From Du Fu's quatrains in Tang Dynasty: Two orioles sing green willows and a row of egrets fly into the sky. It's autumn wind and cold snow in Xiling, and Wu Dong Wan Li boat is moored at the door.
Similarly, there is a poem of Wei Zi's side dishes in Princess Zhu Huan. Stir-fried dishes are "mulberry twigs here", fried tofu is "an egret flying from a quiet swamp", scrambled eggs are "Yingying turns into an oriole in summer" and roast duck is "Phoenix once played here, so here is named after them".