The swifts fly twice, and the vernal equinox is the home of the swallows

"Rainy scenery, vernal equinox weather. A thousand flowers and a hundred flowers compete for the bright. Painting Liang Xinyan a pair of pairs, jade cage parrot sad sleep. Ouyang Xiu's "Tasha Xing" depicts the mid-spring scene of thousands of purples and thousands of reds and new swallows flying in pairs. The "Interpretation of the Seventy-two Waiting Seasons of the Moon Order" divides the spring equinox into three seasons: "one weather for the bird to arrive; two for thunder to sound; and three for the first electricity." He also said, "Yuan Bird, Yan Ye." High temptation: The spring equinox comes, the autumn equinox goes also. "So, the vernal equinox is the home of the swallows.

Because most of the swallow's back feathers are gray-blue-black, it was called a bird in ancient times. The Book of Rites and The Order of the Moon says: "It is the month also (mid-spring February), and the bird arrives." Zheng Xuan of the Han Dynasty noted: "Xuan Bird, Yan Ye." The Tang Dynasty poet Yuan Shu has a verse that reads, "Liangjian Xuan bird language, as if to understand people's feelings". The Book of Poetry says: "The Bird of Heavenly Destiny, descending to give birth to a merchant, the house yin earth mangmang." "It is said that The second concubine of the Emperor, Jian Di, was the daughter of the Lou clan, and when she went out to bathe with others, she saw a bird egg, and after Jian Di swallowed it, she became pregnant and gave birth to a contract. Later, because of his merits in assisting Dayu zhishui, Emperor Shun made him Situ and gave him land, called "Yin", located in the area of present-day Shangqiu in Henan Province, so the Shang clan began to form and develop, and Qi became the ancestor of the Shang Dynasty. Qu Yuan's "Chu Ci Tianwen" has: "Jian Di is on the stage, why should he?" Xuan Bird to Mussel, Female He Jia? "In ancient books such as the "History of History", "Lü's Spring and Autumn", and "Huainanzi", it is recorded that Jian Di gave birth to a deed because he swallowed the egg of a bird. Therefore, later generations believe that the spring equinox when the swallows return to nest is a good day to breed and have children, so the husband and wife both go to the suburban wilderness on this day to hold a child-seeking sacrifice activity, and regard the swallow as the embodiment of the gods, and when the swallows fly, they throw out a chopstick, hoping that the swallows can take the chopsticks, taking the meaning of the harmonic sound "early birth of Takako".

There is a popular nursery rhyme that says, "Little swallow, wear a flower coat, come here every spring." "The swallow is a symbol of spring, and the swallow also brings excitement and poetry to spring, and ancient poets praised spring by chanting swallows.

The swallow has a very accurate grasp of climate changes, is sensitive to cold and heat, and is a typical migratory bird. Every year, before the arrival of winter, the swallows move south in groups to overwinter, and when the spring is warm and blooming, they fly back from the south back to the north. Du Fu's "Double Swallows" poem Yun: "Traveling to eat surprises double swallows, and enters this hall with mud." He also has a poem saying: "The mountains and mountains are beautiful in the late days, and the spring wind and flowers are fragrant." The mud melts the swallows, and the sand warms the sleeping mandarin ducks. Bai Juyi's "Spring Trip to Qiantang Lake" said: "Several early warblers compete to warm the trees, and whose new swallows peck at spring mud." "The poet uses swallows to nest in mud to describe the birds and flowers of spring, showing the vibrant spring. Wei Yingwu said: "The flowers are blooming, and the new milk of the swallows is flowing"; Yan Shuyun: "When the swallows come to the new society, the pear blossoms are behind the Qingming". The swallows flew in, and the spring of thousands of purples and thousands of reds also arrived.

When the swallows return to the north, they bring mud and grass, and build a nest with saliva in the farmhouse or under the eaves, and the inside is covered with fine soft weeds, feathers, rags, etc., to multiply and live. People regard it as a bird and a friend, and they take care of it in every way. Meng Haoran has a verse that "swallows enter the house, and Yang Hua flies everywhere".

