Proverbs and legends of rooster in the year of rooster

Proverbs about chickens: stealing chickens is not equal to eating rice.

Better be a chicken beak than a cow tail; Better be a cat's head than a lion's tail; Better be a dog's head than a ponytail; I would rather be a lizard head than a dragon tail-I would rather be a leader anywhere than a follower; Better rule in hell than serve in heaven.

I don't have the strength to tie up a chicken-I'm very weak

Stay early, the crow will see the light of day.

Why kill a chicken with a cleaver-you don't have to step on a fly on the wheel.

Be drenched in the rain

Female freshman, holding a golden rooster.

A man has the right to ascend to heaven.

Chickens can't pee. Each has its own way.

arduous and tortuous

Like an egg hitting a stone ―― attacking people who are much stronger than themselves.

Chickens don't work or eat: it means that people can't accept preferential treatment or gifts for no reason.

No matter what chickens talk about ducks, I only talk about geese: no matter what others say, I just talk nonsense.

Domestic chickens circle in circles, while pheasants beat the sky: a metaphor for the beloved who refuses to leave despite being wronged and blamed.

The night light turns on at five o'clock: a metaphor for hard work, staying up late and getting up early.

The storm is like a dark cloud, and the cock crows endlessly: to compare with troubled times, the people urgently need a wise leader.

Legend of the Year of the Rooster: Chicken ranks 10th in the zodiac and is associated with the twelve earthly branches? Hey? So a day is thirteen o'clock? Hey? What time? Also called 5 pm to 7 pm? Chicken time? . Is it easy to change? Different as a chicken? .

King Chicken is a competitive guy, always making trouble and fighting (this virtue still exists today). When the jade emperor sealed the zodiac, he considered whether animals contributed to human beings, and of course he could not rank the king of chickens. One day, King Chicken saw that the horse that was sealed with the zodiac was loved by people, and he was very envious. He went forward and asked, Brother Ma, what honor are you today? The horse replied:? I plow and transport things at ordinary times, and charge in wartime, making great contributions to mankind. Of course, I should be loved. ? Ma Dao:? It is not difficult to win people's love, as long as you can give full play to your strengths and do something for people. Take animals that have been sealed with the zodiac as an example. Cattle can plow the fields, dogs can watch the door, pigs can feed people, dragons can rain, and you are born with a golden voice, which may be helpful to mankind. ?

The chicken king came home, thought about it, and finally thought of waking up the sleeping people with his golden voice. So every day at dawn, the chicken king gets up early and sings loudly to wake people up from their sleep. People are very grateful for the contribution of the Chicken King, and decided to ask the Jade Emperor to make the Chicken a god as the Zodiac. However, at that time, the standard for the Jade Emperor to seal the zodiac was that as long as the animals were not birds, horses, cows, sheep and dogs were all involved in the six animals, but there was no chicken, which made the chicken king very anxious. He shouted his neck with red eyes, but there was no result.

One night, the chicken king couldn't figure it out, tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. A wisp of ghosts flew directly to the Heavenly Palace, came to the Jade Emperor's Hall and cried to the Jade Emperor. It is really incomprehensible that he wakes up all beings every morning and makes great contributions, but he is not allowed to be selected for the zodiac. Say that finish, tears flow down. As soon as the Jade Emperor thought about it, the contribution of the Chicken King was really great, and the standard for choosing the zodiac was really wrong. He picked a flower in front of the temple and put it on the Chicken King's head as a reward.

When the chicken king woke up, he found that there was really a red flower on his head, so he wore it to see the four kings, who recognized it as the jade emperor's? Royal furnace safflower? Knowing that the Jade Emperor valued the Chicken King, he made an exception and let the Chicken King participate in the Zodiac competition. On the day of competing for the zodiac, the chicken and the dog got up at the same time and went hand in hand. When approaching the Heavenly Palace, the chicken was afraid that the dog would be caught first, and even flew to the front. The dog was eager to catch up, but it never caught up. The result was behind the chicken. Since then, dogs have lost their affection for chickens and chase them when they see them. Even today, he is still very angry. Dogs drive chickens away? Yes This phenomenon is still visible. As for the chicken, it still blushes every morning and wears a beautiful big red flower on its head.

