Zhang Baotong, who lives in Changshou Village, 2017.12.29

Is it true that if you live in a longevity village, you can live a long life, and if you live on Wall Street, you can become rich? But what makes people feel is that no matter whether people who live on Wall Street can become rich or not, but if they live in a longevity village, they will definitely live a long life.

The reason why the people of Changshou Village can live a long life is because it is blessed with a beautiful environment and geographical advantages. I once saw the longevity village in Bama County on the TV show "China Longevity Village". The sky is clear, the sun is abundant, the forests are dense, the air is fresh, the mountain springs are dense, the water is sweet, the content of negative oxygen ions is high, and a fault zone that directly crosses the earth's mantle layer makes the geomagnetic enhancement. Scientific studies have shown that living in a proper geomagnetic field environment has great benefits for various functions of the body. Moreover, Bama Longevity Village is located in the depths of the mountains, with a quiet environment and simple folk customs, and has been awarded the name of "the hometown of longevity in the world" by the International Association of Natural Medicine, which is naturally an excellent place for leisure and health.

I have been suffering from chronic endolitis all year round, often with diarrhea, emaciated face, weak constitution, and I have seen all the famous Chinese and Western doctors, but I have not been able to eradicate the root. Therefore, I have always wanted to find a place to live for three years or two years after retirement, so as to take care of my body and completely eradicate the disease. Because I heard that many people went there, and after a period of living and recuperation, all the ailments on their bodies disappeared, and even the cancer was well treated, so I had very optimistic expectations about going there for treatment and recuperation.

In April this year, I really retired, and I wanted to implement my long-cherished wish to go out for health treatment, so I chose Changshou Village in Bama County, Guangxi, and made all preparations to go there to live a peaceful and quiet life where the sun rises and the sun sets, and the daily life is normal.

I took my ID card, bank card, laptop and some simple clothes and supplies, and boarded the train from Xi'an to Nanning alone. The train traveled for more than 30 hours, arrived at Nanning Station, and then took a bus from Nanning to Bama County. Bama is a treasure trove of feng shui, with a mild climate, stunning scenery, fresh air and a quiet environment. It is located between 400 and 800 meters above sea level, and the average annual temperature is only 20 degrees Celsius. Looking out of the car window, there is a sense of idyllic and idyllic scenery everywhere.

When I came to Changshou Village, I got off the bus, and it was already evening, and I found a small hotel called Shouxing Farm Hotel to stay. The cost of staying overnight is 40 yuan, and it also takes care of a meal. A bowl of rice and a roast pork with green shoots are served. While eating, I asked the hostess where to rent a house if I wanted to live here for a year or two. The hostess immediately said that she had houses on the second and fourth floors of her house. As soon as I finished eating, the hostess took me up to the second and fourth floors to see the house. The house is about thirteen or fourteen square meters with a bathroom. There is a bed and a table in the room, as well as a TV and a fan. There is a water heater for bathing in the bathroom. The house on the second floor is 800 yuan per month, and the house on the fourth floor is 600 yuan per month. If you add food, it is 1,200 yuan to 1,400 yuan per month. If you want to cook your own meals, there is also a room with a kitchen on the third floor, however, the room is more expensive, costing 900 yuan. As he spoke, he showed me the recipe for the day. When I read the recipe, she introduced to me that her house is located in a relatively high position in the village, the surroundings are quiet, the back of the house is the mountain, the front of the house has a wide view, you can see the Panyang River and the distant mountains, only 1.5 kilometers away from the Hundred Demon Cave, it is convenient for morning and evening walks, you can also climb the mountain and swim by the river.

I didn't answer her right away, I just said that I would wait until I looked around before making a decision. I didn't want to stay in a hotel, but I wanted to be able to stay in a farmer's house and get up close and personal with the secrets of the locals' longevity. I want to buy my own groceries and cook. Since I'm here for recuperation, I'll have a lot of time.

