Changsha is known as a "stove", surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing water in the north, with a humid climate. However, the ancients believed that roosters had the function of removing dampness, which formed the folk habit of eating chickens head-first, and thus left the folk proverb "Eat a chicken in ups and downs, and be healthy for a year".
On the ups and downs, of course, you have to eat fu chicken, which needs to be called chicken. After stir-frying with ginger, you can simmer the soup cooked by a plant called roadside Jing to collect juice. It is said that eating it can dispel wind and detoxify.
Changsha people are also very particular about eating chickens. First, they should eat called chickens (roosters), and they should eat them on the day they buy them and kill them on the day they are serious.
In the old days, when eating fried chicken with ginger in Changsha, it was very particular: when eating, the doors and windows should be closed, long-sleeved clothes should be worn, shoes and socks should be put on neatly, and the trouser legs should be tied tightly with ropes. No fans or cattail fans are allowed, and then a small glass of wine should be poured and eaten slowly.