History has its own life, it is like a person, both easy-going and self-respecting. ——Yu Qiuyu
When it comes to the impression of Shandong people, everyone generally thinks that Shandong people are tall, maybe your height in this province is already very high, but when you get to Shandong, you think it will be very common, because everyone is very tall, and you are almost invisible.
This is really not nonsense, this is proved by real data. For example, in 2019, the average height data of each province in the country given by the official is as follows:
1. Shandong 175.44
2. Beijing 175.32
3. Heilongjiang 175.24
4. Liaoning 174.88
5. Inner Mongolia 174.58
6. Hebei 174.49
7. Ningxia 173.98
8. Shanghai 173.78
9. Jilin 172.83
10, Tianjin 172.80
This is the ranking height of the top ten provinces, which shows that Shandong is in the first place. Some people asked: Isn't the average height of Liaoning and Heilongjiang similar to that of Shandong? Yes, it is true from the data, but you may forget a little, like Liaoning, Heilongjiang, most of the people in their provinces are descendants of Shandong people, are Shandong people in the past, from the blood relationship, the people of the three eastern provinces are Shandong people, it is not strange to look tall.
Confucius in Shandong
But then again, why are Shandong people generally taller than people in other provinces? Is it because of the soil and water, or is it for some other reason?
Some people say it has to do with diet. Because Shandong people generally eat well. But the provinces throughout the country are not worse off than the Shandong people? I think it takes years to accumulate. How to say it? Looking at the map, you will find that more than half of shandong's land is by the sea, to be precise, it is surrounded by the sea on three sides, so there is also a peninsula: Jiaodong Peninsula.
Shandong
If you have studied geography, you should know that Shandong is in a temperate oceanic climate zone, and what are the characteristics of a temperate oceanic climate? There are four distinct seasons throughout the year, with cold and snowy winters and hot and rainy summers. Such a climate is very suitable for human survival. And more importantly, although Shandong is near the sea, it has rarely suffered from typhoons and no earthquakes, so the aquatic products in the area are abundant, and local people can often eat a variety of seafood. Therefore, this place has been a land of anointing since ancient times, no wonder that during the Spring and Autumn Period, the Qi hui located in Shandong became the first hegemon of the Spring and Autumn Period, in addition to the reform of Guan Zhong, it also has a lot to do with the customs and geographical factors of Shandong.
Topography of Shandong
Of course, there is only one reason, it is difficult to convince the public. After all, there are many identities by the sea, such as Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Fujian, is their diet not good? So the second reason is critical. Genetic causes.
There was once an archaeological discovery: in the 4,000-year-old ancient human sites unearthed in Shandong, the male skeleton averaged 180+ and the female skeleton averaged nearly 170, which shows that the ancient Shandong people did not lose the current person in terms of height, and even higher than modern people.
Dongyi people
If you know the ancient history of China, you should know that the Shandong region was in ancient times. Its ethnic group is Dongyi people. At that time, there was no such thing as the Han nationality, the Dongyi people were called relative to the Central Plains people' sayings, and Dongyi itself was a movement-loving nation, brave and good at war. According to scientific research, the secretion of growth hormone in the human body changes at any time with changes in various factors such as exercise time, intensity, method, exercise period and physical condition.
This means that the amount of exercise and height are positively correlated. So, teenagers, exercise more!