In Fukienese the words for "chicken" and "home" are homonyms, and a Taiwanese saying has it that "eating chicken builds up the home." This means that if the bride and groom eat chicken at their wedding, their family will prosper in the future.
而在閩南語中，「雞」與「家」同音，台灣俗語就有「食雞肉即能起家」這一句話，意指結婚時，新郎新娘吃過雞肉後，他日必能興家。