5 pm? 7 o'clock (ie? What time? )。 At this time, when the sun sets on the mountain, the chicken begins to sweep its nest in the cage and spend the night, so it belongs to the chicken.

Symbolic significance of the zodiac chicken: Many animals, even plants, are no longer pure animals or plants in people's eyes, but have different rich and profound symbolic meanings. This is especially true as an animal in the zodiac. For example, tigers are mighty, cows are hardworking, monkeys are smart and lively, dogs are loyal and brave, and so on. Similarly, the chicken in the zodiac also has its unique and profound symbolic significance.

Therefore, the most significant symbolic meaning of chicken is trustworthiness and punctuality. The cock crows at dawn, which means that the sky will be bright. Further extension symbolizes the liberation from darkness to light. Like what? The rooster crows, it's dawn, liberated? It is such a symbolic meaning of progress.

For the ancients, it was very important for chickens to watch the night to announce the dawn. The ancient timing tools were very simple, such as a leaky kettle. Although it could time, it was impossible to wake people up on time, and there was no later alarm clock. Sleepers don't know what time it is. At this time, the golden rooster announced the dawn and told people that it was almost dawn and they had to get up and get ready for work. People often say? Do it at sunrise and rest at sunset? But you can't wait until sunrise to get up. Besides, the sun doesn't come out every day, and rainy weather loses the basis for observing the sun to set the time. And chickens, whether it is hot or cold, whether it is sunny or snowy, keep their promises and never slack off. It can be said that it is precisely because of the difficulty of dawn crowing that fireworks and a vibrant new day began to appear on the earth.

The second symbolic meaning of chicken is ordinary and weak. Chickens can be found almost everywhere in daily life. Strong reproductive ability, high survival rate, no special requirements for the environment, and can be raised anywhere. As the saying goes, things are rare. The same is true of animals, such as pandas, which are very rare and precious, and are regarded as national treasures because only China has them. Although some animals are not national treasures, they are too few to be extinct, so it is forbidden to kill and protect them as rare animals. It is impossible for chickens to enjoy such treatment. There are so many of them that they are despised. Moreover, as a kind of bird, the flying ability of chicken is greatly degraded. Compared with other birds, they can fly freely in the blue sky; Running on the ground is not as fast and agile as riding a dog, so chickens look ordinary. Therefore, it has the symbolic significance of being ordinary, popular and weak.

Chickens are common. They are busy all day, looking for food everywhere and pecking at the west. Hard as they are, they are far from comfortable. This common characteristic of chicken is also used to describe the similar fate of human beings. What is it called? Chicken steak? . It shows that this person is very busy, like a chicken pecking at the west. In the end, he can only talk about food and clothing, and it is impossible to enjoy precious prosperity. There is a story that once upon a time a rich man asked him to tell his fortune. As a result, the rich man had a hard time, just one? Chicken steak? . But the fortune teller said that the rich people live in a good place, because they live in Gucheng (Gucheng County, Hubei Province), where there are chicken harrows everywhere. Naturally, only when they have enough to eat and wear warm clothes can the rich enjoy the treasure. The rich man said, isn't he poor if he doesn't live in the ancient city? The fortune teller said it was true. I don't want the rich not to believe the fortune teller and think: Is it necessary to be poor when moving out of the ancient city? So his family moved to another county, gradually declined in a few years, and finally lived in poverty. This is just a folk story, which may not be true, but it contains the symbolic meaning of ordinary chickens.

Compared with the weak and ordinary, the chicken also has the symbolic significance of courage and fighting. This meaning comes from cockfighting. Chickens like fighting, especially cocks, which is also a common phenomenon in daily life. When two cocks meet, they often have a fight, and occasionally there will be a ground battle between hens.

