What does the old rural saying "Swallows don't enter the poor gate" mean? How to make swallows nest in their own homes?

Hello, I'm Sister Rong from Jinzhou, Shijiazhuang, Hebei. Now let me answer this question. When it comes to swallows, many people will think of a children's song: Little Swallows, dressed in flowery clothes, come here every spring. But some swallows can live in their homes, while others can't? There is a saying in the countryside that "a swallow is not as good as a door". Is it true that swallows are too poor to love the rich? What can we do to make swallows live at home?

As the rural saying goes, "Swallows don't enter the poor gate", is it because swallows are too poor to love the rich? Sister Rong learned such a poem when she was young. The name of this poem is Wuyi Lane. There are two lines: "In the old days, Xie Wang Tang flew into the homes of ordinary people", which means that swallows have the habit of settling in one place. Even if they used to be powerful people, they will not leave now. It seems that swallows are not too poor and love rich people.

What kind of place do swallows like to live? Swallows choose places to live, just like us, they all choose places that are suitable for living and can thrive. Only in such a place can they live in peace of mind, and then make their descendants more and more. What is the basis for swallows to choose their living conditions?

First of all, swallows will choose a place that can shelter from the wind and rain, so that they can nest with peace of mind and will not be washed away when it rains, leaving them with no place to live. This was very difficult for poor families in ancient times, because they could not easily find shelter from the wind and rain. Swallows don't want to live in such a place.

Swallows will choose a place where it is easy to find food, so that they can feed themselves. When they have offspring, they can also find food to feed them. So swallows will find a place with trees in the yard to live in, or find a family with chickens or dogs at home, so it is easier to find food in such a place. In ancient times, families who could meet such conditions were basically rich, because the poor themselves didn't have enough to eat, so where did they go to raise chickens or dogs?

There are also swallows who like to live in a place where the family is harmonious, but they don't want to live in a noisy place, because the family is always noisy, so swallows can't be quiet, so they can't thrive easily. If there are pranks at home, children will easily dig out the swallow's nest, or someone will poke the swallow's nest with a bamboo pole, so the swallow can't live quietly.

Then how can we let swallows live at home? We know what kind of family swallows like to live in, so we can do it according to these conditions. If swallows still can't come to live, and swallows often fly around in front of their homes. In this case, we can pull a rope under the gate or eaves, so that swallows can stand on it and nest on both sides.

Sister Rong's family is like this. Although no one was at home in my neighbor's house before, there were many swallows living in his house. Swallows would fly around my house, but they would never build nests. Later, we pulled a rope under the door of the hole. After a while, the swallows began to build nests. They made one at each end of the rope. Last year, we made another nest under the gate on the other side of the house. Now we are here.

At first, my son thought that swallows always shit a lot, which made the door too dirty. Then his son prepared a carton for the swallows, so that the door was much cleaner.

Some time ago, my son's classmates came to play with him, trying to dig up the bird, but also trying to poke the swallow's nest, which was stopped by us, because we thought the swallow was an auspicious bird and the swallow and sparrow were good friends of human beings, so we wouldn't hurt them.

Conclusion To sum up, the rural proverb "Swallows don't enter the poor gate" was in ancient times, because the poor at that time had no shelter from the wind and rain and didn't have enough to eat. In this case, the swallows don't want to live there, because they have found a place to live, and they have also found a suitable place to live. If we want swallows to live at home, we must make the family harmonious and often feed them after they come, let alone dig their nests. If they still can't live, we can pull a rope at the bottom of the door, which will help the swallows settle down.