What does the magpie stand for?

Magpie is a symbol of good luck, a symbol of happy events, luck and auspiciousness. In the traditional customs of China, magpie is regarded as a kind of auspicious bird. This is also a very common theme in Chinese painting, which often appears in China's traditional poems and couplets.

People regard magpies as a symbol of "good luck". There are many beautiful myths and legends about it. Legend has it that magpies can give good news, and there is a story like this:

At the end of Zhenguan, there was a man named Li Jingyi. There is a magpie nest in the tree in front of his house. He often feeds the magpies in the nest. For a long time, people and birds have feelings. On one occasion, Li Jingyi was wrongly imprisoned, which made him feel painful. Suddenly one day, the bird he fed stopped at the prison window and kept barking. He thought there would be good news. Sure enough, he was acquitted three days later. It's because magpies become people and falsely preach the imperial edict. These stories prove that the custom of drawing magpies for good luck is very popular, and there are many kinds: for example, two magpies face to face, which is called "greeting"; Double magpies add an ancient coin called "happiness is in sight"; A badger and a magpie looked at each other under the tree and shouted "Happy". The most popular picture is the picture of a magpie climbing a plum branch to report good news, which is also called "beaming"