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King Wangchuk of Bhutan: Proposed to replace GDP with "happiness", with 4 wives and 10 children

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He, is the happiest man in the world, handsome and dashing, known as the world's most handsome king, when he was 17 years old, he was appointed as the head of a country, breaking the pattern of the times, not talking about national development with GDP, but with happiness as the governing policy, he is Jigme Singer Wangchuk, the old king of the Kingdom of Bhutan, Wangchuk's life is very wonderful, he married 4 wives in his life, the key is that 4 wives come from the same family, is a rare four sisters, 4 princesses gave birth to 10 children for him, Family happiness and happiness, after the age of 50, Wangchuk did not covet power, but threw the throne to the children to enjoy their own blessings, called the global male ceiling, what is the charm of this man, can live such a happy and happy life, not to GDP as the standard, Bhutanese people are really happy, today we will talk about it.

King Wangchuk of Bhutan: Proposed to replace GDP with "happiness", with 4 wives and 10 children
King Wangchuk of Bhutan: Proposed to replace GDP with "happiness", with 4 wives and 10 children

On November 11, 1955, Jigme Singh Wangchuk, born in the Dechen Chorin Palace in Yanbu, the capital of Bhutan, the father of Bhutan III King Dorjee, the mother of Sikkim Princess Kelsang Choden, he also has a "By Jigme Senge Wangchuu" name, because most of Bhutan is Tibetan, for the country of Bhutan, most people do not know much, this country is located between China and India, the southern slope of the eastern section of the Himalayas, isolated from the world since ancient times, after the 7th century BC is a Tubo territory, In the 18th century, it was crowned by the Qing Dynasty, and in the 19th century, it became a British colony, and after independence, it disappeared and was not known to the world, and the entire Kingdom of Bhutan was very underdeveloped, with a GDP of only 2.5 billion US dollars, even less than some Chinese counties.

But the people here are actually very happy, long-term political peace, barely enough agricultural development, and rich spiritual civilization, the local people live in peace and well-being, and this has to talk about the role of the Wangchuk family, this is the royal family of the Kingdom of Bhutan, the founding king to gain independence, the second generation of kings and India signed a permanent peace treaty, stabilizing external factors, three generations of kings to develop the economy, no matter how chaotic the foreign world, here is a paradise scenery, and the four generations of kings are our protagonist Singh today, compared to , His experience is even more legendary.

King Wangchuk of Bhutan: Proposed to replace GDP with "happiness", with 4 wives and 10 children

Wangchuk was born in a relatively fortunate era, his father king vision is very forward-looking, when Wangchuk was young, he led the people of Bhutan to the road of modern economic development, especially deeply aware of the importance of education, so When Wangchuk was very young, he began to contact the influence of advanced ideas, he went to school much earlier than his peers, in addition to learning traditional Buddhism, he also accepted modern education systems such as digital materialization, and then in order to make his son a sage king, The old king also sent him to Darjeeling, India, to continue his studies, and then saw him study in London, England, and after returning to China, he did not continue to stop, but continued to study at the Uyan Wangchuk College in Palo, Bhutan, to study Buddhism in India, to study advanced ideas in Britain, to return to Bhutan to learn the spiritual culture and social sentiments of his country, and to return home.

King Wangchuk of Bhutan: Proposed to replace GDP with "happiness", with 4 wives and 10 children

Therefore, at the age of 16, Wangchuk had already graduated, and came to prominence in politics, followed his father to inspect remote and poor mountainous areas, targeted land development and economic development issues, returned to the city to sympathize with the people, consolidated the authority of the king, Wangchuk has always done a good job, according to the plan, he needs to follow his father's political experience, accumulate prestige and succeed the next king, but fate is easy to joke, 1 year later, his father died unexpectedly, Wangchuk was driven to the throne like a duck, and became the fourth king of Bhutan He was not yet 17 years old at the time and was the youngest king in the world.

