Nowadays, we all emphasize balanced nutrition, healthy diet, especially children, and what is good to eat and drink is served, which leads to their better development and higher growth. We think that people in ancient times were not as tall as they are now, but this is not the case.
According to historical records, Han Gaozu was 7 feet 8 inches (1.80), Han Xin was 8 feet 5 inches (1.94), and Guan Yu was 9 feet and a half (2.07). It can be seen that the ancients also had many people tall and tall. And the tallest man in the world, also born in ancient times, his height is 3.19 meters, and then he married an English wife, what happens to his descendants now?
In 1841, Zhan Shichao was born in Wuyuan County, his father was very tall, 2.48 years, his brother also reached eight feet tall, and Zhan Shichao was the tallest, with 3.19 meters. He was already a meter old when he was two years old, and he had not yet been weaned, so many people said that this child was so old, how could he not be weaned, and said that Zhan Shichao hid behind his mother.
When Zhan Shichao's height was two or three meters high, an interesting thing happened, when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was defeated, the Qing army fled everywhere, robbing the local people of food and money. When two or three Qing soldiers went to Zhan Shichao's house together, Zhan Shichao suddenly stood up, half as tall as they were, like a giant, and the Qing soldiers were frightened and frightened, and ran out in a hurry.
Because of his height, Zhan Shichao's family also had several times more meals than ordinary people's families, and Zhan Shichao rarely ate enough to eat, and entered the society very early to make a living. After being introduced by relatives at home, he went to work at the Shanghai Yuyingtang Ink Factory, but because his food was too large, all the wages he earned were used to fill his stomach, and he did not save money until he met a foreigner.
At that time, a foreigner saw him and immediately saw the business opportunity, so he gave Zhan Shichao a rich amount of silver and brought him to Europe. This merchant was clever enough to have Zhan Shichao dressed in Qing Dynasty official clothes and holding a fan in his hand to attract people with his unique height. Living a life of being appreciated every day, Zhan Shichao was not happy, so after earning enough money, Zhan Shichao left.
Zhan Shichao took money to play around, when he arrived in Britain, he met a beautiful British woman, the two quickly fell in love, came together, Zhan Shichao sometimes had a poor life, and also took his wife to sell art, but at this time he was happy, because he had his wife with him. He settled down in England, bought a house here, studied English, and became a British citizen.
Soon after, the two gave birth to a son, Zhan Zechun, but Zhan Zechun did not inherit his father's height, and he did not grow tall or short. This is also what Zhan Shichao hopes in his heart, because of his height, there are many strange eyes everywhere he goes, and he does not want his son to experience it again. The family of three lived happily in Britain until 1893, when Zhan Shichao died at the age of 52, ending the legendary life of the first giant of the Qing Dynasty.
Zhan Shichao told his son the address of his hometown before he died, hoping that he would have time to go back to see, Zhan Zechun was also very curious, but when he took the time to go to his hometown, his cousins and uncles thought that he had come to share the inheritance and resolutely did not recognize him. Now that the family lives in the UK, they don't remember their loved ones here.