1, in the Yuan Dynasty, for the nomadic Jin people, the dog is a good helper for them to hunt, they see the dog as a friend, so will not eat dog meat. For the Han people, and the dog is not so deep emotional ties, so they will secretly eat, so that time dog meat is not on the banquet.

2, in the Qing Dynasty, the Manchu legend of dogs and crows saved the life of Nurhachu, so the dog is regarded as the guardian god of the Manchus, so the Manchus ate dog meat in the back, Uighur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Salar, Dongxiang, Bao'an, Tajik, Tatar, Uzbek 10 ethnic minorities to eat pork, when there is a law to prohibit the eating of dog meat. So the feast could not have dog meat.

3, to the Empress Dowager Cixi's time, she is extremely hate dog meat, a meal is given to her end of the dish has dog meat, Cixi said: dog is my family's God, shall not be on the table. Folk blackmail, the formation of today's dog meat on the big seat of the custom.

4, nowadays, Yulin Dog Meat Festival is boycotted by many dog lovers, eat dog meat is condemned by dog lovers, eat can only be eaten secretly, not on the table. Let alone become a dish at the banquet.

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Food Culture:

1, Asia

Dog meat in East Asia, such as Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia are eaten throughout the region. In some parts of China, it is also called "fragrant meat" or "ground lamb". Soft-shelled turtle dog meat in Pei County, Jiangsu Province, is the most famous traditional food specialties in Pei County. Soft-shelled turtle juice dog meat is sauce red, bright color, taste and smell, meat tough but not quite, rotten but not greasy, can be described as color, aroma and taste are all good. Pei County has become a famous ancient and modern "town of dog meat".

But many places in southern China continue the habit of eating dog meat. Vietnam has also preserved this custom.

2, France

In France, the consumption of dog meat is not common and is regarded as a taboo, the consumption of dog meat has appeared in France. Bones of slaughtered dogs found in archaeological sites in Gaul show the earliest evidence of dog meat consumption in France. Similar evidence has been documented in Europe at similar or earlier times. The French press in the late nineteenth century reported cases of people queuing up to buy dog meat, which it described as "wonderful and tender".

Paris, France, was besieged in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War. During that period all kinds of pets, including dogs and cats, and even animals in zoos were used as food. The great French writer Victor Hugo recorded the incident, with people waiting outside butcher stores to buy dog meat. There were dog meat stores in France as late as 1910, and there are reports of some butchers selling dog meat in Paris. It is rumored that dog meat is still eaten today in northern Paris.