At the end of 21, archaeologists cleaned a Qin tomb in the Warring States Period at the second-phase archaeological site of Xianyang Airport in Xi 'an.

A half-tripod bone soup was found in the bronze tripod unearthed from the tomb.

According to animal experts' appraisal,

The stew in the tripod was neither ox bone nor sheep bone, but half a male puppy under one year old.

This discovery is enough to prove that people in China in the Warring States period ate dog meat.

According to the records in the literature, the history of ancient people eating dogs really goes back to ancient times.

According to the Book of Rites, there are eight kinds of delicacies in the diet list of Zhou Tianzi. Which eight kinds? Chunkao, Chunmu, cannon dolphin, cannon roe, pound treasure, stain, boil and liver fat are also true. These eight kinds of delicacies, also called "Eight Treasures", are famous in the history of China cuisine. Liver fat is related to dogs.

To make this dish, you need to use two parts of the dog's body,

one is the dog's liver,

the other is the mesentery that adheres to the outside of the dog's intestine. "Book of Rites" said: "Take a dog's liver, treat it with its fat, stir-fry it, and raise it with its fat.

what do you mean? That is to say, a piece of liver should be taken from a dog,

wrapped with the mesentery of the dog,

starched with batter or rice paste,

cooked on the fire,

so as to make a delicious liver fat for the King of Zhou. ? "Historical Records Research" explains this: "The sacrifices used by the alliance are different. The emperor uses cows and horses, the princes use dogs and donkeys, and the doctors use chickens below. " During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, they swore that they must slaughter livestock and drink their blood. According to the status of the oath taker, the livestock slaughtered are different. The son of heaven vowed to kill cattle and horses; The princes vowed to kill the dog and cook it; Ordinary officials and ordinary people vowed to catch a chicken, chop off the head of the chicken, and just use chicken blood.

Zhao Su, a Confucian scholar, wrote this passage:

"Farmers kill cows and eat meat, and they get furuncle every year. Cattle can exert their strength and hurt Kun Shun's qi; Killing a horse to eat meat, the silkworm will die at the age of years, and the horse will be the father of the silkworm, which will also hurt the spirit of the sun.

Chickens, dolphins, dogs, bustards, sheep, pigs, geese and ducks, the second year of winter, are enough to offer sacrifices for the elderly. " As farmers, never

eat beef and horse meat, let alone kill them, otherwise it will bring plague, because cattle and horses work for people and are

kind to people. If meat is necessary for ancestor worship and festivals, why not kill chickens, dogs, pigs and sheep? Zhao Su's words reflect the "main theme" of the ancient people in China who chose meat: try not to eat beef as much as possible, but eat dog meat. To sum up? Ancient people regarded dog meat as the same as ordinary meat.