[I am in Harbin] Old Bay "top flow"!At the age of 98, he can also swim in the Songhua River for two hours

On the banks of Songhua River in late September, cool. The old people around the river had put on Qiuyi. In the sparkling wave, an old man with dark skin and a red swimming hat was chopping waves in water less than 20 ° C. He is Zhao Pengying, the old -fashioned old man's bay. People who often swim do not know his name. Many people take the initiative to come to him to take a group photo.

Zhao Pengying is 98 years old this year. At this age, others are not good at walking. He has swimmed in Songhua River for more than 50 years. Swimming is not just an interest for Zhao Pengying, it has become a Harbin -style lifestyle.

Old Bay "top flow"

Every summer, many elderly people choose to swim in the old man Wanjiang. In order to ensure safety, everyone will carry a yellow airbag in the middle of the river -followed. Zhao Pengying's equipment was different, but two small red and white swimming rings on his shoulders were made by himself. When he went down, he was holding a crutch, mainly to prevent declines when going ashore. He usually walks, he does not need a cane.

Together with a group of "young young" 60 or seventy -year -old, enter the water from the highway bridge, and go down to the hydrological monitoring station near the newspaper building. Zhao Pengying's free swimming, breaststroke, and backstroke are proficient, but he also has a skill that is the water drifting. The juniors are not convinced.

When Zhao Pengying swimped, there was always a "young" followed. He is Zhao Pengying's youngest son Zhao Jianxian, who is also in his 60s this year. The elder son's eldest son is already in his 70s, and his grandson is already in college. "Actually, we don't want to let him swim. After all, we are too old, but he carries us and takes us on a bus from Xiangfang Yongtai City to visit the river." Zhao Juxian said that his family could not twist his father. Drive from Qunli to Yongtai City to pick up the elderly and travel to the river together.

"Old man, come and come together." Now, 98 -year -old Zhao Pengying has become the "top flow" of the old man's bay of Songhua River. As soon as he, he took a photo with him. Others heard that the 98 -year -old man swimming was particularly powerful and ran to the river to see his style.

For half a century

In 1925, Zhao Pengying was born in a poor family in Acheng, Harbin. With hard work, his academic performance was excellent. In 1944, he was admitted to Civil Engineering, Harbin University of Technology. In 1945, the Japanese invaders were driven out of Harbin. Zhao Pengying, who had not yet completed his studies, was assigned to the Harbin Vehicle Factory on the edge of Songhua River and became an engineer. Although it is close to Songhuajiang, he does not swim.

In 1966, Chairman Mao's news in the Yangtze River set off a wave of swimming fitness in the country. Zhao Pengying, who has been a dry duck for more than forty years, decided to learn to swim to cross the Songhua River. "At that time, no one taught me, and there was no swimming class. I went to the bookstore to buy a book of swimming teaching, and then went to the river myself ... I drank a lot of water and finally learned."

In the 1970s, Harbin people who had better water -based Harbin often gathered in the river near the vehicle factory swimming in the river factory. At most, there were more than 100 people, and most of them were elderly. The name of the old man's bay in this area is also circulated. By the 1980s, the nine -station park was completed, and the label of the old man's bay faded away the wild bathside of the river, becoming a well -known bath on the side of the Songhua River. At this time, swimming is not just an interest for Zhao Pengying, but has become a lifestyle.

Life in the waves gathers scattered

In addition to strengthening the fitness in the decades of swimming, the elderly have gained a lot of deep friendship.

"At the age of us, don't worry about children's affairs. Living happily is the most important thing." In the afternoon of the autumn, the sun was sprinkled on the stone step. A white and wrinkled old man talked with Zhao Pengying on the river. "I'm 87 this year, how old are you?" When I heard Zhao Pengying saying his age, the other party was surprised, and Zhao Pengying was used to it. Continue to talk to the other party, many old friends of his friends talked like this. The 70 -year -old Hu Yimin, every time he saw Zhao Pengying, he would call "Uncle Zhao". Two people met during swimming, and learned that Hu Yimin's father was a few years older than Zhao Pengying. The two were colleagues in Harbin Vehicle Factory. Zhao Pengying quickly recognized the nephew of Hu Yimin.

Zhao Guangfu and Zhao Pengying, 69, also met during swimming. They all surnamed Zhao. They learned that Zhao Pengying was similar to his father. He simply recognized the old man as his godfather. Corps a group to swim together, have a photo of each other, not alone ... "

In fact, every time Zhao Pengying launchs the water, there will always be a group of 60 or seventy -year -old partners around him. Everyone launchs the water together, goes ashore, basks the sun together, and then chats with the mountains on the stone steps of the river. The bay is not uncommon. Zhao Guangfu proudly said, "We are the waves of waves on the banks of Songhua River."

Zhao Pengying likes summer and can always meet friends here; but sometimes he will be sad -in early summer, he will find that old friends who are young or even twenty years older than him, can not come to swim again, and 杳No message. Zhao Pengying was thinking in his heart, I don't know if the other party left Harbin, was sick, or other reasons ...

After seeing the change of the years, he has gathered in his life. He is nearly a hundred years old and can already be indifferent. He understands that when he gets together, he has happy to spend every moment; although there are always regrets in life, good memories will always allow people to accumulate the power of tomorrow.

98 -year -old "Youth" password

"My dad is 78 this year. Your body is younger than my dad." Zhao Pengying was always amazed and evaluated by others.

From the perspective of appearance and mental state, it is difficult to associate Zhao Pengying with the 98 -year -old age. Some people often ask him to ask him the secret of the longevity. Every time he was asked, Zhao Pengying was also embarrassed -in addition to insisting on not smoking and drinking, he seemed to have never deliberately health. "My dad did not have a serious illness and did not live in the hospital. Many elderly people had symptoms such as chest tightness and shortness of breath," Zhao Ju first said that the old man now takes some antihypertensive drugs and some Chinese medicine that maintains the heart. Nearly a hundred years old, Zhao Pengying still insisted on speaking. Falling asleep at seven or eight in the evening, getting up and downstairs in the community yard at 5 o'clock in the morning, this is the case every day.

Zhao Pengying has always held a positive attitude towards life and likes to do handmade and carpentry. Zhao Pengying was poor at home when he was a child. He tried to do it by himself without money. Later, he became a habit. After work, he returned to Harbin Institute of Gongda's mechanical professional studies, and his ability to use him further.

After retiring, when you look at the wooden board or some waste parts discarded by others on the street, you will pick it up. Various tools have been tompied. Today, the small cabinets, bookshelves and other furnishings at home are made by themselves. The crutches I use now are also done by myself.

Source: Bingcheng+Client

Reporter Huo Liangwen / Photo / Video Shooting and Production

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