Winter swimmer survey in Ji'nan: another life gesture in old age
Ji'nan Times reporter Jiang Dan
the recent days, the 77 year old Xuan army did not go to winter swimming. Because of an operation, the habit of sticking to it for more than 40 years was temporarily shelved. The quiet army at home is waiting for the body to recover slowly and continue to enter the water in the early morning of winter. In Ji'nan, winter swimming is becoming a fashion sport. However, because of the special physical conditions of the group, or not to swim, this cold winter sports, mainly in the open air field, has become a topic to be discussed.
challenge perseverance
because the leg has just had an operation, the action is not yet free, the Xuan army slowly moves in the room. He explained that when he went to college, he was a team member of the school track and field team, practising hurdles, and leg injuries caused by this high intensity sports training, not because of winter swimming. In those years, leg injuries did not stop the winter swimming of the Xuan army. On the morning of last month's operation, Xuan Jun went out for a swim as usual. In the afternoon, he entered the operation room calmly according to the previous arrangements. In his words, the operation was done to remove old wounds, and later he could better continue his winter swimming hobby.
the first winter swimming experience of the metaphysics was in Beijing in the 70s of last century. As for the specific location of the Shichahai or the Bayi lake, he had a few notes. The only thing that impressed me was that the north wind was blowing that day and the temperature was below ten degrees below zero. He took off his thick collar at the lake and took off his thick cotton padded jacket. Suddenly he felt like a dense knife coming over and cutting it a little bit. Small north wind stabbed, I stood on the edge of the lake, shivering and gnash my teeth, and jumped down. Xuan Jun said. He swam slowly for a few laps, adjusting to the shore and feeling refreshed. The swimmers at the same time also carried a small bucket, first pouring water from the bucket in the lake to suit the water temperature.
for the old Jinan who grew up on the edge of the black tiger spring, launching is a common thing. Swimming is not rare. Even after arriving in Beijing, in the summer and autumn of the summer, Xuan army insisted on swimming. But winter swimming, that's the first time. Shortly after the winter, Xuan Jun would have wanted to suspend the movement in the water in the past, waiting for spring to bloom in the coming year. But after being dragged away by a colleague, Xuan army never stopped. In the winter, Xuan Jun got up at five in the morning and went swimming. He went to work at eight o'clock. He realized the benefits of swimming in winter, and his physical strength became better and he did not catch cold.
in the new year, the Xuan army returned to Ji'nan. When they were free, they went swimming in the pool near Cultural West Road with some old friends. When winter came again, Xuan Jun became the one who encouraged everyone to stop and swim. The five or six people, together, swam year by year. Later, they set up a social organization. As a civil group, they also ran to the Civil Affairs Bureau to register the seal. After that, they made their own articles of association according to the party constitution, and even made a flag for the red cloth. 40 years later, the scale of the team has reached two or three hundred. The spring water bath near the Jie Fang Pavilion, the small reservoir in the south of the no shadow mountain, and even on the edge of the Yellow River, were their winter outdoor swimming pools. Even now, as long as it doesn't rain and does not snow, the Wangfu pool is bustling all day long. The old people swim in the dense spring.
Jia Baocheng, 65 years old, swam to the Wangfu pool every day for a few laps, then went ashore and dressed, stamping his feet on the side of the pool. This is the twenty-first winter in which he participates in the sport. When the first time he went into the water, he could still remember some of the scenes. They asked him if he dared to go into the water, and he replied, "what is there to be afraid of?" The mouth is brave and the heart is timid. Jia Baocheng said, when the heart was water, he hurried ashore for about 10 minutes and was worried that he could not bear it.
metaphysics has always regarded winter swimming as a challenge to perseverance. It seems to be the same as Jia Baocheng's view, because the moment in the water would break through the body's fear of the cold, but jump down, swim a few laps, and then go ashore to make them addictive.
I was a doctor
there were people who had fallen off the water but did not go ashore again.
happened in Jia Baocheng's palace every day. In the legend of the swimmers, someone jumped down and did not come up again. This sudden death regrets and regrets the winter swimmers, but does not bring them a shadow and fear. In their view, it is not because of the relationship of winter swimming, but of the important organs such as the heart of the person.
in the interview, I was a doctor that was a little high in the mouth of Xuan Jun, similar to the mantra, especially in the story of the critical winter swimming story of his experience. Lao Li, who was 60 years old, slipped back to the ground along the back of Xuan army after swimming and never got up again. Xuan Jun said that at that time, Lao Li did not sleep because of his family affairs. He quarrelled with his ex-wife, and the child pursued money. The reason for swimming is to get a breath of air and try to avoid the family's nervousness. On that day, the Xuan army asked how much the old Li who had just finished swimming, who was standing under the shower shower, had not heard Lao Li squeak. Then, the metaphysics felt that Lao Li was lying on his back. He thought it was a normal joke, but the next feeling let him know that it was actually an accident, and Lao Li slipped on his back and slipped on the ground. Because I am a doctor, I found his pulse length varied, cardiac fibrillation, rescue by artificial respiration. Xuan Jun said he did the rescue measures and sent Lao Li to the hospital, but he had to live with Lao Li's life. Later, Xuan Jun wrote an example of Lao Li in his book about winter swimming, indicating that Lao Li's problem is because his heart is not good, and the mood is depressed, not the winter swimming itself. After all, Lao Li came out to swim when he was uncomfortable at home, and perhaps it was a hobby that could ease his mood.
as a doctor, there are some valuable things in the winter swimming team. After all, for ordinary people, this is a special sport, and it is a group of middle-aged and old people who have similar physical conditions. Xuan Jun has always hoped that people should not misunderstand the sport of winter swimming, which can exercise and challenge perseverance. On the basis of a good lifestyle, I choose winter swimming. In order to convince others, he subconsciously will say that I am a doctor. He is a retired doctor at the Qianfo Hill hospital.
