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Mongolian people call meat food "Ulan Yide", which means red food. Meat food is the main food for raising Mongolians. According to "A Brief Account of Black Tartars", Mongolian meat products mainly come from hunting products and domestic animals. Animals from hunting include rabbits, deer, antelope and so on. The usual food is mainly domestic livestock, mainly sheep, followed by cattle, not a large banquet, generally do not kill horses, because now they think horses are more noble animals. "Suiyuan Tongzhi Draft" says: "Its custom is to avoid eating horse meat. In the early years, everyone was transferred to the army and made meritorious deeds, so they used their strength not to eat their meat." . Of course, this is also related to the traditional Mongolian concept of loving horses. This kind of eating habit lasted for nearly a thousand years, which not only formed the unique custom of this nation, but also had a certain influence on other hunting nations. In the Mongolian meat structure, small animals are mainly eaten, mainly sheep, because sheep are the main livestock, and others are obtained by hunting. The Mongolian people believe that heat-eating animals are beneficial to the human body, because cattle and horses are relatively large animals, and they are not as convenient to slaughter as sheep, and they are responsible for transportation, so horses are usually slaughtered at the time of sacrifice. Mutton is the favorite meat of herders. In the long-term life, herders have accumulated rich life experience and made a series of mutton delicacies such as roast whole sheep and braised pork.
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