As an old rule in the countryside, a pig slayer cannot kill his own pig. What's going on here?

In rural areas, as long as there are families with pigs, every household has the habit of killing pigs in the New Year, which can be regarded as preparing for the New Year. I remember when I was a child in the countryside, the days of killing pigs always made us children look forward to and fear. On the one hand, because relatives and neighbors can come to help, the family is finally busy, on the other hand, it feels too cruel. So I can avoid these scenes at first, and I will get used to them when I am old, and I heard from my elders that there are many rules and regulations for killing pigs in rural areas.

So what are these rules?

First of all, it is very important to choose the date of killing pigs. Rural people have always been very particular about this aspect. If there is something important, they must choose the date again and again, and killing pigs is no exception. There is a saying in the countryside that "you don't kill pigs whenever you go to sea", which means you can't kill pigs when you go out to sea, because this day is also pig day, which is unlucky for rural friends.

Secondly, there is a rule in the countryside that a butcher can't kill his own pig. There are many experienced old butchers in the countryside, some of whom have even worked for decades. During the twelfth lunar month every year, they can receive a lot of business and earn a lot of money in the village. Take my hometown as an example. Now the cost of killing a pig has risen to 100 yuan. However, according to the regulations, if a butcher kills pigs in his own house, he still has to find someone else to do it. It is said that the reason for doing this is because he doesn't want to be too cruel. Although pigs are domestic animals, they have been raised for nearly a year, and it is somewhat unbearable to move their own knives.

Finally, killing pigs in rural areas pays attention to killing them with one knife, which is what many people value most. If Nian pig can't be killed with one knife, it will be considered unlucky by rural people, and people's evaluation and trust in the butcher will also be reduced. If this happens, the butcher's best remedy is to kill the pig without a knife.