Good luck in the Year of the Rooster

Author: Li Xiangtao Liu Haiyan
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The chicken has always been a auspicious and spiritual bird. In the "Filial Piety Records" by Liu Xiang of the Han Dynasty, it is said: "Shun's father dreamed of a phoenix one night, which named itself a chicken." The "Taiping Imperial Collection" states: "During the time of the Yellow Emperor, the phoenix was considered a chicken." The phoenix is a beloved divine bird among the Chinese people, and it named itself a chicken.