"Hah! ~" This time, Ah Wolf was happy, raised his hand and pointed proudly: "Luan Bird, also known as Qingluan~ Actually, I just heard the calls of those strange birds, and I felt that they were a bit like Luan Birds." ”

"Hmm!" Zhuang Meng nodded, and the wolf was about to fly beautifully in his heart~ But listening to Zhuang Meng's detailed explanation: "The Classic of Mountains and Seas records: 'The mountain of the women's bed, there are birds, and its shape is like Zhai, and its name is Luan Bird. ’……”

Related Luanniao, in the Han and Jin dynasties, the more popular view is: Luanniao, Xuanniao, and Blue Bird, both regarded as the messengers of the "God of Spring". Later, the book "Shuowen" added: "Luan, the essence of the gods, red and colorful, chicken-shaped, and five tones in the song." "The Book of Birds" is more detailed: "Luan, Rui Bird, a chicken fun, the first wing is red, and it is called Danfeng; Qing, said Yu Xiang; White, said to be winged; Xuan, said Yin; Yellow, said earth charm. ”

Luan Niao has two of its most iconic features. The first is that its cry is very good, so the image of Qingluan often appears on music-related utensils.

There are rich historical materials, such as "Poetry, Xiaoya, Tingliao": "The gentleman stops, and the sound of Luan will be." "Poetry, Daya, Chengmin": "Four peons Peng Peng, eight Luan Qiang Qiang." "The Second Year of Huan Gong": "Tin, Luan, and Ling, Zhao Qisheng also." ”……

Because the Luan bird symbolizes auspiciousness, the luxurious scale on which the emperor rode in many dynasties is often accompanied by the image of the Luan bird that is carved or painted with the "Luankou bell". Therefore, some dynasties even used "Qingluan" ("luan" to "luan"), which refers to the car driving of the Son of Heaven.

Another representative feature of the bird is it: it symbolizes beautiful and sad love.

Legend...... Once upon a time, there was a beautiful and elegant Qingluan, which had the most beautiful voice in the world, but it never called. Because it doesn't have another companion of its own, it feels lonely, lonely, and can't find the meaning of its existence. Until one day, Qingluan met the phoenix and the phoenix, and saw them flying like wings, inseparable, and loving like glue, Qingluan understood the value of his existence - it wanted to find its other half.

Qingluan flew over the mountains, over the sea, through the desert, and flew for a long, long time, far and wide...... But she still hasn't found herself. Until it was exhausted and about to die, it fell to the window of a house and saw a mirror...... Qingluan eagerly looked at himself in the mirror: another Qingluan! It's finally found! - Qingluan cried out with tears in her eyes, singing the most beautiful "peerless love song" in the world that no other bird has ever sung......

"Therefore, Qingluan is also compared to ......'love-love-bird-'" Zhuang Meng's story was finished, and the three of them were stunned...... Luoluo is even more tearful in the corners of his eyes, deep in it, and still does not return......

Zhuang Meng also felt it, and said: "The girl blows the jade flute and sings about the spring in the sky." Qingluan does not go alone, but also joins hands. —Tang Dynasty Li Bai

Bang - Tou - Knock! Boom! Boom! - Bell! ～～～

Ah Wolf made the first move, and the reason was very clear: she heard it, those birds of prey would definitely not be the legendary Qingluan.

Zhuang Meng always finds the opportunity to show himself, although he is now in a safe situation of watching the play, but Zhuang Meng actually deliberately set up a trick to make Wei Huadun and A Wolf embarrassed in order to highlight his knowledge...... Can Wei Huadun and Ah Wolf not beat him? ～～

Or say, "Fork is addictive, and it is difficult to treat"......

Zhuang Meng, who had a blue nose and swollen face, rubbed his steamed bun face, feeling that he could pretend to be another wave: "You see those birds of prey grow so big, you can't guess this?" ”

Wei Huadun and Ah Wolf didn't want to guess, but a very appropriate legendary creature flashed in their minds...... In order to save face, he almost blurted out.

