The seventh day of the seventh day of the seventh lunar month is the most romantic traditional festival in China - Qixi Festival, also known as "Qiqiao Festival". But there is a tradition of eating chicken in the folk. Do you know why we eat chicken on Chinese Valentine's day? What is the origin of eating chicken on Chinese Valentine's day?
According to legend, on the night of the seventh day of the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, it is the time when weaver girl and cowherd meet at magpie bridge. Weaver girl is a beautiful, intelligent and handy fairy. On this night, ordinary women beg for wisdom and craftsmanship from her, and also for a happy marriage. Therefore, the seventh day of July is also called Qiqiao Festival.
What do you mean by chicken on Chinese Valentine's Day
In order to express people's hope that Cowherd and weaver girl can live a happy family life every day, they will kill a chicken on July 7, which means that Cowherd and weaver girl will meet each other this night. If there is no cock to announce the dawn, they will never be separated.
It is said that the Cowherd and the weaver girl can meet each other only on the seventh day of the seventh day of each year, and when the cock announces the dawn, they have to be separated. In ancient times, because of sympathy for Cowherd and weaver girl, people had the custom of slaughtering chicken on the Chinese Valentine's day to pray that lovers would never be separated. Therefore, on the Chinese Valentine's day, eating chicken has become a traditional custom in many places.
The custom of clasping cock on Chinese Valentine's Day
The Queen Mother stipulates that Cowherd and weaver girl can only get together once a year. Birds all over the world will fly to the sky to make a sparrow bridge for the two people. Because there are the most sparrows in the birds, the bridge is named sparrow bridge. And those who can't fly to heaven will be turned into chickens, birds for life, never to fly to heaven. It's said that it's stipulated by the queen mother. When the chicken crows in the morning, the Cowherd and the weaver girl must be separated immediately.
Therefore, there is a custom of holding cocks in Chengyang. In the past, on the Chinese Valentine's day, some people in Chengyang took out their Rooster from the chicken coop and put it in the house with a basket. They thought that the rooster would not call if he changed the place to live, so that the Cowherd and weaver girl could stay together for a long time.