Tang Dynasty poet Liu Yuxi's "Wuyi Lane" cloud: "Wild grass flowers by the Suzaku Bridge, the sunset at the mouth of Wuyi Lane." In the old days, Wang Xie Tang Qianyan flew into the homes of ordinary people. As the saying goes, "Swallows do not enter the house of the wicked." "The swallow is a good bird that "chooses a good tree and perchs", in ancient times, the swallow was called the purple swallow, and whoever nested in it showed that the purple qi came from the east, and the auspiciousness was going to come to whose house. The reason for this is that the swallows build a nest in the master's house and give birth to children, indicating that the master's family has many children and many blessings. The second is that the swallow is a bird that represents auspicious peace, and the swallow is homophonous with the feast and the yan, indicating the meaning of peace, and the swallow returns to report peace. If the family is not harmonious, quarrels and fights all day long, makes chickens fly and jump, and the environment is unstable, swallows will not live here. The fact that the swallows can build a nest under the eaves of their own house represents that the family is harmonious and harmonious. Third, swallows take mosquitoes as the main food, and the arrival of swallows will reduce mosquitoes at home, which can reduce the infestation of mosquitoes to people. The swallows also go to the fields to catch locusts and grasshoppers, eliminate pests and protect crops. Fourth, swallows can also predict weather changes, swallows fly low, may have to rain, because before heavy rain, the air humidity is relatively high, mosquitoes do not fly high, swallows can only catch mosquitoes when they fly low, and the air pressure at this time increases, and swallows fly high is also more difficult.

"Think of the double flying swallow, the mud nest king's house." In my heart, I thought that I wanted to become a double flying swallow with a beautiful person, and live together forever in the mud nest. The swallows, male and female jaws, in and out of pairs, loyal and unswerving, are praised as a symbol of love, "do not lean on the rich and close to the people, and whisper honey and snuggle between the two" (ZuoHeshui verse). There is a poem in the Book of Poetry: "Yan Yan Yu Fei, Poor Pond Qiyu." The son of Yu Gui, far away in the wild. Looking at the Buddha, weeping like rain. "The swallows are flying around, the sister is going to marry far away, and she is still clinging to the countryside, and she is already in tears." Yan Jidao's "Linjiang Immortal" has the verse "Falling Flowers Are Independent, Micro Swifts Fly Double", the spring scenery, the past is like a dream, the flowers blossom and fall, the swallows fly in the rain, the poet places his love on the swallows, expressing the desire to fly with the lovers. The "Scroll of Similar Sayings" compiled by the Song People has the "Li Qing Ji Yan Nu Tomb" record: Yao Yujing, a prostitute at the end of the Song Dynasty, married Xiangzhou Jingyu, Jingyu drowned and died, and Yujing Shouzhi served her in-laws. Double swallows often nest among the beams. One day, one of them was caught by the eagle, and the other flew lonely and stopped on Yujing's arm, as if to say goodbye to her. Yujing tied a swallowtail with a red thread and instructed him to come back next year as a companion, and the swallow did come next year, and he was accompanied for six or seven years thereafter. In the year of Yujing's illness and death, the swallow also flew to the cemetery and died of grief. Everywhere the wind clears the moon, the Xiang people see Yujing and Yan swimming together on the Han River. The Yuan Dynasty composer Zhang Kejiu introduced this allusion into his "Sai Hongqiu Spring Love": "Wounded Yan feet leave a red line, annoying Luan Shadow Idle Tuan Fan." The beast furnace sinks into shisha, and the green swamp remains. One line is written in the acacia biography. "It's a heartfelt and touching read.

People often use swallows as a chant to regret spring and autumn, and to lament the sorrow of bondage and parting love. Sui Dynasty poet Xue Daoheng's "Former Salt" cloud: "Dark leaves hanging cobwebs, empty beams fall swallow mud." The previous year passed the northern era, and this year it is going to western Liaoning. Si Woman looked at the spider web hanging in the house, the swallow nest mud on the roof beam fell from time to time, when could she hear the sound of her husband's returning horseshoe? It expresses the disgust and longing for her husband on the expedition to her husband. The Tang Dynasty poet Ren Deyu describes a woman in the blossoming season, seeing a double-flying swallow, chanting affection, and missing her husband who has not returned after the deadline: "When the jun goes to the flower, the flower does not arrive. The two swallows flew in front of the eaves, and the concubines fell into tears. The poem of the Southern Tang Dynasty poet Feng Yanwei: "Tearful eyes lean on lou frequency and speak." When the two swallows come, will they meet each other? "Swallows live in pairs nesting, but I have to be alone, the pain of the woman's lost love, the pain of the feelings, the cut of the feelings, let people cry." Yan Shu's "Que Ta Zhi" said: "The sills are sad and the smoke is weeping, the Luo curtain is light and cold, and the swallows fly away." Mingyue did not know how to leave hatred and bitterness, and the slanted light reached Xiao to wear Zhu Hu. "The poet borrows the double swallow that has long flown away, showing the protagonist's lonely and lonely, insomnia all night, and deep sorrow and hatred.

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