Why is the magpie a good news bird?

In the last years of Zhenguan, there was a man named Li Jingyi. There is a magpie nest in the tree in front of his house. Li Jingyi often feeds the magpies in the nest. For a long time, people and birds have feelings. Once Li Jingyi was wrongly imprisoned, suddenly one day, Li Jingyi found that the magpie she often fed stopped at the prison window and cried happily.

Li Jingyi thinks there will be good news. Sure enough, he was acquitted a few days later. It is precisely because the magpie has become a human being that it saves itself by falsely proclaiming the imperial edict. People think magpies are auspicious birds. Every time I see a magpie perching or hear a magpie chirping, I think it is a sign that a happy event is coming. Therefore, there is a saying: "Magpies sing to report good news, either to make money or to visit relatives."

Magpie is a kind of "good news" bird, which is usually called "magpie good news" and is regarded as a symbol of a happy and auspicious life. Magpies can be found everywhere in China culture. As a symbol of auspiciousness and happiness, magpies have been recited by scholars, and as auspicious patterns, magpies are widely used in paintings, furniture and utensils to express the meaning of celebration.

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The living habits of magpies

During the day, I often go to open areas such as farmland for food. At night, I will fly to nearby tall trees to rest, and sometimes I will see crows and western Western jackdaw mixed activities. The flight ability is strong and lasting. When flying, the whole body and tail are in a straight line, the tail is slightly opened, the wings are slowly stirred, and when moving on the ground, it leaps and bounds. The songs are monotonous and loud, like "baa-baa-baa", and they often sing while flying.

Eating miscellaneous. In summer, they mainly feed on animal foods such as insects, and in other seasons, they mainly feed on plant fruits and seeds. Common food types include insects and larvae such as LEPIDOPTERA, COLEOPTERA, ORTHOPTERA and HYMENOPTERA, such as grasshoppers, scarabs, ants, flies and snakes. Plant foods are mainly fruits and seeds of trees and shrubs, as well as crops such as corn, sorghum, soybeans, peas and wheat.

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