Chongyang Festival: These elderly people prove age is just a number
Editor's note: Falling on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, Chongyang Festival is also called the Double Ninth Festival. It is named as Chongyang Festival because according to the Chinese astrology, nine is a 'Yang' character meaning masculine or positive and 'Chong' in Chinese means double. As both the month and the day are nine, it got this name.
The population of elderly people aged over 65 in the world is expected to surpass one billion in 2030. The acceleration of aging requires governments perfect elderly people's later years. Let's have a look how they enjoy their lives worldwide.
A British World War II veteran has become the world's oldest scuba diver for the second time - aged 95.
Ray Woolley scoured the watery depths around the shipwreck of the Zenobia, a cargo vessel which sank about 2km off the southern Cypriot town of Larnaca in 1980 on its maiden voyage. He already holds the record as the oldest active male scuba diver.
On September 1, Ray dived to a maximum depth of 40.5 meters for 44 minutes, beating his previous record of 41 minutes and 38.1 meters - when he was 94.
