The date set for the Festival of the Fox and Sheep is the beginning of the day of the first ambush of the traditional lunar calendar each year, passing through the middle ambush and ending at the end of the last ambush, for one month in a row. According to the Chinese calendar method, the first ambush begins on the day of the third g day after the summer solstice, which is the beginning of the real summer days, and the first ambush is fixed for 10 days. Mid-volt usually also refers to the period from the fourth g day after the summer solstice to the day before the first g day after the beginning of autumn, also called the second volt. The last ambush is the first g day after the fall, is the last of the three ambush days, commonly known as the autumn tiger, the end of the ambush morning and evening cooler, the daytime sun is still intense.
Customs
During the festival, the festival was held in major hotels, restaurants, lamb museums have launched a series of "ambrosia sheep dishes" to accept the public's evaluation. At the same time, the surrounding areas featured mutton museum to Xuzhou to focus on the display of local snacks.
During the festival Xuzhou, Xiaoxian, Shanghai and other places to organize the opening ceremony of the festival, the daily staging
local opera, performances of dance, martial arts, folklore, exhibition of cloth, face painting, paper-cutting, and bird and stone exhibits, and so on.
Culture
During the Spring and Autumn Period, the prime minister of the State of Jin, Fox Yan, was so proud of his accomplishments that he killed his in-laws, Zhao Fai. Zhao Fai was a minister who followed the Duke of Jin for many years, and had the reputation of "giving up virtue for virtue". Although he had been buried, his son, who was the son-in-law of Fox Yan, could not calm down his resentment, and wanted to take out this breath for his father. Coincidentally, this year the state of Jin suffered a disaster, fox Yan out of grain, said June 6 home birthday, his son-in-law decided to take advantage of the birthday occasion, assassinate the father-in-law, for his father's revenge. The daughter of the careful probe into this matter, rushed back to her mother's home to report the letter. During the period of fox Yan's grain release, he witnessed the hardships of the people and regretted that he had not listened to the advice of his in-laws in the past, and was condemned in his heart. When he learned that his son-in-law was going to assassinate himself, he not only did not blame, but also took the initiative to give his son-in-law to accompany the crime, reconciling the conflict between the two sides. Since then, every year on June 6, we invite our daughter and son-in-law to go home, steamed new wheat flour buns, boiled mutton hospitality, and deepen mutual affection. This practice is widely followed in folklore, into the elimination of hatred and dissolve grudges, harmonious **** at the warm scene. There is also a saying "June 6 to pick up the aunt, son-in-law grandson of a big house" also explains this scene.
The new wheat on the field, new wine brewed, sheep fat and delicious, easy to organize banquets. So every year into the first day of the first day for eating sheep start, and June 6 difference of a few days, Xuzhou people eat sheep a long history, is located in the hilly area, green hills, green water, lush grass. From grass germination to the ambush before the goat fat, tender and delicious, fat and thin between the aroma, the stink is very small, coupled with Xuzhou's unique refined chili oil, accompanied by green garlic, cilantro, a variety of spices cooking, the flavor of the mellow juice is thick and not greasy, whitening the soup color is very appetizing.
Influence
The Fuyang Festival originated in Xiaoxian County, flourished in Xuzhou, and is popular in Suzhou, Huaibei, Shangqiu, Suqian, Lianyungang, Jining, Zaozhuang, Fengxian and other areas, and it's a gastronomic extravaganza on the summer day. Continuing for one month, the influence of the festival is getting wider and wider, and the response is getting more and more. The day to eat sheep from the ancient Xuzhou County Xiao County to Shanghai, Shandong, Anhui, Hubei, Zhejiang and other provinces and cities, people around the world more and more to accept the "winter disease, summer treatment, toxin to fight poison," the concept of diet.
Festival Features
Fu sheep, is the hot summer into the ambush day of lamb. The custom of eating mutton on the day of the summer, not only implies
the simple health concept of "unity of heaven and mankind", but also contains a certain scientific basis. Eat lamb on the day of the body is hot to heat, sweating detoxification, the winter and spring poison, dampness, is the food for the treatment of the great initiative, from July 11, 2002 was officially named the ambrosia sheep festival, Pengcheng people pay special attention to. The first ambrosia festival by Mr. Luo Guangjin creative planning, comprehensive organization, in the Zhongshan Hotel Pengcheng Brewery vigorously supported by the city's more than 100 restaurants to participate in the Folklore Society "Pengcheng Evening News" as the organizer, "Xuzhou Daily", "City Morning Post", "Xuzhou TV station to give a fanfare of publicity, "Xinhua Newspaper" in the 15th of July, published in the "2009 Xuzhou Pengzhou ambrosia festival opening,". Jiangsu TV introduced the warm scene of the first Xuzhou Fuyang Festival in Jiangsu New Time. Since then, the festival has become a recognized folk culture in Xuzhou.
