Text: Chen Zhiyuan.
The lake is sparkling, the mandarin ducks are in pairs, the affection is lingering, in ancient legends, has always been a symbol of eternal love, many people think that once the mandarin duck becomes a spouse, it will be bound for life, even if the other party dies, will not look for a new spouse.
Therefore, the ancient literati and writers left many beautiful poems, eulogizing the nobility of the mandarin duck, such as the Han Dynasty genius Sima Xiangru "Qin Song" said: "The people of the room are alone in my intestines, why is the neck of the mandarin duck." ”；Mengjiao has "Wutong holds each other old, and the mandarin duck will die".
The most touching is the Tang Dynasty poet Lu Zhaolin's "Ancient Meaning of Chang'an" said: "If you have to become a star, why die, I am willing to be a mandarin duck and not envy the immortal." The flounder mandarin duck is really enviable, and you don't see you when you go and come to the double?”
In fact, the mandarin duck is a medium-sized duck animal, the male bird is bright and gorgeous, and the female bird has monotonous gray-brown feathers. Studies have shown that mandarin ducks only form families during the mating season, and do not always live together for life.
Pigeons, on the other hand, are cute, docile and find their way home, and they are so loyal that a pair of pigeons stay together for the rest of their lives and do not mate with other pigeons. In the event of misfortune, it will be a long time before the other spouse chooses a new spouse. When the hen lays her eggs, the hen is responsible for incubating the eggs at night, while the is responsible for incubating the eggs during the day. Division of labor and cooperation, joyful!