For example, in Europe, America or Russia, people who like to eat meat are mostly ordinary people, while those who like to eat light and vegetarian food are mostly elites. Because in these places, the price of vegetables is not cheaper than meat.
0 1, the belief of not eating meat spread to daily life. Actually, it was Buddhists who didn't eat meat at first. After Buddhism spread to Japan, it also led to the popularity of Japanese belief in not eating meat. Think that not eating meat is noble.
02. Different ideas In the Japanese concept, people who eat meat are inferior people who need to work hard. Only these untouchables need to eat meat and work hard. Nobles don't need to eat meat, because nobles don't need strength, they just need to be kind to these untouchables. Coupled with the popularity of Buddhism in Japan, the poor eat meat and the rich are vegetarian.
Therefore, the rich are vegetarian and the poor eat meat because of the change of beliefs and concepts of ancient Japanese. Moreover, even warriors who rely on strength to eat should be vegetarian.
03. Vegetarian warriors live by their strength, but they have to be vegetarian in order to show that they are nobles. Especially after the samurai seized power, they gradually became aristocratic and took vegetarianism as a status symbol. You can watch many historical dramas in Japan, especially during the Warring States period. The food of Japanese military commanders is very light. They often drink tea and eat rice in soup.
It is normal for a place to have a local custom. Under a certain background, there will be a period that ordinary people can't understand. But not now. Now, rich or poor, they can eat whatever they want.
But in Japan, the poor still don't feel the freedom of fruit. In Japan, the price of fruit is particularly high. For example, every time I buy watermelon, I buy it tooth by tooth.