After dinner, the sky was still bright, I heard that Changshou Village is mainly distributed on both sides of the Panyang River, so I first came to the edge of the Panyang River, and walked along the riverside path to watch. Panyang River is the mother river and longevity river of Bama, the river water gushes out from the bird rock, all the way, like a girl's long sleeves, dancing. The color of the river is like jasper, like a mirror, the willows by the river are clinging, and the banks are full of greenery. In the evening of dusk, the river surface is dyed a piece of red by the sunset, the light boats are rippling, the fishing songs are singing late, the leisurely white geese, the girls fetching water, the villagers who return home from work and the smoke that curls up, presenting a beautiful and simple pastoral scenery. At this time, the temperature began to drop, the cool breeze kept blowing from the river, and I was wearing a half-sleeved shirt, which felt cool and swishy, but not cold at all.

Early the next morning, I went to see the green hills on both sides of the strait, such as daisies, green bamboos, green shadows, poetic and dreamlike blessing lakes and ghostly axes, lifelike Longtian Stone Forest. I can't help but wonder if God has blessed Bama with such beautiful scenery and scenery, how can it not make the people here happy and prosper.

When I returned to the village from the tourist spot, it was not yet noon, and I was wandering around Changshou Village. It's actually similar to other villages, with small three- and four-story buildings on the side of the hill, which looks very chaotic. Maybe it's tourist season, and there are more tourists coming from all over the place, more than the local farmers. And discarded bottles and garbage can be seen everywhere on the streets and on the road. It gives a very uncomfortable sense of dissonance.

However, walking on the streets, you can see many elderly people. There was an old man who was frying fritters and said he was 83 years old. We were all taken aback, we were still in business at this age. However, he pointed to an old woman sitting under a tree next to him and said, "Look at that person, she is 99 years old." When we approached the old woman, we saw her ruddy-faced and energetic, peeling raw peanuts and eating them.

At this time, I saw a woman in her 50s walking by the side of the road with a piece of tofu and a small handful of vegetables in her hand, and asked her where she bought the dish. Because I want to live here, I need to know where to buy vegetables, but when I walked around the village, I didn't see any places to sell vegetables. The woman said to me that there was no vegetable seller in the village, and that I had to go to Poyue Town to buy vegetables. I bought this dish in Poyue Town. As soon as I heard that her accent looked like that of Shaanxi, I asked you that you were from Shaanxi? She said that she was from Weinan. I asked her how long you've lived in this village. She said that she had lived there for more than a year and accompanied her husband to recuperate. My husband has bowel cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy. I said, you eat so simply, can it be called health and healing?" she smiled sheepishly, and hurried away.

After lunch, I wanted to go to Poyue Village to have a look and experience the life experience of health people. It is a 3-kilometer road from Changshou Village to Poyue Village, and it takes 45 minutes to walk. According to the proprietress of the hostess, outsiders living in the village go to Poyue Village almost every day, one is to buy vegetables and shopping, and the other is to walk to exercise and breathe fresh air. This is their most common form of regimen.

However, walk to Poyue Village. There are no country roads, just one road. There are many vehicles and large trucks on the highway, and pedestrians can only pull aside, which is not safe and has to inhale exhaust fumes. It makes me feel very bad.

On the way, I ran into an out-of-town man in his 50s. He's here to recuperate. I asked him why he didn't ride or ride a bike when he went to town. He said he didn't go to town to buy things, but to exercise and kill time, going back and forth three times a day. I wondered, if you want to exercise, why don't you go to the Hundred Demon Cave or the Hundred Bird Rock, where the air is fresh and the scenery is good. But he said there were so many people there that he had only been there once or twice and never wanted to go again. I asked him again if he thought it would be nice to live here. He sighed noncommittally, and said that there was nothing good, and he would not have seen anyone who could speak all day, and if it weren't for his illness, he wouldn't have lived here.

Hearing this, I wondered why he was suffering? Is it for happiness or for longevity? If it were me, it would be better to live happily than to live 100 years old so boringly. If a person leaves a warm and comfortable home and comes here to recuperate, if this place does not make him feel comfortable and happy, then can it still be called recuperation? What is the best medicine for recuperation? Of course, it is happiness. Can the pursuit of longevity at the expense of happiness still be called health preservation?