After the China Cuisine Association site visit, Xuzhou City is recognized as "China's ambrosia sheep food capital". In July 14, 2009 held in 2009 China (Xuzhou) Pengzu Foo Yang Festival opening ceremony was held on the award ceremony.
The festival is a unique folklore food and cultural festivals in Xuzhou. 2010, the organizers of the festival will be the sacred flame of the festival to 16 cities and counties in four provinces. A number of cultural and sightseeing activities are also organized during the festival. It is reported that the 2010 festival, in addition to setting up the main venue in Xuzhou Hancheng, but also in the Fengxian, Pizhou, Xinyi, Tongshan and other four counties (cities) to open a branch, the ambrosia feast from the city to the countryside. 2013 ambrosia festival is July 13th.
Festival Highlights
Head Goat: Draped in red and flowers to lead ***
In Pengcheng shearer stock pedestrian street, a two-horned strange, robust, snow-colored, hair long touch the ground of the goat Draped in red and flowers on the stage to win a round of applause. This is named "Pengcheng first leading goat" ornamental goat, is the people have spent nine oxen and two tigers, from Tongshan County, Maocun Town, Liouwu Village to find. The owner of the sheep Xue Chuanmeng from childhood in the mountains and wild sheep. He told reporters, the sheep understanding, usually with the owner as shadow, had commanded more than 300 sheep. The night road, it guided before the line; across the river, it first "soldier"; encountered the wolf dog, it pounced on the front.
Fighting sheep: "Flower face king" force to thwart the group
In the Tube Mountain pedestrian street, by the Soviet Union, Lu, Anhui and Inner Mongolia 4 provinces and regions to participate in the Fighting Sheep Association Fighting Sheep Contest, carried out in full swing. more than 20 fierce plagiarism fighting sheep, after more than 10 fights, Shandong Heze's "Flower face king" and Anhui Dangshan's "big white sheep" to enter the final rounds. Sheep trainer with their respective players in the field circuit, 2 foes close to each other with the body rubbing a bit, to show friendship. Turn the eye of the final began, 2 rivals from the left and right ends of the field, bowed against the leg, angry look at each other, and then rushed forward, head horns "bang" collided with each other. After 5 rounds of fighting, the king of the flower face to win.
Eat sheep: women do not let the men in the small square in the mountain of Tobu, eat sheep competition has become another attraction for the public to see. The rules of the competition are to see who can use the shortest time to eat 1 catty lamb, drink up a bottle of beer. It is generally believed that the big bowl of wine, large pieces of meat is a man's patent, it is expected that five women and more than 20 other men appear on the same stage, not show weakness. Reporters see, a 60-year-old woman also braved the heat to come. After a lot of gobbling like a fight, a chubby Ms. Zhang in the crowd of women to win the first. However, the ladies were still a little behind in the finals. Skinny Mr. Geng to 2 minutes 46 seconds to win the championship, 1 bottle of beer, 1 catty lamb eaten, the stomach is actually still flat, seems to have the intention of not full.
Sheep Banquet: high-grade sheep dishes sing the lead Jiangsu Province and Xuzhou City Culinary Association is the "Fuyang Festival" one of the organizers, they will focus on enhancing the Fuyang Festival taste, grade. They absorbed Nanjing, Zhengzhou, Handan and other nearly 10 cities to participate in the activities of the festival, after the preparations rated 13 "gold medal feast", today at the same time in the city's star-rated restaurants to meet with customers. Xuzhou people naked under the poisonous sun to gnaw on the leg of lamb, drink lamb soup of the old image is changing, Xuzhou's ambrosia famous dishes will also be gradually pushed to the four sides.