In order to watch the wonderful cockfighting, people raise special cockfighting. Usually ordinary weak chickens, once they fight, are also nervous, brave and tenacious, and fight fiercely. People are also encouraged and encouraged to learn the courage of cockfighting. This is an example of ancient Greece. The ancient Greeks had cockfighting competitions very early. In one year BC, a Greek general led his troops to the front to fight the Persian army. On the March, he saw two cocks fighting, and his heart couldn't help moving. He believes that if the soldiers' fighting spirit is as tenacious as this rooster, they will surely win the coming battle. So he ordered the team to stop and let the soldiers watch the brave struggle between the two cocks. Sure enough, the soldiers were encouraged to fight bravely and defeated the country. Commemorate this glorious victory. The king of Greece decided to hold the annual cockfighting meeting in Athens from now on. Cockfighting activities soon spread throughout Greece, and soon spread to Mediterranean countries, ancient Rome and other countries. The victory of the Greek army confirmed. When the two armies meet, they all win? , but? Ever? But inspired by cockfighting, we can see that chickens are not always weak.

The fourth symbolic meaning of chicken is to ward off evil spirits, eliminate disasters and respect God. Divination with chickens is found all over the world, and the henhouse means god. The ancients also used chickens to exorcise evil spirits and sacrifice. Killing chickens to drive away evil spirits is a kind of witchcraft and superstition. As early as the pre-Qin period, chicken and chicken blood were used to exorcise evil spirits. The ancients believed that chicken and chicken blood had the functions of exorcising ghosts and evil spirits and eliminating disasters.

The ancients attached great importance to sacrifice. Among many sacrifices, chicken is one of them. Sacrificing ancestors with chickens is still popular in some areas. Chickens are also used to judge cases. Jingpo people use cock crow as a way of divine judgment. Both parties to the dispute bring a live rooster to the agreed place. First, the wizard recited the scriptures, and after reading them, the two sides sang cocks as agreed to decide the outcome. The first caller loses, and the last caller or non-caller wins.

Divination with chicken means that chicken symbolizes God. In addition to chicken divination, there are different kinds of egg divination in different regions and nationalities. For example, in southern Yunnan, eggs are used to ask diseases. When a person is ill, he thinks that a ghost is possessed. He rubbed an egg on the patient, thinking that ghosts could attach themselves to the egg. After the eggs are cooked in a pot, they are examined by a wizard to break good luck or bad luck.

Yao people use eggs for divination in everything they do. If you choose a place to build a house, choose an egg before you break ground. After wearing a small hole, I wrote the words "people, wealth, livestock and ghosts" on the eggshell, and set it on fire until it exploded, relying on the outflow of protein. If the protein is stained with herringbone, it is thought that the basic education prisoners and their families in front of the house will get sick; If you cling to the word wealth, you think it will be difficult to make a living in the future; When you touch the word livestock, you think that if you commit livestock, the livestock will not flourish in the future; If you cling to the word ghost, you think that committing a ghost will make your ancestors and all kinds of blessed gods unhappy and lead to accidents. Encounter the above situation, as a bad omen, we should immediately stop choosing the foundation of the house.

About chickens can ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters, and crowing can also drive away ghosts. In folklore, ghosts are most afraid of hearing the crow of chickens, because ghosts can only move in the dark, and crow of chickens means that it is almost dawn. When it is dawn, all ghosts will be helpless. This superstition originated very early. Jiangnan people celebrate the New Year? Stick the picture on the chicken coop? Hang it on it with a peach symbol beside it. All ghosts are afraid of it. A picture of a chicken is posted on the door, and hundreds of ghosts are afraid to come to the door. It's just that ghosts are afraid of hearing chickens crow. This superstition was still held by the elderly until the early days of liberation. Adults often tell children that if they meet a ghost at night, they can scare it away by imitating crows.

In a word, chicken also has its unique symbolic meaning, and people deduce and associate its symbolic meaning from its animal characteristics. Like the symbolic meaning of other animals, there are praises and denials, depending on their different contexts and occasions.