Yellow rice and millet are not the same, they are two different grains.

1, different appearance

Millet is called millet before it is hulled. Yellow rice is known as millet before it is hulled. From the appearance, millet particles are small, light yellow. Yellow rice grains are large, full, round and dark yellow in color.

2, different places of origin

Domestic cereals are mainly grown in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River, and a small amount of other areas are also planted. Yellow rice is mainly grown in Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi and other provinces.

3, different methods of consumption

In life, millet is mostly used for porridge, such as millet mung bean porridge. Yellow rice is often used to make pastries, dumplings, rice cakes and various other pastry foods. In ordinary life, pay attention to the diet, maintain food diversity, focus on nutritional balance, while avoiding overeating.

Yellow rice cultivation history:

China's cultivation of yellow rice has a long history, Hebei, China's Neolithic site preserved in the early crop seed ashing samples of dating tests, found that about 10,000-8,700 years ago planted in the millet, while the corn is about 8,700 years ago. Millet was cultivated about 10,000-8,700 years ago, while millet appeared in small quantities about 8,700-7,500 years ago. Remains of millet have been unearthed at the earliest sites of Jingcun in Wanrong, Shanxi, and Dadiwan in Qin'an, Gansu, which are 6,000 to 7,000 years old.

In the early stages of agriculture, farming techniques were low, and millet was valued for its short fertility, barrenness, drought tolerance, and strong competitiveness with weeds. Millet and grass distribution areas are the same, growth habits, cultivation requirements are similar. Therefore, the ancient agricultural books are mostly used to generalize the law of seed harvest.