Should we offer chicken in the year of the Rooster?

In 2017 - the year of the chicken - many families do not worship chicken but instead worship pig's feet or another offering, because they believe that in the year of the chicken, they should avoid worshiping this animal.

However, the custom of offering chicken at the beginning of the new year has the meaning of chasing away evil and welcoming good things, and has nothing to do with the fact that chicken cannot be offered in the year of the chicken.

Feng shui expert Nguyen Manh Linh (Director of the Five Elements Feng Shui Academy) explains that the rooster is an auspicious animal. Since ancient times, our people have had the custom of killing roosters on the last day of the year and the first day of the new year to suppress and drive away evil.

In many places, there is also a custom of killing chickens when someone dies or is seriously ill, in the hope of warding off bad omens and disasters. Over time, this custom has developed into a trend of praying for blessings, such as hanging pictures of roosters or placing images of roosters. All of these forms imply good luck, good fortune, welcoming good things, and avoiding bad things.

It can be seen that using chicken paintings or chicken offerings is a long-standing custom, unrelated to the year of the chicken. On New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, chicken offerings are made toremove bad omens, exorcise evil spirits, welcome good positive energy at the beginning of the year.

Nowadays, some people believe that they should not worship chickens in the year of the chicken. This is similar to the reasoning that this animal or that flower should not be placed on the altar, it is just baseless reasoning and unnecessary superstition. In the year of the Rooster 2017, your family can absolutely worship chickens, it will not affect anything.

Choose a young rooster, it can be displayed facing out or facing in, as long as it is convenient and easy to see, it does not need to be in the same position.It is important not to place the chicken in the middle of the altar, covering the incense bowl, but only to the side, on the left or right depending on the actual arrangement on the altar./.

According to VNE