1. There is no need to cut off the red crown on your head, and you will walk into the future covered with snow. ——"Painting Chicken" Ming Dynasty? Tang Yin
Interpretation: The red crest on the head does not need to be specially cut, and the rooster is walking forward with its snow-white feathers.
2. The rooster is crowing, and the court is in full bloom. The rooster crows, the sound of flies. ——"Cock Crow" Pre-Qin Dynasty? Anonymous
Interpretation: The rooster has crowed, and the officials from the previous court have arrived. This is not the crow of a rooster, but the buzzing of flies.
3. The star of desire in the East is dying, and the morning rooster in Runan comes to the altar to call. ——"Rooster Song" Unknown? Anonymous
Interpretation: The east is getting brighter and the sky is almost dawn. At this time, there are stars shining in the night sky, and the morning roosters in Runan have begun to crow.
4. Children don’t need to be literate, fighting cocks and running horses is better than reading. ——"The Magic Chicken Nursery Rhyme" Tang Dynasty Anonymous
Explanation: After giving birth to a son, there is no need for him to learn knowledge, because in today's society, entertainment methods such as cockfighting and horse racing are more useful than reading.
5. Flying to the Qianxun Pagoda on the mountain, I heard the rooster crow and saw the sun rising. ——"Climbing Feilai Peak" Song Dynasty? Wang Anshi
Interpretation: It is said that from the extremely high tower of Feilai Peak, you can see the rising sun when the rooster crows.
6. Far away in the sky, Hanxi falls, and the neighboring chicken crows again and again. ——"Two Poems on the Autumn Night When Dawn Goes Out of the Fence to Welcome the Coolness" Song Dynasty? Lu You
Interpretation: The distant Milky Way is falling toward the southwest, and the sound of roosters crows continues in the neighborhood. Ming.
7. The lights are on at three and the chickens are on at five, which is when men are studying. ——"Encouraging Learning" Tang Dynasty? Yan Zhenqing
Explanation: Every day from midnight to the time when the rooster crows, it is the best time for boys to study.
8. The sound of roosters echoes in the Maodian moon, and the frost of Banqiao is everywhere. ——"Morning Journey to Shangshan" Tang Dynasty? Wen Tingyun
Interpretation: The cocks are loud, the thatched shop is bathed in the afterglow of the dawn moon; the footprints are faint, and the plank bridge is covered with early spring frost.