What do you mean by "Birds of Paradise above, Hubei Lao below"?

Nine birds in the sky, Hubei Lao on the ground is to describe the shrewdness of Hubei people....

The Chu people are a nation that worships the dragon and the phoenix. Zhu Rong, the ancestor of the Chu people, is the embodiment of the phoenix bird. Baihu Tong, Wuzhu Chapters" said Zhu Rong "its essence for the bird, away from the luan." Luan is the phoenix. Therefore, the Chu people on the phoenix always exist a deep feeling. They especially like to phoenix metaphor. Legend has it that when King Zhuang of Chu just assumed the throne, he had fun all day long and didn't ask about state affairs.

Wu Ju will be advised to ask: "There is a bird in the Foo, three years without gossamer is what bird?" King Zhuang replied, "Three years without gossamer, gossamer will be sky-high; three years without song, song will be amazing." Wu Ju used the bird as a metaphor for King Zhuang, and King Zhuang also used the bird as a metaphor for himself. This bird can fly to the sky, naturally associated with the Chu people admire the big "do not know how many thousands of miles", "fly in anger, its wings as if the sky of the clouds," the roc.