Why do you eat chicken during the Spring Festival?

The implication of eating chicken in the new year.

The moral of eating chicken in the New Year is to pray for good weather and good luck in the coming year. I want to drink a bowl of chicken soup for the first meal of the Spring Festival. Here I introduce the significance of eating chicken in the New Year. Please read quickly if you want to know.

The moral of eating chicken in the New Year is good luck. Chicken wings mean flying high. Drinking chicken soup at the first meal of the Spring Festival symbolizes peace and tranquility, and eating chicken bones means getting ahead.

Eating chicken in the new year will bring good luck. Eating chicken during the Spring Festival means good luck and peace. Every Spring Festival, the family always puts several plates of chicken wings and feet on the dining table and cooks a pot of steaming chicken soup. What does it mean to eat chicken in the New Year? On New Year's Eve, a chicken is indispensable on a sumptuous dinner table. On New Year's Eve, chicken is the first dish for dinner in many places, because it means good luck. There must be a chicken on the Chinese New Year's dinner table, because "eating chicken begins". Some people in Guangzhou worship God, take chickens and geese as their "eldest sons", and all choose "take the chicken" to survive fiercely. Eating chicken in the New Year means good luck. Because the pronunciation of the word "chicken" is similar to that of "Ji", it has become a must for New Year's Eve.

In traditional culture, chicken is endowed with auspicious meaning because it is homophonic with "auspicious". Since ancient times, where chickens and dogs crow, there are people and fireworks, and the crow of roosters is a symbol of good luck, a symbol of light and a voice of struggle.

Wei Yuan, a thinker in the Qing Dynasty, said in a poem: "You seldom hear the sound of a chicken sleeping, but you always listen to the cock crow. Throughout the ages, thousands of generations have killed several voices. " From the Book of Songs, when the wind and rain are raining, the cock crows unceasingly, and the cock crows all over the court to Mao Zedong's cock crows all over the world, the chants about cock crows are endless and louder.

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Chickens were called "German birds" in ancient times, and people often called them "Phoenix":

Most of the core folk customs of Chinese zodiac chickens are related to the habits and shapes of chickens, that is, gorgeous feathers, cock crowing, hens brooding, pecking at poisonous insects and so on. Among pheasants, chickens, pheasants and peacocks all have unusually gorgeous and stretched feathers, so pheasants have become the main prototype of the "Phoenix", the king of birds. Folk also often call chicken "Phoenix".

Cock crowing is an important phenomenon of telling time in China culture. After the cock crows, the sun rises in the east and changes day and night. Chicken has become an important symbol of light, morning light and time, and has derived the meaning of diligence, order and responsibility. Idioms such as hearing chickens dance, hearing each other's stories and giving warnings when birds crow originate from the life culture of "songbirds".

Chickens were called "German birds" in ancient times. "Biography of Han Poetry" summarizes the five virtues of chickens, that is, "civil and military are brave and benevolent", and explains: wearing a crown is a text, toes are martial, fighting is brave, eating is benevolent, and punctuality is trustworthy. In Youming Road, Chu Zong, a native of A Jin, kept a rooster at the window. The rooster talked to him, so he was full of wisdom, so Chu Zong made great progress. So the allusion of "chicken window" refers to the study.

The brave habit of cockfighting is cultivated by the owner, so the cockfighting game is formed. Cockfighting custom is very popular in East Asia and Southeast Asia with a long history. The standard cockfighting activities have rules of the game. On the premise of caring for chickens, we appreciate the agility, courage and heroism of cockfighting. The reason why cockfighting is popular among the people is that its brave spirit can infect and inspire people.

The word "chicken" is just homophonic with the word "chicken", so chicken is also an auspicious bird in folk culture. The first day of the first month is Chicken Day (auspicious day), and there is a folk custom of "pasting chicken" indoors or on the door, which means auspicious entry. Draw a picture of a chicken, which means "more than good luck" and "good luck". There are also local New Year pictures and paper-cuts and the model of "Chicken Wang Zhen House".

The implication of eating chicken in New Year's Day 2 Why should we eat chicken on New Year's Eve?

In Guangdong, there is a saying that "nothing can be done without chicken". Delicious Cantonese New Year chicken is essential, and all the chickens eaten in Guangdong during the New Year are relatively complete. Eating chicken means "family reunion". "Chicken" and "chicken" are homophonic. Therefore, eating chicken in the New Year is auspicious not only in Guangdong, but also in China.