the cold and gently water, in the water after the warm period, will feel warm, comfortable but not greedy, in time to shore, with a large towel back and forth back and back, so that the body fever. The doctor said it was actually a set of vascular gymnastic, strip early water, the blood vessels were cooled and contracted, the towels were rubbed and heated, and the blood vessels expanded, which could slow the onset of old symptoms such as atherosclerosis. Of course, if organs such as the heart have problems, they should pay more attention in winter swimming. Come on, not much, Xuan Jun, a retired doctor who loves winter swimming, says that winter swimming is for health, longevity and happy life.
another life posture in the twilight
in Ji'nan, winter swimming is disputed, but more and more middle-aged and elderly people are keen on this, becoming the main force of winter swimming. These people, at the stage of what we call "twilight years", show a kind of life attitude that many young people are not able to reach.
life
go to the Wang Fu pool to see these winter swimmers, they will find that they are not fit for the swimsuit, the skin is slack, the stomach rises, and there is a bloated of the old people alone. But these bodies are not clumsy. No matter whether the temperature is five or six degrees below zero or two or three degrees above zero, they have nothing to do with their postures. They climb up the balustrade at the side of the pool, jump down, or step on the side of the pool, slowly entering the water. The pool is not big, the water vapor is winding, and they swim in circles.
if you want to ask them what changes in the body after winter swimming, ten to one will give an example, "winter is basically not cold" or "a year is not cold". In the winter of the flu virus, this may be an example of the most obvious and most obvious problem. The ordinary people are able to recruit them without paying attention to them. They have more resistance than young people. "The cost of medicine has been saved." Jia Baocheng said. He began to swim in winter at the age of 45 and built a medical record at the age of 46. In the past 20 years, only ten pages of medical records have been left, and there are still a lot of thick ones left. Before going to work in a unit before retirement, two or three years do not reimburse a penny for medical expenses, because there is no illness at all. Later, on the day of medical reimbursement, accountants walked around him. But Jia Baocheng was also injured in winter swimming. He once swam near the pipa bridge, and his head hit a stone hidden in the river.
but the old man still feels that his strength needs to be improved. Last spring, he rode with his old friends in the northern city of Laos, Luang Prabang, 85 kilometres. Jia Baocheng, who was usually hardworking and thought physically fit, obviously felt that he could not keep up with the other 3 old friends. Later, he talked about the experience with the swimmers on the edge of the Wangfu pond. After analysis, he thought it might not be the reason for physical strength, but riding was not professional. "They rode for a long time and practiced technology. They were riding teams." Jia Baocheng said. Perhaps in his view, the invitation of those three elderly riding in the winter to swim a few laps, perhaps what is the scene.
when Jia Baocheng, who has already finished swimming, chatted with his swimmers, Wang Yanying, 52, had packed up and prepared to go home. She was one of the first people to swim in the Wangfu pool every day. Her husband carried her in battery and arrived at five forty in the morning. After the tour, the husband left the battery car first, and then she trotted all the way to the bus stop on Qinglong bridge and took the No. 31 bus home. In addition to winter swimming, Wang Yanying, who has just retired, often goes to climb mountains. He enrolled in the University for the aged, and joined the choir. He was busy rehearsing the program.
whether it's winter swimming, riding, climbing mountains or participating in literary and art troupes is part of their old life. These old people are cheerful and talkative, and their mental state is even better than that of many young people nowadays. The latter is more trapped in the office, or running, or for a living, and even if some of them are free, the present young people are more willing to give it to the Internet and sleep. These people, who we regard as already in their twilight years, subvert their age chains with their sporting spirit and attitude towards life. This is a way of life that breaks our stereotypes. Just like the couplets hung in the Xuan army's home, "only the setting sun is short, and the sunset glow is shining."
age brand
in Ji'nan, winter swimming is a fashionable sport, but in recent years, when the army and Jia Baocheng began to swim in winter, it was rare in Ji'nan, and it was more rare to see it earlier. Their parents, at their age, may still be working for a small and old life, carrying out heavy and heavy manual labor, "pull the ground and eat the food." "At that time, people had the sense of physical exercise."
most of these old people will answer the question why they are out in winter swimming. Xuan Jun says they are retiring, having time, and getting older and less time in the future, so they will treasure the time more and more to strengthen the body and improve the quality of life.
there is another reason for the quality of life in addition to economic prosperity. They do not want to give their children trouble because they are old. The old people said they were a generation of "only child", with only one child at home, and adult, with them and young children. They don't want to increase the pressure of their children's life. They are diligent in exercise and are afraid of lying on the bed. "Good health, no trouble for children, no happiness in bed." When Bai Jinlong, 69 years old, said this sentence at the edge of the Wangfu pond, he got the correspondence of the old winter swimmers.
besides, they are also fascinated by this winter swimming atmosphere. For a long time, the old people in the winter swimming in Wang Fu pool are familiar with them. Most of them are their peers. They play a joke on each other. They care for each other. It is easy to talk to each other. No matter when they retire in any office before they retire, it is the same when they come to the king's pond and change clothes into the water. No one will be brave and no one will try to be a hero. When they were young, they had different life and work experiences, but when they jumped into the pool together, they became a homogeneity group, and the differences in the previous life disappeared.
in fact, these winter swimming main forces have some common points in themselves. Most of them are old Jinan people who grew up in the waterfront of Ji'nan. They have natural feelings for water. They share the same urban memory with the common Ji'nan dialect. But they will not go deep into it, just like this pure atmosphere. In this homogenized group, they have resonated with each other in the same era.