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Some strange animals and plants are written about in "The Chronicles of the Wujiang War", and a friend asked if they were fabricated? It cannot be said that there is no fabrication at all, but there are many of them that are based on evidence, such as the recently written winged bird. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoLet's talk about it.

Most people are familiar with the winged bird, from the Tang Dynasty great poet Bai Juyi's "Song of Long Hatred" in the two poems that have been passed down through the ages: "In the heavens wish to be the winged birds, in the earth wish to be the branches".

This is the poet's whimsical phrase for the ages, but the "winged bird" is not made up by the poet out of thin air, but has facts and basis.

1. The records in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas":

The Classic of Mountains and Seas, once mistaken for a myth, now tends to be an ancient geographical atlas, in which some or even most of the mountains and rivers recorded can be traced to the location and names of the mountains and rivers, and the strange animals and plants recorded in it may be in the process of evolution.

"The Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Three Classics of the West": "... There are birds, and their shape is like a wreath, and one wing and one eye, and they fly together."

"The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Overseas Southern Classic": "The winged bird is in the east of its (Jiedian Garden), it is a bird green and red, and the two birds are winged, one day in the east of Nanshan. ”

"The Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Great Wilderness of the West": "There is a mountain of Kinmen, and someone named the corpse of Huang Yao. There are winged birds. ”

In addition, it is also recorded in other ancient books, such as:

"Naturalist": "There are winged birds in the south, which fly and stop drinking and pecking, and are not separated...... Dead. ”

"Rui Ying Tu": "The king's virtue and lofty, then than the winged bird." ”

"Erya Liberation Land": "In the south, there are winged birds, which are not better than those that do not fly, and their names are called the birds." Guo Pu's note: "It looks like a wreath, blue and red."

2. Records in the history books:

In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, when King Cheng of Zhou was waiting for Luoyi in Chengzhou, Ba was also invited.

"Yi Zhou Shu Wang Hui" contains: "The Chengwang Conference is waiting for the Eastern Capital, and the Quartet contributes to the square things, Di and Qiang are Luan birds, Ba people are Biyi birds, Shu people are Wenhan, Bu (Pu) people are Dansha, and Yi people are Qiaomu."

In other words, at this alliance meeting, the gift that the Ba people presented to Zhou Tianzi was the winged bird.

The gift given by the Shu people is another bird "Wenhan", "The Shu people use Wenhan, and the Wenhan is like a chicken." Kong Chao noted: "Birds have literary colors." The rooster is like a chicken. ”

Obviously, the gift given by the Shu people to Zhou Tianzi was not as famous as the gift given by the Pakistani people, of course, the most grateful is Bai Juyi and his "Song of Long Hatred".

In another history, Ba also sent envoys to pay tribute to the king of Qin.

Therefore, according to the above historical statements, the winged bird should be a real bird.

3. Archaeological discoveries

Some experts believe that the image of the phoenix bird pattern found on the artifacts unearthed in the Lijiaba site in Yunyang, Chongqing City, and the Luojiaba site in Xuanhan County, Dazhou City, Sichuan Province, should be the "winged bird" contained in the literature, which is a unique pattern in Badi.

4. Conclusion:

Some experts believe that before the Western Han Dynasty, there has always been a physical existence of the winged bird, but it was extremely rare in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and then it was no longer seen (it is estimated that the competition for survival is weak, and the species is extinct).

The hometown of the winged bird is undoubtedly the area where the Ba people live, otherwise, the Ba people will not dedicate the winged bird as a representative to the Son of Heaven, which is not child's play.