Yesterday sent an article called "15 kinds of "high-value" animals, animals can be so beautiful, better than humans", which mentioned a bird called "purple-breasted Dharma monk", after sending out a lot of netizens messages. Asked, is this really the name of the bird? I feel that everyone really knows less about this type of bird.
Although the nature and biology of the editor are taught by the physical education teacher, I feel that it is necessary to publish an article to popularize science. Where it is not right, I hope that everyone will not correct it, after all, it is taught by the physical education teacher. Please understand, then, the small editor of science time begins.
Purple-breasted Dharma monk
Judging from the name alone, the "Dharma Monk" can be sure that this is the most Buddhist bird in the world, and does not accept rebuttal at all. The name contains: Buddha, Dharma, Sangha. Ask all the things in the world, who can be more Buddhist than them? Definitely on the light. As for who opened the light, there is no re-examination.
Seriously, the Dharma monk order is one of the orders of the ornithopod order in animal taxonomy. Birds of this order are widely distributed, with members of all sizes and lifestyles, with most species feeding on insects and small animals, some fish, and others fruit. There are 9 families of Buddhist monks, and there are 5 families in China, which are limited to tropical and subtropical regions. Some of the birds in the Dharma monk order are national second-class protected animals, the purple-breasted Dharma monk is one of the Dharma monks, and the blue-breasted Dharma monk.... Wait a minute.
Blue-breasted Dharma monk
Purple-breasted Dharma monks are the most colorful of the Dharma monks, and if they don't understand it, they think that the color of their feathers is artificially dyed. It is full of color, as if the painter's overturned palette. Every color in the world can be found in them.
In the message, the most asked question from netizens is, why are their names so strange? In fact, the name of the Buddhist monk comes from the Japanese, in the Heian period in Japan, that is, the Tang Dynasty of China, many Japanese people heard a bird song in the woods behind the temple mountain, which sounded like the sound of the Japanese "cloth, po, shuttle", that is, the pronunciation of the Japanese "Buddha, Dharma, Monk", so the name of this kind of bird got this, because the Buddhist family has three treasures: Buddha, Dharma, monk, so the bird of the Dharma monk's purpose is also called "Three Treasure Bird".
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Because of its name, it is too Buddhist, as early as 806 AD, the Japanese monk Hongfa Master (Dharma Name: Kukai, the Japanese monk in the movie "The Legend of the Demon Cat" directed by Chen Kaige before, is this Kukai. Returning to Japan from China, when the Kongo Peak Temple was built in Koyasan, Japan, Kukai recited this poem in Chinese, "Seven Absolute Works of the Idle Forest", which is also the most famous poem with the title of Japanese Buddhist monks.
Idle forest sits alone in the grass hall, and the sound of the three treasures smells a bird. A bird has a voice and a heart, and the voice and heart are all cloudy.
Purple-breasted Buddhist monk in flight
Since then, there have been many poets who have written poems on the theme of Buddhist monks, such as: the ancient Japanese book "Sexual Spirit Collection Supplement Que Banknote" once had a poem: Lonely Moon Cen Lonely Corridor Lin Xiao, Three Treasures Wind And a Spirit Bird, calling out the reality of the common position, the voices of the Ten Realms have been together.
However, more than a thousand years after the name Dharma monk was passed down, people found that the name was wrong. The reason is that more than a thousand years ago, people heard that the bird that emitted the "cloth, po, shuttle" was the oriental horned owl [xiao] (that is, the owl below).
Eastern Horned Owl
Because the Dharma monk and the Oriental Horned Owl [xiao] are both summer migratory birds, appearing at the same time every year, the Dharma Monk is beautiful and active, while the Oriental Horned Owl likes to walk at night, and it is difficult to be found hiding in the dark of the forest during the day, and only actively chirps at night, so the erudite Kukai Master mistakenly believes that it is the former's call.
In this way, the yin and yang are wrong, and this colorful bird is called "Dharma Monk". After all, the name is just a code name, and since everyone has been calling it for more than a thousand years, there is no need to correct it now. It's like the little name of the editor is "Dog Sheng'er", and he has not delayed finding a daughter-in-law! Therefore, we care about "appearance" and "appearance" rather than name.
This look, too cute
Since it comes to appearance, it is necessary to remind everyone not to be blinded by its thick and cute appearance. Because beautiful things can deceive people, just like women.
Why do you say that, just look at what it eats. The purple-breasted Buddhist monk mainly feeds on small frogs, locusts, spiders, etc., and sometimes even rats, lizards, snakes and birds become its meal. It likes to stand on a high place, swoop down when it finds prey, and is definitely the "flat-headed brother" in birds.
Dear, are you talking about me?
Just had a fight with a porcupine
I've never been afraid of anyone
Seeing this, is there no good feeling for it? After all, nature is cruel, the weak eat the strong, the survival of the fittest, this is the law of nature.
Watch out for frogs in your mouth
Where is the bird, it is clearly the eagle!
Although the Dharma monk is fierce, he is absolutely loyal to love and family, and he vows to guard it to the death. For love, the purple-breasted Dharma monks practice monogamy. For families, it has a strong sense of nest protection, and other bird categories want to get closer to half a step. This is why it is sought after in many countries, such as Kenya, where it is known as the national bird.
Well, after reading the above article, do you already have a certain understanding of this most Buddhist bird? It doesn't matter if you don't understand, anyway, within the scope of Xiaobian's cognition, you can only say this. If that netizen is a "brick family" in this regard, please leave a message below.