Taiyuan as the center, in-depth investigation of the living habits and physiological characteristics of the surrounding residents
The investigation report of the Japanese invaders in China was discovered
Experts said: there is research value for exposing the crimes of Japanese aggression
The picture shows the eleven volumes of the investigation report in Japanese that were discovered .
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September 3, 2022 is the 77th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. Recently, a set of 11 Japanese survey reports were discovered, which recorded in detail the living habits and physiological characteristics of Taiyuan and surrounding residents from the late 1930s to the early 1940s. What is this survey, why is it being surveyed, and what are the results of the survey for? Around this set of investigation reports, the reporter conducted in-depth interviews with university professors, relevant scholars and experts from research institutes, and gradually found out the context: This investigation report, which was formed more than 80 years ago, was fundamentally designed to serve its war of aggression against China.
Taiyuan people's teeth, fingerprints, facial features, blood type , serum status; Taiyuan people's developmental process, physical strength, age of female menarche, population growth; situation of infectious diseases in Shanxi Province, transmission routes of infectious diseases, and ways to seek medical treatment. Even, the thermal insulation effect of the "Kang" in Shanxi people's homes, the indoor heat preservation and moisturizing, the duration of light, the types of Shanxi people's staple food, the non-staple food, and the amount of leisure food, as well as the analysis of wowotou, the analysis of water quality, the analysis of millet From the beginning of 1938 to the beginning of 1940, a Japanese army "temporary health investigation team" conducted a comprehensive survey of the living habits and physiological characteristics of Taiyuan and surrounding residents, and wrote the results into a formal report and submitted it to the Japanese military medical department.
Recently, this set of 11 survey reports detailing the living habits and physiological characteristics of Shanxi people was discovered in Shijiazhuang. Relevant experts said that the discovery of this historical material has research value for exposing the crime of Japanese aggression against China.
Investigative report 80 years ago
Mr. Zhang Zhibin, a citizen of Shijiazhuang, devoted himself to the study of the history of the Anti-Japanese War for a long time, and extensively collected relevant documents during the Anti-Japanese War. In June of this year, by chance, he discovered this set of investigation reports by the Japanese army on Taiyuan and surrounding residents. "I think this is a very precious historical material. Since it is an investigation about Taiyuan and Shanxi, providing clues to the news media in Taiyuan and letting more people know about these things is also a way for it to exert its own value."
The 11-volume survey report shows that the Japanese army’s investigation at that time involved Taiyuan and surrounding areas, and even Shanxi’s folk customs, health conditions, physiological conditions, epidemics of infectious diseases, Chinese and Western medicine diagnosis and treatment, and citizens’ lifestyles. and in-depth investigation. Among them, the survey on the diet of Taiyuan residents includes steamed buns, sesame cakes, pancakes, steamed bread, small rice, sliced soup, old tofu, etc. It is noted that due to the wide variety of Shanxi diets, only the most common ones are listed for the survey. The specific survey content also includes the market prices of various ingredients, the main consumer groups, etc. During the survey, these foods were also photographed, with the production methods, and the content of protein and carbohydrates of such foods were analyzed.
A survey on the living environment of Taiyuan residents, including house insulation, moisture retention, ventilation, light duration, air quality, and the thermal insulation effect of the kang.
There is also a physiology survey, including the facial features, teeth, fingerprints, serum, blood type, age of female menarche, population growth (population proliferation), physical strength (carrying force - Japanese back muscle strength) and so on.
All of these, no matter how small or small.
One of the investigation reports on Infectious Diseases in Shanxi, which was formed in April 1938, wrote: "It has been half a year since Shanxi was referred to by the holy flag of our imperial army. After the war, the residents of Taiyuan returned one after another. Relapsing fever, pox and other epidemics occur frequently..." The report uses a large number of charts to show the statistics of infectious diseases in various provinces, Shanxi, and Taiyuan in my country, as well as the infectious cases and mortality rates received by Taiyuan Hospital. They even recorded whether they sought Western medicine or Chinese medicine, and what books were used in Chinese medicine. The most special thing is that the report made special explanations on the infectious diseases in some strategically important places, and clearly pointed out the "precautions when our imperial army takes military operations".
