The History of Staple Food Changes in Ancient China

Ancient Chinese first planted millets and millet in the north and rice in the south!

The ancient Chinese called the five grains "rice, millet, millet, wheat, beans (beans)"! From the Spring and Autumn period began to collectively referred to!

Millet as a drought-resistant crop, as a staple food has continued to modern times (the rations of the Eighth Route Army is calculated according to how many pounds of millet)!

Wheat was invented in the Warring States period from the invention of the stone mill, and began to be crushed into flour, before slowly forming the now familiar pasta.

The South has always been a rice-growing area. In recent times, sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn and other high-yield crops have entered China, and the lower classes have begun to eat them as a staple food.