Guyuan City, located in the east of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, is a typical minority settlement. As one of the famous dishes in the north, "Yangtou" is a household name in Guyuan and has become a local signature food. The sheep's head in Guyuan is known as the "Yellow River Gold Card" food, which is delicious and deeply loved by diners.

Guyuan's sheep head is very particular about the selection of materials, using local naturally stocked lambs, which are rich in lean meat, sweet soup and rich in nutrition, such as sheep brain, sheep eye and sheep tongue. A variety of Chinese herbal medicines are added in the production process, and it must be boiled until the mutton is separated from the bones, the meat is fragrant and the soup is clear and delicious. Guyuan's sheep head is known as "one catty of mutton and seven jins of soup" because of its unique formula and production technology.

The sheep head in Guyuan has a long history, with a history of hundreds of years. Whenever there is a "flower viewing lamp" and the annual slight cold and severe cold solar terms on the fifteenth day of the first month, there will be a pot of steaming sheep's head in restaurants and streets in Guyuan city, and the aroma is overflowing, which makes people salivate. Both Guyuan locals and foreign tourists can't live without this delicious food. Eating a bowl of Guyuan sheep's head is not only the enjoyment of food, but also the respect for Guyuan's profound history and culture.