Yulin

Yulin, previously romanized as Watlam, is one of the fourteen prefecture-stage cities of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. Its Chinese call become modified in 1956 from the historical name, which simplest sounds the same in Mandarin because the contemporary one, but very special inside the local dialect of Yue Chinese. The former romanization follows the pronunciation of the ancient name in Yue Chinese.

Some Chinese linguists have recommended that the Yulin dialect of Yulin is the fine surviving instance of what historic spoken Chinese might have seemed like based totally on rhyme styles in Tang dynasty poetry. Yulin is likewise acknowledged for its annual dog meat competition which takes region on 21 June. Over 10,000 puppies are killed at this pageant for human intake. Reports of inhumane remedy, which includes torture, precipitated celebrities and others to protest in opposition to the Festival.

Du Yufeng has been to Yulin Dog Meat Festival each year because 2012. She rescues, protests and educates about the dog meat exchange. Another woman named Yang Xiaoyun went as a ways as to pay 150,000 yuan to store 360 puppies and dozens of cats from the competition in 2014 and 7,000 yuan to save 100 in 2015. Some Chinese celebrities including Ai Weiwei, Chen Kun and Yang Mi, in addition to worldwide celebrities like Ken Todd, Lisa Vanderpump, Ricky Gervais, Ian Somerhalder, Leona Lewis, Lori Alan, and Tom Kenny, have additionally publicly expressed a distaste for the festival.