ForewordThere is an old man in Guangxi Province of my country, who lived from the Guangxu period to 2013, after three centuries. What's even more incredible is that the old man also gave birth to a son at the age of 61.
However, her age is not recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records, what is going on?
Bama County, Guangxi Province, China, is known as the hometown of longevity, and many people drive there thousands of miles to see the style of the hometown of longevity.
Luo Meizhen was born there, and she is the oldest elderly person in the area. As the longest-lived old man in the hometown of longevity, what is the secret of longevity for the elderly Luo Meizhen?
In the eleventh year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, Luo Meizhen was born in a barren small village in Donglan County, not far from Bama County. In the past, transportation was not so convenient, and the location was remote, so people there had little contact with the outside world, so many people were close relatives to marry.
Luo Meizhen's parents are close relatives to marry, and some experts believe that part of the reason why Luo Meizhen is so long is that her parents are close relatives.
Longevity research experts found through a survey of Bama County, the hometown of longevity, that a large proportion of the long-lived elderly here are homozygous, that is, children born of close relatives.
Children born of consanguineous marriages are usually polarized, either physically ill and do not live long, or live a long life.
Luo Meizhen was born in a poor farming family in the hometown of longevity. Originally, the locals relied on the mountains to eat the mountains, although the conditions were not very good, but they could also maintain food and clothing.
However, because of the decay of the Qing Dynasty at that time, the people lived in a difficult life, and the turmoil of the current situation made the people at the bottom miserable. Later, due to the impact of the war, Luo Meizhen's parents died one after another, and Luo Meizhen, who was less than ten years old, became an orphan at a young age.
In that war-torn era, there were too many poor children like Luo Meizhen, and the people at the bottom were too busy to take care of themselves, and no one could have enough to eat, let alone add another mouth. So although the people in the village took pity on the child, they had no spare strength to help her.
Under such difficult conditions, Luo Meizhen did not complain, nor did she ask anyone for help, she survived by her tenacity and perseverance.
Soon after, there was a local battle, and Luo Meizhen ran into the mountains in a panic. Thanks to the fact that she often went up the mountain to cut bamboo, she was familiar with the local terrain and ran into a cave.
Since then, Luo Meizhen has lived in the cave. Although the conditions in the mountains are not good, the air quality is good and the environment is beautiful. Luo Meizhen is at peace with what she encounters, she regards this place as her "Peach Blossom Spring", and she lives a very happy life.
Because she has lived here since she was a child, Luo Meizhen knows the situation in the mountains very well, and she knows that she can find water sources and beasts.
The conditions in the mountains are difficult, there is not so much food, and Luo Meizhen has no special requirements for food. When she was hungry, she would dig up wild vegetables and pick wild fruits to eat.
Perhaps because she had a difficult time when she was a child, Luo Meizhen cherishes food very much and only eats vegetarian food. Luo Meizhen's son once revealed that the old man has no special requirements for meals, but he never eats meat, never smokes or drinks.
Living in the mountains, the air is fresh, and because the conditions are difficult and the lighting is not possible, Luo Meizhen usually falls asleep at 9 p.m. and gets up at 6 a.m. the next morning.
Sunrise and day in and out, Luo Meizhen's good life Xi has been maintained for a lifetime. Many elderly people will have insomnia, can't sleep, get up too early and other sleep troubles, but Luo Meizhen has never had it. Until her later years, she went to bed at 9 p.m. and woke up at 6 a.m.
In the past, people generally got married and had children early, but because she lived in the mountains, Luo Meizhen didn't meet her husband Huang Tiansheng until she was in her thirties and married him.
Luo Meizhen is open-minded and kind, and she and her husband have a happy marriage. Soon after marriage, Luo Meizhen became pregnant. However, due to the difficult living conditions, the child died soon after birth because of the inability to keep up with nutrition.
What made Luo Meizhen and her husband even more sad was that the three children they gave birth to one after another all died due to malnutrition and lack of medical resources.
A few years after marriage, Luo Meizhen lost a total of four children, which deeply hurt her mother's heart. For many years after that, Luo Meizhen and her husband always wanted a child, but Luo Meizhen never got pregnant.
It wasn't until Luo Meizhen was 61 years old that she became pregnant with her husband's fifth child. This time, Luo Meizhen, who was over the age of six, successfully gave birth to a healthy boy, and she and her husband named the child Huang Youcai.
It stands to reason that when a woman reaches the age of 50 or so, she will no longer have her menstrual period after menopause. How could Luo Meizhen give birth to a son after she turned 60? Therefore, some people questioned Luo Meizhen's age.
Luo Meizhen doesn't take the doubts of others to heart at all, her personality has always been very casual and open-minded, nothing can bother her, and the outside world can't affect her mood.
Luo Meizhen has a good personality, and the people in the village love to associate with her, and people also laugh at Luo Meizhen as "the post-80s generation of the Qing Dynasty". It means to praise her for being open-minded and open-minded, like a young man.