But Luoluo took the lead and asked, "Is it Honghu?" ”

"Subdivided, the wild goose is the wild goose, the hoofer is the swan, and these two are close relatives. But the 'Honghu' is a general term for birds that fly high and far away, such as vultures. Therefore, it is often used as a metaphor for people with high aspirations, ambitions, and ideals. Zhuang Meng said: "However, in earlier historical materials, it is recorded that Honghu is one of the five kinds of phoenixes, the white phoenix. ”

Luo Luoxiu blushed, "Oh." ”

Hearing this, Wei Huadun and Ah Wolf felt that they were nine out of ten, and said at the same time: "Dapeng! "Kunpeng!"

Wei Huadun grabbed his face and said, "I'll say it first." ”

Not to be outdone, Ah Wolf said: "I'm talking about Kunpeng." ”

Wei Huadun "sighed" in his heart~" Ah Wolf was also unsure of his heart, and the three of them looked at Zhuang Meng again.

"Haha~" Zhuang Meng's heart blossomed, this feeling was simply a pleasure for him~ even thought: It's worth being beaten! ～

Dapeng is recorded and said in Chinese historical records: the largest bird in the world! It is formed by the variation of "kun".

Zhuang Zhou recorded in "Getaway": "There is a fish in the North Underworld, and its name is Kun. The Kun is so big that I don't know how many thousands of miles it is. Turned into a bird, its name is Peng. Peng's back, I don't know how many thousands of miles it is. Flying in anger, its wings are like clouds hanging from the sky. It is a bird, and the sea will migrate to the south. The Southern Hades, the Heavenly Pond also. …… The water hits 3,000 miles, and the one who sways up is 90,000 miles. …… Absolute clouds, negative blue sky, and then Tunan. ”

Like the bird, later poets also compared Dapeng to a symbol of lofty ambition and arrogance. As [Ruan Xiu] wrote in "Dapeng Praise": "Ambition is to save the world, disdain the Tang court." The dove smiled up, and the eagle was light. Transcendent and high-spirited, I don't know how to ......"

According to later research, many scholars agree that the "kun" contained in Zhuang Zhou is a giant fish that lives in the northern sea - that is, a whale. As [Cui Bao] contained in "Notes on Ancient and Modern Times": "Whale salamanders, the big one is thousands of miles long. As for the theory of "Kun becoming a big peng", it is still not supported by scientific opinions.

It is worth mentioning that "Kunpeng" and "Golden-winged Dapeng" are different.

The golden-winged bird, or golden-winged roc, is the mount of "Vishnu" in Buddhism - "Garuda". Related scriptures: Garuda, eating "dragon" (the dragon here refers to the Indian "naga", that is, a kind of python. The Buddhist Tripitaka once compared the greatness of "Kunpeng" with the greatness of "Garuda......

Therefore, it is a joke to mistakenly think that "Kunpeng" or "Dapeng" is "Golden-winged Dapeng". In the clear records, there is a significant difference between the two, for example, the Tao Jing records that "those who eat Kunpeng will also have nine days of pure qi...... And the Golden-winged Dapeng does not have the ability to change like the Kunpeng, and the Kunpeng does not have the image of a human-faced bird like the Golden-winged Dapeng...... Wait a minute.

In the creation ballad of the Tibetan compatriots, "The Song of the Formation of the Spar", in the classics related to the origin of the six ancient Tibetan clans of Zhangxiong "Qiong", and in the "Biography of King Gesar"; In the mythology of the Naxi compatriots, in the legend of "Penglong Battle"; In the myth of "Duolong Gege" of the Manchu compatriots; In the folklore of the Bai compatriots in Yunnan...... as well as some ancient Indian legends...... Although the age is different and the region is different, there are similar legends related to Dapeng!

Crackle - clang - bell! ——

Wei Huadun and Ah Wolf grabbed Zhuang Meng's collar, gritted their teeth and said: "Ask you what kind of birds those are, you pulled the 'Phoenix, Vermilion Bird, Qingluan, Honghu, Kunpeng' all over the ......"

