Why is there a dog meat festival in Yulin?

Yulin has a dog meat festival because it is a traditional culture. With the current economic development, Yulin has gradually started to eat litchi and dog meat on the solstice in summer, and it is getting crazier every year. Litchi Dog Meat Festival is a spontaneous folk festival in Yulin City, Guangxi Province, and a traditional folk custom to celebrate the summer solstice. People in China have the custom of eating dog meat. Every summer solstice, generous and hospitable locals are used to getting together to eat dog meat, get together with relatives and friends to celebrate the summer solstice and drink wine with fresh litchi. In addition to Guangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Zhejiang and other places also have the custom of eating dog meat, while North Korea, South Korea, Vietnam and some European countries also have people who eat dog meat.