Pigs, dialects and written languages are all sows. Those who are selected as sows are only used for breeding until they die of old age, and generally will not be slaughtered to sell meat. The death of a pig generally means that it can eat well, sleep well, live a carefree life and enjoy its old age.
The meat in Guangdong is mainly pork, so the final result of being a pig is to be fattened and slaughtered. In the breeding of pigs, both boars and sows will be castrated at an early age, and the testicles of boars and fallopian tubes of sows will be removed to prevent their yearning for the opposite sex and improve their fattening speed.
However, because breeding pigs can survive for about 20 years, they can produce at least full-time piglets 15 years and 5 babies every two years. Each baby has about 10 piglets, and sows can give birth to about 380 piglets in their lifetime, which can be described as more children and more happiness. Only when the old breeding pigs are ready to retire will new breeding pigs be cultivated, so only a very small number of pigs will be selected as various pigs, and the probability is far below 100%.
Sows selected as various breeds are called "pigs" and boars selected as various breeds are called "pigs". For "Pig Lang", in order to make money, the owner will pull it across the countryside with a rope to breed all the "pigs" nearby (generally within Fiona Fang 10 km). It seems happy but extremely hard, and it is often whipped by its owner.
The etymology of pig life:
Because so many piglets were born after being raised by their owners for a long time, people have feelings. Generally, they seldom slaughter "pigs" until they die of old age. Therefore, compared with the miserable life of a "pig" who was castrated about 2 months after birth and slaughtered and eaten in August-September, "pig" is really blessed, blessed and has a long life.
Because the "pig" was very old when it died, and its meat was as thick as sawdust, so few people ate it. After his death, "pigs" are often buried and will not be slaughtered for sale. In Cantonese, there is a saying "openly selling pigs to eat meat" to describe profiteers, which is too unkind.