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.

Hu Yueying, 116

Life's greatest lesson for Hu can be found in a cup of the green tea she has enjoyed most of her life: The bitter comes before the sweet, and she has known both. Hu is officially the oldest person in Hezhou.

"I have lost my husband, my children and my brothers, it's true. But I can always find love in my family, and that is how I was encouraged to carry on."