1. Brief introduction of Zhan's Chai (in English: Chang Woo Gow or Zhan's Chai) (184165438+February 20th-1893 65438+1October 5th), with the word Yu.
/kloc-A person of the Qing Dynasty in the 0/9th century was born in Daoguang and died in Guangxu. There are two credible historical materials about his life. In addition, Zhan Shizhen, Zhan Shichai's father, is eight feet tall, and his second son, Zhan Shizhong, is eight feet tall.
Zhan Shichai and his English wife have two sons and a daughter. The genealogy of Zhan's family in Hongxi also has a brief record: "Shi Chai's maiden name is Wujiu, with the word Yuxuan, 184 1, 65438+20 applied in February, and she was married to Zechun, an English son, and was born in 1876 September 17 Mao."
2. How tall is Zhan Shichai? From 2007 to 20 10, there were many articles about Zhan Shichai, who was more than three meters tall and was suspected of exaggeration. According to the Australian-Chinese Museum, his height should be above 240 cm. Although his height has not been confirmed by medical officials, there are historical records that his coffin was only 260 cm after his death.
Zhan Shichai, born in 184 1 65438+February 20th, nicknamed Zhan Wujiu, was born in Hongguan Village, Yuanzhe Township, Wuyuan County, Anhui Province in the Qing Dynasty (now in Jiangxi Province).
According to historical records, Zhan Shichai is by far the tallest man in the world, and now a photo of Zhan Shichai, the tallest man in the world, has been found. This photo was taken in Hong Kong around 1880. It's a black-and-white photo. Generally speaking, it's dull, and it feels concave and convex by hand. According to the article, Zhan Shichai is ten feet three inches tall (about 3. 19 meters), which is 0.88 meters higher than sandy allen in the United States. It is understood that in 2009, Wuyuan County cultural relics surveyors discovered the world's tallest building-Changren's former residence in Hongguan Village, Yuanzhe Township. The ancestral home of Changren's former residence is an Amin dynasty building more than two meters high. It is called "Nursery Home" and is the birthplace of Zhan Shichai, the longest man in the world, so it is called "the former residence of Changren". According to Wuyuan County Records, there was a "Dragon Family" in Hongguan, Wuyuan in the Qing Dynasty.
According to historical records, Zhan Shichai worked in Shanghai Yuyingtang Ink Factory and was later hired by Americans to perform all over the world. Later, she became a British citizen, married an Englishman and died in England in her later years. Zhan Shichai recorded it in detail in the fourth volume "Long Man Pian Ancient and Modern Wonders".
3. What is the present situation of Zhan Shichai's descendants? Zhan Shichai was born in184165438+February 20th, which is a light year of Qing Dynasty. He grew up in Fuzhou, Fujian, and worked as a waiter in a tea shop since childhood. Later, he went to Shanghai and worked as a helper in an ink shop. Lao Zhan grew up tall and was handed down from his hometown and neighborhood. When he was weaned, his mother couldn't hold him, so he had to stand and drink milk.
When he was a helper in Shanghai, his terrible height often attracted onlookers, which made him a little miserable at that time. It happened at 1865 that Lao Zhan met an Englishman, Ledley Jayder, who was amazed and invited him to perform in Europe as an artist. So old Zhan readily agreed and took his wife Jin Lu to London.
The foreign devil was shocked by this man's terrible height and nicknamed him "China Giant". It was a smash hit that year and went to the United States, Australia, France, Germany and other places to perform continuously. At the peak, his salary can reach $500 a month.
Zhan Shichai is an extremely clever person. He received a good education during his long trip around the world and was proficient in more than a dozen western languages. Just when he was in the spring breeze, the first blow in his life came unexpectedly. His Chinese wife died because she couldn't adapt to the long-term turbulent life. She didn't even leave a child.
187 1 year, Zhan Shichai went to Sydney, Australia to perform again, where he measured his height for the first time, exceeding the measurement limit of 8 feet (244 cm). It was there that he met Catherine Santley, a girl from Liverpool, England, and they fell in love. Old Zhan talked about a free love that was fashionable at that time.
In those years, they got married and began to travel around the world together. 1876, they gave birth to their first child, Zhan Zechun, whose English name was Edwin. 1878, they gave birth to their second child, Zhan Zeshi, whose English name was Ernest.
After the birth of his second son, Zhan Shichai decided to quit the stage. He and his wife love each other very much and don't want her to continue to suffer from bumps and bumps. Lao Zhan did not choose to return to China after retirement. He went to Portsmouth, England, and opened a small shop called "Oriental Fair", which specializes in tea, silk and antiques.
After living a quiet and prosperous life for more than ten years, his wife Catherine died early because of a sudden illness. Zhan Shichai was bedridden after burying his wife and died four months later. Before his death, he asked to keep his wife's grave in a Chinese-style state, and not to erect a tombstone, because the children didn't know much about the burial customs in China, and his grave was untouched and no one dug it up from the moment he was buried.
His eldest son Zhan Zechun worked in the British Consulate in Shanghai in his later years. During his stay in China, he deliberately went to his hometown to find his ancestors, but his family suspected that his purpose was impure and refused to recognize him. Zhan Zechun returned to England with regret and has never been to China in his life.
The second son, Zhan Zezhi, inherited his father's tea shop, opened a branch in the local area, scattered the leaves and never returned to China. The store closed down soon after losing its oriental characteristics, and all the information that Zhan Shichai's children could find was cut off. Some information shows that he has a daughter, but there is no information about her name.
The above is the legendary life of China giant Zhan Shichai. What makes him legendary is not the rumored height of 3. 19 meters, but his experience of traveling around the world in a relatively ignorant era. This kind of courage and adaptability is the core wealth of our nation.