Fu Suqing from Chengdu city in Southwest China's Sichuan province just celebrated¹ her 119th birthday on Sunday, Chengdu Economic Daily reported.

 

《成都经济日报》报道，成都女性付素清上周日刚过完119岁生日。
 

 

Fu was identified as the world's oldest woman respectively² in 2013 and 2016 by London-based Carrying The Flag World Records, which is devoted³ to recording⁴ world records.

 

"As usual, relatives and friends came to celebrate my great-grandmother's birthday," said Leng Ting.

 

Leng estimated⁵ that Fu's family has roughly⁶ 68 people, including Fu's youngest great-great-grandson, who was born recently. "In the last two years, Fu has had five great-great-grandchildren, and the oldest of them was 23 years old," said Leng.

 

Despite the hot weather, with a kerchief on her head, Fu wore a long sleeve shirt and trousers, red stockings and cotton shoes. "Please carry me to somewhere cool," Fu said to her family members after waking up.

 

"Nowadays, she always sleeps for a while, then sits for a moment, and then goes back to sleep," said 83-year-old Xu Shuhua, Fu's second daughter.

 

According to Xu, in recent months, Fu lost some weight and spent most of her time sleeping. Even during the short period when she sat in the living room, Fu closed her eyes and calmed her mind.

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