When is the Binyang Dog Meat Festival in 2020?

Dog meat festival refers to the "festival" of eating dog meat. Dog meat itself has edible and medicinal value. Autumn and winter are coming. In China, people eat warm and nontoxic dog meat to keep out the cold. September 22 of the lunar calendar is late autumn, and the dog meat festival came into being.

Eating dog meat and litchi in the summer of solstice is a "patent" that Lingnan people want to eat. Cantonese in Guangzhou, Qinzhou, Guangxi and Yulin also like to eat dog meat and lychee on the solstice in summer. It is said that dog meat and plums are not hot together from summer to day, and there is also a saying that "fish from winter to day, dogs from summer to day", saying that eating dog meat from summer to day can dispel evil and strengthen the body and resist the plague. "Eat dog meat from summer to day, and the west wind detours", which means that as long as people eat dog meat from summer to day, their bodies can resist the attack of westerly storms, catch fewer colds and be healthy. It is based on this beautiful wish that the unique folk food culture of "dog meat from summer to sun" has been achieved, so the habit of eating dog meat and litchi from summer to sun continues to this day.