generalize when talking about the Chinese, is more than risky. It is understandable that in a country of 1300 million souls and an area larger than Europe, making an observation fact, tends to be less accurate.
Still, in the West have the conception that Chinese are short ¨ ¨
Like any generalization, this point is wrong, but in this case, as in many others, the topic has a reasonable explanation.
I have spoken on other occasions the major differences between the Chinese (because that the Chinese are all equal is another lie as big as the cathedral of Burgos, or using a local element, such as Tiananmen Square) Anyway, there are many differences between residents of northern and southern China, starting with their customs, their food, their features, appearance, and of course, its height.
The northern Chinese are quite higher than average, the southern Chinese, and it is this fact that has led to misleading the people across the world.
turns out that most Chinese who have come to the European or American countries for decades, have proved to be of southern China, by what you can say that they are usually limited stature. And so we have the perception that the Chinese are short.
But the Chinese and the West coming from the south, not north? here comes into play cultural uniqueness and tradition of China.
According to custom in northern China, the children should not embark on long journeys until their parents have died, since otherwise the uncertainty and stem the absence of worry and be sad to parents. Therefore, the northern Chinese past, avoided travel long distances.
To conclude this topic today I bring uncertain history recently lato found the man in the world.
The BBC published this April bla history was, by chance, found the broad man in the world.
Zhao Liang came to a hospital for treatment unalesión Tianjin in the foot, when the doctors realized they measured was higher than the current man considered the highest in the world by the Guinness Book of Records.
Zhao Liang Y is measured no more and no less than 2.46 meters!
This 27 year old Chinese takes out about 10 cm to Bao Xishun, curiously another Chinese citizen with 2.36 meters tall was recognized as the world's highest by the committee Guinness in 2005.
I leave you with a comparative table of the BBC.
This chart, which compares the world's tallest man with the average Chinese Bao Xishun
(2.36): the man recognized by the Guinness lato
Zhao Liang (2.46): the newly discovered tallest man, but pending verification by the Guinness
Robert Pershing (2.72): the highest in the history
And the Chinese media that measured 1.73 m
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