In many places in southwest China, when bacon is cooked, there will be vendors selling pine needles and cypress branches along the street. In the twelfth lunar month and the first month of the old year, pine branches are a good thing to clear the field. In New Year pictures, it often appears side by side with plum blossoms, and then a set of firecrackers is put on it. The name is extremely auspicious: "Peace through the years". Preserved meat with pine and cypress branches is often the first choice in southwest China. I don't know if this is influenced by Taoism, which often says "immortal". It is true that the meat smoked by pine and cypress tastes good, but it is also true that the smoked food is unhealthy, so it is estimated that it will not last long. Other places also use peanut shells, tea leaves and litchi wood, all made of their cigarettes.
The hobby of smoking is not limited to China people. West Renye Fang has a huge smoking system. Among them, the refreshing taste of pine trees is among the best. Even in the United States, which is dominated by hamburgers and makes people feel a little bleak, the owner of Bacon's hamburger will be crazy to find a perfect pine tree for Bacon. The huge meat was smoked and roasted by pine branches, which tempted people's appetite bit by bit in advertisements, but some of them returned to the feeling of homesickness in ancient times. For example, in the homes of ethnic minorities in the southwest of China, pieces of bacon, bacon ribs and even ham hung on the beam of the hall stove are smoked with the color of time by prolonged fireworks, which is not only a guarantee for people's holiday happiness, but also a symbol of wealth.