Why is the chicken associated with good fortune in Chinese cultural traditions?

The most notable symbolism of the chicken is trustworthiness and punctuality. The meaning of the chicken's vigil at dawn was too great for the ancients. This is because the ancient timekeeping tools are very simple, such as the funnel pot can be time, but it is impossible to wake people on time, people do not know what time to sleep. At this time the golden rooster dawn, tell people the sky is almost bright, should get up and get ready to work. And the chicken regardless of the Department of winter, wind, frost, rain and snow, it is a trustworthy dawn, never lazy. It can be said that it is because of the chicken's crowing at dawn, the earth began a new day of fireworks. Later on, the cock crows at dawn, symbolizing that the darkness will soon be over and light will soon come.

The rooster symbolizes the ordinary and the weak. Chickens can be seen everywhere in people's daily life, it has strong reproductive ability and high survival rate, and has no special requirements for the environment, so it can be raised wherever it is. In addition, chickens are very diligent, running around all day and foraging for food. So it is said that chickens are ordinary and popular. In fact, this ordinary characteristic of chickens is also a refraction of the survival condition of the ancestors themselves. Coupled with the chicken's selfless dedication to mankind, the chicken was favored by the ancestors, and was covered with a variety of beautiful and glorious garlands.