Besides eating jiaozi, there is a folk saying that you should bow your head when eating mutton. The custom of eating sheep in the Voldemort originated from the worship of Emperor Yan and Zhu Rong and the inheritance of Peng Zu's good at cooking sheep, which first prevailed in the Han Dynasty. Yang Hui of the Han Dynasty said in his book Bao Sun: "The Tian family worked hard, waxed when they were old, cooked and roasted sheep, and competed for wine." Now this custom has been handed down. At night, the new wheat is ripe, the new wine is brewed, and the mutton is fat. Many mutton shops offer all-sheep feasts on this day.

There is a tradition of "lying sheep" (that is, eating mutton in dog days) in southwestern Shandong, northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui and eastern Henan. Because the local people think that this method can "treat heat with heat, sweat and detoxify", so these areas have long had the saying that "a bowl of soup for sheep in summer does not need a doctor's prescription" and "eat mutton soup in summer and don't wear cashmere sweater in winter".

What are the benefits of eating mutton?

Mutton itself is delicious and has a good health care function. "Dog days" is the hottest time of the year, and many areas have the tradition of "eating mutton in dog days". Local people think that eating mutton in summer can "sweat and detoxify".

After being nourished in spring and summer, the sheep grew fat and tender meat, and the soup stewed with its meat was mellow and tasteless. Therefore, there is a saying of mutton contestants in June; Secondly, in dog days, heat accumulates in the human body, and eating mutton after sleeping in summer is said to clean the stomach, relieve summer heat and eliminate dampness. In summer, people have more opportunities to eat fruits and vegetables raw, which is easy to cause indigestion. Drinking cold drinks and cold beer can easily make the stomach cold, while mutton can warm the stomach and produce fluid, protect the gastrointestinal tract and dispel the accumulated heat in the body. Thirdly, there is a saying in Chinese medicine that eating mutton in dog days can keep you strong in winter, especially to keep out the cold and prevent all induced diseases. Therefore, eating mutton and drinking mutton soup in dog days has the effect of invigorating qi and nourishing blood. "