Luo Meizhen is in good health, she has never been sick since she was a child, and she can still go up the mountain to cut bamboo when she is more than 100 years old. His son Huang Youcai is very filial, and the grandchildren below have also grown up, but Luo Meizhen, who should have enjoyed her old age, still can't be idle.
Luo Meizhen raised a lot of chickens, ducks and sheep in the yard, and also planted a lot of vegetables, these things were all handled by her from morning to night, and she couldn't be idle for a moment.
Not only that, Luo Meizhen also hangs a portrait of *** in the ancestral shrine. Luo Meizhen knows that today's peace and tranquility were won by the bloody struggle of revolutionary comrades, and after three centuries and that turbulent era, she cherishes the happy and peaceful life she has now.
In 2010, Luo Meizhen was 124 years old. As the longest-lived elderly person in the local area, Luo Meizhen is admired and praised by people, and many people come to visit her.
In this regard, Luo Meizhen is not arrogant or discouraged, she maintains a peaceful mind and still lives her life.
At the age of 124, she can still take care of herself and does not need or bother the children. But that very night, the unexpected happened.
It was late at night, and Luo Meizhen got up at night to go to the toilet. The toilets in the countryside are generally not in the house, so Luo Meizhen put on her clothes and groped her way out of the house.
The old man's legs and feet are still very sharp, but his eyes are not very good. While groping for the ** step, Luo Meizhen accidentally stepped on the air and fell down all of a sudden.
What's more serious is that the yard is full of rubble, and Luo Meizhen fell on the gravel and hit her arm at once. In order not to let the children worry about her, Luo Meizhen, who was over 100 years old, got up and went back to the house to continue sleeping.
It wasn't until Huang Youcai came to visit his mother the next day that he found that Luo Meizhen was seriously injured, not only did her scalp break, but her right arm was also broken.
The most feared thing for the elderly is wrestling, and many old people are in good health, but they can't do it because of a fall. Even an old man of seventy or eighty years old couldn't resist falling directly from such a high step, not to mention that Luo Meizhen was already one hundred and twenty-four years old.
Luo Meizhen's son Huang Youcai was also in his sixties at this time, and he hurried up the mountain to collect herbs for his mother to treat his injuries. Under the careful care of the children, Luo Meizhen, who was already in good health, soon recovered her health.
That wrestling did not affect Luo Meizhen's body at all, and after the injury was healed, the old man went up the mountain with a sickle and a basket on his back to chop wood.
However, what is surprising is that the "Top Ten Birthday Stars in China" selected in 2010 did not have Luo Meizhen. At that time, the first birthday star was 122-year-old Xinjiang old man Sadiq Sauti. Why was Luo Meizhen, who is older than him, not selected?
In fact, when the first selection of staff went to visit Luo Meizhen and her family. But because Luo Meizhen had only fallen and injured herself not long ago, her family was busy taking care of the elderly, so she didn't have time to pay attention to this matter.
The selection of the birthday star must provide identity documents to prove the age of the elderly. Because she couldn't get Luo Meizhen's identity certificate at that time, Luo Meizhen regretted not being selected.
Two years later, the staff found Lo Meizhen and her family again. This time, Luo Meizhen's Huang Youcai took out Luo Meizhen's ID card and household registration book, proving that Luo Meizhen was indeed born in 1885.
However, there was no formal medical certificate at that time, and the old man's ID card was also issued later, so it is not 100% sure of the year of the old man's birth.
When the staff asked Luo Meizhen about her year of birth, Luo Meizhen said that she couldn't remember it clearly. Later, through the information provided by the same villagers, the staff basically determined that Luo Meizhen was born in 1885.
Therefore, in the 2012 birthday star selection, Luo Meizhen topped the list of "Top Ten Birthday Stars in China". The local civil affairs bureau also applied for Guinness World Records certification for Luo Meizhen, but Luo Meizhen's age was not recognized by Guinness World Records.
Guinness staff said that the ID card and household registration book could not directly prove Luo Meizhen's age, and they suspected that Luo Meizhen had changed her age without permission.
They also expressed doubts about Luo Meizhen's 61-year-old birth of a child, believing that Luo Meizhen had faked the ages of herself and her son Huang Youcai.
In fact, regarding Luo Meizhen's birth of a child after menopause, some experts later proved that women can also conceive after menopause, so Luo Meizhen did not lie about her and her son's age.
did not pass the Guinness World Records certification, and people felt sorry for Luo Meizhen. But Luo Meizhen herself doesn't care about these false names, she has long put fame and fortune out of the way.
Luo Meizhen has lived in the mountains with a beautiful environment since she was a child, and her life close to nature has made her more open-minded and healthy.
Life lies in sports, Luo Meizhen has never stopped being busy until her later years, raising chickens and ducks, planting vegetables and flowers, Luo Meizhen regards the busyness of life as a kind of enjoyment.
An open-minded mind and a healthy lifestyle are the secrets of health.