Chinese zodiacAnecdotal stories of unitary chicken

The ancients often used the moon and the moon and the sun and the sun.In the ancient mythology about the sun god.The three-legged bird, also called wu, the sun, golden crow.In the ancient legends, the golden associated with the sun in this time.Timing devices has not yet developed in ancient China, people, whether the sunrise.Early in the morning, thousands of dreams break a chicken, oh oh strength crow, before sunrise, reported the beginning of a new day.Sunset, chicken nest, night beginning, end of the day.Naturally, the chicken crow became a common peasant household family clock, is also the senators timer, clock is the social public life.

Wrote the book of songs, chicken calls with a poem from qi, the monarch's wife advised monarch to write early, I love king bed of the love of ease.Begin with wife's words: "chicken song yi, facing both surplus" this is the loving wife in urging: "chicken has been called, with people here" monarch obfuscation: "bandit, chicken is singing voice of the flies" insist that oh oh quake-stricken town is buzzing of flies.Love asked crowing and bed, it is a kind of mental state, and another energy and the chickens.We know the story, ask the chicken dance was later for idioms, said the meaning of your sockets, motivate people to be precious little time and progress.

Let's have a look at the anecdote about the unitary chicken, stories, customs.

The 1:

Jin dynasty zu ti was a bosom is magnanimous, of aspiration.But he is a reading as a child naughty children.Into the youth, he realizes that his knowledge poverty, deeply without reading beyond serve my country, so hard to read the book.He widely read books and study history, to learn a wealth of knowledge, learning very well.He several times in and out of the Kyoto luoyang, contact with his people all say, zu ti was a can for imperial people govern the country.Zu ti at the age of 24, it has been recommended him to do it, he didn't promise, still make unremitting effort to read a book.Later, zu ti and childhood friend Liu Kun one master book chi as a department of state.He and Liu Kun feelings deep, often with bed and lie, not only to be but sleep, and there is a common broad ideal: exactly, to revive the state of jin, become a pillars just by the state.Once, in the middle of the night the zu ti heard a cock in his sleep, he a foot kick Liu Kun wake up and say to him: "other people all think unlucky hear the cock crow in the middle of the night, I don't think so, we might as well hear the cock crow after practice sword????????? How to get up"Liu Kun readily agreed.So they get up after a rooster crows every day practicing sword, a sword of light, a long sword.Last winter to spring, changing, never stopped.Everything comes to him who waits, after a long period of hard work and training, they finally become he who can write good articles, plotting to win victories.Zu ti was banned for general town west, realized his will to serve the nation;Liu Kun did sign north corps commander, management of three states of military and, ji, deep and remote, also give full play to his literary talent wu slightly.

The 2:

Taiwan has a special kind of marriage customs, chicken is the way.The bride's side had to choose a strong, the egg-laying hens and a just will crow of the rooster.Married to the girl that day, the parents to pulling two nine feet of red line, a head of bound feet, hen a bound the rooster feet, and then into a big new FanLan, the maid of honor to the groom's family.After taking the door, renamed "in-laws chicken" or "chicken" husband and wife, the intention is to wish the couple get along with, love to old.And chicken one implication is that there are five DE (wen, wu, brave, kernel, letter), symbol is the woman in the future must follow the chicken, while the nine feet red rope metaphor "long", when the bride into the bridal chamber, the matchmaker or period of rushed up and relax, will "in-laws chicken" on the marriage bed, if "chicken male", first people shouted: "first childboys".If the "mother chicken out first, then shout;"Mr. Big sister ZhaoDi" again.

The 3:

Old, hebei, shandong and other places marriage custom with long chicken as the symbol of good fortune as one wishes to hire.Near new marry, the man for a red rooster, the woman, fat hen a hen for "kogi were" said the bride.When married, the woman the chicken must be prepared by their young brother or held by the other boys with the sedan, and wanted to get to family, before the cock crow not vulgar letter r is still in bed, the hen did not sleep, combine with momentum outweighed the cock, and the future is not affected by man bullying.Family the rooster to embrace the chicken man, the two chickens tied together on the table leg, does not play the cock, faint until the rooster.Folk thought this was the symbol of uniform after by his wife.This two chickens can not kill, therefore calls long chicken.

Its 4:

The han nationality folk have the custom of wearing a "spring-heralding" rooster spring days, popular in northern Shanxi Province, and some areas in shandong province.Winter jasmine rooster is also called spring chicken, is spring before the young women with cloth sewing accessories, hang in children.Spring chicken bottom paper cloth wrapped in cotton and water caltrop, a corner tip compose Chinese prickly ash make corn kernel, the other corner of the seam length of cloth for a cocktail, spring chicken nailed on the left sleeve of the child, with the New Year auspicious meaning.General cloth chicken away on the 16th to the temple fair.Not vaccinated children's chicken to bit a string of soybean, list a few a few years old, called "the chicken pox.

Its 5:

Tujia called kicking shuttlecock "playing chicken".The Spring FestivalWhen young men and women play "chicken", one "chicken" kicked up, they all get to meet, received a "chicken", you can use the grass to beat anyone.And the young men and women tend to use grass to beat their loved one.In this way, "playing chicken" is love.

The 6:

In the han nationality folkThe Dragon Boat FestivalHer heart bag, which is also called "dragon boat bag", popular in zhejiang jinhua region.Fifth, people made small red cloth bag, shaped like a heart, built-in tea, rice and realgar powder, hang on pediatric chest, with blessing of exorcism."The heart" and "memory" homophonic, folk in the Dragon Boat FestivalThe childHang up the heart bag, have good memory of reading, have ambition in the future.

The 7:

Used to be called a summer homonym for chicken, popular in hubei, hunan, zhejiang and other places.Japan, people look at the weather rain or shine or whether chicken industry prosperity, fine primary education, Yin the main disaster.This day stop killing chickens, avoid hitting and chicken, chicken feed more carefully at ordinary times, also for the breed prosperity.

The 8:(/ shengxiao/Chinese zodiac)

The southeast coastal area popular worship "cock" marriage customs, this is the cock instead of meeting the bride the bride and groom a ritual.Or at the beach on the island of fishermen, two until after the wedding, men and women in marriage that day, such as the groom caught in a storm at sea fishing, cannot catch up with the auspicious day as scheduled, family with the cock all meeting the bride.By the sister-in-law or best man portable rooster, bay head of a dog than the tail of a lion, and the bride is handed in.Meeting the bride, the rooster neck hangs a red cloth, and the chicken into the bridal chamber, with meals.To the groom, after returning from the sea to the cock, so the local folk have "gu o generation of meeting the bride, the cock with bridal chamber" of proverbs.