Because fish bites sheep is a famous dish in Xiao County, Anhui Province, and it is also a dish you have to eat in Anhui cuisine. So why exactly does it have so much reputation?
There are two legends about the origin of fish and sheep, one of which says that when Confucius was preaching his political ideas in various countries, he was starving, and his students would come to cook fish and lamb together, and the result of this cooking out of the flavor is excellent, delicious, so that the combination of fish and sheep with a word to describe it is "fresh"; Another is a local farmer with his sheep in a boat across the river, due to the cabin is too small, there is a sheep was pushed off the boat, the sea of fish are going to compete for the lamb, because they eat a lot of lamb, full to the inability to swim normally, and then was the fishermen to salvage and cooking, the results found that the fish ate lamb cooked out of the flavor, taste, special, and since then, "the fish bites the sheep! The "Fish Bites Goat" has become a dish that has been passed down in the region since then.
So, fish bite sheep is a famous dish in Anhui!