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What's the sound of a chicken?

Cats meow, dogs bark, ducks quack and chickens croak.

The rooster clucked and the mother cooed. Domestic chickens originated from pheasants, and their domestication history was at least about 4000 years, but it was not until about 1800 that chickens and eggs became mass-produced commodities. The types of chickens are turkey, black-bone chicken, pheasant and so on. Moreover, chicken is also an animal sign in the 12 zodiac. The chicken's cry is monotonous and low.

Cultural connotation

China chicken culture has a long history and rich connotations. In the first phase of Dadiwan culture in Xishanping, Tianshui, Gansu Province, domestic chickens about 8,000 years ago have been found. There is a word "chicken" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, China, which shows that China knew about chickens more than 3,000 years ago. Chicken raising in China has a history of 8,000 years, and the recorded history is at least 3,000 years. It is one of the earliest countries in the world.

It is also the first country to discover that chickens have many medicinal values. In the traditional culture of China, dragons and phoenixes are both deified animals, while chickens are a kind of spirit birds with extraordinary life experiences. For example, the image of phoenix comes from chicken.