否已经不做视频博主。李子柒的新视频发布后，她在新浪微博上的粉丝数迅速飙升至2667多万，在抖音上的粉丝数也达到5015多万。

Overnight, Li's return became the top trending topic online and as of 10 am Wednesday, her lacquerware video had garnered 120 million views on Sina Weibo, with more than 1.94 million interactions, including shares, comments and likes.

一夜之间，李子柒回归成为网络最热门话题。截至11月13日上午10点，她的漆器视频在新浪微博上获得1.2亿次观看，以及超过194万次分享、评论和点赞等互动。

Many people have flooded her comment section with messages of support, saying it is such a surprise to see her posting updates again. She commented saying she also missed her viewers and followers. "There is no time for me to write a small essay today. I will make it up to you when I am not that busy. Miss you!" she wrote.

许多人涌入她的评论区留言表示支持，称看到她再次更新真是惊喜。李子柒在评论区回复，她也很想念她的观众和粉丝。“今天没空写小作文啦！过几天忙完了再给大家补上！想念你们！”她写道。 

Li started posting short videos on Sina Weibo in 2016, featuring poetic portrayals of rural life, traditional cooking techniques and cultural practices, such as making ink and clothing. In 2020, she set a Guinness World Record for the most subscribers on a Chinese-language YouTube channel, with a total of 11.4 million followers at the time.

2016年起，李子柒开始在新浪微博上发布短视频，内容围绕对乡村生活的诗意描绘、传统烹饪技艺以及制墨制衣等文化习俗。2020年，她以1140万粉丝数创下“最多订阅量的YouTube中文频道”吉尼斯世界纪录。

lacquerware

n. 漆器

intangible cultural heritage

非物质文化遗产

garner

v. 获得

Guinness World Record

吉尼斯世界纪录