China News Service, Chengdu, September 8 (Reporter He Shaoqing) On September 8, Zhu Zheng, who lives in Yunhua Community, Shengli Town, Shuangliu District, Chengdu, celebrated his 121st birthday.
The freshly-baked farmhouse dishes are well-arranged.
Photo by He Shaoqing
Zhu Zheng, born on the second day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar in 1900, is currently the oldest known old man in Chengdu.
For this grandmother who has witnessed the changes in the world for more than a hundred years, Chinese netizens have a more resounding name-"Chengdu's best post-00".
The children and grandchildren sang the "Happy Birthday Song" surrounded by Zhu Zheng.
Photo by Zhang Lang
At 9 o'clock in the morning, the crowds who came to celebrate the birthday broke the tranquility of the farm courtyard.
Wearing brand-new red silk shoes and a knitted hat, Zhu Zheng sits next to the red couplet that "the days increase, the life increases, and the spring is full of prosperity".
The descendants of the children and grandchildren stepped forward to take a photo with the old birthday star. Some of them were gray-haired, and some of them had just learned to walk.
Zhu Zheng tasted the birthday cake.
Photo by Zhang Lang
"Ancestor, do you still recognize me?" "Xiujuan, don't you know, the new clothes on my body were bought by your mother." The great-granddaughter Guo Xiujuan squatted next to Zhu Zheng and carefully put it on for the ancestor. Several branches of Huangguolan, smiles bloomed on Zhu Zheng's wrinkled face.
Seeing her ancestor recognizing herself at a glance, Guo Xiujuan said with a smile, Zhu's family now has six generations under one roof, and the youngest sixth-generation grandson is one year old and six months old. Every ancestor's birthday is the biggest festival for the whole family.
Descendants gave Zhu Zheng birthday greetings.
Photo by Zhang Lang
Potato roasted turtle, steamed crispy pork, cold chicken...On the temporary stove outside the small courtyard, the freshly baked farmhouse dishes are full of dishes.
For grandma's birthday banquet, Zhu Fang's 58-year-old grandson Zhu Fang got up before dawn and Zhang Luo.
"After all the middle-risk areas in Chengdu were cleared to zero, we temporarily decided to celebrate grandma's birthday, but the children and grandchildren from other places did not let them come back." Zhu Fangcheng said that although it is only the children and grandchildren of Chengdu celebrating birthdays, hundreds of offspring have come today. For this, he prepared 60 catties of pork, more than 200 catties of vegetables, and even 5 catties of red pepper.
Family portrait of Zhu Zheng.
Photo by Zhang Lang
The daughter-in-law Chen Yuhua has been taking care of her daily life beside Zhu Zheng for a long time.
She introduced that Zhu Zheng drinks milk and rice porridge every morning, and eats meat for lunch and dinner. Twice-cooked pork and pork ball soup are the favorites of the elderly.
"(Zhu Zheng) is very beautiful. He wipes his body with a towel every night before going to bed. He likes to receive new clothes, but the elderly can save a lifetime. New clothes are reluctant to wear and old clothes are reluctant to throw away."
At noon, the children and grandchildren put out a three-tiered big cake and sang the "Happy Birthday Song" surrounded by Zhu Zheng. Amid the deafening sound of firecrackers, the 121-year-old birthday party officially began. (over)