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Culture Insider: Customs of Sanfu - the dog days of summer

Updated: 2014-08-04 07:14 (chinadaily.com.cn)
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Drinking mutton soup

There is a custom in southern Shandong province where people drink mutton soup during Sanfu. Many people go to local restaurants to drink mutton soup, which is called “summer mutton soup”. It is believed that mutton which is hot in nature can relieve internal cold.

Culture Insider: Customs of <EM>Sanfu </EM>- the dog days of summer

Customers wait to buy "summer mutton soup" in a restaurant in Linyi, Shandong province, July 22, 2010.[Photo by Fang Dehua/asianewsphoto.com]

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Culture Insider: Customs of <EM>Sanfu </EM>- the dog days of summer

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