Poetry and introduction of cranes: a unique story about cranes.

Crane is a general term for crane birds, and it is a beautiful and elegant large wading bird. Crane has a lofty position in China culture, especially the red-crowned crane, which is a symbol of longevity, auspiciousness and elegance, and is often associated with immortals, also known as "crane". Most Taoist ancestors in China traditional culture used cranes or deer as mounts. Crane, with elegant temperament and beautiful shape, is famous for its beak, neck and legs. When standing upright, it can reach more than one meter high, and it looks like a sage-like style, so it is called "a bird with one product" (in ancient times, a civil servant supplemented it with a crane). In addition, cranes are closely related to the spiritual characteristics of immortals, Taoists and people in China traditional culture. Crane, male and female follow each other, walks regularly, is affectionate but not lustful, and has noble virtue. Therefore, the ancients often compared a noble sage with a graceful white crane, and called an incorruptible and sometimes praised person a "crane". Crane is a longevity fairy bird, as the saying goes: crane life is boundless; Later generations often use "Happy Birthday", "Happy Age" and "Happy Shu" as birthday words. In China, people say that healthy people live long. They also call it "a crane has a beautiful face". Even the memory of the dead old man is crowned with the good intention of "driving a crane to the west"

Crane in Tang Du Mu

The voice welcomes Xiao Yue, and the sorrow and joy stand cold. Dan applied his cheeks on the top and four whiskers on the frost. Yun Lan is impatient, and egrets have strong spirits. All day long, there is no group companion, and the shadow is lonely by the stream.

Liu Tang Deren's Memory of Crane

Cinnabar cheeks are white with silk feathers and faint cold smoke. Come on, stand on the lonely pine branches and watch people sing hard but fly high.

The Lonely Crane by Don Wei Zhuang

Sunset lingers on the beach, and snow wings spread before the wind. I flew back and forth several times because I didn't know where I lived.

In the early Tang Dynasty, he wrote Crane.

I want to put the frost feather down the river, but I don't think it will pollute the fragrant spring. Sha Ou Puyan should be surprised and fly into the sky.

Li Bai painted "Ode to a Crane" Xue Shaofu in Jinxiang

Dan's eyes are bright. If you are arrogant, you will be shocked. The shape stays in the corner, and the potential emerges from the sky. It is said that it grows in the wind and cloud, and it is always silent in the morning.

Stories related to cranes

Wei Yigong Haohe

Wei Yigong likes raising cranes, and his cranes are like officials. The first category is actually paid by doctors, and the second category is paid by doctors. When he goes out to play, he always takes a crane and puts it in front of the car, so he is called "General Crane". Whoever offers a crane will be rewarded. Wei Yigong loves cranes, ignores state affairs and people's sufferings, and people's grievances are boiling, making the country weak. In the winter of Gong Yi's ninth year (660 BC), the Beizhai people attacked Wei through Xing Guo Yi Yi Yi (now southwest of Liaocheng, Shandong). When the Zhai people arrived in Xingze, Wei Yigong was ready to send troops to resist. The minister said, "If you are good at cranes, cranes can let you attack Zhai." . Wei Yigong called on the people of China to resist. China people said, "Tell the crane to resist the enemy. They have high officials and high salaries. Where can I fight? " Wei Yigong had no choice but to take a few cronies to meet them in Yingze. As a result, he was defeated and killed.

Sublime or seclusion

In the Song Dynasty, Lin Bu lived in seclusion in the lonely mountain of West Lake, planted plum blossoms and raised cranes. He never married, and people called him "Mei Wife Crane". Lin Bu often breeds two cranes. They fly vertically into the sky, hover for a long time, and then return to their cages. Lin Bu often visits the West Lake Temple by boat. When the tourists came to visit, the boy in Limbu asked them to sit for a while, and then opened the cage to let the crane out. Lin Bu saw the crane coming and knew that someone was visiting, so he rowed back.

Yangzhou crane

Southern Dynasty joke: Four people talk about ideals together: Some people want to go to Yangzhou as a secretariat (Yangzhou was the most prosperous and affluent city at that time), some people want to get rich, and some people want to ride a crane to heaven (that is, become immortal). The last person said,' Rich as an enemy, riding a crane to ascend the continent', which integrated the ideals of the first three people.