The origin of eating dog meat in summer

There is a saying among the people that eating dog meat on this day in summer can strengthen the body and resist the epidemic.

"After eating the summer dog, the west wind wine detours." Negligently, if a person eats mutton from summer to day, his body can resist the attack of the west wind, wine and rain, have less fever and catch a cold, and be healthy. According to this beautiful wish, the unique folk food culture of "Little Summer Mutton" has been created.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Qin Degong succeeded to the throne in the second year. It's hot in June and it's fashionable. Qin Degong ordered the people to kill dogs to ward off evil spirits according to the saying that "dogs are yang animals, which can open an ominous sign", so there was a custom of killing dogs in summer.

The folk song "long summer, eat tonic" also shows that tonic food began in summer. "Xia Gou, there is no place to hide." The folk custom of eating mutton in summer has been passed down for hundreds of years.