Science fiction or hoax?
All living centenarians need to live at least another century to break the record set by Li Qingyun. This man lived to be 256 years old!
And this is no nonsense, this story has been researched by scientists and journalists! A 1930 New York Times article states that Chengdu University professor Wu Chung-jie found government records of the Chinese Empire from 1827, in which Li Qingyun was congratulated on his 150th birthday, as well as documents from 1877 in which congratulations on the 200th anniversary.
In 1928, a New York Times journalist wrote that most of the old people who lived next door to Li Qingyun recalled how their grandfathers told them that they had known him since childhood, but even then he was already an adult man.
Li Qingyun was a herbal dealer
From the age of 10, he collected them in the mountains and learned that they can contribute to longevity. For nearly 40 years, he followed a herbal diet, eating only herbs such as lingzhi, goji berries, wild ginseng. In 1749, at the age of 71, he joined the Chinese army as a martial arts teacher. Lee was everyone's favorite, was married 23 times and became a father more than 200 times.
According to the stories generally accepted in his province, Li knew how to read and write from childhood, and by the age of 10 he had already visited Gansu, Shanxi, Tibet, Annam, Siam and Manchuria, collecting herbs.
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For the first hundred years, he continued to collect and sell medicinal herbs. He then continued to sell herbs collected by others. Along with other Chinese herbs, he sold lingzhi, goji berries, wild ginseng, hi shu wu, and gotu kola, and lived on a diet of these herbs and rice wine.
He was not alone
According to one of Li's students, he once dated a man who was over 500 years old. He taught him qigong breathing exercises and gave him some dietary advice that could help him extend his life into superhuman terms.
On his deathbed, Lee said his famous phrase:
“I did everything I had to do in this world. I'm going home."
Could these words be one of the biggest secrets to a long and happy life? It is interesting that we, in the modern civilized world, are trying to fight age with the help of high-tech infrared devices and the most modern medicines.
Here is the secret of this sage's longevity:
Lee was once asked what his secret to longevity was, and this is what he replied:
"Keep your heart in silence, sit like a turtle, walk briskly like a dove and sleep like a watchdog sleeps."
Lee argued that inner peace and tranquility, combined with breathing exercises, is his secret to longevity. Obviously, his diet also played an important role. But it is surprising that the oldest man on Earth attributed his longevity to the state of his mind.
Why is it so hard to believe?
It is difficult for people whose average life expectancy is 65 years to believe even in life after 100. And to imagine that someone lives more than 200 years is generally very difficult.
We must keep in mind that there are people who do not live in grueling work schedules, do not deal with loan arrears, do not breathe polluted city air and exercise regularly. They don't eat sugar, flour, or any other pesticide-treated food. They do not eat in a hurry, as we are used to.
They don't eat fatty meats, sugary desserts and GMO foods. Do not smoke or drink alcohol. Their diet is not just free of harmful foods that we so often indulge ourselves with. It includes superhealthy foods and herbs that, like steroids, affect our organs and the immune system.
They also spend their free time outdoors meditating and practicing breathing techniques that improve mental, physical, and emotional health.
They have healthy sleep. They spend a lot of time in the sun, and we know that when we manage to relax in the sun, we feel as if we are immediately younger, and we call it “vacation”. Imagine what it would be like to sunbathe all your life in the mountains, against the background of absolute mental, spiritual and physical well-being.
I will not doubt for a second that if we all followed these healthy patterns of behavior, life under 100 would not seem so mythical to us.
If you treat your body correctly, who knows how old our life could last.
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