"Give you one last chance, and then talk about the eggs, I'll let you end up with that rhino ~"

Without Wei Huadun's threat, Zhuang Meng also felt that he was beaten and couldn't pretend to be moved, his mouth was like a goose egg, and he whined back to the correct solution: "Those are...... Gold...... Golden Crow. ”

Wei Huadun and the three suddenly realized!

Golden Crow, also another name for the sun! It is one of the legendary birds in ancient China. The image of the golden crow was originally double-legged, which evolved into a three-legged since the late Western Han Dynasty, as evidenced in detail by the [Mawangdui Han Tomb in Changsha, Hunan].

In legend, there is a black crow crouching in the middle of the sun, surrounded by golden light, hence the name: Golden Crow. There is a poem in the Tang Dynasty [Han Yu]: "The golden crow flies at the beginning of the sea, and Zhu Hui scatters the green glow and opens the ......" [Bai Juyi] also has a poem: "The white rabbit and the red black phase take advantage of the ......" (referring to the alternation of the moon and the sun).

Combined with the "Classic of Mountains and Seas, Overseas East Classic": "There is Fusang in the Tang Valley, and the ten-day bath is in the north of the black tooth. In the water, there are big trees, nine days in the lower branches, one day in the upper ......branches, ""The Classic of Mountains and Seas, the Great Wilderness East Classic" also contains: "There are buttresses in the Tang Valley, one day to arrive, one day to come out, all contained in the Wu ......" During this period of drought, the records of the myths and legends of the "Ten Days" can be determined: the ancients once compared the "Golden Crow" to the "sun".

As for: Why did the ancients think that there were crows in the sun? Just like in 1971, a painted silk painting unearthed in the [Mawangdui No. 1 Han Tomb in Changsha, Hunan], the red sun in the upper right has a black three-toed two-legged golden crow in the middle - that is, a crow. In the work "Huainanzi", which was written about 140 B.C., there is also a record that "there is a foot in the day ("crow" is a squatting crow)". Where's the basis?

The answer: sunspots! That is, dark spots that appear on the sun's photosphere.

Ancient Chinese astronomers were diligent in observation and good at observation, and described and recorded the subtle changes of the sun in detail. The world's earliest record of sunspot astronomical phenomena comes from our Chinese civilization!!

As:

Astronomer [Shi Shen] during the Warring States Period: "There is an image of a man in the day......" - "Kaiyuan Book of Changes" volume 6

"In the fifteenth year of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty (165 B.C.), there were five characters in the day, ......" - "Shufu Yuangui" volume 22 "Fu Ruiyi"

"April of the first year of Emperor Yongguang of the Han Yuan Dynasty (43 BC,...... The sun is dark, as big as a bullet blade ......" - "Hanshu Five Elements Chronicles"

"In the first year of Heping, March has not been, the sun rises yellow, there is black gas, as big as money, and it is in the center of the sun." ——"Hanshu: Five Elements Chronicles"

Wait a minute...... The Chinese ancestors made a clear account of the time, shape, size and position of sunspots, which is recognized as the earliest account of sunspots in the world.

The earliest record of sunspots in Europe is preserved in Einhard's Biography of Charlemagne, (the sunspot occurred on August 19, 807 AD.) At least 835 years later than the Chinese civilization!!

And those Chinese ancestors, called sunspots: Jinwu, is from the (about 2088 B.C.* inaccurate estimate) of the great drought period, the important historical figure at the beginning of the Chinese humanities - Yao, his right-hand man - Dayi, shot the legend of nine days......

Rumble! ————

With an earth-shattering cry that far surpassed the previous nine golden crows, the tenth golden crow, which was several times larger, fell from the sky and fell extremely quickly, carrying a raging molten gold fire and pecking at Dayi!

The legendary-level double strength converged, how could the mound be so powerful, and in an instant, there was a violent explosion!

The mountains and rivers of this world immediately lost their color, and all the places in the extreme eye were devastated......

The earth-shattering battle has begun......