It is unlucky for chickens to crow at night in the countryside.
It is unlucky for chickens to crow at night in the countryside.
Bring bad luck
During the ancient wars in the past, at midnight, the rooster would be disturbed by the sound of fire and crow loudly at night, so the ancients regarded the "cock crow at night" as a bad omen of war, so the cock crow at midnight was considered by the old people as an unlucky phenomenon and would bring bad luck to the family. Whenever the old man encounters this situation, he will kill the rooster directly to break the ominous sign, so that farmers will feel more secure and will not find anything bad at home.
Bad luck is coming.
Old people with a little prestige in the village often think that if the rooster is found crowing in the middle of the night, kill it and eat it quickly. According to the biological clock of a normal rooster, it seems a little abnormal for a rooster to crow in the middle of the night. Could it be that the rooster got sick and then crowed in the middle of the night? In fact, this is not the case, because if the rooster is sick, he may not have the strength to crow, so he thinks that worse things may happen when the rooster crows in the middle of the night.
Predict disaster
In ancient times, there was a saying that chickens crowed in the middle of the night, which came from a story in Historical Records: Qi Wang was arrested, and according to local rules, as long as chickens crowed, he would open the door, while Qi Wang crowed like a rooster, and later escaped smoothly. This story has been passed down to this day, and now "cock crows at midnight" has another meaning, that is, there will be bad disasters.
Modern scientific explanation
In modern times, people can use scientific basis to explain the saying that roosters crow in the middle of the night. In ancient times, there was no artificial light. Roosters are not affected by light at night. There are street lamps in the countryside now. In addition, people stay up late and turn on the lights at home at midnight. At this time, the rooster will mistakenly think that it is dawn before crowing. So it's nonsense that chickens crow unlucky in the middle of the night. It's usually people's psychology, so don't think too much.