People in the south usually prepare cured pork as a must-have dish for the Spring Festival, China’s Lunar New Year. Hanging sausages and cuts of meat create quite a scene ahead of the festival. In Chinese, preserved meat is commonly referred to as la rou because la also refers
to the month of December on the lunar calendar. 

People preparing meat in a village in Rong’an County, Liuzhou City, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 22, 2018.(Photo: China News Service/Tan Kaixing)

People preparing meat in a village in Rong’an County, Liuzhou City, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 22, 2018.(Photo: China News Service/Tan Kaixing)

Home-made cured meat is then left in the sun to dry. People in the south usually prepare cured pork as a must-have dish for the Spring Festival, China’s Lunar New Year. Hanging sausages and cuts of meat create quite a scene ahead of the festival. In Chinese, preserved meat is commonly referred to as la rou because la also refers to the month of December on the lunar calendar. 

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People preparing meat in a village in Rong’an County, Liuzhou City, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 22, 2018.(Photo: China News Service/Tan Kaixing)

People in the south usually prepare cured pork as a must-have dish for the Spring Festival, China’s Lunar New Year. Hanging sausages and cuts of meat create quite a scene ahead of the festival. In Chinese, preserved meat is commonly referred to as la rou because la also refers to the month of December on the lunar calendar.

People preparing meat in a village in Rong’an County, Liuzhou City, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 22, 2018.(Photo: China News Service/Tan Kaixing)

Home-made cured meat is then left in the sun to dry. People in the south usually prepare cured pork as a must-have dish for the Spring Festival, China’s Lunar New Year. Hanging sausages and cuts of meat create quite a scene ahead of the festival. In Chinese, preserved meat is commonly referred to as la rou because la also refers to the month of December on the lunar calendar.

People preparing meat in a village in Rong’an County, Liuzhou City, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 22, 2018.(Photo: China News Service/Tan Kaixing)

People preparing meat in a village in Rong’an County, Liuzhou City, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 22, 2018.(Photo: China News Service/Tan Kaixing)

People preparing meat in a village in Rong’an County, Liuzhou City, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 22, 2018.(Photo: China News Service/Tan Kaixing)

People preparing meat in a village in Rong’an County, Liuzhou City, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 22, 2018.(Photo: China News Service/Tan Kaixing)

People preparing meat in a village in Rong’an County, Liuzhou City, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 22, 2018.(Photo: China News Service/Tan Kaixing)

People preparing meat in a village in Rong’an County, Liuzhou City, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 22, 2018.(Photo: China News Service/Tan Kaixing)

People preparing meat in a village in Rong’an County, Liuzhou City, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 22, 2018.(Photo: China News Service/Tan Kaixing)

People preparing meat in a village in Rong’an County, Liuzhou City, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 22, 2018.(Photo: China News Service/Tan Kaixing)

People preparing meat in a village in Rong’an County, Liuzhou City, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 22, 2018.(Photo: China News Service/Tan Kaixing)

People preparing meat in a village in Rong’an County, Liuzhou City, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 22, 2018.(Photo: China News Service/Tan Kaixing)

People preparing meat in a village in Rong’an County, Liuzhou City, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 22, 2018.(Photo: China News Service/Tan Kaixing)

People preparing meat in a village in Rong’an County, Liuzhou City, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 22, 2018.(Photo: China News Service/Tan Kaixing)

People preparing meat in a village in Rong’an County, Liuzhou City, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 22, 2018.(Photo: China News Service/Tan Kaixing)

People preparing meat in a village in Rong’an County, Liuzhou City, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 22, 2018.(Photo: China News Service/Tan Kaixing)

People preparing meat in a village in Rong’an County, Liuzhou City, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 22, 2018.(Photo: China News Service/Tan Kaixing)

People preparing meat in a village in Rong’an County, Liuzhou City, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 22, 2018.(Photo: China News Service/Tan Kaixing)

People preparing meat in a village in Rong’an County, Liuzhou City, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 22, 2018.(Photo: China News Service/Tan Kaixing)

People preparing meat in a village in Rong’an County, Liuzhou City, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 22, 2018.(Photo: China News Service/Tan Kaixing)