On the beautiful implication of cranes

1. In Taoism, the crane is a symbol of longevity, so there is a saying that the ancestors of Taoism mostly used cranes or deer as horses. In China, there is a traditional saying that when an old man dies, he will drive a crane to the west.

2. In China, Korea and Japan, people often paint cranes with tall and strong Gu Song as a symbol of longevity.

3. The red-crowned crane has elegant temperament and beautiful shape. It is famous for its beak, neck and legs. When it stands upright, it can reach more than one meter high. It looks like a sage like style, and is called "a bird with one taste", which is closely related to fairy tales and people's spiritual character.

4. Crane follows male and female, walks regularly, is affectionate but not lascivious, and has noble virtue. The ancients often compared graceful white cranes to people with high moral character, and called a person who was honest and sometimes praised as a "crane man".

Crane is one of the noblest animals in ancient times, symbolizing holiness, elegance and longevity.

Extended data:

The expression of cranes in ancient culture;

The Ming and Qing Dynasties endowed the red-crowned crane with the cultural connotation of loyalty, integrity and nobility. Civil servants' supplementary clothing, a kind of embroidered red-crowned crane by civil servants, is listed as an important symbol after the royal dragon and phoenix, so people also call the crane "the bird of one product".

People also regard cranes as symbols of high officials. A picture of Ji Xiangwen standing on the rock at the head of the tide, taking the homonym of "tide" and "dynasty" as a symbol of "one product in power" like a prime minister; The design of crane flying in the clouds symbolizes "one product rises high"; The picture of cranes flying at sunrise symbolizes "the rising of the sun".

In the tombs of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, the image of cranes appeared in sculptures. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, bronze bells and crane-shaped ritual vessels appeared.

Baidu encyclopedia-red-crowned crane

Baidu encyclopedia-crane