Besides, chickens are precious. It makes sense to eat cockscomb or chicken feet in the New Year. Let's start with the towering flaming cockscomb. The homonym of "crown" and "official" is similar. People eat chicken to pray for good luck and prosperity. Next, let's talk about the significance of eating chicken feet in the New Year. The homonym of "claw" and "scrape" is very similar. Many people eat chicken feet during the Spring Festival, which means robbing money. Eating chicken feet in the new year represents people's good wishes for rich financial resources in the coming year. Moreover, in many places, chicken is also an indispensable ingredient for ancestor worship in the New Year. In a word, eating chicken in the New Year is a necessary food. In many places, the traditional custom of China has continued to this day, eating chicken in the New Year.

The classic way to eat chicken

Cola Chicken Wings

The method of making chicken wings with cola is simple, but the food is delicious and colorful. Chicken wings are tender and smooth, salty and sweet, and retain the aroma of cola, which is deeply loved by the public (especially children). Entertain guests in the first month and have a plate of coke chicken wings, which is absolutely welcome.

Ingredients: chicken wings, cola, cooking wine, ginger slices, onion segments, oyster sauce, soy sauce, cooking oil and white sesame seeds.

Exercise:

1. Soak the chicken wings in clear water, rinse them repeatedly, and then cut them obliquely for three times with a knife, so that the chicken wings of Coke will be more tasty and easier to cook.

2. Put a proper amount of water into the pot, then add cooking wine and ginger slices, put the chicken wings into the water, remove them and rinse them, and then use kitchen paper to absorb the water on them.

3. After the wok is heated, add a proper amount of cooking oil, fry the processed chicken wings in the wok until both sides are golden, then pour in the prepared onion segments, stir-fry the ginger slices, soy sauce and oyster sauce, and then pour in the cola.

4. The fire turned into a small fire after boiling, and the coke has been slowly cooked until it becomes sticky. After the soup is reduced, the juice can be collected by fire.

What does it mean to eat chicken in the New Year? What is the meaning of sending chickens?

Chicken is the most common poultry in life, and this kind of theme is often expressed in Chinese traditional art. Chicken is homophonic and auspicious, so it is widely loved by people. People like to hang a picture of a chicken at home or give it to relatives and friends. After continuous inheritance and promotion, the meaning of chicken is constantly enriched. In China's traditional Chinese painting, the theme of chicken has auspicious meanings, such as auspiciousness, wishful thinking, auspiciousness, good luck, golden rooster at dawn, spring chicken at dawn, chicken dancing, good luck every year, all the best, prosperity, happiness, auspiciousness, etc., which are loved by traditional Chinese painting painters of all ages.

Is it appropriate to send chickens in the first month?

In the past, people thought that chicken was a lucky bird. Therefore, many stone reliefs and brick reliefs in the Han Dynasty are painted with the shape of a chicken, and even the front end of car ornaments is often engraved with the auspicious seal of "Japanese chicken", which is taken out for good luck. People even regard chickens as mascots. They not only cut chickens with red paper as window grilles during the New Year, but also designated the first day of the New Year as Chicken Day (auspicious day). The first day of the first month is regarded as a "chicken" (auspicious) day, largely because of the homonym of "chicken" and "auspicious". After a long period of change, people will associate the image of chicken with auspicious meaning. Chicken is auspicious, and luck is chicken. So it is a good choice to send chickens in the first month.

Why is the first month suitable for sending chickens?

Under the condition of self-sufficient natural economy, people often raise chickens and save some family funds by selling chickens and eggs. Modern people love chicken, not only because it is delicious on the table. Through the image of chicken, people always think of the leisure and happiness of their lives. On the one hand, roosters work at sunrise every morning, rest at sunset, and run around during the day, maintaining the peace of the chickens, while hens are docile and have unlimited maternal love for the chickens. On the other hand, as far as chickens are concerned, they are born with a bright red comb, especially the rooster, whose comb is bigger and more beautiful. The Chinese nation has always advocated red, and the bright red on the chicken head symbolizes the fiery red of life, the prosperity of family, the prosperity of population and the prosperity of business. Even a symbol, which is an auspicious visual expression, has become synonymous with a happy life and a happy life.

It is said that the homonym "Ji" of chicken is a symbol of good luck (Cantonese people are the most eloquent! It is said that the cock crows at sunrise, which brings light and can drive away monsters.