Why do you drink mutton soup in summer?

Lunan people are famous for their love of mutton soup. But strangely, this magical land is not like the grassland where countless sheep grow, but scattered in every corner, and some small vendors come to pick up the goods and buy them. According to the statistics of a local authoritative organization, "there are more than 2,000 mutton soup kitchens in the city with 20,000 employees."

Why do Lunan people like mutton soup so much? Seems to make sense. Maybe it's a long tradition. No matter where you go, what you hear most is: "Go, drink mutton soup!" " "Close to the mantra of words can be seen.

There are many kinds of mutton soup in southern Shandong, which have different styles due to different ingredients and cooking methods, but the overall characteristics are not smelly, mellow, white as milk and tender meat, which makes people have endless aftertaste after eating. Mutton is warm, and soup has the effects of nourishing the stomach and strengthening the spleen and clearing the soup for tonic; Sheep brain can strengthen the brain and improve eyesight, especially suitable for the elderly and neurasthenia; Oral plaster can strengthen the body and replenish blood, which is most suitable for people who have recovered from illness. Belly, eye, etc. Are very delicious supplements; Feeding mutton soup to weaned children can clear the intestines and increase appetite. It is really nutritious.

That's not enough. People in southern Shandong drink mutton soup, but they drink culture. According to historical records, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Vietnamese Prime Minister Fan Li came to Yangzhuang to live in seclusion. Seeing the beauty of Leymus chinensis in Yangzhuang, he raised sheep here to benefit the people, and Yangzhuang became one of the birthplaces of southern Shandong goats. There is such a sentence in Li's biography: "Tian Jia works hard, and when he gets old, he becomes wax;" Cook sheep and shoot sheep, and fight for wine for yourself. " This shows that as early as the Han Dynasty, it was quite popular for farmers to eat sheep for tonic every summer and winter. A local folk song, "Send mutton soup on June 6th, and call a girl on June 6th to make mutton soup with new wheat pancakes", can prove that this custom has a long history, and drinking sheep in summer has become a traditional dietary custom.

Every summer, people in the city will come to the mutton soup kitchen to drink soup, drink and eat meat; Country people, relatives and neighbors get together, set up the pot cover, light firewood and stew the broth.

A local writer took this custom to the extreme. Thank him for letting more people know about Lunan's mutton soup. He made free publicity for his hometown. He is Zhang Ji, a native farmer. The scenes of killing sheep and drinking mutton soup in "The Director of Men and Women" and "Village Official Li Siping" reproduce this custom, which also makes him dream of becoming the best screenwriter.

Among the many varieties of mutton soup, Daobei, Xiji and Luzhai are the most famous. A square low table and several square stools and chairs are always so simple and honest, without extravagance and arrogance. Everyone from the nobility to the poor can have fun. There is no distinction between high and low, and a poor look is very popular among the people. Guests from afar, visiting relatives and friends, and foreign businessmen who come to invest are all under the same roof.

What is more gratifying is that they are no longer confined to the magical land of southern Shandong, but look further. They have registered in the Industrial and Commercial Bureau and are holding the "First Fuyang Cultural and Ecological Food Festival". They plan to set up China Mutton Soup Food Research Association, introduce Fuyang CI design, and set up a chain operation organization to make its charm and vitality surpass McDonald's and KFC, and let Fuyang culture go abroad and float to the world. We are always looking forward to it.