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Xinhuanet, Beijing, June 21 (reporters Liu Xiaoli and Wu Hao)-"6·21" dog meat section of Litchi this year, Yulin has been more questioning and criticism. People eating dog meat in Yulin's four hundred or five hundred years of history, and in many parts of the country, also has the habit of eating dog meat. Among the many conflicting voices, also voices that, eating dog meat is a traditional custom, should be respected. Eating dog meat and modern civilization, natural: is it contradictory?

　　Aspects of eating dog meat practices

Dog meat in many countries, such as China, Korea, Korea, Viet Nam, Indonesia and so on are fit for human consumption. All over the country also have a famous dog meat dishes, but the main dog meat eating area is Northeast and Guizhou to Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, China.

Lai Chi Kok dog meat section is the spontaneous formation of folk festivals, Yulin, Guangxi. Each year the summer solstice, Yulin, call them "the hottest day of the year", the locals will prepare gourmet food and wine in the day, hupenghuanyou together with the summer solstice.

Huajiang town of guanling County, Guizhou province, located 80 kilometers west of teluk INTAN, only 30 km away from the huangguoshu scenic spot, is located in the buyi and Miao autonomous county. As the nation's traditional festival, "June" this day of buyi people according to the ancient rules of dog meat treat guests. Is documented, huajiang village dog, at least more than 100 years of business history.

Korean masses like dog food, which concentrated distribution area of the Korean nationality in Yanbian area, consumption of dog meat is larger, representing Jilin province 70%. Korean in daily life like dog meat, drink dog soup and nourishing the body. But the impact of animal protection organizations, as well as public opinion, most of the operating business of dog meat restaurants will have "dog house" was renamed as "fragrant meat Pavilion" and "Museum up soup."

For many years, eating dog meat for dog lovers and animal rights activists criticized controversial. In 2011, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province has banned more than 600-year history of allegedly "dog meat".

　　Respect for cultural diversity is the essence of respect for life

Dogs have long been regarded as "companion animals" gory "dog day" Street slaughter, and killing animals, not only to the global fast companion animal runs counter to the consensus, and massacred the bloody scenes of the scene of the massive negative feelings can not be ignored.

Associate Professor, Institute of science, technology and society at Tsinghua University, Chinese food culture Seminar vegetarian Committee Jiang Jingsong believes that multiculturalism does need respect, but respect the deeper behind multiculturalism based on respect for life, respect for diverse cultures is subordinate to respect for life. On the pretext of respect for diverse cultures, pampering for life, and then squeezed out the Foundation of respect for diverse cultures, and came back.

He said that the essence of respect for diverse cultures, is a weak culture and care for vulnerable groups. But in the so-called dog meat section of culture, being subjected to mass killings of dogs is vulnerable and disadvantaged, in need of protection and care. Therefore, banned dog meat section, save with human emotions close to the dog, is truly embodies the spirit of respect for diverse cultures.

Professor Li Jianjun of China Agricultural University said that the food we eat at the dinner table, is not a private matter, and closely related with our fundamental values and our civilization, comes to us to get along with others including animal, how to establish our place in nature. What do we have in a sense define who we are as human beings, what kind of virtue. Specific to the dog meat section, may and we are against bloodshed and killings, attitudes of respect for life and the concept of modern civilization. Controversial dog meat section in Yulin, which may be one of the main reasons.

　　Dog meat section game between civilization and barbarism

Jiang Jingsong said: "tradition is not the ethical legitimacy according to behind barbaric customs was indeed need to modified. Customs is not bloody reason, historically, many barbaric awful practices are to be abolished. "What kind of traditions need to be protected, the traditions of early elimination? This must be based on ethical principles of guidelines as a measure of judgment, because the law often lags, it often reflects society's ethical consensus in the past. Outdated laws are likely to have hindered the harmonious development of society, affecting the realization of fairness and justice.

Li said that dog meat section is a kind of folk in Yulin, nothing wrong with that, but traditional does not mean that is what civilization without moral judgment and ethical debate. Yulin city animal protection on the dog meat section of the press and much of the country's resistance to dog meat section, of modern public life, consciousness and critique of the bloodshed.

He said that, in the absence of ethical concern, how can safely eat? Determines our "tongue" security not only on business and technology, as well as our own ethical attitudes.

10:08 on June 21, 2014 Xinhua NET