In the plains of the northern coast of the yangtze, there's a city that's "prejudiced by longevity." – jiang soo-chul, china’s eastern county city, not only challenges the world’s imagination of the limits of life in the name of longevity, but also reshapes human understanding of healthy later years with its unique geographical location and long-lived genes。
On 29 october, in 2025, the national festival, zhongyang — the cultural salon on the theme of “the civilization of piety and old age” was held in rudd. A keynote address was given on the theme " a city favored by longevity " , by the secretary of the city council, mayor wang。
For example, the governor of the city of chuen city, mayor wang naring, decoded the long-lived ip to the audience on the scene, never being a single “suspended star”, but an organic whole of “genetic + ecology + culture + governance”, which is a vivid interpretation of “the beauty of nature, the beauty of the human world, the virtue of governance”。
As china's only home to the economically developed plains, the long life of the world, for example, breaks the traditional understanding that long life does not have to stay away from the dust, do not have to live in the mountains, and in the embrace of modern urban civilization, can also extend its life。
Longer lives, as they are, are not legends, but are supported by solid data. According to statistics from the city civil administration at the beginning of 2023, there are up to 571 100-year-olds in this city, which has a population of 1. 41 million, and 0. 04 per cent of the total resident population。
This proportion is three times as alarming as the united nations long-lived home country standard. Even more impressive is the fact that the average life expectancy of the city's population has reached 82. 51 years, well above the national average. Here, there are more than 10,000 older persons over 90 years of age, and 80-year-olds are even referred to here as “brothers”。
Longer life, for example, is not a recent phenomenon, but has deep historical roots. The seven prefectures that exist in the city have a history of longevity。
Historically, there have been a large number of high-life celebrities, such as lui tai, song hu, qing qing yi, and li fish。
Longer life, for example, is universal and widespread. In october 2023, the first “longev villages (community)” and “families of happy life” competitions were held in kim autumn, and ceremonial ceremonies were held for 14 “villages (communities)” with five of the 100-year-olds, 11 “families of happy life” with 105-year-olds and two hundred couples。
The geographical advantages of being the only place in the world to live long in economically developed regions and plains are remarkable。
Most of the rest of the world's long-lived areas are located in high colds and remote mountainous areas, and they appear to be complete
The traditional perception of the long-lived geographic environment has changed。
The study found that if drinking groundwater is characterized by high calcium, magnesium and so42, the daily demand for calcium and magnesium in the study area can be met by drinking water channels at 12. 4 per cent and 22. 4 per cent, respectively. The study also found that subsurface groundwater used for drinking in zhuang city was mainly of the ca/mg-hco3 type and that this water quality characteristic was closely related to local geological conditions. Areas with higher levels of trace elements sr and b in water samples are also concentrated in longevity。
Moreover, the geochemistry survey project launched by the china geological survey in 2002 found that the presence of a long-lived population was closely related to the combination of trace elements in local soil. Levels of selenium, thorium, boron and zinc in the soil are generally higher in the east than in the west, and are similar to the spatial distribution of the e. G. Mayor's birthday population。
In many places, longevity is regarded as a “mysterious phenomenon” and, in the case of cynicism, it is being systematically transformed into a scientific proposition. The golden team study at the university of jordan found genetic evidence such as longevity。
Among the population living for more than three generations, the percentage of the single d4a population (mtdna) is 27%. In groups such as extreme longevity (>95 years of age), the distribution of single-multiple groups (m9, n9 etc.) representing the extent of chromosome damage is significantly lower than in other age groups, which is associated with the frequent presence of 100-year-old stars in history and the present。
These studies bring long life back from “genetics” to “science”, from lessons learned to empirical analysis. Longevity is the result of a combination of “genetic advantage” and “environmental suitability”, as evidenced by the fact that it fills a gap in long-lived genetic research in coastal plains。
Longevity is not only a matter of soil and water and science, but also a long and deep-rooted cultural heritage. For hundreds of years, there have been a large number of historical relics with a long-lived wish, including 100-year-old factories, 100-year-old bridges, 100-year-old alleys, 100-year-olds, 100-year-olds, 100-year-olds wells, etc., in both rural and urban areas。
Like the 300-year-old match at the spring bridge on east street, “may good people live and do good things”, not only as a testimony to history, but also as a true account of the daily behaviour of the human being。
It is a good tradition for an “old family, like a family”. The data show that if more than 94 per cent of the 100-year-olds live with their grandchildren, the proportion of children separated after marriage is much lower than in the surrounding areas, reflecting the strong foundation of the “culture of piety” in modern society。
Here, you can see not only multigenerational family images, but also neighbourhood-to-neighbor care, and so on。
Longer lives, for example, also benefit from their unique way of life and habits. In terms of diet, a human being has its own philosophy of feeding. What's interesting is that older people have their own unique habits. The 110-year-old king-in-england has a special diet - a taste for wine, even white rice, noodles and a taste for all kinds of drinks。
Her grandson introduced her grandmother's long life secret as a good mind, and she could be optimistic and strong for the rest of her life, no matter what the difficulties。
Faced with the challenges of ageing, e. G., not passive responses, but rather active exploration, a unique system of pension services has emerged。
For example, there is an institutional + community + home-based “chainage” path. This model integrates the resources of the regional old-age service centres and the town health centres, which monitor the health of the elderly through smart equipment, provide home-based care, emergency assistance, etc., and achieves “freedom from the village and children from their families”. This model is included in the national "structification pilot of smart home based services" as a viable path to old age in rural areas。
Longer lives, for example, are not a single “successful number” but a perfect integration of genes, ecology, culture and governance。
