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[Azaad]

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Nowadays beef dishes are commonly available in China but that wasn't always the case. This phenomenon is as late as mid last century before which there were strong taboos on beef consumption on the pain of death during the Qing Dynasty rule & before.

Arguably this is one of the chief reasons for the Han vs Hui wars during the late Qing dynasty era resulting in millions of deaths with the Huis insisting on cow slaughter & the Han resisting it backed up by the Qing dynasty court officials & army.

It's truly tragic to see how far the Han has fallen in his attempts to distance himself from his own past & embrace "modernism." Truly the modern Han has lost his soul to the extent that the current generation may not even be aware of these taboos & their pen roots.

 

[shade2]

do you know, the han chinese have a 2000 year old history of eating their own feces for medicine? Ching chongs like using cowdung as a slur, as if that is not their favourite delicacy for centuries

@bakofbakchod is this gem from DeepCheenq?

 

[Gyyaan]

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Chinese have started attacking Children abroad.
From Canada to Australia(Boiling hot substance poured on children) to this.
Freaking Subhumans as if slashing kids at school in China wasn't enough.

 

[helin]

View: https://twitter.com/CscrTw/status/1893348518510649456?s=19

Nowadays beef dishes are commonly available in China but that wasn't always the case. This phenomenon is as late as mid last century before which there were strong taboos on beef consumption on the pain of death during the Qing Dynasty rule & before.

Arguably this is one of the chief reasons for the Han vs Hui wars during the late Qing dynasty era resulting in millions of deaths with the Huis insisting on cow slaughter & the Han resisting it backed up by the Qing dynasty court officials & army.

It's truly tragic to see how far the Han has fallen in his attempts to distance himself from his own past & embrace "modernism." Truly the modern Han has lost his soul to the extent that the current generation may not even be aware of these taboos & their pen roots.

In an agricultural society, cattle capable of ploughing fields were one of the most important means of production in agricultural production. In order to protect agricultural production and maintain the normal operation of the national economy, the ancient Chinese imperial court would prohibit the common people from eating beef through legislation.
Since slaughtering cattle is an illegal act, does that mean everyone really stops eating beef? The answer is no.
The law only stipulates that cattle cannot be killed, but for those cattle that die naturally, they can still be eaten.

 

[Azaad]

In an agricultural society, cattle capable of ploughing fields were one of the most important means of production in agricultural production. In order to protect agricultural production and maintain the normal operation of the national economy, the ancient Chinese imperial court would prohibit the common people from eating beef through legislation.
Since slaughtering cattle is an illegal act, does that mean everyone really stops eating beef? The answer is no.

The Indian Buddhist Origins of the Chinese Beef Taboo | Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

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During the late-imperial period, the beef taboo was widely propagated in China. Many people (especially in South China) refrained from consuming the meat of buffaloes and oxen (both species being referred to by same term: niu). The dietary prohibition was related to the divinity of the animal. Legend had it that that the ox (and/or buffalo) was a Buddhist deity who descended from Heaven for the express purpose of pulling the plow. The animal was a god who sacrificed itself for its owner’s sake. Eating its flesh was not only thankless, it was blasphemous.

In this paper, I trace the origins of the late-imperial Chinese beef taboo to ancient India. I argue that Buddhism served as a vehicle introducing the Indian inviolability of the cattle to China. The sanctity of the Chinese ox/buffalo derived from the divinity of the Indian cow. The paper highlights the role of Buddhism in bringing Indian civilization to bear upon Chinese culture and religion. It also reveals a neglected aspect of Buddhist dietary practice. At least in certain times and places, Buddhist clerics advocated the inviolability of the cattle as distinct from other animal species. They refrained from consuming beef as distinct from other meats

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The law only stipulates that cattle cannot be killed, but for those cattle that die naturally, they can still be eaten.

Those that die naturally can still be eaten ?? That's called scavenging. Are you even aware of what you're saying ?

 

[helin]

The Indian Buddhist Origins of the Chinese Beef Taboo | Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

www.ames.cam.ac.uk

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Those that die naturally can still be eaten ?? That's called scavenging. Are you even aware of what you're saying ?

This is a way to circumvent the law

It is clearly stipulated in the "Laws of the Han Dynasty" : "It is not allowed to slaughter a small number of teeth." That is to say, the common people can eat beef if they want to, but they can only slaughter those old, weak, sick and disabled cattle.
During the Song Dynasty, except for those that died of illness or were old cattle, no one else was allowed to be killed. Even sick or old cattle had to be reported to the government in advance and obtain a permit before they could be killed.