As we all know, "Wuguo" specifically refers to Japan, which is not a contempt for Japan, according to historical records, during the Han Dynasty, Japan sent emissaries to visit, the emissaries from Japan were short in stature, and the Emperor of the Great Han Dynasty specially created the word "倭" to specifically refer to Japan, and also specially sent people to carve a golden seal of the Uighur kingdom.
Since then, the people on the mainland have the impression of the Japanese as short in stature, which is why during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the people will call the Japanese little devils, little Japan.
For the japanese height record, there are also many places that can be examined in the Japanese historical materials, the height of honda tadatsu, the first fierce general in Japanese history, is only about 1 meter 35, and the famous general Sanada Yukimura in the Sengoku period is only about 1 meter 63, which is even less than many elementary school students in China.
This is not the reason for the times, there are many giants of great height in ancient China, and the remains of a large Han with a height of 1 meter 80 or even two meters have been unearthed in Jinan, Shandong.
So why are the Japanese so short? First of all, it has to be said that for natural geographical reasons, it is well known that Japan is an island country, which is affected by the marine monsoon all year round, and this climate will affect the absorption of calcium by locals. This is not a special case, people in island countries such as Madagascar, Peru and other island countries are not tall among the same race.
Secondly, people's eating habits, Japan's small geographical area, less mountains and land, it is difficult to achieve large-scale arable land planting, let alone large-scale livestock raising.
In this case, it is difficult for the people to even feed themselves, let alone eat meat. In ancient times, only the nobles in Japan could afford to eat meat, and it was difficult for ordinary people to eat meat in their daily lives.
In the middle of the 7th century AD, Japan studied the Tang Dynasty to believe in Buddhism, Buddhism in Japan has a great influence, almost the people of the whole country are believed, in this case everyone began to eat and pray Buddha, the Japanese government even promulgated relevant laws, prohibiting ordinary people from killing raw and eating meat, which caused the people to be unable to supplement protein and calcium, and it is naturally difficult to grow tall.
Finally, there is the influence of genes, and the higher height of the populations of China and South Korea is because the people in these countries have Dongyi ancestry. The highest race in Asia in the Neolithic period was the Dongyi people, and the population of the Shandong region of the mainland first had this bloodline.
With the development of society, these populations have migrated from Shandong to the Central Plains, Northeast China, and even the South, and the Japanese have not been integrated into this bloodline because they are far from the mainland.
The Japanese government discovered this problem very early and is committed to genetic change, in the eyes of the Japanese government, the people are too short for the Japanese government is extremely dangerous, in their view, once there is a war, the short Japanese soldiers will inevitably not have the advantage, in order to protect national security, the Japanese government has adopted a genetic change program.
In the Song Dynasty's "Qingbo Magazine", it is recorded that Japanese people often take boats to drift in the rivers of the Song Dynasty, and anyone who sees a tall and handsome Song person will "invite" him into the boat, and then choose a good-looking Japanese woman to get along with him, which is called "degree seed" in the Song Dynasty.
In fact, not only the Song Dynasty, but also many Japanese women interacted with American soldiers during World War II, giving birth to many offspring with snow-white skin. These women were not voluntary, but were seduced and deceived, when the Japanese government set up a comfort association in Tokyo's Imperial Palace Square to encourage young women to "join the special standing team" with preferential conditions such as clothing and food.
It is said that the government recruited about 70,000 young women at once. Although it is to make the entire nation stronger, this act of the Japanese government is undoubtedly contrary to the principle of ethics and undoubtedly harms the interests of these young women.
In addition, the Japanese government also consciously changed its eating habits, first abolishing the laws and regulations prohibiting killing, and during the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese government encouraged people to eat more meat, eggs and milk like Western countries and strengthen physical exercise, which greatly changed the height of the Japanese people.
In 1954, the Japanese government made it clear that every underage child must drink milk every day, and to this day, Japan still adheres to this plan.
These two measures, taken together, finally changed the height of the Japanese people, and today, Japan's height has finally been raised from 1 meter 5 to about 1 meter 7. In fact, the mainland government also noticed the height problem of the people early on, and to this day many rural primary schools have a "love milk plan", and every rural student will get a box of love milk every day.
Not only eating habits, but also the impact of sports on height is also very important, so we must not forget to urge our children to participate in sports while urging their children to learn. It is necessary to know that "if the youth is strong, the country is strong", only when the future Chinese teenagers are more vigorous, can the Chinese nation be stronger.