Listen to how experts interpret
After learning of this investigation report, the reporter contacted Jin Chengmin, the curator of the " 731 Army's Evidence Exhibition Hall ". He is an expert who has studied the history of the Japanese army's invasion of China for more than 30 years. Jin Chengmin is very concerned about this investigation report. Within a few days, he and his team focused on 3 of them, namely the investigation records on "physical strength, reproduction ability, and fingerprints of Tai aboriginal people".
On August 25, Kim Sung-min gave this newspaper a clear answer that the investigation report is true.
The report shows: The survey on the physical strength of the people in Taiyuan was formed from September to December 1938. The specific method was to test the lung vitality, hand grip strength and back muscle strength of the workers at the bottom of the society every afternoon with the assistance of translators. And referring to the Japanese army's 1933 survey in the northeastern region of my country, and the Japanese side's domestic survey, we came to the conclusion that the Chinese labor force is inferior to the Japanese. The survey on the reproductive capacity of Taiyuan people showed that the local people married early and gave birth later, which was very different from the situation in Japan and Europe, and scorned that the Chinese people's reproductive capacity was inferior to the Japanese. The investigation on the fingerprints of Taiyuan people shows that the fingerprints of the northern Chinese people are mostly "vortex", which is quite special among the "Oriental ethnic groups" (East Asia).
Jin Chengmin also introduced that the report shows that the moderator of the above three investigations is Ishizaki Yushin. He investigated further and found information about Yushin Ishizaki, who was a soldier at the time and became a professor at a university after returning to Japan.
Jin Chengmin believes that the discovery of this historical material is of considerable value in exposing the crimes of the Japanese army's aggression against China, especially the aggression crimes committed by the Japanese army in North China.
The notorious investigator
According to the data, this report was formed roughly from the beginning of the 13th year of the Showa era (January 1938) to the fifteenth year of the Showa era (January 1940), and most of the reports were signed as "Taiyuan Temporary Sanitary Survey." Class", and it was also signed as the temporary health investigation class of the Taiyuan Detachment of the Third Field Epidemic Prevention Department. Experts said that this is one, but the details of the signature are slightly different. The reporter investigated the "Temporary Health Investigation Team of the Taiyuan Detachment of the Third Field Epidemic Prevention Department".
The Third Field Epidemic Prevention Department was established in the 12th year of the Showa era (July 1937). Taiyuan fell on November 8, 1937. More than a month later, on December 14, 1937, the first army of the invading Japanese army, , issued the "Jiaming No. 218" order. The Taiyuan Detachment of the Third Field Epidemic Prevention Department temporarily The sanitation survey team was formed and began to operate quickly. According to Japanese historical records, after the troop was ordered, it was initially formed at the Shanxi Chuanzhi Medical College (located in Taiyuan), which was bombed by the Japanese army.
With the deepening of the war of aggression, the Japanese Army North China Front Army issued an order: The First Field Epidemic Prevention Department and the Third Field Epidemic Prevention Department were compiled into the "Northern China Epidemic Prevention Department" to carry out related work in North China. On February 9, 1940, the Japanese army organized the North China Epidemic Prevention Department, the First Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department, the Fourteenth Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department, the fifteenth Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department, and the Sixteenth Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department into the "Northern China Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department" , This is the same infamous "North Branch A 1855 Unit" as the Japanese "731 Unit ", which has branches in 16 cities such as Beijing, Taiyuan, Shijiazhuang, Jinan, Zhangjiakou, Zhengzhou, etc. In addition to Taiyuan, Shanxi also has branches. There are Yuncheng branch. In 1941, the Taiyuan Branch was adjusted to the "Taiyuan Branch of the North China Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department", also known as the 1856 Unit. The reporter learned from the city archives that its location is at No. 10 to No. 15, , Yangshi Street, .
