Does the story of crow feeding back belong to the story of Chinese excellent traditional culture?

This is the allusion of China traditional legend.

The crow feeds back, which is a metaphor for supporting the filial piety of the elders. From "Compendium of Materia Medica Poultry Department": "Ciwu: This bird is born, and its mother will eat for 60 days, and if it is long, it will eat for 60 days."

The lamb kneels for milk and the crow feeds back, which is the foundation of being a man. Wang Xiang was lying on the ice, asking carp to honor their parents.

Legend has it that the story of the crow feeding back is the most touching one. I deeply admire the crow for knowing how to honor the "old man". Crow-a bird with a black body and an ugly face, is usually hated by human beings because people think it is unlucky. It is this kind of bird that is hated by people and can't enter the elegant hall, but it has a virtue that is truly worthy of our universal praise-respecting and loving the elderly. It is said that this kind of bird grew up under the care of its mother. When her mother is old and weak, and her eyes are blind and she can't fly, the bird will feed the food she finds into her mother's mouth to repay her kindness.

But in fact, feedback is a group phenomenon in crow population. Cai Guo, a researcher at the School of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, said that when crow chicks can fly and forage independently, they will leave their mothers' care and live in groups, or choose to live alone and end their feeding relationship. "From this habit, I think it is impossible for crows to feed back."

Li Hongwen, director of birds in the dynamic management department of Chengdu Zoo, also denied that crows feed back, but she talked about another behavior of crows. "Crowded crows will share the extra food with their companions when they are full, and even don't mind their companions grabbing food from their mouths. Perhaps the ancients accidentally saw a full crow sharing food with its peers and mistakenly thought it was feeding back. " You can learn the meaning of filial piety, but you should also realize the scientific nature of the story.