King Wangchuk of Bhutan: Proposed to replace GDP with "happiness", with 4 wives and 10 children

A small hairy head was elected king, there were many people who wanted to see, this young and vigorous king was out of trouble, but Wangchuk let them down, educated in Britain, in the face of the relatively feudal Bhutanese country, Wangchuk's governing policy, always find the most critical place, this is like a 60 full level warrior, to brush the 30 level of the copy, Wangchuk is clear and clear, where is the fault of Bhutan, simply put, closed and highly concentrated power, the king is wise, Bhutan will not be good, But if a rat appeared in the descendants, it was likely to make the royal family go astray, so Wangchuk quickly introduced the process of democratization, drafted the abolition of the position of the king's political head, transferred the management to the Council of Ministers, drafted the abolition of the hereditary monarchy, and established a parliamentary state, all of which were completely completed in the hands of his son.

From a modern point of view, Many of Wangchuk's initiatives, the consciousness revealed behind them is very advanced, and even pioneering inventions, such as the "Bhutan model", during Wangchuk's reign, combined with Bhutan's national conditions, the Bhutan model and the "gross national happiness value" were created, which is a unique invention, most modern countries take GDP and other economic factors as a consideration for national development, but Bhutan is different, they replace GDP with happiness, do not blindly modernize and Westernize, think that if the people are happy, then the country is strong enough, so Although Bhutan's economic development level belongs to the global backwards, but the happiness is the highest in the world, Wangchuk requires the people of Bhutan to plant at least 10 trees per person per year, because the fresh air and beautiful environment contribute to the accumulation of people's happiness, and now Bhutan's forest coverage is the first in Asia, and it has also been awarded the "Guardian of the Earth" by the United Nations.

King Wangchuk of Bhutan: Proposed to replace GDP with "happiness", with 4 wives and 10 children

Secondly, Wangchuk is also very sympathetic to the people's feelings, after becoming a king, he rarely goes abroad, only through the Internet to pay attention to the changes in the world, the rest of the time he likes to personally drive to all parts of the country, investigate the people's feelings, meet the people always greet them to eat and chat together, there is no king shelf, and also teach the people that if there is anything that needs to be told to him, they can be written directly, or written on paper in the necessary place of the king's motorcade, pressed with stones, when the king's car passes, he will personally get out of the car to pick it up and take it back to deal with Even the people, back to the palace to receive and understand the situation, so although the economy of Bhutan is not developed, but the people are always living and working in peace, full of happiness, the whole kingdom of Bhutan is actually pervasive, is an indisputable attitude, radical economic development strategy, may destroy this beautiful, from this point of view, this model may be more friendly to Bhutan.

King Wangchuk of Bhutan: Proposed to replace GDP with "happiness", with 4 wives and 10 children

And as a person who proposed the model of happiness, Wangchuk is undoubtedly the happiest man in Bhutan, even the world is not exaggerated, he is handsome and handsome, he became a king at a young age, and was deeply loved by the people, almost no major events occurred during his reign, and family affairs outside the state, he was also happy, Wangchuk married 4 wives in his life, all married at the same time, the key is that 4 wives are from the same family, the age gap between the largest wife and the youngest wife is only 8 years old, and all the girls of the family are swept away , do not know whether to say that this gene is good, or the king is a little weird, and the status of the 4 queens is the same, in Bhutan belong to the "queen queen", there is no status, only the order of the elder and the young, a total of 10 children have been born to Wangchuk, 5 boys and 5 girls, now have grown up healthily, the female out of the beautiful, the male handsome, Wangchuk still continues the advanced education route, send them to study abroad, now all are quite successful.

King Wangchuk of Bhutan: Proposed to replace GDP with "happiness", with 4 wives and 10 children
King Wangchuk of Bhutan: Proposed to replace GDP with "happiness", with 4 wives and 10 children

When the son finally grew up, Wangchuk also did not have greed, in 2006 announced his abdication, passed to the eldest son of the third queen, 26-year-old Namyyer, 50 years old, the leaders of many countries have only now begun to run for president, he has become tired, sitting in the harem has become Bhutan's current king of Taishang, usually not to travel, or to play basketball at home, 1 meter 9 height He is actually still a good basketball player, a hand park uncle unique hook shot, the hit rate is extremely high, overall, I have to say that this is a very enviable man, with a unique open-minded personality, advanced and enlightened thoughts, a happy life, I don't know if it is you, are you willing to live such a life, welcome to leave your views and insights.

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