2005年是农历乙酉年,也称鸡年。鸡在民间被视为吉利的象征,深受人们喜爱。鸡,鸟纲雉科动物,“五畜”及“六畜”之一,早在几千年前,就与人类结下不解之缘。我国是世界上最早驯养家鸡的国家,据考古发掘,北方地区至迟在距今六千多年前即已饲养家鸡,属于新时器时代早期(早于仰韶文 2005 is the Lunar New Year, also known as the Year of the Rooster. Chicken is regarded as auspicious symbol in the folk and deeply loved by people. Chicken, birdwatching Phasianidae, “five domestic animals” and “livestock” one, as early as thousands of years ago, and human beings become indissoluble bond. Our country is the earliest country to domesticate chickens in the world. According to archaeological excavations, the northern region has reared chickens no later than six thousand years ago, belonging to the early era of the New Age (earlier than Yangshao