The Beggar's Chicken of Tienfulou is of course no longer cooked in its primitive and squalid locale.
富貴雞原名「叫化雞」，本是叫化子打牙祭時的盛饌。乞丐平日乞討維生，有時嘴饞，就跑到有錢人家去偷只雞；又因沒有炊具，就在野地裡升堆柴火，把雞裹上一層濕泥在火裡燜烤，烤好後泥巴乾硬，剝掉乾泥層時，雞毛也隨之拔起。