Hainan was once called the worst exile. What did Su Dongpo do after he was demoted to Hainan?

In his later years, Su Shi was banished to Hainan Island because of the turmoil in the imperial court.

If Su Shi's demotion to Huangzhou was a low point in his life, his demotion to Hainan was a low point in his life. Because I was in good health when I was demoted to Huangzhou, I could farm my own land, but when I was demoted to Hainan, all this was different.

There are few friends, and the eating habits are completely different from here, and the living habits are completely different. For an old man who is dying, it is simply a double torture of spirit and body.

In the Song Dynasty, Hainan was not as good as the Central Plains, and it was located in a remote place. It was a great problem for Su Shi, a foreigner, to talk about eating habits instead of climate problems.

Hainan locals never cultivate land, so naturally they can't produce things like rice and wheat. Moreover, their meals are based on potatoes and taro, and they cook porridge to fill their stomachs, and they don't pursue food all the year round.

Su Shi was very surprised when he first arrived there, and he was not used to the local food. In order to persuade the local people to farm, he wrote a poem called "Six Poems of Hetao Persuading Agriculture".

it's easy to be false in the world, and it's not expensive.

spring is full of diligence, and autumn is full of hope.

the cloud raises the rain, and the mother-in-law arrives.

I'm filial and loving, and I don't care about anything.

Su Shi wants to persuade the local people to live a life of farming and eating food, but how can a long-standing habit be changed by his poems?

Besides, Hainan doesn't eat meat, which is another torture for Su Shi who likes meat.

The meat eaten by local people is disgusting to Su Shi. Rats, bats, centipedes and so on, everything makes Su Shi unable to swallow.

The only thing Su Shi dared to eat was fish, but all the fish there were seafood, and Su Shi was not used to it. After a while, his ruddy face gradually turned pale.

Even so, Su Shi's optimistic spirit and his pleasure in suffering all his life have become his skills to survive every time he is in a desperate situation.

There was really nothing to eat, so he came up with a countermeasure to solve the problem of hunger by using the Taoist kung fu "turtle breath method", that is, imitating the turtle's breath, heading east to Chaoyang every morning, swallowing the sunshine of the first day and swallowing it with saliva. It is said that this method is very good, not only can reduce hunger, but also can keep fit, so he and his son practice this method together.

Su Shi loved friends all his life. No matter where he was banished, he could make a lot of chatting friends in a short time, but after he arrived in Hainan, all this seemed a little passive.

Perhaps because of the language barrier, perhaps because he is really a stranger, Su Shi has been in loneliness for a long time.

Two months after coming to Changhua, I introduced some local aborigines through Zhang Zhong, the new military ambassador. Later, after I met several acquaintances, Su Shi went to visit and chat with them, which was also a very relaxing thing for Su Shi.

Su Shi, a lively person, is really suffering without friends for a day. It is a very extravagant thing for him to have several acquaintances to visit.

Besides, Su Shi has developed a habit of combing his hair and taking a bath. It is said that this is also Su Shi's method of keeping in good health and the secret way to maintain vigorous energy. After combing his hair every morning, he looks refreshed and energetic.

It's simple to comb his hair, but when he was in Hainan, there was no such thing as a bath basin, and he couldn't even take a bath. Finally, he came up with a method: dry cleaning.

The so-called "dry cleaning" is also learned from Taoist thought, that is, sleeping in bed and constantly stroking your body. This is called "dry cleaning" by Su Shi. Although it is not as good as taking a bath, it still has some effects on health care and can promote blood circulation.

After reading Su Shi's attitude towards diet, bathing and making friends, I really have to admire his optimism.

It is hard for others to persist in living like this, but Su Shi can gradually face and resolve it. This kind of spirit and attitude towards life is the wisdom worth learning and feeling.