The Festival Significance of Yulin Litchi Dog Meat Festival

As far as I know, it is a rising thing that Yulin people eat litchi dog meat in summer solstice in recent ten years, but it has long been rumored by the people. I can't verify whether there is such a record in Yulin local chronicles, but there have been rumors among the people since ancient times. It is a traditional culture, but such customs in ancient times should not be as crazy as they are now. There is a simple reason. In the past, the economy was not so developed and the material was not so rich. In recent years, with the reform and opening up, the economy has developed and the material has been greatly enriched, so it has risen. In Yulin, just these years. Litchi stalls on the street started to set up stalls at 6 pm, and the whole city was boiling and brightly lit. Men and women drank and punched together, and the wine was fragrant and fragrant until the evening 10. So litchi shells are everywhere, all red, covering the whole city like a carpet.

Like the Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, it is mostly a gathering of relatives. On the solstice of summer, it is mainly a gathering of friends and drinkers. The streets and alleys are full of people who guess horses and fight boxing. When it is really lively, the whole city is immersed in a bouquet of wine and meat. According to incomplete statistics, 1.5 million Yulin people were drunk on this day! In recent years, this trend has spread to the surrounding counties and cities, and there is a spark that can start a prairie fire. China people never lack festivals, what they lack is a romantic holiday feeling. From Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, to July 14, and then to Mid-Autumn Festival and Double Ninth Festival, there are few festivals with the theme of real life. Compared with foreign Valentine's Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day, they are all realistic-oriented, and do not have the dignified task-oriented, commemorative and weight-bearing festivals in China. Only "Litchi Branch Dog Meat Festival" focuses on one kind of diet. I think that "food is the most important thing for the people" and taking food as a holiday is very romantic in China. The municipal government should set up "Litchi Dog Meat Festival" (or "Summer solstice Festival") in Yulin.

More importantly, in such festivals, you can visit relatives and friends, make new knowledge and visit old friends, which is undoubtedly a good form of emotional communication.

In reality, whether the government advocates it or not, this festival has become a local culture in Yulin. As a government, we should advocate and support such a culture. The formation of local culture is not an easy thing to achieve. How long does it take for culture to accumulate and how many people's habits to change before a good culture can be formed?

Eating dog meat is a tradition and reality in China, which is recorded in many famous ancient books and celebrity records, such as Compendium of Materia Medica and so on. In the field of animal protection, we should oppose cruelty to animals, advocate rational and civilized utilization, and maintain the harmony between man and nature.

Otherwise, the "favoritism" of animal rights protection organizations will not be conducive to guiding human beings to understand and protect animals. On the contrary, it will increase the conflicts of personal interests in different regions or ethnic groups. There are the following deformities: if you like dogs, you will resist eating dog meat; Love cattle and resist eating beef; If you like pigs, you will resist eating pork; Resist what others eat if you like. In the end, it will cause more soft violence of personal desire to impose other people's thoughts and lead to national chaos. Animal rights protection organizations should abide by the laws, customs, historical traditions and national beliefs of various countries and regions, advocate the concept of "animal protection, harmony between man and nature", do not blindly resist what animals to eat and what animals not to eat, and avoid imposing opinions on others, regardless of personal selfish behavior.