SPIRIT OF CHINA: Wisdom of the Aged -- Pan Huihua

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.

Pan Huihua, 102

Pan, of Zhongshan county, tells many stories about hunger. With diligent work he was able to survive hardships in the 1950s, '60s and '70s.

"Although life is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it. That is the important thing."