The things you don't know about the zodiac chicken

As a long-standing folk cultural symbol, the zodiac has left a large number of poetry, spring couplets, paintings, calligraphy and folk crafts depicting the image and symbolic meaning of the zodiac throughout the ages. In addition to China, many countries in the world issue zodiac stamps during the Spring Festival to express their blessings for the Chinese New Year. Regarding the zodiac, although you have a certain understanding, there must be many things you don't know. Let us take a look at the things you don't know about the zodiac chicken.

Zodiac Chicken

"Han Shi Wai Zhuan" summarizes the "five virtues" of chickens, "wearing a crown on the head, writing also; foot strokes, martial arts; see the enemy, dare to do, be brave; see food, speak righteously; watch the night without losing time, faith is also" . Therefore, chicken has the elegant name of German poultry.

The jade rabbit and the moon, the golden crow and the sun are often compared. "Huainanzi·Spirit" says that "there are black crows in Japan and China", that is, three-legged crows: Japanese crows, golden crows, and golden crows. In Ming Dynasty Yang Shen's "Yi Lin Chui Shan" said that "there is a golden rooster in the sun", the sun and the moon, the sun belongs to the eastern chicken but lies in the west; the moon belongs to the western rabbit but the rabbit lives in the east. ". Li Bai’s "Sleepwalking Heavenly Grandmother Yin Leaving Goodbye" chanted "Half the wall sees the sea and the sun, and the sky hears the heavenly chicken."

In ancient times, the timing was simple and simple, and the rooster gave an order for sunrise. In the "Book of Songs", "the female said the cock ming, the scholar said the madan", and "the chicken is both mingling, and the dynasty is surging" to urge the monarch to go to court. When Meng Changjun was trapped in Hangu Pass, the doorman learned to trick him into opening and closing the door. The ancestors of the Eastern Jin Dynasty "heard the cock crowing in the middle of the night, saying, "This is not an evil sound," because of the dancing in the court", and expressed his anger to the country.

The phoenix came from the pheasant beautified and deified. "Shan Hai Jing" records "there is a bird yan, whose shape is like a chicken, and it is called the phoenix emperor". "Guihai Birds" contains "Wufeng", "Neck Haired Rooster". As the saying goes, the chicken and the phoenix are often associated together, such as "A phoenix is ​​not as good as a chicken".

The things you don't know about the zodiac chicken

Chicken people always like to show a serious look and make others feel that things are really serious. For example, if you leave the house without closing the window, he will tell you viciously. You may think that the rooster is very angry, but in fact he laughed after speaking. He just wanted to punish you, but the fake and serious expression of the rooster is the same as the real one, so you have to believe it.

Therefore, pretending to be serious is the little secret of the chickens. As long as you really get close to their world, you will understand that the chickens are very gentle, even if they do something wrong, they will only be Pretending to say you, but they don't think like that in their hearts.