2. Chicken is a kind of poultry. Domestic chickens come from wild chickens, and the domestication history is at least about 4000 years, but it was not until about 1800 that chickens and eggs became mass-produced commodities.
There are many kinds of chickens, such as turkey, silky fowl and pheasant. And chicken is also an animal sign in the 12 zodiac.
4. The China Zodiac, also known as the Zodiac, is a group of 12 animals in China, which are matched with the Zodiac according to their birth years. These animals are rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs.
The origin of the zodiac is related to animal worship, and this statement also has its origin. According to the Qin bamboo slips unearthed in Yunmeng Shuihudi, Hubei Province and Fangmatan, Tianshui, Gansu Province, there was a relatively complete zodiac system in the pre-Qin period.
There are many ancient records about the zodiac. For example, the earliest recorded document that is the same as the modern zodiac is Lun Heng written by Wang Chong in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
7. As a long-standing folk cultural symbol, many poems and documents depicting the image and significance of the Chinese zodiac have been left in the past dynasties.