"Killing pigs for the New Year" is also called "Killing pigs for the New Year". There is a saying: land to the tiller, killing pigs for the New Year.

Families who usually kill pigs can't finish eating for a while, and usually sell them for money. Only the Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) is an exception. In the twelfth lunar month, most people will kill pigs and prepare meat for jiaozi and Chinese New Year. People call it "killing pigs". Northeast nursery rhymes say "Don't cry, children, kill pigs in the twelfth lunar month" and "Don't be greedy, children will be years after the twelfth lunar month", which to some extent reflects people's desire to kill pigs and eat meat.