When the Mai Qiu Mei Rain passes through Xiangyin, choose the zodiac sign: the answer is chicken

This sentence comes from Zheng Gu of the Tang Dynasty's "Zuowei Hujiao Sends Jinshi Pan to Return South"

Going back to Yichun, the spring water is deep, and the wheat autumn and plum rain pass over Xiangyin. The countryside has been visited by crazy bandits several times. Who has an old forest in Sangzhe? The position of Jie Shou is humble and late, but the heart of the dragon is still there and singing loudly. In the Yanghuali on the Baling Bridge, the bottles are filled with wine and the breasts are filled with tears.

Everyone who has lived in France knows that in France, known as the "country of roosters", chicken is not "noble", and chicken is almost the cheapest type of meat.

But what is interesting is that in many traditional French families, especially in large rural families, eating chicken is a serious matter. Not only should it be eaten on weekends, but it is best to eat it with the whole family. eat.

The reason goes back to the famous French King Henry IV in the 16th century. He was originally the monarch of a small and poor country in southern France. He became the king of France by virtue of his literary skills and military strategy.

When he took office, France was still in a mess. The people worked all year round but could not afford even the cheapest chicken. Henry IV vowed “that the peasants should have a chicken in every pot every weekend.” After years of reforms, the French economy has improved. The lives of ordinary people have really improved a lot than before, and they can basically eat chicken.

Since then, the French have begun to treat chicken weekend as a holiday. To commemorate Henry IV, many southern French cities are still selling a colorful fruit candy called "Henri IV". Many traditional families still adhere to the tradition of eating chicken on weekends. "Let the farmers put it in every pot every weekend." The famous saying "Everyone has a chicken" has also been written into primary school textbooks and has been passed down from generation to generation.

Chicken is a kind of poultry. Domestic chicken is derived from wild jungle fowl. Its domestication history is at least about 4,000 years. However, it was not until around 1800 that chicken and eggs became mass-produced commodities. Types of chicken include turkey, black-bone chicken, pheasant, etc. And the chicken is also one of the 12 zodiac signs.