"The Egret In Flight"

Egrets fly

Text/Shang Condensed Cold

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Poetry comes from the folk, and the poetry sutra in particular comes from the folk. The poems in the Book of Poetry were originally sung by folk and later became the music of bells and bells. Before Han Le Fu, most of the poets were anonymous, as evidenced by this.

The poems in the book of verses either refer to something or they do not. Through Mao Heng and Mao Chang's interpretation of the poems, the three hundred poems all refer to each other, and the poems are given the meaning of irony or ode.

In the poem 300, it clearly states the name of the bird and writes a certain bird "Yu Fei", a total of eight birds and nine poems, namely heron Yu Fei, Zhen Lu Yu Fei, Phoenix Yu Fei, Hong Geese Yu Fei, Male Pheasant Yu Fei, Mandarin Duck Yu Fei, Yan Yan Yu Fei, Cang Geng Yu Fei, and Yellow Bird Yu Fei. There are actually two poems by Heron Yu Fei, and they are found in Zhou Song and Lu Song respectively, indicating the close relationship between the heron and the people.

Herons, mostly found in fields, mountains and forests, and water, have been close companions of humans since the fishing and hunting period to the farming period. Its distribution range spreads throughout the country, from Guangdong to Heilongjiang, and migrates north and south every year.

Since the poetry sutra, there are few verses describing herons, and the most famous verses are found in Tang poems, namely: "Desert paddy field flying egret", "A water divides the egret island", "A line of egrets on the blue sky", "Egrets fly in front of Xisai Mountain".

There are few poems of herons, especially the poetry of cranes. In fact, cranes are not common. Ancient crane celebrities, one seen in Wei Yigong, two seen in Bai Juyi, and third seen in Lin Kui. There is also a poem about cranes in the book of poetry, called "Crane Singing". The love of the crane is far greater than that of the heron, and since the Tang Dynasty, the poet has almost become a profession.

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The distribution of cranes is not widespread, and it is difficult for people to see cranes, and no one raises cranes. Herons are a species of stork, similar to cranes, also known as herons because of their slender size. Herons and cranes are both waders, waders are water birds, compared to waders, I love water birds.

The Huai River Basin is a place where water birds are concentrated. In the Sayings, falcon refers to the short-tailed bird. Cranes and herons, although the neck and feet are long, and the tail is also short, can be described as a falcon?

I was born in Huainan and have never seen a crane (except in zoos), and herons are especially common. That's why I always feel like writing a heron article to express the love that comes from the heart. On the shores of Huai, what could be more fascinating than a heron? I love, water birds.

Perhaps because I grew up in Jianghuai, I especially love water and aquatic everything. All babies born in Jiangnan and Huainan love to play with water, and many people die in the water. The poems of Chu CileFu's "Heguang", "Wading River", and "Gongwu Crossing the River" illustrate this phenomenon more than 2,000 years ago, and have nothing to do with criticism.

Among the water birds, I love herons, egrets fly, and egrets stand. In Tang poems, I especially love "desert paddy field flying egret". Du Fu's "a line of egrets on the blue sky" is not beautiful, but it can be compared with the word goose? Li Bai's "Egret Island", but a place name. Only the "Egret Flying in Front of Mount Cissé" is comparable.

Speaking of place names, in the territory of Xinyang, there is a tributary of the Huai River, called the Bailu River, and I have always thought that its original name must be "Bailu River". The word bailu is almost unheard of in Xinyang folk, and what is the relationship between dew and the river? The Egret River originates from the Xiaojie Ridge of the Jianghuai Watershed in my hometown of Xinxian County, which is also called Chunfeng Ridge by SuDongpo. In 2009, I went to Shawo Township and stood by the Egret River for the only time in my life, that is, I saw the Egret in the river. The upper and middle reaches of the Egret River are in Xinxian County, Shangcheng County and Guangshan County, where egrets fly, and there is no shortage of egrets in the middle and lower reaches of Huaibin, Gushi, and egrets.

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A few days ago, when I returned to Xinxian County, the car followed the Wuchen River, and it seemed that I could not see the egret on the riverbank. When I was young, at the edge of every stream, I could not avoid the posture of an egret near the water. Nowadays, in Xinyang City, you can occasionally see egrets, especially from the Guishan Pavilion, often see the Pingsha Fallen Heron, in the river continent. The River has built a river pavilion in the river continent, which is the best place to watch the herons in the river.

Talking with the third uncle, talking about a thousand-year-old ancient cypress tree at the mouth of my bay, the third uncle said that when he was in school, the ancient cypress was often inhabited by egrets and a vast expanse. As far as I can remember, there are no more egrets on the cooper, although there are also common "desert paddy field flying egrets", but there is no group dance, there is no "a line of egrets on the blue sky" scene. The third uncle said that it was because of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Yes, after the land is contracted, urea is served in the field, and in addition to pesticides, there are tea oil cakes that can kill locusts.

Xinyang Nanwan Lake also has a small number of egrets, inhabiting the island and in the forest. The egrets that survived the hunting and killing of fertilizers and pesticides moved to the river and lakeside to survive, presenting a scene of "egrets flying in front of the mountain".

I have seen and can still see the "Zhenlu Yu Fei" in the poem, and I hope that this beauty can be passed on forever, until the day when the Bailu River is renamed the Bailu River.