Tell me why magpies are loved by people.

"Compendium of Materia Medica" says that its name includes two meanings, one is "the magpie calls, so it is called magpie", the other is "the spirit can announce good news, so it is called joy", which together means "people see it" The beloved magpie. It is said that magpies can predict whether the weather will be sunny or rainy. There is a record in the ancient book "The Book of Birds": "When you raise your head and sing, it will be cloudy, and when you bow your head, it will rain. When people hear its sound, they will be happy."

People regard magpies as " "Auspicious" symbol. There are many beautiful myths and legends about it. Magpie

It is said that magpies can bring good news. There is such a story: In the late Zhenguan period, there was a man named Li Jingyi. There was a magpie nest in the tree in front of his house. He often fed the magpies in the nest. For a long time, people and birds had feelings. Once Li Jingyi was wrongly accused and imprisoned, which made him feel even more painful. Suddenly one day the bird he was feeding stopped in front of the prison window and kept chirping happily. He secretly thought that some good news was coming. Sure enough, he was acquitted three days later. It's because the magpie turned into a human and pretended to preach the imperial edict. These stories confirm that the custom of painting magpies as a sign of joy is very popular, and there are many varieties: for example, two magpies facing each other are called "happy meeting"; an ancient coin is added between two magpies called "happy in front of the eyes"; a badger and A magpie looked at each other above and below the tree and shouted "Happily". The most widely circulated picture is the picture of a magpie climbing a plum branch to announce good news, also known as "joy on the brow".