The Origin of the Festival of the Ambrosial Sheep

The origin of the Fuyang Festival: related to Pengzu culture, related to the court system of the Han Dynasty, and related to summer planting.

1, and Pengzu culture

Pengzu is the ancestor of Xuzhou, but also one of the ancestors of the Chinese nation, he was good at medicine and cooking, created the "sheep side of the hidden fish" method, that is, wrapping fish with mutton, and then use herbs to cook. Cooked with medicinal herbs. During Pengzu's time, the custom of eating sheep was common in Xuzhou.

2, and the court system of the Han Dynasty

According to the "Book of Han" records, the emperor, "the day of the ambush, the imperial edict to give from the official meat". At that time, the "official meat" that is the "three animals" of the first mutton, the emperor and his subjects **** enjoy mutton has been sure.

Not only in the palace to eat sheep, "Han Shu" also has "field home for the bitter, years of ambrosia, cooking sheep cannon lamb, bucket of wine from the labor" records. Xuzhou sheep festival before the Song Dynasty, most of the palace feasts to lamb-based. Yuan Dynasty, lamb in the palace feast is in the commanding position, accounting for more than two-thirds of all dishes.

3, and summer planting related

Legend, the festival first originated in the Han Dynasty, when the Yellow Emperor went around to govern the people, the summer planting is divided into the period of Fuyang period and the rice and wheat two periods, the period of Fuyang period is from the Festival of the Fuyang Festival to the Tanabata Festival, the period of rice and wheat from the Tanabata Festival to the Mid-Autumn Festival. During this period, farmers worked hard and in their spare time they used the sheep they raised to cook soup or make bacon for consumption.

Customs

1, food: during the Sheep Food Festival, the Sheep Festival is held in major hotels, restaurants, lamb museums have launched a series of "sheep dishes" to accept the public's evaluation.

Meat: lamb feast, lamb soup, roast lamb, lamb kebabs, lamb hot pot, ground pot of mutton, clear soup sheep's head, flavorful marinated sheep's head, sheep three treasures, hand-held mutton, crispy mutton chops, high-quality haggis, braised leg of lamb, mutton fried buns, mutton chops. Pasta: steamed buns, noodles, strong buns. Fruits: grapes. Drinks: cold drinks, popsicles, ice-cold beer.

2, activities: ambrosia sheep food festival during the Shanghai, Xuzhou, Xiao County and other places to hold the opening ceremony of the ambrosia sheep festival, staged daily local opera, performances of dance, martial arts, folklore, exhibition of cloth, face painting, paper-cutting and birds and flowers on display and other strange stones.

Xuzhou, during the festival, the arrangement of the sheep food exhibition and sale, care for sanitation workers public welfare activities, Pengzu health culture forum, charming Xuzhou tourism and other activities. Shanghai ambrosia sheep festival period, organized to commemorate the fox laying down, agricultural music trekking activities. Tasting mutton and drinking shochu, picking Zhuangxing honey pear.

Xiaoxian ambrosia sheep festival, held during the calligraphy and painting exhibition, food tasting phase, commemorating the Xiao Shu, Min Zi, Liu Bang, cultural and artistic performances and other activities. Tour the Shengquan Temple, Huangzangyu and other attractions.