Source: Zhixing self-learning platform
Nowadays, when we talk about the word "giant", many people will think of Yao Ming, after all, Yao Ming's height is 2.26 meters, compared to our ordinary people, it is indeed a "giant" level of existence, but in the late Qing Dynasty, there was a person with a height of 3.19 meters, he was the first giant of the late Qing Dynasty, Zhan Shichao.
Zhan Shichao was born in 1841 AD, is the Anhui Province Wuyuan County Zheyuan Township Hongguan village people's clan, this Hongguan village, has the reputation of "the home of the elderly", that is to say, the people of this place grow tall, of which Zhan Shichao's father Zhan Zhenzhong is eight feet tall, equivalent to the current 2.48 meters, put to the present is also a giant-like existence, so Zhan Shichao's height is inherited from his father's genes.
Some people say that Zhan Shichao's height is so huge, it must be suffering from a disease such as "gigantism", which we cannot confirm whether he has gigantism, but there is a story that can explain that when Zhan Shichao was very young, he grew much taller than others.
Legend has it that when Zhan Shichao was one or two years old, once his mother took him to see a temple fair, the young Zhan Shichao was hungry, he stood directly in front of his mother to suckle, at that time many people laughed at him, the long ones are almost as tall as your mother, and actually eat milk, really not ashamed! At this time, Zhan Shichao's mother said that her child was not yet two years old, but she was taller than the average child, so don't scare the child.
From this incident, we can see that from a very young age, James is taller than the average person, less than two years old, Zhan Shichao should have more than one meter, after all, he can stand in front of his mother to breastfeed, and his height is at least above his mother's chest. Therefore, Zhan Shichao's height from childhood is different from ordinary people.
After Zhan Shichao grew up, he met an American businessman by chance, and the American businessman was very surprised to see Zhan Shichao's huge height, and also found a huge business opportunity, he and Zhan Shichao agreed, and made a Qing Dynasty official uniform for Zhan Shichao, took him around the world, and showed zhan Shichao's height to people all over the world.
Because the world in the 19th century was not very open, for European countries, China in the far east is a very mysterious country, Zhan Shichao's huge height coupled with the mysterious sense of The people of European countries to China, soon, Zhan Shichao became a celebrity, the name of "giant" also began to resound in the world, more and more people rushed to watch Zhan Shichao, and even some people came to see Zhan Shichao.
In the process of touring the world, Zhan Shichao made a lot of wealth, and eventually settled in England, and married an English woman. It is worth mentioning that Zhan Shichao is not only unusual in height from ordinary people, but also has a very strong language talent, in the process of touring the world, Zhan Shichao learned ten Chinese words, which is also another place for him to be proud of in addition to his height.
After Zhan Shichao married an English woman, he gave birth to a son named Zhan Zechun, who did not inherit his father's height and looked no different from ordinary people. After Zhan Zechun grew up, he also deliberately returned to Hongguan Village to recognize his ancestors and return to the ancestors, but at that time, the Zhan family of Hongguan Village believed that Zhan Zechun was specifically to divide the property, so they rejected him. Since then, Zhan Zechun has returned to England and has never returned to Hongguan Village.
On November 5, 1893, Zhan Shichao died in England, and after his death, his son never came to China again, and remained a quiet ordinary person in England until his death.
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