Insights about what matters most in life from 11 people more than 100 years old in Hezhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Reporter Zhang Li, dialect translator Li Ziyu and photographer Huang Xiaotao tell the stories.

Yang Caihua, 106 and Lin Yuqiong, 105

According to a proverb, a good wife and health are a man's best wealth. Yang Caihua has both. He and his wife, Lin Yuqiong, have been married 86 years. He doesn't smoke or drink. Their recipe for happiness: no angry words. Lin puts it this way:

"Harmony keeps a family prosperous. The secret to avoiding quarrels is that one must learn to listen while the other is complaining."