Killing pigs for one year was a very important activity in rural areas in the past, and there are many stresses on killing pigs for one year. Before the Spring Festival, butchers in the village were very busy, and people asked butchers to kill pigs almost every day. In my hometown, killing annual pigs usually begins after the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, and a lot of preparations should be made before killing annual pigs. However, this is all in the past, and now few people in the village have killed Chinese New Year pigs. First, there are few pigs in the village. Second, living conditions have improved. Before the Chinese New Year, everyone bought pork and ate as much as possible. Third, the butcher in the village is hard to find.

There are many taboos for rural people to kill pigs in the New Year. Many young people in the village don't care now, but I hope you know these taboos. This time, I want to tell you a rule that has been passed down to this day. This is what a butcher who has killed pigs all his life told me.

When killing pigs, the most auspicious thing is that one knife ends, but in the process of killing pigs, some butchers will make up the second knife, which is very taboo in their business. The most taboo is that the pig has been slaughtered and the pig puller has been spared. At this time, the pig suddenly jumped to the ground to struggle or began to pluck hair, and the pig suddenly began to struggle a few times. These things not only make the host unhappy.

Moreover, if this happens to butchers, it is the end of their career and they can't touch this line from now on. The most serious thing is that this kind of thing indicates that disaster will come to this family, and it is very serious.

The butcher should wash his hands of it from now on. The first pork cooked by this family can't be given to the family first, but can only be eaten by themselves after praying for the deceased relatives. This is what the old butcher earnestly warned me. Therefore, it is better to hire a skilled butcher to kill pigs in rural areas. It doesn't matter how much money you have. People will be lucky for the New Year.