What the Book of Songs Magpie's Nest expresses is as follows
Nowadays, when it comes to doves occupying magpie's nests, there is a lot of scolding. This kind of banditry that takes over my big house and my land must be morally justified. Criticize them publicly and severely punish them legally, so as to effectively protect the legitimate rights of the victims from being harmed. However, in the first chapter of Zhao Nan's Magpie's Nest in The Book of Songs: National Style, occupying the magpie's nest is not only not a bad thing, but a good thing. Instead of looking at each other angrily, people clapped their hands and sent blessings. Why is this?
It turns out that the poem "Magpie's Nest" uses the dove occupying the magpie's nest to describe the wedding scene of a woman getting married to her husband's family. The dove in the poem symbolizes the bride, the magpie symbolizes the groom, and the magpie's nest is the two people. The happy point of the little nest of love is the bridal chamber on the wedding night
The magpie in the poem is the magpie, because the magpie’s chirping sounds like the announcement of happy events, so people call it It's called a magpie.
The magpie is an omnivore and preys on various pests that harm crops, but it also eats grains. Magpies are masters at building nests. From the outside, a magpie nest looks rough, but its internal structure is complex and the workmanship is meticulous. The four-month construction period is a guarantee of quality. Because the magpie's nest is strong and comfortable, and because it is tall and large, the target is obvious, so it is often occupied by other birds that do not build nests, such as doves.
Dove is sometimes interpreted as turtle dove, and some is interpreted as cuckoo. In fact, dove is the general name for some birds of the family Dove and Columbidae. There are 309 species in 41 genera, of which 15 species are unique to my country. Therefore, doves occupying magpie nests can be understood as doves. There are many birds that do not build their own nests but specifically occupy other people's nests. The other type is that doves are a specific type of bird in the eyes of the ancients.
Li Shizhen said in the Compendium of Materia Medica that myna occupies magpie's nests. The Birds' Classic also said that myna is a bird that cannot build nests and often occupies magpie's nests. So we tentatively assume that the dove occupying the magpie's nest is the myna. But there is no need to hate mynas for this reason. Although mynas are not as lovable as magpies, they are not as disgusting as crows. The myna is also a beneficial bird for agriculture and forestry. It can imitate the calls of other birds and simple human speech, so it is also one of the common pet birds.