For Chinese, longevity is a rare blessing. There are many emperors in history who pursue longevity, such as the Kangxi Emperor and the Qianlong Emperor, who once held a special "Banquet of a Thousand Sorrows", not only to respect the elderly and love the elderly, to win people's hearts, but also to accumulate blessings and celebrate their birthdays. Of course, although the Qianlong Emperor lived a long life, he did not live past a hundred years.
In Chinese history, the longest-lived person recorded is called Chen Jun, known as "Little Pengzu". Born in 881 (during the reign of Emperor Tang) and died in 1324 (during the reign of Emperor Yuan Taiding), he was a native of Yongtai County, Fujian Province, and lived a staggering 443 years (the data comes from the Yongtai County Chronicle of the Qianlong Period of the Qing Dynasty).
Because Chen Junhuo's time broke with conventional cognition, many people questioned the authenticity of this data. In fact, there are long-lived elderly people all over the world, for some people longevity is a blessing, for some real long-lived elderly people, longevity is more like a burden, such as Indonesia's Mbah Ghoto elderly (hereinafter referred to as Godot).
Godot did not live as long as Chen Jun, but compared with ordinary people, his life data was already very bizarre. Because Godot was born in 1870, what is the concept of 1870? At that time, China was still in the Qing Dynasty, and the reigning emperor was Tongzhi, and many things that belonged to the historical record for us were witnessed by Godot.
Many scientists suspect godot's age fraud because, according to a 2016 study on human life expectancy, no matter how long a person lives, he will not break the 125-year-old mark. Of course, there are also people who support Godot, such as the villagers in his hometown. The villagers had heard Godot tell stories of his resistance to Japanese and Dutch colonial aggression and respected him as a hero.
Godot's age is disputed, and another reason is that the indonesian registered birth population information is from 1900, and the Indonesian staff found that the date of birth said by the old man was December 31, but the specific birth year was difficult to examine in detail due to its age.
If Godot's reported age is true, he is the longest-lived person to live into the 21st century. Due to the long time of life, Godot married 4 wives before and after, but none of them could grow old with Godot and walked in front of Godot, which also made Godot very painful in his old age.
After Godot's fame spread, many people came to ask for the secret of longevity, and Godot only answered two words: "Patience." In Godot's view, maintaining a normal heart in life, not arrogant and impatient, not rushing to do things, and ensuring peace of mind can achieve longevity.
According to the people who live in the same village as Godot, Godot usually does not deliberately maintain health, he can't even quit smoking addiction, and longevity may be genetic or psychological reasons. When Godot was 118 years old, his last wife died, and he prepared a coffin for himself, even though he knew that the coffin would not be used for a long time.
It wasn't until April 2017 that Godot was admitted to the hospital because of illness, and then his condition worsened, and after returning home to recuperate, Godot began to eat or drink. Before that, Godot's children died one by one, and only the grandchildren in the family took care of him, probably tired of his longevity, Godot chose to go on a hunger strike and committed suicide, and died in this year. He lived for 147 years, equivalent to the superposition of the life expectancy of two ordinary elderly people.