Getting married in the countryside will face many traditional customs. Some places have the wedding custom of "holding a chicken". Although it is sometimes just a wedding ceremony, it is often an indispensable traditional custom when people get married in some rural areas because of its many meanings! In fact, at first, it didn't mean poultry such as chickens and geese, but geese flying in the sky, and later it evolved into wedding customs such as sending geese and chickens!

Before the ancient Song Dynasty, geese were regarded as the most important gifts of these links! Goose is used as a wedding bride price because it is a migratory bird, and its seasonal migration is particularly punctual at any time, so it can represent "punctuality and trustworthiness". In addition, the goose has only one spouse in its life, which is very consistent with growing old together, being faithful to each other and being a natural bride price!

Because geese are migratory birds, there are many people, so it is not easy for people to get late. Therefore, since the Song Dynasty, people began to use geese instead of chickens, because chickens are common poultry, and the homonym of "chicken" and "auspicious" also has auspicious meaning. At the same time, the rooster will be especially punctual, which is most suitable for the working people in the past to "work at sunrise and rest at sunset". Generally speaking, the man's family will send two red rooster to the woman's family as a bride price when they propose or get married. Because this is the etiquette of marriage customs, chickens can't be killed and eaten directly, so they can be fed normally and can only be sold after their daughters get married for a few days!