Xuzhou Fuyang Festival is July 11.

The Fu Sheep Festival begins on the first day of the lunar calendar each year and ends at the end of the month, lasting for one month.

"Eating Fuyang in Futian" has a long history in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, which can be traced back to the Yao and Shun period.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying among the people in the Huaihai area that "a bowl of soup is enough for a sheep, and there is no need for a miracle doctor to prescribe it."

Xuzhou is the hometown of Peng Zu, the originator of Chinese cooking, and eating sheep is a unique folk custom in Sulu, Henan and other surrounding areas centered on Xuzhou. It is an intangible cultural heritage recognized by Jiangsu Province and the Xuzhou Municipal Government.

Xuzhou is the hometown of Fuyang cuisine in China awarded by the China Cuisine Association.

The Xuzhou Pengzu Fuyang Festival has become so famous that it has been recognized as an intangible cultural heritage item by Jiangsu Province and Xuzhou Municipal Government. The annual "Fuyang Festival" has also become a local traditional folk culture.

The purpose of holding the Pengzu Fuyang Festival is to inherit Xuzhou’s food culture, create Xuzhou’s food characteristics, and let more people know about Xuzhou and enter Xuzhou.

Development of Fuyang Festival In the summer of 2000, Xutang Wuxiang Sheep Head Restaurant in the south of Xiao County, Anhui Province planned Fuyang Festival activities. For the first time, it launched the folk "Fuyang Cultural Festival" in Xiao County, China, and gained recognition from other mutton restaurants.

response actively.

On July 11, 2002, Xuzhou held the first Fuyang Food Culture Festival, officially named Fuyang Festival.

In 2003, the second Fuyang Festival in Xuzhou was organized by private organizations.

In 2004, the Xuzhou Culinary Association officially took the lead in organizing the third Fuyang Festival, attracting colleagues from nearly 10 cities including Nanjing, Zhengzhou, and Handan to participate in Fuyang Festival activities.

In 2005, the Xuzhou Municipal People's Government hosted the 4th Fuyang Festival and began to operate in a market-oriented mode.

In 2006, the fifth Xuzhou Fuyang Festival used the name "China (Xuzhou) Pengzu Fuyang Festival", which has been used ever since.

In 2007, the 6th Fuyang Festival in Xuzhou was jointly supported by the China Cuisine Association and the Jiangsu Provincial Cuisine Association.

In the same year, Xiao County, Anhui Province held the first Fuyang Cultural Festival.

The Fu Sheep Festival is held in Yixian County, Liaoning Province.