Centennial Ping Pong Shouxing and World Championship!His longevity secret is ...

■ Mr. Cai Hanxun (right) and the world champion Guo Yuehua (left) exchanged ball skills on the same stage.

Can a centen old man still play table tennis? If you don't see your own eyes, you may not believe it. After the awards ceremony of the "Ping Pong Shouxing" in Xiamen City, Mr. Cai Hanxun, the 101 -year -old "Ping Pong Shouxing", exchanged the ball skills with the world champion Guo Yuehua. Applause. Guo Yuehua, President of the Xiamen Table Tennis Association, said that it is my honor to "spend" with the centenarians. I hope that every "ping -pong life star" can enjoy the happiness and longevity of table tennis. Text/Reporter Li Jingbo Figure/Lin Yuzhou

Taking the ball as the re -employment after retirement

According to the old man Cai Hanxun, he fell in love with table tennis when he was in elementary school. At that time, there was no table in the school, so everyone used the desk to play table tennis. After graduating from Sun Yat -sen University in 1948, Cai Hanxun went to Datong Middle School to teach. During the school, Cai Hanxun was in charge of the style of style and led the school team to win the city's basketball and singing championship. In 1952, he was invited by Mr. Jiageng. Cai Hanxun went to Jimei Middle School to teach, and he always insisted on playing table tennis at his work.

After retirement, Cai Hanxun regarded the elderly activity center as the second home. From the first day of the opening of the elderly activity center, Cai Hanxun has become storm, and goes to "report" almost every day, treating the ball as a re -employment after retirement. For more than 20 years, both the golfers and have gained health. In the past ten years, he has won the glorious title of "healthy old people" in the country, the province, and the city. According to the Municipal Table Tennis Association, he is also the only 100 -year -old man who has long adhered to table tennis for a long time.

The secret of longevity is the mood and cheerful and love sports

Cai Hanxun's son Cai Danxiong said that his father could live healthy and longevity. In daily life, the elderly never lose their temper, and they are very open to everything and do not fight for their strengths. In terms of diet, the elderly have always been "seven -point" and never overeating. In life, the old man created a set of healthy exercises. After getting up every morning, he massaged it from his head to the toes, about half an hour. Before going to bed, repeat the same movements, soak your feet for 40 minutes with hot water of about 40 degrees Celsius. This habit has been maintained for more than 30 years.

With the increase of age, many people dare not play with the elderly Cai Hanxun, worried that the elderly are injured in exercise. Cai Danxiong said that in order to satisfy his father's desire to play, he always told you all the golfers not to worry about it, and will not make the ball friends responsible for injury.

The elderly Cai Hanxun said that he had caught up with a good era, and all sectors of society were very concerned about the elderly, which improved great living convenience for the elderly. Table tennis is his life hobby. It is a movement suitable for participating from children to the elderly. As long as he can still move, he will continue to play table tennis.

(Text/Xiamen Evening News reporter Li Jingbo Figure/Lin Yuzhou)

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