The 2020 Summer Solstice Yulin Dog Meat Festival is on Sunday, June 21, the first day of the fifth lunar month.

Guangxi Yulin Dog Meat Festival

The reasons for the rise of the "Lychee Dog Meat Festival":

First, according to folklore. Namo Daxing Samantabhadra Bodhisattva. There is a folk saying: "Winter-stopping fish gives birth to summer-stopping dogs." Since dog meat is warm and easy to get angry, and the summer solstice is the day when the "yang energy" is the strongest, eating lychees and dog meat, two very "hot" foods (easy to get angry) Things coincide with the "yang energy", "yang controls yang", and the heart will not be as hot as usual, so eat a big meal with ease on this day.

However, there is a saying that "Winter Solstice fish gives birth to Summer Solstice dog", and the two similar pronunciations of "Zhi" and "Zhi" make people misunderstand its meaning. Some people believe that this should be understood as eating raw fish during the winter solstice and eating dog meat during the summer solstice. So people began to eat dog meat and lychees when the summer solstice came, and it gradually became a custom.

The second is the creation of businessmen. There are many taboos for businessmen, and doing business requires good intentions. The coming of the summer solstice means the change of seasons. In order to get a good omen that business is booming all year round, so on the occasion of the hot summer, I specially bought lychees, dog meat, and old wine that are easy to get angry and eat them together. Lychees are hot and humid, while dog meat is irritating. Eating the two together is tantamount to adding fuel to the fire. However, in the eyes of businessmen, it means "booming, prosperous, prosperous", and this saying quickly gained popularity among many people. Therefore, on this day, I would rather take the risk of nosebleeds and slap my teeth with my index finger at all costs. This eventually evolved into what is now the Exclusive Festival.

Three is a pure reason to eat. Some people say that this festival was probably created by a few idle people who wanted to find a place to eat and drink.