Li Yue, the envoy of Tang Zhizhizhou, said, "The trees of ten thousand valleys reach the sky, and the cuckoos of a thousand peaks crow."
Tang Li Bai's "Seeing Rhododendrons in Xuancheng": "Shu once smelled birds, and Xuancheng saw rhododendrons. One is called, one is ileum, the other is broken, and I remember it on March 3. "
Tang Li Bai's "Difficult Road to Shu": "In the middle, the cuckoo sounded mournful and worried about the empty mountain. Such a trip is more difficult than climbing the blue sky, and even hearing it makes your cheeks pale! "
Bai Juyi's Pipa Trip: "And what are you listening to here? ? The cuckoo bleeds, the ape whimpers. "
Li Shanfu's "Wen Zi is expensive": "I miss my homeland when I am heartbroken, and I cry blood and splash fragrant branches."
Song and Qin Guan's "Walking on the Sand": "It's like a lonely pavilion in spring, and the cuckoo is sunset."
Song Luyou's "Queqiao Fairy": "The warbler's nest is often silent, and the moonlit night often sings Du Yu."
Back to the thirty-seventh time of the Water Margin: "The branches of Zigui sing jathyapple, and the butterflies in the garden stay in the flowers."
Lu Xun's untitled poem: "Unreasonable old dreams drive away the drunkenness and remember the rules for the light shadow alone."
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Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that this gauge is the most wronged bird in the world.
However, the above-mentioned mess was only known later. The author comes from a peasant family, whose home is in the south of Shanxi, roughly in the triangle at the junction of Shanxi, Qin and Henan. I have been mowing grass and collecting firewood since I was a child, digging ditches and building weirs, and then harvesting and grinding. In short, I stayed in the field all day, and the birds' songs were familiar. In the mouth of the villagers, it is called "Gaga" rather than "Zigui". Because of its "quack quack" sound, some troublemakers told the children that the sound of this bird is similar to that of "wife lying in the ditch"-ditch digger, so is the anus-so it is lively. Whenever a female member likes to laugh and pee in the middle of work, naughty boys will suddenly learn.
The scientific name of Zigui bird is Dacuckoo, which is a subspecies of China, also known as Kagu, Bugu, Zigui, Du Yu, Guo Gong, Huogu, Tiguei, Cuigui, Zigui and Shu Soul Rhododendron. The body length is about 320 mm, the wing length is about 2 10 mm, and the male bird's upper body is pure dark gray; The wings are dark brown, white and mixed with brown spots; The tail is black and the top is white; The central tail feather has white fine spots along both sides of the feather axis; The chin, throat, upper chest, head and neck are light gray, and the rest of the lower body is white with dark brown horizontal spots. The male and female are similar in appearance, and the female has a brown upper body and a brown chest. Usually inhabit open woodlands, especially near the water. I often sing in the morning, and I can sing for a long time before I stop. Sexual cowardice is often hidden in leaves. Usually, I only hear the voice of singing, and I seldom see it, which is why in classical poetry, the devil only listens to its voice, but not its shape. This kind of bird flies very fast, walks in a straight line, and often glides for some distance before landing. It is very skilled. Feeding on Lepidoptera larvae, such as mosquitoes, fireflies, spiders, etc. Eating in large quantities has a considerable effect on eliminating pests. The only natural enemy of Zigui bird is falcon, but it is not easy for the latter to succeed, because Zigui bird is naturally cautious and vigilant.
I'm afraid the ancients, including Li Bai's Lu You, didn't know the following life habits of Zigui birds: the female cuckoo, Zigui bird, would imitate the cries of natural enemies of other birds to scare off their nest owners before laying eggs, and then take the opportunity to lay eggs in the nest and leave. When the owner of the nest comes back, he will continue to hatch and hold the nest, and then break the shell and feed it to the cuckoo as his own child. He is the biggest speculator in the bird world. What's more, Zigui birds will murder other young birds in the same nest during feeding. According to the observation of ornithologists, more than ten species of passerine birds, such as reed warbler, sparrow, grey magpie, shrike, brown-headed crow, northern red-tailed owl and brown-tailed warbler, are often invaded by this bird. Alas, this kind of behavior is simply the worst in the world.
This practice of cuckoo is called "hatching parasitism" in zoology, that is, one animal plays tricks to let another creature raise its children for itself. Generally speaking, these animals that are forced to raise children for others need to spend more time and energy, and their children often get hurt. The deceptive cuckoo has many tricks, such as making the color of the egg close to that of the "adoptive parents" and laying eggs in the host nest quickly and efficiently.
It is inconceivable and absolutely intolerable to cheat, hurt or even kill one's own kind in human society in order to make one's descendants appear in this world smoothly. However, this is the survival philosophy of Zigui bird. They don't even know the basic survival skills of birds-nesting and nesting. Therefore, they have more opportunities for reproduction and survival than other birds. Alas, those young birds who died suddenly in their nests should be so wronged and innocent.
That is beside the point. Don't say that.
To tell the truth, this article didn't intend to involve the life habits of Zigui birds, but it was involuntary as soon as I started writing. Looking back, this part of the content is really indispensable.
Why?
How can such a vicious and evil bird make a sad cry, like the lonely voice of an old mother looking forward to her son's return? God tells people: impossible.
This is why at the beginning of this article, countless men and women with their backs to the loess have never heard any sadness from the sound of "giggle" in the repeated labor scenes for thousands of years, otherwise there would be no "giggle" or "giggle" bird names.
Where does the appeal and significance of "Zigui weeping blood" and "sunset in the cuckoo sound" come from? It is very simple to think of it, that is, a sage-level ancestor wrote it in a special mood or through a sudden feeling. From then on, poetry and meaning can only be imitated, but not given other meanings. This can also be felt from its name. You see, except for "Ga Gu" and "Ga Gu", almost all other names were given by literati. The author even thinks that the word "Zigui" comes from the wrong name of "Zigui", but the identity of the wrong name is unusual, so the individual name "Zigui" is derived and even becomes orthodox.