What is the moral of the crane?

Crane is one of the noblest animals in ancient times, which symbolizes holiness, elegance and longevity, and has a great influence on people. Many cranes are endangered, so people join hands to protect them and remind many people not to hurt them.

The cultural implication of cranes is often painted with pine trees named "Songhe Changchun" and "Crane Shousongling"; The auspicious significance of painting cranes and turtles together is that turtles and cranes are the same age and prolong life; Crane, deer and phoenix tree are painted together, which means "six in one spring".

It is painted with auspicious patterns of immortals looking up at the longevity star and driving cranes, which is called the "birthday picture". The auspicious pattern of rocks rising and falling in the tide is called "one product is the tide". The auspicious implication of the pattern of two cranes flying high towards the sun is that they hope to climb high. The paintings of cranes, phoenixes, mandarin ducks, herons and yellow pigeons show five social relations between people. Among them, the crane symbolizes the relationship between father and son, because the crane sings for a long time and the little crane sings. Crane has become the symbol of the father of moral cycle.

Extended information crane is a general term for cranes, which are some beautiful and elegant large wading birds. The crane family is divided into 2 subfamilies, 1~4 genera and 15 species. Among them, there are 1~3 genera 13 species of crane subfamily, which are distributed in all continents except South America, but the species are the most in East Asia. There are 9 species of 1~2 genus in China, accounting for more than half of the world's crane 15 species, and it is the country with the largest number of cranes, all of which are national key protected wild animals in China.

The hind toes of crane subfamily are small and high, so they can't support the first three toes, so they can't live in trees. There are 2 species 1 genus of Coronae, which are endemic to Africa. Unlike cranes, crowned cranes can live in trees. Crane has a lofty position in China culture, especially the red-crowned crane, which is a symbol of longevity, auspiciousness and elegance. Often associated with immortals, it is also called "crane".

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