As the saying goes, "Magpies nest high, and the rain flooded that year", is it really reasonable?

In a few days, it will be the fifth Qingming Festival in 24 solar terms. As the saying goes, "It rains a lot during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road want to break their souls."

The 24 solar terms in China are accumulated through thousands of years' experience, which not only contributes to agricultural production, but also has great accuracy. In fact, animals are also very capable in predicting the weather. They are more acute and have produced many folk proverbs since ancient times. Last week, I went home with my aunt. Seeing the magpie nest by the roadside, she muttered, "Magpies nest high, and it rained heavily that year." Magpies build their nests very high, so there will be a lot of rain this year.

Because magpies build their nests with their mouths up (nonsense, if they don't, the chicks will fall off), in order to avoid the influence of frequent rain, they will choose a suitable position. "Magpies built their nests very high, and there was a flood of rain that year." If magpies built their nests very high, there would be more rain this year, so they could be protected from moisture. If the magpie nest is short, there will be less rain this year. According to the location where magpies nest, we can judge the change of rain in a year. According to my aunt's experience, the nest of new magpies is relatively high this year, and it is estimated that there will be more rain.

At the same time, under my questioning, my aunt said other proverbs about the bird's nest recognizing the weather. "There is a lot of grass in the swallow's nest and there is a lot of rain this year." See if there is more grass or less grass in their nest. If there is a lot of grass in the swallow's nest, there will be a lot of rain this year and there may be a flood. If there is little bird's nest grass, it means that there is not much rain this year, and it is easy to ventilate with less padding, so crops should be protected from drought.

My aunt pointed to the magpie's nest and told me that besides the height of the magpie's nest, it can also be judged by the branches chosen by magpies for nesting. As the saying goes, "If you want to know the wind this year, please look at the magpie nest on the tree." As a good news bird, if the branches of the magpie nest are thicker, then the wind is stronger this year, so it should be placed among the thick branches to prevent the nest from being blown away by the wind; If the magpie nest is located in a soft place in the middle of the branches, it means that the wind is light this year, so it is better ventilated here.