He is the coolest grandfather in China, 79 years old because of the catwalk popular all over the country, and now 85 years old and driving a plane into the sky, why is he so bullish?
Next, let's walk into today's content together and understand the legendary life of Cool Grandpa Wang Deshun. Move your fortune's little finger to like attention, good luck!
"Your uncle will always be your uncle!" This is not wrong at all, on August 21, 2021, CCTV 4 broadcast a video that shocked the whole network.
In this video, a gray-bearded, 85-year-old grandfather drove a plane over Beijing for 40 minutes, and during the entire flight, the grandfather also independently completed a series of operations such as turning and climbing high, which is the oldest of all the flight students in China so far.
The old man in the video is no one else, it is our protagonist today, Cool Grandpa Wang Deshun. Born in 1936 to a rural family in Shenyang, he had a blue sky dream from an early age.
In his early years, he worked as a conductor at the local tram company and later as a worker in a local military factory.
When he was a teenager, he was very interested in literature and art, and because of the free classes at the Shenyang Workers' Cultural Palace at that time, he specially applied for several training classes such as drama classes and dance classes, which laid a solid foundation for him to engage in literary and artistic work later.
In 1960, he successfully became a drama actor in the Shenyang Military Region Anti-Enemy Drama Troupe, where he stayed for ten years. Later, he was assigned to the Changchun Drama Theatre, where he also worked diligently for more than a decade.
At the age of 49, he was no longer satisfied with the status quo and desperately longed for a new life, so he embarked on a journey to Beijing alone and began to study pantomime, and achieved great success.
In April 1985, he participated in the International Brecht System Symposium held by the Central Academy of Drama and successfully completed the performance of the "modeling pantomime" "Man and the Snake", thus creating the only type of pantomime in the world.
Next, he continued to devote himself to the pantomime career and brought Chinese pantomime to the international pantomime stage.
During this period, his "stylistic pantomime" was also included in the "Encyclopedia of China", "Picture Of China's Centennial History" and other works, and his own name was also included in the "Who's Who in the World" published by the American Biographical Association.
In addition, he created "living sculptures" at the age of 57.
For any ordinary person, stepping into the year of flower armor, you can retire and enjoy a comfortable pension life. However, for the cool grandfather Wang Deshun, it is good to be old and strong, and it is still good to be young at the age of 60.
That is, from the age of 60, this cool grandfather began another part of his life, and it was even more exciting. After entering the age of 60, Wang Deshun's grandfather Zheng'er Bajing began his slash youth trend life.
He insisted on working out in the gym for 4 hours a day, and then he went straight from the stage to the big screen. In 2001, he starred in the costume court comedy "Imperial Doctor", and officially began his acting career.
So far, he has starred in many film and television drama works, leaving a very deep impression on the audience, the most representative of which are "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" and "Breaking into Kanto".
At the age of 65, the cool grandfather began to learn to ride a horse again. At the age of 70, he began to practice his muscles consciously. At the age of 78, he began to learn to ride a motorcycle again.
At the age of 79, he went on the catwalk again and became popular overnight. What's going on?
This also dates back to March 25, 2015, when China International Fashion Week, at a catwalk with the theme of "Northeast Cotton Jacket", 79-year-old Grandpa Wang Deshun was bare-chested, white-haired and white-bearded but in shape, walking with great energy and vigor, which was the most eye-catching presence in the whole scene that year.
The video of the catwalk also quickly became popular throughout the Internet, attracting praise from countless netizens, who also affectionately called him "China's coolest grandfather".
In addition to the catwalk, Grandpa Wang Deshun also pursues more things. Why? Move your fortune's little finger to nod, and we'll move on.
At the age of 80, he began to learn to DJ. At the age of 85, he desperately wanted to realize the blue sky dream he had since childhood. Therefore, on Children's Day on June 1, 2021, he embarked on a dream journey with a child's heart.
First, he applied for a private pilot's license in Beijing, during which he had to receive 40 hours of theoretical training and 40 hours of flight training.
This exam requires a very high physical fitness of the candidate, he must have a formal physical examination certificate, this alone, it takes him a lot of effort.
According to Grandpa Wang Deshun, one of the tests needs to be tied to the roulette wheel, how many turns on the left side, how many turns on the right side, as soon as you stop, you must immediately distinguish the southeast, southwest, and northwest, if you turn dizzy, you will be judged unqualified.
Although he eventually passed the test smoothly, the doctor did not agree to give him a signature due to his age, for which he explained for a long time.
Eventually, the doctor asked him to do another tablet test, and as long as he passed, he could get the signature smoothly. In order to be able to successfully pass the tablet test, Grandpa Wang Deshun stayed in the gym every day to train, and the kung fu paid off, and finally he finally got the physical examination report as he wished.
Subsequently, he quickly sent the medical examination report to the Civil Aviation Administration. At the request of the Civil Aviation Authority, he went to a urine test again, and after meeting 25 criteria, he successfully obtained the signature of the Civil Aviation Administration.
In addition, for safety reasons, Grandpa Wang Deshun also did one more echocardiogram than others.
Fortunately, everything went smoothly, and in this way, after some twists and turns, Grandpa Wang Deshun finally got the physical examination certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Administration and started a life of learning to fly.
In the end, Grandpa Wang Deshun got a good score of 82 points in theory.
Then he began to practice on the plane, and the first time he sat in the cockpit of the plane, the old man was very nervous, and he had no time to enjoy the scenery outside the window, and he was busy summarizing the questions raised by the instructor.
In this way, after 30 days of theoretical study and 50 days of flight training, Grandpa Wang Deshun successfully completed the first stage of study.
On August 17, Grandpa Wang Deshun passed all the subject exams at Beijing's Miyun Mujiayu Airport, and on the same day, he flew the plane over Beijing and successfully completed a 40-minute flight, fulfilling his dream of a blue sky that had not been realized for decades.
At that time, when he stepped out of the cabin, his posture was straight, his steps were powerful, and he was obviously 85 years old but lived out as an 18-year-old, which attracted the praise and envy of countless netizens.
At present, Grandpa Wang Deshun has successfully obtained a flight license, becoming one of more than 73,000 people with valid pilot licenses in China, and directly refreshing the record of the maximum age of flight cadets in China.
Grandpa Wang Deshun's life is full of legends, and the reason why he can be so bullish has a lot to do with his positive and constant pursuit of life attitude.
Through his inspirational experience, we really understand that being young is an attitude to life that has nothing to do with age. For any of us, at any time, it is never too late to chase dreams.
Even in the twilight years, you can still be strong! May we all be able to keep a young mindset at all times, do what we want to do, not be afraid of challenges, let go of the courage to try, and success is waiting for us in the next corner!
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