| Zhang Deshan | |
 Zhang Deshan (aged 112) in October 2021, some days before Double Ninth Festival. | |
| Birth: | 1909? Qingdao, Shandong, Qing dynasty (China) |
| Death: | fl.30 September 2022 Gongguan, Miaoli, Taiwan |
| Age: | 112/113 years? |
| Country: |  CHN TWN
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| Unvalidated | |
Zhang Deshan [Traditional Chinese: 張德山] (1909? – fl.30 September 2022) was a Chinese-born Taiwanese supercentenarian claimant whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time he went to limbo, he was the oldest living man in Taiwan according to the Taiwanese government.
Biography[]
Zhang Deshan claimed to have been born in Qingdao, Shandong Province, Qing dynasty (China) in 1909. At some point in his life, he emigrated to Taiwan and lived in the county of Miaoli.
In October 2012, Zhang was visited by Miaoli County magistrate Liu Cheng-hung. In October 2018, he was reported to be the oldest living person (and man) in Miaoli County. In 2019, he celebrated his claimed 110th birthday.
In October 2021, Zhang was reported as being one of the two men in Taiwan aged 112 (the age of the oldest living man in Taiwan at that time[1]). At that time, he was still able to walk with the aid of a walker and was in good health. He was still eating one can (in average) of raw chili peppers each week, as he enjoyed spicy food.
Zhang Deshan was last confirmed alive in Gongguan, Miaoli County, Taiwan on 30 September 2022, at the claimed age of 112/113 years. At that time, he was reported as the oldest living man in Taiwan. In October 2023, he went to limbo, as 107-year-old Lai Akang was reported as the oldest living man in Miaoli County.
A report in October 2022 says that he died in the preceding month as he did not appear in the census taken on 1 October 2022[2] ; his death date may be 25 September 2022[3].
References[]
- ↑ 百歲人瑞歷年新高 今年增679人 Liberty Times Net, 13 October 2021
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- 苗栗縣人瑞 59人 Liberty Times Net, 16 October 2010
- 縣長、副縣長慰訪苗栗市、公館、西湖百歲人瑞 Miaoli Digital News, 23 October 2012
- 百歲嬤 勤跑菜園熱心助人 China Times, 10 October 2018
- 苗栗百歲人瑞多達105人 縣長重陽節前夕致贈重陽敬老金 China Times, 18 September 2019
- 苗縣最高齡人瑞 114歲張德山最愛吃辣這一味 CNA, 7 October 2021
- 苗栗縣最高齡 114歲張德山愛吃辣│T-NEWS聯播網 YouTube (TNEWS聯播網), 7 October 2021
- 【新聞稿】防疫期間，關心長輩零距離! 110年百歲人瑞新增679人，創下歷年新高! Social and Family Affairs Administration, 13 October 2021 (Archived)
- 苗縣長慰訪最年長的女性人瑞一0七歲翁薛玉雲 Yahoo News, 23 September 2022
- 「歡喜慶重陽」~111年百歲人瑞5,076人，創歷年新高! Ministry of Health and Welfare, 4 October 2022
- 曾扮男裝逃強徵慰安婦 鍾東錦陪108歲麥當勞阿嬤吃漢堡 China Times, 3 October 2023