Nowadays, rice is absolutely indispensable on the dining table in my country, especially in the Northeast region, rice is a necessity.

However, during the Manchukuo period in our country’s modern history, eating rice was a crime and required a prison sentence.

So why did the Japanese not let the Chinese eat rice during the Manchukuo period? What are the reasons? The Chinese have a long history of eating rice.

According to records, as early as 7,000 years ago, the original residents of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China had fully mastered the cultivation technology of rice and used rice as their main food.

However, at that time, before the advent of fire, people chewed the whole paddy rice with their mouths.

Entering the Neolithic Age, the Chinese invented the pestle and mortar and mastered the technique of separating chaff and rice bran. When a fire source appeared, people began to cook rice.

However, during the Manchukuo period, Chinese people were not allowed to eat rice.

On March 1, 1932, the puppet Manchukuo State was established. Its "capital" was located in Xinjing, which is today's Changchun City, Jilin Province. Its "territory" included the entire three northeastern provinces of China except Guandong Prefecture (today's Lushun and Dalian).

, as well as Chengde City in eastern Mongolia and Hebei Province.

This is a puppet government controlled by the Japanese, and the Chinese have no say at all.

Under this situation, under the instigation of the Japanese, the puppet Manchukuo promulgated the "Rice Management Law" in 1938 to implement grain rationing, classifying rice, wheat, and soybeans as Class A grains.

Class A grains are exclusively for the Japanese and are not allowed to be eaten by the Chinese. It is a crime for Chinese people to eat Class A grains. Anyone who possesses or eats Class A grains will be convicted and severely punished if caught, and they are considered "economic crimes."

In this case, the Chinese were not allowed to eat rice at all.

There is a legend that a Chinese man was run over by a car and the deceased vomited rice. As a result, the family of the deceased was involved in a lawsuit.

This incident was later written into a cross talk.

So, why did the Japanese not allow the Chinese to eat rice? Before the establishment of the Puppet Manchukuo, the food of the indigenous people in the Northeast was mainly millet and white flour.

After Japan invaded Northeast China, it discovered that the Northeast was suitable for sowing rice from Hokkaido, so in addition to the Japanese reclamation groups planting rice, they also forced the indigenous residents of Northeast China to cultivate rice.

At first, the indigenous residents of the Northeast could also eat rice. However, as the Japanese battlefield expanded, Northeast rice and flour were strategic materials that needed to be shipped to all parts of the world, so they became in short supply.

Under this situation, Japan promulgated the "Rice Grain Management Law", which stipulates that rice and white flour are fine grains and are only allowed to be eaten by Japanese people.

Once a Chinese eats it, it is a crime.

This provision lasted until Japan's defeat.