The old man's surname is Zhang, eighty years old but tough, engaged in educational work before retirement, and has a wide range of hobbies in his later years, root carving and hard stone, calligraphy writing, and love to raise birds.
Two years ago, in The Spring of March, Teacher Zhang's family added a new favorite, a chick that was not yet a month old but had a "bird talent" —————— a white-necked crow, so shining debuted.
A beautiful picture of the white-necked crow standing on Teacher Zhang's arm
In the early morning when the wind is beautiful, Teacher Zhang likes to take her love birds to the nearby lakeside for a walk.
This rare bird's white-necked crow always attracts a lot of eyes, everyone is curious to meet, stop to play and admire, ask and take pictures, just like the scene when I met Teacher Zhang.
Teacher Zhang has also met some people, as soon as he heard that it was a crow, he felt unlucky, lest he avoid it, and Teacher Zhang smiled at it.
The only memorable thing is to meet a ninety-year-old man, when he was watching from a distance outside the crowd with his staff, and then slowly leaned in, carefully examined the bird for a long time and asked: "Is this really the legendary white-necked crow?" ”
Elder Zhang replied, "Yes, old man."
The old man was a little excited at once, and a flash of light flashed in his eyes: "When I was young, I often heard the older generation talk about a kind of sacred bird called a white-necked crow, which has never been able to see in this life. ”
The old man turned to the crowd of onlookers and asked, "Does anyone know why this sacred bird is called a white-necked crow?" ”
Everyone shook their heads, and Teacher Zhang tentatively asked, "Old man, please teach me!"
At this time, there were nearly ten onlookers, everyone helped the old man to sit down on the pavilion bench, the old man's eyes were like a torch, the waist plate was straight, and told a little-known legendary bird story for everyone, the story took place in the ancient town of Hanwang that Teacher Zhang had been teaching for more than thirty years...
Liu Xiu, emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, defeated Sichuan in his early years and fled for his life, and the enemy pursued him. One day, Liu Xiu fled to a ravine in Mianzhu, and looked around, in front of him was a cliff, deep mountains and old forests, and the dust behind him was everywhere, and the pursuing soldiers were coming.
He tightened the reins, stepped off his horse, and sighed, thinking that his breath was exhausted and that the end was coming. At this time, he overheard the crows on the trees shouting "Wow wow wow..." Liu Xiu found himself standing next to the tile house that had just been dumped, surrounded by piles of tiles.
He felt that the crow's cry was a reminder to himself, "Wow", Waya. So Liu Xiu let go of the war horse and covered his whole body with tiles. In this way, Liu Xiu finally escaped the disaster.
Then, Liu Xiu recruited troops and horses there, trained soldiers, made a comeback, unified the world, and became emperor.
After Liu Xiu ascended the throne, he recited the life-saving grace of the crows in the mianzhu ravine and gave him a string of white jade pendants. Since then, a new member of the white-necked crow has been added to the crow's family.
A white-necked crow spreading its wings to soar
In the midst of everyone's sighs, everyone looked at the real protagonist, and at this time, the white-necked crow on Teacher Zhang's shoulder responded politely to the group and flapped its wings.
After the old man finished telling the story, Teacher Zhang continued to ask, "Is Liu Xiu's resurgence of the ravine today's Hanwang Town?"
The old man smiled slightly: "The name of the town of Hanwang was changed when the Cultural Revolution broke the fourth old, and it was always called Hanwang Town in the past."
After the old man finished speaking, he waved his hand to the crowd, which was a farewell, and continued to walk away on crutches, leaving a white-clad back, like a cloud drifting away.
Teacher Zhang still remembers that when he was first assigned to the Dongfang Steam Turbine Factory in 1968, the factory was in Hanwang Town, Mianzhu.
At that time, I exchanged letters with people in my hometown, and the postmark on the letter was still stamped hanwang town.
In the 1980s, the Hanwang government also built a magnificent sculpture for Liu Xiu at the intersection, which was admired by the world, but few people mentioned the matter of the sacred bird ————— the white-necked crow