What is the custom and significance of killing pigs?

Killing pigs is to prepare for the Chinese New Year, so most of the meat is broken into pieces according to the blood neck, tenderloin, hard ribs, late autumn and other parts, and stored in a vat with the filled blood sausage and vermicelli sausage.

Because the Han people have the custom that they can't cut with knives from the first day of the first month to the fifth day of the first month, they usually cut and chop the meat materials to be used in these days according to their purposes before New Year's Eve, put them in pots and bowls in the jar, and then take them out for "slow" (thawing) processing.

Second, the significance:

1, Chinese New Year. In addition to the Chinese New Year, killing pigs is also used to worship, representing the arrival of a new year and a new atmosphere.

2. Prepare for the festival. China New Year is a traditional festival for China people. Every new year, all migrant workers who work hard outside go home for reunion. There are plenty of ingredients for relatives and friends to walk around, eat, treat guests and hold weddings.

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Taboos for killing pigs:

1, avoid using "Sun Sea" or "Four Days" in the lunar calendar; In the twelve earthly branches, every day at sea represents the meaning of a pig. It is recorded in Jade Sagger that pigs are not killed at sea every day, but in China, the word "four" is taboo, which indicates bad luck.

Kill the pig once every three days, but don't kill the pig for six days. For example, 20 15 is the last year of B. It is unlucky not to kill pigs on ugly days, and it is unlucky not to kill pigs on every day of Shen, You and the next day. If you don't kill pigs on bad days, you'll be out of luck.

3. Do not kill pigs on the first and fifteenth day of the first lunar month. In folk beliefs, it is January on earth and one day in the underworld; The first day and the fifteenth day are just the morning and noon of the underworld, and it is time to eat. This day is generally used to worship ghosts and gods, so it is not suitable for bloody things to happen.