When is Yunnan Pig Killing Festival?

Yunnan Pig Killing Festival is usually held in winter every year, Gregorian calendar 165438+ 10+0+the end of February.

This custom is found all over Yunnan Province, especially Lijiang, Dali, Shangri-La and Lushui City in Nujiang, northwest Yunnan. During this period, many places will slaughter big fat pigs that have been raised for one year or more, entertain relatives and friends, and make bacon, sausages and ham.

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After the pig was killed, it was transported back to the hospital to burn pig hair with dry loose hair and scrape it while burning. Burn the pig hair properly, otherwise it will scorch the pig skin and leave the pig hair in the pig skin. After the pig hair is burned, scraped and peeled, all the pork, including pig blood, is placed on the pine hair laid in advance under the ancestral hall in the main room. On the morning of killing pigs, nearly 800 Yi families in the village were filled with smoke, as if they were in a fairyland.

There is not much difference between killing pigs by the Yi people in Zhiju and other ethnic groups, but the cooking of pork is very particular. Pork in different parts should be cooked at different times. The following focuses on some details in the pork cooking process.