The formal pig killing is to stun the pig and cut the carotid artery. Private individuals without specialized equipment just stab the pig in the neck to puncture the pig's large blood vessels, presumably the carotid artery and aorta on one side, based on the direction of the knife.

Pig killers in rural China often have a sharp knife, the way to kill the pig that is called a fast and accurate, after bleeding the pig, the pig all over the body of different parts of the pig according to different needs to cut down.

For example, pork can be used for rituals, but also can be used to make pig head meat, pig legs can be taken to make pig's feet soup, or cured bacon. There are also parts of the meat such as pork tenderloin and pork cutlet that you can take home and eat yourself, or take out and sell.

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The New Year's pig represents reunion. The first meal of killing the New Year pig is to entertain their neighbors. The New Year's pig represents harmony among neighbors. After the pigs are slaughtered, the pork is properly preserved and stored, reflecting the most traditional agricultural concepts of fall harvest and winter storage.

The winter in Northeast China is so cold that New Year's Eve pork can be stored from Lunar New Year until early February without spoiling. The careful budgeting will use the meat according to the "plan", then the Han Chinese folk as the "New Year" throughout the first month, "continuous meat to eat".