Depending on where the Chinese are from, Chinese people in farming areas rarely eat horse meat, but Chinese people in pastoral areas eat horse meat no differently than beef and mutton.

As the saying goes: "Donkey meat is fragrant, horse meat is smelly, and you will not eat mule meat until you die." If the blood and water of horse meat are not cleaned, it will have a strong smell. In addition, China used to be an agricultural society. Farmers had affection for large animals, which were basically considered members of the family. In the past, they rarely even ate beef. There were stories in Ming and Qing novels about being struck by lightning after eating beef. And horses are much more valuable than cattle in the Central Plains. During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, a strong cow cost 5-7 taels of silver, and a horse cost at least 20 taels of silver. If it was a group of majestic and tall horses, commonly known as "BMWs" among the people, the price would be 1,200 taels. Even three or four hundred taels can't stop it. As livestock, horses are relatively rare in farming areas. Most farmers do not raise horses because they are very delicate and expensive to raise. They are not as strong as cows, mules and donkeys. "Copper ox and iron mule are made of paper" horse". If they are raised less and have less opportunities to eat, they will not get used to the taste of horse meat for a long time. On the contrary, in China's pastoral areas, such as Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai and even Gansu, horse meat is very famous as a local flavor food. The most famous one is Xinjiang's smoked horse sausage. Guangxi also has the habit of eating horse meat. The local horse meat is The meat rice noodles and braised horse meat are also famous.