The above is a sentence written by Lu, one of the four outstanding figures in the early Tang Dynasty, in his ancient poem Chang 'an Ancient Meaning. The poem depicts the ancient women's yearning for beautiful love, saying that they often envy the love between Yuanyang and the bird until death do us part, which is better than the immortal life. Since then, the beautiful and exquisite Yuanyang bird has become a symbol of love envied by the world.
But who knows, in fact, the mandarin duck bird, which is praised in every way in the legend, is not a true loyal minister. According to relevant surveys, the love between mandarin ducks is often as fleeting as epiphyllum.
In particular, the male bird-honeymoon-honeymoon, even when his partner-Yang is giving birth and breastfeeding, will not assume the obligation to take care of his wife and children. I have been immersed in the process of finding a new partner almost all my life, and I belong to the well-deserved "love rat love rat".
In the name of love, an eternal topic for thousands of years.
Mencius. Shang once said: "Food and color are also important", which means "food" that satisfies the basic functions of the body and "color" that allows human beings to continue to reproduce. They are the two most basic and eternal essential attributes in human society.
Human life needs to constantly and regularly ingest all kinds of nutrients needed by life, so that all aspects of its body functions can be continued, otherwise, this advanced animal population will disappear. Therefore, "food", as the premise of everything else, has been in the first place since the birth of mankind.
And "color", as its name implies, means that in human groups, reproductive mating between men and women can make short-lived organisms continue in the way of the next generation. Therefore, lust, like appetite, has continued since the birth of mankind.
"Color" was originally just a vulgar thing, used to reproduce. No matter what personal characteristics the other person has, as long as he is of the opposite sex, he can have sex without feelings and give birth to a cub.
When we evolved into feudal society, the continuous progress of human ideology made it a shame to reproduce. In order to make it go smoothly, because of the sublimation of emotion, it began to become a beautiful blessing in the name of love.
As a result, all kinds of love stories emerge one after another, such as emperor and enchantress, general and concubine, daughter and poor scholar, gifted scholar and ghost, etc. All of them are driven by love, leaving a lasting aesthetic swan song for future generations. In order to smile for his beloved wife, Yang Guifei, Emperor Taizong spared no expense to interpret the spoony story of "Riding a princess in the world of mortals and laughing, but no one knew it was litchi".
Sanmao, a contemporary female writer, wrote: "Every time I miss you, a grain of sand falls from the sky, thus forming the Sahara;" Every time I miss you, a drop of water falls from the sky, thus forming the beautiful prose of the Pacific Ocean. No matter how strange the plot is, there is always a purpose running through it, and that is "in the name of love".
Speaking of love, it seems to be the most perfect representative.
Throughout the ages, we always like to use something related to it to represent our inner desires. So when it comes to love, what impresses us the most? There is no doubt that it will be a bird named Yuanyang, because it is smart and gorgeous in appearance and often becomes the creative inspiration of literati and talented people.
In many cultural works symbolizing our national characteristics, the word Yuanyang frequently appears with its aesthetic symbols, thus leaving a deep impression in thousands of years of cultural accumulation.
The so-called Yuanyang is not the same thing, but a general term for male and female birds, in which Yuanyang represents male and Yuanyang represents female. Yuanyang, also known as Wurenha birds, crested ducks, skinbirds and woodpeckers, belongs to the genus Yuanyang in the family Anatidae.
Because they often join the team in pairs and play together in the lotus pond, just like a pair of inseparable lovers, never leaving. Therefore, China ancient literati often used Yuanyang as a symbol of faithful love.
As Lu said above, "If you succeed, why did you quit?"? You are willing to be a mandarin duck without envy "; Sima Xiangru of the Han Dynasty said: "I am lonely, I am a mandarin duck"; And "Yuanyang playing with water", which we often use to describe lovers' affection, are all using Yuanyang and Yuanyang to symbolize human love.
Therefore, when filming his ghost movie Ghost Story, Director Tsui Hark wrote in a painting: "Ten miles of Pinghu Lake is full of frost, and the blue silk is worried about the New Year, looking across the moon, only admiring the mandarin duck but not the fairy." Ning and Nie, the turn of life and death, also turned into a pair of inseparable mandarin ducks, which further sublimated the theme of their films.
In fact, this is indeed a pair of "love rat love rat"
Yuanyang has always been the love sustenance and yearning of young men and women for thousands of years. However, some people who have deep experience have suggested that Yuanyang is not a pair of immortal couples worthy of our praise for thousands of years, but a pair of out-and-out "love rat love rat".
Where should I start? Perhaps the praise for the deification of Yuanyang's love for thousands of years has been exaggerated, and some people want to know about this idealized couple. So interested people monitor Yuanyang 24 hours a day. Surprisingly, they found that Yuanyang is not our faithful companion, and even compared with many creatures, the emotional maintenance between Yuanyang and Yuanyang is extremely fragile.
It is observed that at the beginning of their acquaintance, Yuanyang and Yuanyang were attracted to each other because of their bright feathers. But after they have been in love for a long time, they will go to other places with a strong desire to conquer, fully display their male charm to attract new lovers, and then it is conceivable that it is another kind of intimate relationship.
Young birds that were pregnant with young birds because of sex had to give birth alone and take care of their growth. When the time is right, I will stand on the branch and pose for my honeymoon to attract a strong spouse for myself.
In this process, there is almost no spousal possessiveness in our human society, and they will constantly attract new opposite sex and produce new love relationships. It is conceivable that if Yuanyang's love affair really happens to human beings, it will be a tragedy, not the beautiful love we have praised for thousands of years.
If that's the case, how could the ancients talk nonsense and conclude that Yuanyang is a love mode superior to the immortal life? In fact, this is because although Yuanyang is promiscuous and promiscuous, one thing is certain, that is, Yuanyang enjoys the state of mutual appreciation. So whenever and wherever, we will always find a partner for ourselves and appear in front of us in pairs.
In addition, for birds and birds, humans are not sensitive to their colorful feathers and roughly the same body shape. Therefore, even if Yuanyang in the lake has changed many partners, it seems to us that she will always be alone.
This indistinguishable difference makes us naively think that Yuanyang and Yuanyang are so loyal that every time we meet them, we have excellent feelings and go hand in hand. As everyone knows, the other person's happiness is only because different partners bring different pleasure.