Fu Yang Festival
fu yang festival chinese 伏羊节 traditional festival celebrated local resident xuzhou ancient city located northwest jiangsu province festival start day chufu chinese 初伏 around midjuly according lunar calendar day summer solstice last nearly one month china “fu” chinese 伏 refers hottest day summer known u mutton including goat sheep lamb kind hot food may make people sweat eating——thats part china people choose eat mutton cold winter day rather summer however xuzhou people act diametrically opposite way enjoy bathed sweat well tasting delicious dish made mutton burning hot sun peng zu time common custom eating sheep xuzhou yang fang hidden fish chinese 羊方藏鱼 created peng zu sublimation sheep cooking skill era according book han record emperor gave meat subordinate late morning official meat time mutton first three animal doubt emperor futian shared mutton minister sheep eaten palace also record book han dynasty tian family worked hard old cooked sheep canned lamb fought wine work out田家作苦，岁时伏腊，烹羊炮羔，斗酒自劳 however little known eating mutton cooked pepper chili cumin hot condiment summer day great benefit people health according chinese traditional medicine save body cold prepare well northern chilly weather autumn winter come along folk custom existence thousand year significantly contributed local culture making abundant colorful meaningful onemonth festival restaurant xuzhou recommend best dish diner hoping satisfy good business restaurant surrounding area flavor characteristic warmly welcomed come city center demonstrate regional food period time people xuzhou also able enjoy various kind display show long history home city example traditional opera martial art chinese kung fu goatfight papercut shadow play puppet number flower stone bird show fu yang festival people gather celebration eat mutton drink mutton soup festival popular among citizen greatly enhanced attractive power xuzhou 徐州伏羊节商标注册之争 xuzhou fu yang festival trademark dispute internet archive copy july archived original april retrieved june cite web c maint unfit url link