In the history of China, it is recognized as a first-class literary bird, and the pattern embroidered on the chest of civil servants in Qing Dynasty is a crane. The product of crane compensation, the crown is decorated with an eastern pearl with a ruby on it; Coral crowns are auspicious clothes; /kloc-Liang of 0/80 years old.
In fact, the legendary crane is the red-crowned crane, a large wading bird that lives in swamps or shallow water, and is often called the "God of Wetlands". It has nothing to do with pine trees growing in high mountains and hills. However, because the life span of red-crowned cranes is as long as 50 ~ 60 years, people often paint pine trees as a symbol of longevity.
Residents in East Asia use red-crowned cranes to symbolize happiness, auspiciousness, longevity and loyalty. It often appears in literary and artistic works of various countries. 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. The elegant image of the red-crowned crane in Taoism has become a symbol of immortality. In the ancient legends of China, cranes all appeared as mounts of immortals, which shows that the impression of cranes in China people is quite weighty.
So far, China State Forestry Administration has reported the red-crowned crane to the State Council as the only national bird candidate.
A crane is a bird that lives in a swamp. It is a joke to draw it on a pine tree from a scientific point of view. Of course, in the cultural sense, it is another matter.
Cranes lay eggs. In ancient times, some people regarded it as a fairy bird, saying that it was viviparous (see Bao Zhao's Fu on Dancing Crane). But the mistake of crane viviparous statement has long been known. There is a record in the Record of Mo Ke Waving Rhinoceros: "Liu Yuancai was eccentric and tasted two cranes. When the guest arrived, he boasted,' This fairy bird is also here. Where does the bird lay its eggs? This bird is viviparous.' Before he died, the gardener reported, "A crane laid an egg at midnight." Yuan Cai said,' Dare to slander cranes!' A few days later, I stretched my neck and fell to the ground. I laid an egg. Yuan Cai sighed:' The crane also lost its way, and I was mistaken by Liu Yuxi's kind words. "