Of course, Emperor Qianlong, as his grandson, is also an emperor with a long life. In this article, we will temporarily put aside Emperor Qianlong and only discuss why Emperor Kangxi lived so long! What is the secret of his health!
Kangxi emperor
Emperor Kangxi was able to live a long life, mainly because he was able to "preserve one's health", which can be summarized as follows:
First, regular life and moderate diet. As we all know, as an emperor, delicacies and delicacies are inexhaustible, but Emperor Kangxi is very temperate in diet. His diet is relatively simple. He eats no other food except twice a day.
In addition, Emperor Kangxi will deliberately choose some nutritious foods, and he will not be partial to food. Of course, he doesn't overeat, and alcohol and tobacco are rarely involved.
While traveling outside, he will provide some delicious food from all over the world, but he prefers local seasonal vegetables. As he said, "Old people should have a light diet, eat green vegetables every time and get sick less."
As we know, in the Kangxi Dynasty, tobacco was widely planted in China, and smoking tobacco was also very popular. Not only the people smoke, but also the court ministers have this hobby. Emperor Kangxi learned to smoke in his wet nurse's house when he was a child, but he thought smoking was harmful to his health after he succeeded to the throne, so he gave up smoking. Not only that, Emperor Kangxi often told court ministers to smoke as little as possible, which is not good for their health!
Emperor Kangxi-stills
As an emperor with strong sandwich skills, it goes without saying that Emperor Kangxi can drink a lot, but he seldom drinks, unless it is some "unavoidable" games, otherwise he can avoid it.
In addition, Emperor Kangxi usually had a small detail, that is, he did not fall asleep immediately after eating, nor did he immediately throw himself into tense affairs, but chatted with people or enjoyed calligraphy and painting to help digestion.
In addition, Emperor Kangxi paid great attention to the hygiene of drinking water. To this end, he also said: "A healthy diet is the most important thing in life, so the water used is the most economical." According to records, Emperor Kangxi had to boil water before drinking, and then take distilled water to drink.
Emperor Kangxi-stills
Second, the palace should pay attention to exercise, unless it is a busy state of official business, otherwise Kangxi will take people out hunting when he has leisure. In the fifty-eighth year of Kangxi, Emperor Kangxi once said to his ministers:
"I have been old since I was a child. Every time I use a shotgun to bow and arrow, I win 135 tigers, 20 bears, 25 leopards, 10 lynxes, 14 elk, 96 wolves, 132 wild boars and hundreds of deer. The rest of the animals have been caught, so it's hard to remember. And shot and killed 3 18 rabbits in one day. "
It can be said that Emperor Kangxi inherited the Manchu riding and shooting tradition well. Of course, it is precisely because Emperor Kangxi often exercised that he lived a long life.
Emperor Kangxi-stills
Third, take some health care drugs on weekdays. Some kings in history are superstitious about immortality, thinking that they can live for a hundred years as long as they eat the "elixir", but the result is often counterproductive. Among these so-called "panacea", there are a lot of heavy metals, which can only be harmful if eaten. Emperor Kangxi was not superstitious about this. Although he was interested in alchemy for a while, he was very cautious and never took it away easily.
Kangxi not only didn't like taking Dan medicine, but also didn't have much interest in tonic. On the contrary, he especially liked ginseng. He often puts it in soup and sometimes stews it with other dishes. In his opinion, it is better to supplement the body with food than with medicine.
Emperor Kangxi-stills
To sum up, it is a simple summary of the secret of Emperor Kangxi's longevity. In fact, there is nothing special in general, and they all belong to some basic health preservation methods that everyone can complete. But even so, it is not easy to persist for a long time.