In a literal sense, chickens are generally raised for less than 6 years. Even hens used to lay eggs are often slaughtered in the sixth year because people are worried about raising chickens. After a long time, they will become demons, so they must be slaughtered. Dogs should not be kept for more than 8 years, because dogs are relatively intelligent animals. If they are in contact with people for many years, they will become more and more spiritual. Therefore, people Worrying that dogs will inevitably be harmful if they stay in contact with people for a long time is actually feudal superstition and is completely nonsense.

Suffering from the harm of feudal superstition, basically many rural areas in our country often have a lot of bad habits. It can be said that these are the products of feudal superstition. Among them, "a chicken cannot exceed 6, and a dog cannot exceed 8" is a typical example, because I also understand that chickens that are over 6 years old must be killed, and dogs that are over 8 years old must be expelled. Many people cannot understand this. Chickens and dogs are often relatively common in our daily lives. It is a delicacy on the table and a companion of human beings. Especially for some families, the status of dogs is very important. However, in ancient times and even in rural areas now, it was not so recognized. Over time, the natural spirituality will become larger and larger, which will inevitably hurt people, so there is a saying that it is no more than 6 and no more than 8.

In the ancient book "Yi Yao", it is recorded that if chickens are raised for a long time, they will become monsters. This will often ruin the feng shui, so they have to be killed. Therefore, this phenomenon is actually very common in rural areas. , that is, many people buy chickens to raise, and roosters are usually slaughtered after about a year of raising them, because the rooster meat quality is the best at this time, but it is different for hens. Many people raise hens for production. Eggs, so hens are not easily slaughtered, but generally they cannot escape the fate of six years, because people tend to slaughter hens in the sixth year. On the one hand, this statement is what I just said On the other hand, the theory of becoming a demon recorded in "Yi Yao" is that there is a brand in mahjong that happens to be "Yaoji", which I have to say is actually feudal superstition.

Dogs are relatively common in our lives today. Many dogs are members of the family. However, in ancient times and even now in some rural areas, dogs would be expelled after eight years because of the same reason. It is also recorded in "Yi Yao" that in ancient times, an old man kept a white-haired dog. The old man always took the dog with him wherever he went. Later, the old man died due to illness. After the old man was buried, people discovered that the dog The white-haired dog also disappeared, and people didn't take it seriously. Until one day, the old man came to life again, and said that a passing Taoist priest had saved him. Seeing that the old man was fine, others believed it, until later someone Once I saw an old man taking a nap on a chair and found that the old man had turned into a white-haired dog. I realized that the white-haired dog turned into a demon because it had been following people around for a long time. It wanted to experience human life, so it turned into a human. Therefore, people are also taboo about this, thinking that it will ruin Feng Shui, so there is a saying that dogs can't do more than 8.