What is the meaning and symbol of goose?

Hongyan is a large migratory bird, which moves southward every autumn, often causing homesickness and wandering sorrow. For example, Xue Daoheng, a native of the Sui Dynasty, wrote that "people are homesick every day". After the geese fall, people think before the flowers. I had the idea of going home long before Bloom. But when the geese returned to the north, people had not returned home. When the poet was an official in the Northern Dynasties, he sent envoys to the Southern Dynasties and wrote this homesick poem, which was subtle and tactful.

There are also letters referred to by Hongyan. Everyone is familiar with the allusions of Hongyan biography, and the application of Hongyan as a messenger in poetry is also very common. For example, "Wild geese don't answer me, rivers and lakes are full of rain", "Shuo Yan sends books, and Huang Xiang shed more tears".

Goose habits

The wild goose is one of the well-known birds. When migrating, dozens, hundreds or even thousands of geese always gather together and fly in a line with each other. The ancients called them "strict array".

The "Yan Zhen" was led by the experienced "Touyan". When speeding up the flight, the team is arranged in a "human" shape. Once it slows down, the queue changes from "human" to "one", which is an effective measure for long-distance migration. The geese are composed of 6 or multiples of 6, and the geese are the aggregation of certain families or certain groups.