Why do the Chinese love rice so much? Detailed answer

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Why do the Chinese love rice so much?

Why is rice so popular in China? The secret is that no other food crop can produce such high yields as irrigated rice. The yield of rice has proved to be the most important factor in the most populous country in the world, where land is scarce and therefore every patch of it is carefully cultivated. In addition, rice is second only to wheat in terms of nutritional value and can produce 2-3 crops per year. True, rice requires a lot of moisture, sunlight and heat, but the climate of Central and South China provides all this in abundance. Rice is a labor-intensive crop, but there are enough workers in the country.

Rice has been grown in China since ancient times, and during this time, the peasants have bred about 10 thousand of its varieties. Some varieties ripen faster, others longer. Most varieties require flooding the fields with water, but there are some that grow on ordinary soil.

Rice fields are a network of earthen ridges containing tiny cells-platforms filled with water. The cells are so small because the surface of the site must be perfectly flat and horizontal. It is easiest to arrange such sites on the plains, but industrious peasants also level terraces for rice on the slopes of the mountains. Entire rice valleys stretch south of the Yellow River, along the Yangtze River, along the southern sea coasts.

Seedlings are first grown from rice seeds, and only a month later, young plants are transplanted into the field. Rice can be grown in the same field for many years in a row.

Author: Cellarius E.Yu.

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