The ancient Han nationality had the custom of "killing chickens", which was popular in Jinhua and Wuyi areas of Zhejiang Province. On the seventh day of July every year, local people will live there, because the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl will meet at Queqiao that night. If there is no rooster to announce the dawn, they will never part.
Tujia people call kicking shuttlecock "kicking chicken". During the Spring Festival, young men and women kick chickens together. One person kicks the "chicken" and everyone fights. Whoever receives the "chicken" can chase anyone with grass. Young men and women often chase their lovers with grass. In the future, "kicking the chicken" will become the medium of love.
On October 1st of the lunar calendar, some places in Henan will kill chickens to scare ghosts. Legend has it that Tomb-Sweeping Day will collect the terrible release ghosts in the coming year. People think that ghosts are afraid of chicken blood, which can ward off evil spirits, so they kill chickens on October 1 to scare ghosts and make little devils afraid to come out. As the saying goes, "Kill chickens in June 1."
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China chicken culture has a long history and rich connotations. In the first phase of Dadiwan culture in Xishanping, Tianshui, Gansu Province, the word "chicken" has been found in Oracle Bone Inscriptions about 8,000 years ago in China, indicating that China knew about chickens as early as 3,000 years ago, and the history of raising chickens in China has been 8,000 years, with a recorded history of at least 3,000 years.
It is one of the earliest countries to raise chickens in the world, and 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.