We have the national anthem (march of the Volunteer Army), the national flag (five-star red flag), the national treasure (giant panda), the national flower (peony flower), and even the "national wine" (Maotai, but not officially recognized), "national essence" (mahjong, folk joke, also not officially recognized), but is there a national bird?
The national birds of the United States are the bald eagle, the Gaulish rooster (rooster) of France, the Kiwi of New Zealand, the blue peacock of A-San of India...
As a symbolic bird, what is the official recognition of the national bird of the mainland?
At present, no bird is officially recognized as a national bird.
The mainland is rich in mountain resources, birds are naturally many, there are more than 1200 kinds of native birds, in so many species of birds, which bird can become the "inner scroll king", supporting our 1.4 billion people of the big scene?
To become a national bird, "it" must meet the following 4 points:
1, there can be no "black spots". For example, crows have "crow's mouth" black spots, cuckoos lay eggs in other people's nests and do not raise black spots, doves occupy the magpie's nest and other birds, there is no way to image too bad, a vote veto.
2, can not be the "same bird". The "trademark birds" that have been registered in other countries first, such as magpies (South Korea), golden eagles (Mexico), green peacocks (Myanmar), etc., although they have the temperament of national birds, they are recognized by other countries first and cannot do anything.
3, can not be too small aura. You say, sparrows and swallows are so small, can they support the image of our big country? At the International Bird Congress, the next appearance is the national bird of the People's Republic of China, only to see a leading sparrow flying in the front, followed by 8×8 sparrows flying neatly over, the bird audience, everyone uses telescopes to see, and the next appearance of the American bald eagle, the audience felt a strong "domineering" in advance, the picture turned to the Chinese audience, they are all looking down. Therefore, birds with too small an aura certainly cannot be selected.
4, to be able to represent the local unique. Of course, the national bird is native, just like the specialty of the hometown, this thing is best only available in our place, even if you have it, but I am better than you. In short: people have no self, people have me! The same applies to the bird inner curl principle. You see the Australian emus, the Mauritius dodo, the Chilean Andean condor, etc., they are all birds unique to the country.
After meeting these harsh threshold conditions, there are fewer birds left to choose from, and after more than a decade of debate, only the three most powerful bird players remain.
1. Red-bellied pheasant
Alias Golden Rooster, the appearance value is the highest of the three birds, and the ancient birds and phoenixes, the prototype of the phoenix is derived from the red-bellied golden pheasant. The unique varieties of the mainland are distributed in Qinghai, Sichuan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Hunan, Hubei, Yunnan, Guizhou, Chongqing, most of China, which is representative and belongs to the national second-level non-endangered protected animals, which can be legally raised.
This value need not be said more
2. Crested ibis
Crested ibis is a rare and beautiful bird, the world's only a few thousand crested ibises in the mainland Shaanxi Province and Hubei Province, the national level endangered protection of animals, has a very high conservation value and ornamental use value, in addition to these, there is a buff blessing function is diplomatic value, this bird used to be in Japan, but later extinct, Japan has always liked the bird, during the good relations between China and Japan, we have sent a few to them.
Elegant and noble temperament
3. Red-crowned cranes
Red-crowned crane is a bird unique to East Asia, is a migratory bird, the national level vulnerable protected animals, in China and Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Russia far east have seen, but the main breeding place in China, black and white, with a red crown on the head, like a very Chinese landscape painting, in our ancient times has always been called "crane", symbolizing longevity, purity, auspicious, painters and literati especially like to use it to set off, such as the common Chinese painting of the pine crane diagram, the Journey to the West Taibai Venus riding the crane soaring clouds and so on. During 2004, the China Wildlife Conservation Association and other units held a national bird recommendation activity, and the red-crowned crane received the top vote, nearly 65%, and was later reported to the State Council.
Robustness and purity come to the face
Compared with these three kinds of birds, each has its own advantages, the golden rooster has full value, and today's appearance society is elected without problems, and it is unique to the local area, widely distributed, and the mainland god bird Phoenix prototype; The crested ibis is a bird unique to the mainland, with the characteristics of official blessing, taking the official route, like the giant panda, often going abroad to represent friendship, the crested ibis can be called the "national treasure" gift of official diplomacy; The red-crowned crane has the most outstanding and oldest humanistic characteristics, ordinary people know that it is also possible to be elected, the only difficult thing to confirm by experts is that it is a migratory bird, before the Qing Dynasty closed the country, Westerners found in Japan, first used Grus japonensis with the word Japan, want to change this international name is still very difficult.
After reading it, which one do you think is more in line with the representative of the mainland national bird?