Combined with the development and evolution of the temporary health investigation team of the Taiyuan Detachment of the Japanese Third Field Epidemic Prevention Department, the purpose of its investigation in Taiyuan and Shanxi is self-evident.
What is the purpose of the detailed investigation
Regarding the investigation report and the real purpose behind it, Li Changbao, a professor of history at Shanxi Normal University, said that the purpose of one country's careful investigation of the people of another country is self-evident. Centered in Taiyuan, the temporary health survey team of the Taiyuan Detachment of the Third Field Epidemic Prevention Department has conducted extensive surveys on the living habits and physiological characteristics of people in Shanxi and surrounding areas. It's obvious.
Li Changbao believes that with the deepening of the military invasion, the Japanese army was so eager to launch an investigation because of the health needs of the soldiers and to serve its war against China.This is clearly mentioned in the survey. However, in terms of the actual investigation projects, it has actually gone far beyond the scope of medicine. This move obviously has another purpose. It should also prepare for the future bacterial research of the "North Branch A 1855 Unit".
In this regard, Li Maosheng, the former director of the Shanxi Provincial Local Chronicle Office, also believed that the Japanese army's investigation and research on the people of Shanxi was to meet the Japanese invading army's demand for food and food. The investigation of the serum and blood type of Taiyuan residents was used for the treatment of Japanese soldiers injured in the war. Air quality, water quality, etc., are all to protect the health and safety of the Japanese army and meet the needs of the Japanese army's war of aggression. At the same time, such a meticulous investigation is also to satisfy its rule, to colonize and enslave the Shanxi people, and even to provide necessary health data for immigrants from Japan to Shanxi.
Li Maosheng also mentioned another thing. As early as before the Japanese army took military action against Shanxi, their investigation and research on Shanxi was already in full swing. With the advance of the war, Taiyuan had just fallen, and the Japanese side published a book "Shanxi Grand View", which introduced Shanxi's social production, people's life, geography and landforms, resources and minerals in great detail. Li Maosheng believes that although the above are two things, their essence is the same.
In this regard, Kim Sungmin also believes that the comparison of the physiological data of a large number of Chinese and Japanese in the survey fully exposed the ambitions of the invaders. For example: research on women's menarche age, developmental process, marital status, infant mortality, population growth rate, physical strength, preparation for its colonial rule, and preparation for making up for the shortage of domestic labor force in Japan; collecting and investigating the fingerprints of local people , it is to adopt the " fingerprint method " to facilitate the management of the population. "All the work is to serve the war at that time, to serve the subsequent occupation." Jin Chengmin said.
The reporter learned from the city archives that there are relevant records in the "Shanxi War of Resistance in the Archives" organized by the archives about the crimes committed by the Japanese Army "North Branch Jia 1855" in Shanxi. From 1937 to 1945, the Japanese army released poison gas on the battlefield in our province 1,313 times, and the number of poisoned officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route alone exceeded 100,000.
Through these investigations and interpretations, it is not difficult for us to find out. This investigation, which was carried out shortly after the Japanese invaders invaded Taiyuan, was aggressive and anti-humanistic in nature. It was their real purpose to use the investigation results for bacterial research, colonization, and oppression and enslavement of the people of Shanxi.
Relevant information shows that with the Japanese army's continuous defeat on the battlefield in my country, until Japan surrendered unconditionally in 1945, the headquarters of the "North Branch Jia 1855" in Beijing spent three days and three nights destroying the evidence: dig a big pit and put the fleas in it. Spilled gasoline and burned important books and bacterial culture utensils; ordered the disbanding of the troops, and the name of "North China Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department" was smeared from the roster of the North China Expeditionary Army... But the criminal evidence could not be completely destroyed. After the founding of New China, three large sterilizers left by the Japanese army were found near the Kagura Office in Beijing Tiantan Park, which were used to sterilize the utensils for culturing bacteria. All this reminds people that we cannot forget this history.
Reporter Shen Bo Zhang Hui Taiyuan Evening News
