Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Weather forecast - Dogs have been loyal partners of human beings since ancient times. Why is there a tradition of eating dog meat on the solstice in winter?

Dogs have been loyal partners of human beings since ancient times. Why is there a tradition of eating dog meat on the solstice in winter?

There is a saying that dog meat is fat in the cold winter, and there is a saying that dog meat rolls three times, and the gods can't stand it. China had the habit of eating dog meat in ancient times. Dog meat, also known as fragrant meat, is a good tonic in winter, so people are used to eating dog meat from winter to Sunday.

I remember that there was an ancient celebrity who settled in a farmer's house, and then there was nothing to entertain the celebrity in the farmer's house because of a lot of time. As soon as her family gave birth to a litter of suckling dogs, the farmer entertained the celebrity with puppies. After eating them, he was full of praise for the meat.

It is difficult for us modern people to understand why there are all kinds of behaviors of eating dogs, but for many people, dog meat doesn't mean anything. Just like chickens, cattle and sheep raised at home, dog meat is just a kind of food for them, and there is no special feeling. Although many people have great feelings for dogs now, the people lost by everyone are different from those lost by everyone, so we may not understand many things, but in that era of material shortage, people's mission at that time was to live, and living is the most basic survival foundation of people, so it is said that.

So it was common for people to eat dog meat at that time. Therefore, we should understand them with our eyes at that time, not with our current thoughts, because the situation in different periods is different, so we may not understand this.