What secret of longevity has the 200-year-old man left behind for his children and grandchildren?

Right in this modern era, the old man Ly Thanh Van in China lived up to 200 years, becoming a famous old man in the world. Her story has been shared in the New York Times and Time Magazine. He also left his precious set of secrets of longevity for future generations.

One of the secrets of Ly's longevity is to cook water carelessly to make tea for year-round use.

Ly Thanh Van (somewhere translated, his name is Ly Khanh Vien), is a scholar of Chinese medicine born in the late Qing dynasty and early Republic of China. At the age of one hundred, Mr. Li was awarded an award by the Chinese government for his outstanding achievements in the field of Chinese medicine. Even when he is nearly 200 years old, he still regularly goes to the university to give lectures, many Western scholars from far away have come to visit him.

Mr. Li is from Qijiang District, Chongqing City, Sichuan Province. Many stories have it that he was not only a scholar of Chinese medicine but also a qigong master and a strategy consultant. 

There are different opinions about Ly's longevity. Sources believe that the year of his birth includes 167 BC (ie 13 Western Han Dynasty), AD 1497 (ie 10th year of Hoang Tri) and 1677 (ie 16 year Kangxi). Even though he was born in 1677, Mr. Ly lived through the dynasties of Khang Hy, Ung Chinh, Qian Long, Gia Khanh, Dao Quang, Ham Phong, Dong Tri, Quang Tu, and Tuyen Thong until the early period of China. Republic of China, 256 years old. According to an obituary published in Time magazine and The New York Times in 1933, Mr. Lee died at the age of 256. If his birth year was 167 BC, he would have been 2,100 years old. 

Mr. Ly himself once said that he was born in 1736 AD (the first year of Qian Long), so he was also nearly 200 years old, considered a national treasure.

Mr. Ly Thanh Van in China has lived to 200 years, becoming a famous old man in the world.

In 1930, the New York Times reported, Professor Hu Zhong Lian (Hu Zhong Liem), of Chengdu University of China, discovered in China's 1827 history books congratulating Mr. Li on 150 years of age. In 1877, there was still a document to congratulate him on his 200th birthday. In 1928, the New York Times published an article stating that Mr. Lee's neighbors all confirmed that he and their father had known him since childhood, when he was already an adult. During his nearly 200 years of life, Mr. Ly had 24 wives and 180 children. 

Longevity secret

Mr. Ly shared that in order to live a long life, it is necessary to maintain a calm and peaceful state of mind. On May 15, 1933, he said in the article 'Tortoise - Pigeon - Dog' (Tortoise-Pigeon-Dog) published in Time Magazine about his legend and history: 

'Maintaining a still state of mind is to sit like a turtle, walk like a dove, and sleep like a dog.' 

This is the secret of longevity that he left to the next generation.

It is known that Mr. Ly started studying Oriental medicine at the age of 10, he often went to pick medicinal leaves in the forest to research the remedy for immortality. For nearly 40 years, he only ate herbs such as reishi, goji berries, ginseng, ha tho o and drank rice wine to live. 

In 1928, Mr. Ly wrote the book 'Secrets of immortality', which recorded that:

The key to her longevity is inseparable from qigong, and her method of training her body is 'combination of strength and tenderness, harmony of yin and yang'. 

In it, he shared 3 secrets to help him live a long and healthy life:

1. Long-term fasting
2. Always maintain inner peace and openness
3. Boil water carelessly as a tea drink for year-round use

The key to Li's longevity cannot be separated from qigong. Illustration: The old woman practices one of the movements of Falun Gong, a meditative qigong that is good for xinxing and health.

The Tao of Nurturing

With an extraordinary level of Chinese medicine, he has made many extraordinary achievements in this field. Mr. Ly believes that the length of a person's life span depends on his 'principle'. Humans are born and nurtured by the surrounding environment, just like a candle if placed in a lampshade can burn for a long time, but if left outdoors in rain and wind, it will not burn. for a long time, even quickly extinguished. The 'principle' is strongly influenced by the surrounding environment. Based on the theories of the ancient masters of nutrition, Mr. Ly emphasized that the way to maintain health must be based on 'From, Kiem, Hoa, Tinh'.

From: Means benevolent, loving and kind heart. Keeping a kind heart, not harming things or people, can make people resistant to all kinds of disasters, naturally achieving health and longevity.

Saving: Means thrift, thrift, 'thrifty' in frugal eating can nourish the spleen; 'saving' in desire can gather life force, spirit; 'saving' in making friends can choose friends and make less mistakes; 'saving' in alcohol can clear the mind of the fruit of desire (pure mind, less desire); 'saving' in thought can avoid defilements; 'saving' in words can nourish the breath, avoid market and gossip. Just like that in everything, 'saving' an extra part is a benefit.

Harmony: It is harmony, gentleness. If my king 'peace', he can make the country prosperous, father and son 'peace', the family is happy, brother and sister 'peaceful' can get along and support each other; a husband and wife that are 'harmonious' can live happily and peacefully; Friends that are 'harmonious' can keep their friendship and help each other; thus achieving all things peace.

Static: It is calm, calm, not overworked, not thinking wild. Mental damage is worse than physical damage, 'if the mind is not protected, the body will not be healthy.'

Based on the theory of ancient nursing masters, Ly emphasized that the way to maintain health must be based on 'From, Kiem, Hoa, Tinh'.

Mr. Ly talked about his living habits, that is, don't eat too full, if you don't want your stomach and intestines to be hurt; Do not sleep for too long, if you do not want the essence to be dissipated and dissipated. In nearly 200 of his life, Mr. Ly never ate too much or slept too long.

Regarding the modern rush, Mr. Ly's advice is to do the opposite. He believes that modern people are often too hasty and will definitely damage their health. It is necessary to keep walking quickly but not in a hurry, eyes should not look too long, ears should not be too hearing, sitting and resting should not be too sluggish, lying down should not be excessive. 

Faced with climate change, he advised that when it's cold, then wear warm, when it's hot, then cool down, when hungry, then eat, when thirsty, drink, eat many times and eat less each time. In addition, don't let joy, anger, craving, and stain affect your mood, and don't let your thoughts be influenced by wealth, glory, honor, and shame, this is the way of life.

Mr. Ly once said: 'Hungry and suffering, parents cannot bear, old age, sickness, death, wife and children cannot support. Only taking care of yourself, protecting yourself is the norm and the key to the way of life.'