What does crowing stand for

Hungry or there is something rotten or about to rot nearby, unlucky birds have been closely related to human beings since ancient times. The ancients left us countless idioms, fables, poems and pictures about birds, such as "the ambition of a swan", "Zigui cries blood", "two orioles sing green willows, and a row of egrets go up to the sky". They contain the ancient people's understanding, imagination and attachment to nature. Starting from today, this edition will open a column called "Bird Song Volume". The author, Mr. Feng Yongfeng, reporter of Guangming Daily, is the initiator of the folk environmental protection project "Natural University". This song "Bird's Song" is about our most common crow. There is a "military writer" who is very interesting. She went to collect wind in western Sichuan and suddenly found many crows. She was surprised to write in the article: "It is said that crows in the world are generally black. Why do I see crow's mouth and feet are red? " Have the crows here mutated? "In fact, she saw the red-billed Jay. If she goes to a higher altitude, she may see the yellow-billed Jay, whose mouth and feet are yellow. If she travels to Xinyang in the south of Henan, if she observes it carefully, she may see a crow with a white neck, whose scientific name is white-necked crow. If she likes to look at China's ancient calligraphy and painting, she will find that the ancients like to draw a western Western jackdaw after the snow. Some crows on it are wearing small white jackets, and some are as black as traditional crows. The modern scientific name of this crow painted by ancient painters is really Western jackdaw in the west, or some are called "Western jackdaw in the west of Daoli". When the painter painted Western jackdaw in the west, he probably painted a cold crow and a cold Western jackdaw in the west. Most of these paintings are painted in the north, and there is little heavy snow in the south. Even if there is heavy snow on the ground, it is rarely so empty and far away. Even if there are some flat areas, there are not necessarily crows. Crows like to gather, which is a derogatory term, such as "rabble", which is used to describe an unorganized and untrained gang that gathers temporarily like a flock of crows. " "The Biography of Geng Yan in the Later Han Dynasty" said: "Riding a mob suddenly is like pushing a dead ear. "Crows, magpies and grey magpies are the birds I have ever seen, and they are also the birds that are best at fighting. In the face of any possible danger, they will respond to each other and assemble quickly, regardless of personal safety for common interests. Thus, crows and magpies are homologous. Crows and magpies belong to the family Corvidae. They often live around humans. Similar to a sparrow, it is a "relative bird". In these years of bird watching, I have often seen crows and magpies form their own legions and compete for territory. Where magpies are piled up, there are generally no crows; There are few magpies in the territory controlled by crows. Some people do not like crows. When they go out in the morning, if they see magpies for the first time, they will be extremely happy. If you see a crow for the first time, especially when you hear it for the first time, you are worried about bad luck. If someone says something worrying, they are ridiculed as "crow mouth". But if we look through the historical materials of China, we may find that crows are actually quite correct birds. China always talked about "ruling the world with filial piety". In order to cooperate with the tradition of "filial piety", the ancients invented "Twenty-four filial piety maps", listing different types of filial piety behaviors for social reference. But even this would not be enough China's human form and meaning are developed, words are form and meaning, poems are form and meaning, and fables are also form and meaning. For those who like symbols and forms, it is inevitable to attach some special meanings to the common species around them. Common birds were used by the ancients one by one. Hongyan represents the yearning for people far away, cuckoo (cuckoo, cuckoo) represents the homesickness of travelers, sparrows and finches represent short-sighted villains, and swans (which should be some big and fierce birds, mostly raptors) represent lofty aspirations and powerful talents. However, crows are associated with a beautiful legend. Whether it is a crow with a big mouth, a crow with a small mouth or a crow with a bald nose, it is a general term for "filial piety". In many Confucian classics and sermons, it is always said that crows "feed back their kindness". Crows are typical of filial piety. When their parents are old, sick and tired of the world and can't find food, young crows, crows of their children and grandchildren will not only find food for their parents, but also make food delicious, just like humans vomit and feed their children. The reason why Shimi's Chen Qingbiao has become a famous work has a lot to do with this passage: "Chen Mi has four in forty this year and grandma Liu has six in ninety this year, which is a long day for me to celebrate your majesty and a short day for Liu. Blackbird has an affair and is willing to raise it. " Personal filial piety is greater than loyalty to the court. Most ancient literati were people who indulged in imagination. If we persist in correcting it with a scientific attitude, it will appear that we have committed a logical disease and are superstitious about science. Scientifically speaking, there are sunspots and flares on the sun, but ancient people in China called the sun "the sun", and some ancient paintings actually drew a crow sitting on the sun. The ancients thought that there were three feet in the sun and rabbits in the moon, so they used the "flying rabbit line" to compare the movement of the sun and the moon and the passage of time; Literati describe that the sun sets and the moon rises, which must be "the sun sets in the west and the jade rabbit rises in the east". Crow is also used to describe an official position. The most common is to describe the imperial history, which is also called Wu Fu. It is said that this began in the Han Dynasty. Zhu Hanbo Chuan Shi: "At that time, there were more than 100 areas in the imperial court, and all the wells were exhausted. In addition, there are cypress trees in his home, and thousands of wild owls often inhabit them. In the morning, they arrive at dusk, and they call it' morning and evening'. " Among the guqin music in our country, there is a song that is still being played and sung today, called Night Cry. Zhang Ji, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote An Introduction to Night Cry, in which there was a quotation saying: "Li Mian's Qin Shuo said that Night Cry was written by Yanhe's daughter. At the beginning, Yan was in prison and two Wu stopped at home. The woman said,' If there is no happiness, the father will forgive himself.' So I wrote this exercise. "Zhang Ji's poem goes like this:" "Wu Qin was so dumb that he cried all night in the official's house in Chang 'an. An official who committed a crime and went to prison can make amends if he sells all his property. The young woman cried at night and knew that there was a government pardon. I am very happy when I get up, but I am not awake in class. The young woman speaks softly, so you should be careful not to fake cry. You can use your imperial tree as a nest, so that you won't hurt your young every year. Yanhe was a metaphysical scholar in the Wei Dynasty of the Three Kingdoms, and Li Mian was a senior official and clan in the Tang Dynasty. It is said that he is also a musician and a piano master. Commentators of later generations pointed out that there was also a poem "Wu Ye Tune" in the Qing Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty, which was written by Wang Linchuan in the Song Dynasty, "agreeing with different things". 1998 Ted hughes, the British poet laureate who died, never collected the last book of poetry. It is said that he only collected two-thirds of his poems, and some of his poems were not even finished. Therefore, some literary researchers believe that this shows the poet's pursuit of "blank". In ancient China, crows often entered poetry. Here, find an ancient poem about crows to end. Bai Juyi's "My Night Cry" eulogizes the crow's feedback, criticizes the countries in the world and criticizes the unfilial people in the world. It's worth reading: the second time I lost my mother, I vomited when I was dumb. Don't fly day and night, keep the old forest old. Crying in the middle of the night every night, everyone who smells it will be moved. If you tell me in your voice, you won't give back to your heart. A hundred birds have no mother, but they are very sad. What makes you sad should be your mother's good. Once upon a time, there was a Wu Qizhe whose mother died. What disciple, the heart is not as good as a bird. Kindness and kindness, birds have applied.