This article is from the WeChat public account: biyeahboy , author: Lin Bili, from the title figure: vision China

The mountains are closely connected

A multitude of white clouds around the mountains

Patch of green terraced fields

Songs of songs circulate in the wind

Hey, who would n’t say that my hometown is good?

This is the lyrics of the song “Who Doesn’t Say 俺 家乡 好”. You can see it by just looking at “俺” in the song title. This is a song that describes the great scenery of Shandong. China’s successful launch of the “Chang’e-1” moon satellite in 2007 carried 30 songs, the first of which was this song.

Shandong folk song: “Who doesn’t say 俺 家乡 好”

It is said that there are two provinces in the country that are particularly proud of their hometown. They have a classic song chanting their hometown, one is Shandong, and the other is Shanxi. Their song is called “People say Shanxi.” Good scenery. ”

The people of Shandong are proud of it for a reason.The Dong people also have a good impression: they are bold, upright, and eloquent, and there is an external characteristic that Shandong people are tall and big, so they have the common name of “Shandong Dahan”.

On the Internet, “where is the highest in China” has always been a topic of discussion that everyone loves. Whether or not there is accurate data support, Shandong people really feel very high in daily life. This is also indisputable. fact.

Then the question is, why do people in Shandong grow tall? Is there any data to support it? Don’t say it, it really does.

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What is the height of Shandong people in the country? In fact, statistics have been available more than 30 years ago.

In 1979, there was a survey of 11,414 college students. Six years later, in 1985, a survey of 98,098 college students in 14 cities across the country was conducted.

The results of the two combined studies show that the height of male and female adults in urban Shandong is 171.8 cm and 160.3 cm, respectively, ranking second in the country, behind Beijing. In the early days of reform and opening up, it was not easy for Shandong people to reach such a high level.

In recent years, there are still some data that show that Shandong people are still very high nationwide.

From 2009 to 2012, Tianjin Normal University, together with the three schools of Inner Mongolia Normal University and Jinzhou Medical University, jointly conducted a survey of “Anthropological Research on Physical Fitness of the Han Nationality”. Among them, the issue of height is the most interesting.

The average height of Han people in 31 sample cities across the country / Netease count reading

They selected 31 cities across the country for sampling. The representative city in Shandong Province is Weifang. Weifang is located in the central part of Shandong Province and is a strong economic city.In 2018, GDP ranked fourth in the province.It is second only to Qingdao, Jinan and Yantai, and it is representative to use it for sampling.

The average height of Weifang people is not the highest among the 31 cities, but it is also in the front-ranked sixth, with an average height of 171.82cm for men and 159.63cm for women.

This figure is much higher than the national average height. In 2015, the National Health and Family Planning Commission published a report on the status of nutrition and chronic diseases of Chinese residents (2015) , which concluded that , Chinese men and women are 167.1 cm and 155.8 cm tall.

“Report on Nutrition and Chronic Disease Status of Chinese Residents (2015)”

If the data of Weifang people can’t explain the problem, there is also the data of the height of the Shandong workplace, which can explain the problem.

The Qilu Talent Network released big data on the height of the Shandong workplace in the first half of this year. As of May 2019, the average height of men in the workplace in Shandong was 175.36cm and the average height of women was 163.73cm.

As of May 2019, big data on the height of the workplace in Shandong / Qilu Talent Network

These data show that the height of Shandong people is indeed significantly higher than the national average.

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An important reason why people in Shandong grow tall is because of their genes.

Archaeological findings show that in the ancient human sites unearthed 4000 years ago in Shandong, the average male skeleton is 180+, and the average female skeleton is nearly 170. It can be seen that the ancient Shandong people did not lose the height of today, even more than modern people Even higher.

Shandong is the birthplace of Qilu culture. Prior to the founding of Qilu, the people in Shandong were Dongyi people. Dongyi itself was a sports-loving nation and was brave and warlike. At that time, people didn’t know what the use of exercise was, but scientific research found that the growth hormone secretion in the human body occurred at any time with changes in exercise time, intensity, method, exercise period and physical condition. Change.