Sacred Fire Ceremony
2010 China (Xuzhou) Peng Zu Fu Sheep Festival Sacred Fire Ceremony was held in JiuLi District, Seoul. 8:30 a.m. on July 17, 2010, the fire ceremony in the large-scale live-action cultural and artistic performances kicked off, the performance of the part of the ancient Peng Shen Cang Yuan recall, dance Han Feng three chapters. Subsequently, more than 300 master chefs with reference to the ancient rituals of worship Pengzu, held a fire ceremony. According to reports, Pengzu holy fire ignition, will be 40 ambrosia sheep ambassadors composed of holy fire passing party escort torch relay, from nine miles of Seoul, for a period of three days of torch relay, through the Huaihai Economic Zone, seven major cities, including six counties in Xuzhou, **** 14 counties, cities and districts, and finally arrived at the opening ceremony of the site of Fengxian. According to the person in charge of the Fuyang Festival, take the sacred fire and the sacred fire transmission when the past years Pengzu Fuyang Festival is one of the most significant activities of the project, mainly through the transmission of the sacred fire of Pengzu to express to the people of the four sides of the transmission of harmony and well-being of the good wishes, at the same time will be the cultural transmission of Pengzu to the four corners of the world. During this festival, the specialties and many local snacks will be gathered in Seoul; folk performances, drama shows and other entertainment activities will be staged in Seoul every day, showing the passion and boldness of Xuzhou people.
The sacred fire of Fuyang arrived in Suzhou on July 16, 2010 The sacred fire of 2010 China (Xuzhou) Pengzu Fuyang Festival arrived in Suzhou, Anhui Province at 4:00 pm yesterday after passing through Yongcheng and Huaibei. Wherever it went, it attracted the attention of local people and relevant departments.
In the streets of downtown Huaibei, many restaurants in front of the door, hung with a banner written with the words "to meet the festival, push high-quality mutton". According to the local people, Huaibei, there is no local sheep festival, the banner refers to the Xuzhou sheep festival. Huaibei Bureau of Commerce Deputy Director Wang Jiaping said, Xuzhou Fox Sheep Festival on the influence of Huaibei is very large, because the local people love to eat mutton, many restaurants are operating mutton. Many hotels borrow Xuzhou Foo Yang Festival this brand, promotion, the effect is very good.
The person in charge of Yongcheng said that Yongcheng is adjacent to Xuzhou and has many of the same traditions in folk culture. This China (Xuzhou) Pengzu Fu sheep festival sacred fire passing activities is the fourth time to Yongcheng, not only to Yongcheng to do sheep industry to form a promotion, but also will promote the development of tourism in the two places, and for the two places of cultural exchanges and cooperation to provide a good opportunity.
In Cebu City *** in front of the bank square, Mr. Liu, a citizen of the reporter said, "Volt day to eat sheep" is also a major custom of the people of Cebu, and Xuzhou folk "Pengcheng Volt a bowl of soup, without the doctor to prescribe medication," has a similarity and similarity The same thing. He said that when the Xuzhou Fox Sheep Festival opens, he will go to Xuzhou with the whole family to taste the Fox Sheep food, visit the beautiful scenery of Han culture.
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Xuzhou
On July 6, 2015, the organizing committee of the 2015 China (Xuzhou) Pengzuo Foxing Sheep Festival held a press conference to issue an invitation to the majority of food enthusiasts, welcoming everyone to visit Xuzhou, eat foxing sheep, and feel the characteristics of food culture. The festival will be opened on the evening of July 12, a month, the main venue in the Cornucopia Health Valley, the theme is "so fragrant, I want to go to taste". During the festival, a series of activities will be held to worship Peng Zu Ceremony, food exhibition and sale of sheep, sheep characteristics of the selection of dishes, sheep barbecue, Peng Zu health culture talks, charming Xuzhou tour, etc. July 11, 4:30 pm, Xiaoxian County, the temperature is 32 degrees, Xiaoxian County, the main venue for the thousands of people to eat sheep tasting will be held on the site to support the diameter of the 3-meter cauldron, the fire stove, the smell of the four overflowing.
Xiaoxian
Foo Yang soup is a winter cold, Xiaoxian people love to drink on the day of the three volts. It is said that the sheep after the spring and winter seasons of nourishment, fat and tender meat, stewed soup meals taste small; three volts of human volume stored in the day of accumulation of heat, drinking goat soup sweating all over the body, can be dispersed in the body heat.
Thousands of people ate sheep tasting, set up 3-meter main pot 1 mouth, 1.5-meter diameter secondary pot 2 mouth, 3 pots "Pin" shape placed. Pot put 30 head of sheep, 500 pounds of sheep bone, weighing 2 tons, can meet 2000 people dining at the same time.