What does this chicken symbolize?

Chicken is a virtuous person with both literature, martial arts, courage, benevolence and faith. Han Hanying's Biography of Han Poetry, Volume II, Chapter 23 says, "See a chicken alone?" Those who wear crowns are also literate; Far away, Wu also; Those who dare to fight in front of the enemy are brave; See food, benevolence also; Those who don't waste time on vigil will believe ... "Show the chicken's virtue, martial arts, courage, benevolence and faith to the fullest.

The book "New Preface, Miscellaneous Matters and Five Secrets" is even more magical: "Yanzhou, Shanxi Province, is a secretariat of the Song School, and I bought a long-sounding chicken, which I like very much and always kept in the window. Chickens talk to people and locals, and they are wise all the time. Therefore, Chu Zong has made great progress. " From this perspective, the chicken is still a symbol of a smart person.

2, chicken, is a symbol of courage and tenacity, not afraid of rape.

Brown eared pheasant is an ancient rare bird, which lives in the Yellow River valley, the birthplace of Chinese civilization. There are many records about it in ancient books, and it is called "the god bird who is not afraid of being killed" and "I don't know death".

Since ancient times, people have regarded brown-eared pheasant as a symbol of courage and used its feathers as an important decoration. There is also a record in Zuo Zhuan: "He wears it with a strong crown as if it were brave", and here "he" refers to brown-eared pheasant. According to textual research, the crested pheasant was made of the tail feathers of the brown pheasant at that time.

Chicken is a symbol of beauty and good luck.

Chicken is a symbol of beauty, good luck and longevity. Baby pheasant, whose scientific name is red-bellied pheasant, is a rare pheasant growing in Daba Mountain in zhenping county, Shaanxi Province.

Its shape and size are similar to those of domestic chickens. The male bird's feathers are very colorful, with a shiny black crest on his head and a pair of cobalt-blue fleshy horns on both sides of the crest. The back of the head and neck and upper chest are orange-red, the tail feathers are brownish yellow, mixed with black moth-like spots, and there are black horizontal spots and end spots.

Some people say that these spots are very similar to the cursive word "longevity", so they are also called "longevity chicken" as a symbol of longevity and auspiciousness.

Chicken is the representative of tenacious vitality.

According to Taiping Yu Lan (Volume 76), a ballad in the Eastern Han Dynasty was compiled and revised by Chyi Chin: "On Politics". Wang's hair is like leek. Cut back to life. Head like a chicken. Cut the ring. There is no need to be afraid of officials. Never be light. I don't want to be dull. "

This folk song was popular in the early period of the Yellow Scarf Army Uprising, expressing that although the people came from humble origins, they had a strong spirit of resistance and a clear sense of struggle, and were not afraid of being raped.

Chicken crow is an inspiring sound.

Cockcrow is an inspiring sound. During the Jin Dynasty, Zu Ti and Liu Kun were two young men with heroic temperament and broad mind. They usually lived in the same room. We are keen on each other, learning knowledge and looking for opportunities to serve our country. One morning, the earth was desolate and silent, and suddenly there was a cock crow.

Zu Ti woke up from his sleep, called Liu Kun up, and said, "Listen, how crisp and melodious that cock crow is. Isn't it just to awaken the anger and hard work of our young people? " "Yes, we can't sleep anymore!" This is the story of "smelling chickens dancing". Throughout the ages, I don't know how many people with lofty ideals have been inspired!

Chicken is associated with "Ji", which symbolizes good luck. Because chicken is homophonic with "Ji", chicken is related to Ji. Therefore, idioms about "good luck", "good luck", "good luck is shining", "everything is fine" and "turning bad luck into good luck" are produced to express the meaning of auspiciousness, happiness, beauty and all the best.

Reference: China Social Science Network-the symbolic significance of chicken in folk culture