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Zhan Shi-cha, 19th Century's 3-meter-tall Man in China

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The monochrome picture rumored to be taken around 1880 in Hong Kong with Zhan Shi-cha, a tall man in Qing Dynasty with a said height of 3 meters inside has recently surfaced on the internet. According to the historical archives, there was a really tall man Zhan Shi-cha born in 1841 in Wu Yuan of Jiangxi Province, but had no an official (definite) record of his height. It is said that Zhan was so tall that one day he was spotted standing to be breast-fed by his mother when he was still less than 2 years old. If Zhan shi-cha was really 3 meters tall, he were definitely the then world's tallest man!

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Zhan Shichai (English: Chang Woo Gow or Zhan Shi Chai) (c1841 - 5 November 1893), was a Chinese giant who toured the world as "Chang the Chinese Giant" in the 19th century.

Zhan was born in Fuzhou in what is now Fujian Province in the 1840s, though reports of the year vary from 1841 to 1847. His height was claimed to be over 8 feet (2.4 m), but there are no authoritative records. He left China in 1865 to travel to London where he appeared on stage, later travelling around Europe, and to the US and Australia as "Chang the Chinese Giant". Zhan received a good education in various countries, and developed a good understanding of ten languages. In America, he earned a salary of $500 a month.[1]

Kin Foo, the Chinese wife who accompanied Zhan from China, died in 1871, and Zhan later married Catherine Santley, a Liverpudlian whom he met in Sydney, Australia. They had two children: Edwin, born in 1877 in Shanghai, and Ernest, born in 1879 in Paris.

In 1878, Zhan retired from the stage and settled in Bournemouth, where he opened a Chinese teahouse and a store selling Chinese imports.

Zhan died in Bournemouth in 1893, four months after his wife, aged around 50. His coffin was 8 feet 6 inches (2.6 m) long.[2]
 

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