What bird does magpie refer to?

Magpie refers to a magpie bird. Folklore in China heard it calling for a happy event to come. Short for "magpie", such as "~ newspaper" (referring to magpie's good news), "~ rise" (metaphorically rising) and "~ bridge".

The bird's name, commonly known as Magpie, has dark brown feathers on its back, white feathers on its shoulders, neck and abdomen, and a long tail. When it stops on a branch, its tail often tilts up and down, making a loud cry. People in China think its cry is a good omen.

magpie-shaped sound. Words are from birds, from the past, and from the past. "Yesterday" means "old days" and "old days". "Yesterday" and "bird" are combined to represent "the old owner of the dove nest". Original meaning: the old owner of the dove nest. Magpie.

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1. Ancient documents clearly point out that the kind of dove that occupies the magpie nest is the dove, that is, the cuckoo. "Continued Natural History" Volume 9: "The dove, Mao Shi said' orange bow', Guo Pu said' cuckoo'". "Poetry and latitude push the disaster": "Magpies start their homes with the full moon, and the dove is so natural because of her success."

2. In ancient Shao Hao, the general name was "Li Jiushi". This fact reflects that the "State of Shao Hao" is an immigrant country. According to the encyclopedia entry "Chronology of Three Emperors and Five Emperors", the reign time of Shao Hao is 237 BC-2277 BC.

The original location of Shao Hao was in the two towns of Rizhao, Shandong Province. In the era of 23 BC, the whole country immigrated to Qufu, the capital of Shao Hao (known as "Shao Hao Market" in the literature). The highest official in charge of resettlement affairs is the "dove's family".

3. In 1965, Gou Jian's self-acting sword was unearthed from the tomb of Wangshan, Jiangling, Hubei Province. In the inscription on its body, Gou Jian called himself "the dove shallow". According to the common sense of "nine birds occupy a magpie's nest", its self-name is "dove", which should be related to its move to Langya, Shandong Province, because Langya is obviously a "magpie's nest".

4. In the myth of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl don't meet in the middle of the Magpie Bridge, but the Weaver Girl walks across the Magpie Bridge and meets in the "Magpie Nest" where the Cowherd lives, as a dove, according to the custom of "occupying the Magpie Nest". Huainanzi: "The black magpie fills the river into a bridge and crosses the weaver girl." Han and E's "Year of Hua Ji Li" volume three quotes "Customs Pass": "The weaver girl should cross the river on Tanabata and make the magpie a bridge".