Why can't rural chicken coops be built under the eaves of the main house?

It is unlucky to leave a chicken nest under the roof of the host's house, which is called "double tears" The place where chickens live is called a henhouse. This henhouse must not be built under the eaves of the main house to avoid "double tearing". People usually put chicken cages in the yard and let them feed outdoors. It is generally believed that the rooster announces the dawn. If a hen crows, it will be very strange and unlucky, or it will kill people, or it will be said that the yin will flourish and the yang will decline at home. Folk custom holds that "the chicken doesn't crow the hen, and the master waits for death."

Also, it is taboo for roosters to crow too early. When crying at night, there must be fire; When the second watch crows, there will be thieves. Also avoid cock crow in the west, commonly known as "cock crow in the west makes the family uneasy". The direction of the west is the direction of death and fire. If this happens unfortunately, the chicken breeder will behead the chicken on the threshold and sing a few auspicious words.

There are worship activities in Chaoshan rural areas every year. When worshipping the gods in the village, chicken farmers will quickly pick up the straw, paper ash and nitrate laid on the ground in advance, let the "master" (the name of the local gods in Chaoshan) trample on it, take it home and put it in the henhouse, praying that the "master" will bless the chickens to lay more eggs, not to get sick and not to gain weight.

If the chickens at home have a plague, don't say "plague". Chicken farmers should tie a flower (a plant), a pair of old straw sandals and an old grain list together and put them on the henhouse. Some people hang a flower and a cedar thorn on the henhouse to drive away ghosts. Others wrote a note saying "Jiang Taigong is here, this chicken is not for sale" and put it on the henhouse.