Folk divination of chicken divination

There are many popular methods of divination with chickens, which vary from country to country and region. The Han chicken slaughtered the chicken and cooked it. The chicken's bones are taken, and there are holes in it. It looks like a human figure, which is auspicious, but not like it. Yi people's chicken divination, also known as chicken divination, is popular in Liangshan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi and other Yi areas, and is used to ask about diseases and production. When divining, take the left and right ribs of the femur, bind them with fine hemp, and hang them on the wall depending on their orifices. In addition, the weather is cloudy and sunny, the parietal bones are bright and bright, and the dark ones are rainy signs; Black spots on the parietal bone are signs of disease and death, and red spots are signs of violent death and bleeding. Hainan Li people also have "chicken bone divination". After killing the chicken, take out two femurs from the chicken, insert them into the Aya-shaped twigs, and then insert a small stick into the femoral hole to judge the good or bad according to the direction of the small bamboo stick.

Miao people choose a rooster, slaughter and cook it, cut off two chicken legs and remove the meat to see if the gap between the two leg bones is consistent. If they are consistent, it is a good omen. If it is inconsistent, it is regarded as a bad omen. For example, Wa people poke chickens with bamboo sticks prepared in advance, pull out chicken femurs, and tie the lower ends together in the order that the left femurs are on the left and the right femurs are on the right. There are "signs" and no divination. It is said that Bulang, Wa, Yi and Miao people in Simao area used to have a popular custom of divining chicken divination, that is, judging good or ill luck and guilt by looking at the head of a chicken, tongue, mouth, bones, eyes and eggs. All ethnic groups choose their own bad parts to ask questions. Bulang and Yi people take out leg bones by killing chickens, and insert bamboo sticks or yarrow into bone holes to see whether the chicken hexagrams are connected and how many holes are connected, and where the bamboo sticks fall determines good or bad luck. If they don't do this, they can't go far to know someone. )