For example, when people are exercising vigorously, the secretion of hormones can be up to 25 times higher than normal. So when you increase your physical activity as a teenager, you naturally grow faster.

Sunny California

A friend of your uncle, who visited school in California for one year. California is sunny. Elementary and middle school students are outdoors every day. He took his 10-year-old daughter to study there for half a year, and he grew 10 cm It’s incredible.

The characteristics of the Dongyi people’s love movement have allowed them to reproduce from generation to generation. They are getting taller and taller, and their genes are also taller.

By the time of the Sixteen Kingdoms and the Northern Dynasties, Shandong was under the rule of the northern nomadic people, and a large number of northern nomadic people invaded. These people brought their height advantages. In addition, the Central Plains has been intermarried with the Huns, Xianbei and other ethnic groups many times since the Han Dynasty, which has promoted the roots of foreign bloodlines.Beishang Guangshen is still in the top four, but the province with the most shortlist for the top 100 is Shandong, with a total of 15 cities on the list.

2019 China Top 100 Cities Rankings (Partial)

Shandong’s advantage is that although there are no top cities, for example, the top Shandong city selected for the top 100 cities is Qingdao, but 14th, but the advantage of Shandong is the average strength, there is no hindrance. There are no national poverty counties in Shandong Province either. According to the list released in May 2019, the top nine counties of national poverty counties are all in the western region.

In many provinces, there are too many poor people, their nutrition cannot keep up, and their natural growth is not high, which has reduced the average height of the province.

Shandong also has a solid material foundation. Shandong is rich in products, and the output of vegetables, fruits, meat, eggs, and milk is also counted nationwide. For example, Shouguang is the “Hometown of Vegetables in China” named by the State Council. It has the largest vegetable production and wholesale market in the country. It not only supplies the entire Shandong, but also supplies vegetables to neighboring provinces and cities such as Beijing and Hebei.

Specifically, in various places in Shandong, the Jiaodong Peninsula in the eastern region has a more developed economy, and the nutrition of the population there has also kept up. One data can illustrate this point. In May 2018, there were 193 A-share listed companies in Shandong Province, of which 38 were in Yantai, ranking first in 17 cities, followed by Qingdao, with 28.

Market value of A-share listed companies in Shandong Province

The Jiaodong half belongs to a temperate marine climate, with clear seasons throughout the year, cold and snowy winters, hot and rainy summers, and no earthquake typhoons. Hilly landforms on the land, sheltered from the wind to facilitate crop growth, surrounded by yellow and boar on three sides of the sea, aquatic products are abundant. It has been an anointed place since ancient times, but it has a small area and is too small to be taken seriously by those in power.

A post-80s generation in Yantai said that he had no shortage of seafood and fruit since he was a child. It was not because he was born in a wealthy family. His parents were dual-employees, and his monthly salary added up to 35 yuan. But because of living on the coast, adults often go to the beach to catch seafood, so much that they can’t finish it.

The fruits there are also sufficient. Shandong has a saying “Yantai Apple Laiyang Pear” since ancient times. In fact, Laiyang is also a county-level city below Yantai. The netizens of the post-80s went back to their hometown with their families when they were young, and the double-row truck pulled back ten baskets of apples, five baskets of pears, and a basket of 100 pounds. They are packed in the cellar of their own shed and eat until summer.

Shandong’s economy is supported by such inconspicuous fruits and vegetables, and the height of Shandong people also grows so.

Shandong agriculture with a relatively high production of vegetables and fruits

A major feature of Shandong’s industry is its low-level popularity. Although not high-grade, it can basically form a complete industrial chain of clothing, food, housing, and transportation, and realizes a modern “self-sufficiency”. This makes Shandong’s economic structure very stable.

The industrial status of Qingdao is the epitome of Shandong. A Qingdao netizen shared his daily life:

I’m from Qingdao. At present, my home TV is Hisense, the washing machine is Haier, the refrigerator is Aucma, the gas stove is Auxerre, and the air conditioner was originally intended to buy Gree, but Hisense bought at home