The gate of Zhan Shichai's former residence is more than 3 meters high.

According to Volume 4 of Qiu Guang Record of Night Rain in Qing Dynasty, Zhan Shichai, a long-time man from Wuyuan, Jiangxi Province, made a living by making ink, and the two brothers were more than ten feet tall.

Recently, more than 2,600 articles and reports about Zhan Shichai, a native of Wuyuan in Daoguang period of Qing Dynasty, appeared on the Internet, saying that a photo of Zhan Shichai, the oldest person from 65438 to 0880, was recently found in Hong Kong, and a pair of giant shoes worn by Zhan Shichai were hidden in Wuyuan County Museum.

Really?

Zhan Shichai denied the rumor that the bedroom door of Changren was more than 3 meters high. In Hongguan Village, Yuanzhe Township, Wuyuan County, there is a roadway called Changren Lane. The old man Zhan Zaochun in the village took out the genealogy of Hongxi Zhan's family. The reporter found that Zhan Shichai, a long man, was born in 184 1 year.

In the village, Zhan Qingde pointed to a dilapidated old house and said that this is the former residence of Zhan Shichai, a long man. The reporter entered the room and saw a door, more than 3 meters high. The old man said that entering this extremely high door is Zhan Shichai's bedroom. Zhan Shichai's bedroom door is locked, and now the new owner has gone out to work.

Zhan Qingde recalled that when he was young, his father had mentioned Zhan Shizhen. In the early days of liberation, there was a huge photo of a long man sitting in front of the hall where he used to live. Unfortunately, this photo was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution.

It is a rumor that there are giant shoes in the county museum.

The online media said, "Changren has a pair of cloud shoes, which are kept in Wuyuan County Museum and are more than a foot long." In order to see the elegant demeanour of giant shoes, the reporter came to Wuyuan County Museum.

The curator Zhan Xiangsheng said that he had heard of Director Wuyuan, but there was no information about Director Zhan Shichai in the museum. He was very angry with Yunxie. He said, "There are no giant shoes in the museum, and the media has not contacted Wuyuan County Museum at all." Later, he suggested that reporters go to Wuyuan County Archives Bureau to have a look. Zheng, a staff member of the County Records Office, said, "There are written records about Zhan Shichai, a long person, but we have never seen him."

Zheng took out the "Wuyuan County Records", which recorded: "During the light years of the Qing Dynasty, Zhan people and Hongguan people were born before the full moon. He is a 6-year-old boy who weighs 30 pounds and is 8 feet tall as an adult. His son Zhan Shizhong is as tall as his father and has great arm strength. When traveling through Henan, the military tactics were very effective and won six championships. His fourth son, Zhan Shizhen, is also more than ten feet tall. "

The origin of Zhan Shichai's photo is unknown.

Wuyuan County Museum has no information about Zhan Shichai. Then, where did the photo of Zhan Shichai, the world's tallest man, spread on the Internet?

According to the online news, "The photo was taken around Hong Kong 1880. It is black and white, generally dull, and feels concave and convex by hand. "

Zhan Zaochun, a villager in Hongguan Village, said that he also saw a photo of Zhan Shichai when he was a child, which was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. There are no photos of Zhan Shichai in the village now, and the origin of Zhan Shichai's photos on the Internet has become a mystery.

When I was young, I was as tall as my mother.

Zhan Shichai's father's name is Zhan Zhongzhen. He married two wives. The eldest son was born to Zhan and his second wife. His second wife gave birth to four children for him. Among them, the second child Zhan Shizhong and the fourth child Zhan Shichai are as tall as him. The tallest one is that the fourth child Zhan Shichai is more than 3 meters tall.

Zhan Qingde told reporters that when he was a child, he heard from his parents that when Zhan Shichai was one or two years old, his mother took him to see the Lantern Festival in the first month. At that time, Zhan Qingde was hungry and wanted to eat milk, so he stood in front of his mother and ate it. Many villagers who watched the drama were surprised when they saw it. They accused the elders that you and your mother were too tall to be shy to nurse! After listening, his mother told the villagers that the child is not two years old, so don't scare him.

Zhan Shichai, a long man, has not entered the official position.

From the photos taken by Zhan Shichai around Hong Kong 1880, we can see that Zhan Shichai, a slender figure, is tall and burly in the official uniform of the Qing Dynasty. In fact, according to historical records, Zhan Shichai was not an official. Xuandinggong of Qing Dynasty recorded in Night Rain and Autumn Lights Record: One day, when foreigners saw Zhan Shichai, they felt very strange, so they asked him to put on official clothes with a large sum of money and exhibited and sold tickets everywhere for people to watch and make money. "At that time, the Qing Dynasty had strict requirements for official uniforms. Ordinary people could not wear official uniforms, let alone take photos in official uniforms. At that time, Zhang Shicai and his third brother Zhan Shiyun worked as Mo Gong in an ink shop in Huizhou Nursery. The British stopped buying Zhang Shizhai when they saw that he was too tall.

The Zhan Shichai family married an English woman.

Zhan Shichai was taken to England, became a British citizen and married an English woman. When interviewed in Hongguan Village, the reporter saw the genealogy of Zhan Shichai, a long man. The Genealogy of Zhan's Family in Hongxi records: "Shi Chai's maiden name is 59, the word is Yuxuan, 184 1, 12.20, Shen, married to an Englishman, Zi Zechun, 1876, born in 17. In addition, Zhan Qingde, a villager in Hongguan, said that when he was a child, he heard from his parents that Zhan Shichai's wife had also taught the children in the village to learn English.

After the eldest son Zhan Shichai married an English woman, he gave birth to a son named Zhan Zechun. It is said that Zhan Zechun, the son of a long man, did not inherit his father's height. Zhan Zechun works in the British Consulate in Shanghai. His father Zhan Shichai told him that his hometown is Hongguan Village, Yuanzhe Township, Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province. Zhan Zechun also came back to find relatives. He has an uncle who is engaged in Huizhou ink business and has a huge family property. He denied that he was his relative, fearing that Zhan Zechun would come back to recognize his relatives and divide the property. Later, Zhan Zechun never came back to find relatives until his father Zhan Shichai died.