Magpie is regarded as a symbol of good luck among the people. There are many beautiful myths and legends about it. It is said that magpies can bring good news, because there was a man named Li Jingyi in the last years of Zhenguan, and there was a magpie nest in the tree in front of his house.

He often feeds magpies in the nest. For a long time, people and birds have feelings. On one occasion, Li Jingyi was wrongly imprisoned, which brought him great pain.

Suddenly one day, the bird he fed stopped at the prison window and began to cry. He thinks there will be good news. Sure enough, he was acquitted three days later. This is because magpies become people and falsely preach the imperial edict. Since then, the custom of magpies symbolizing good luck has become very popular.

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In ancient China, magpies were considered as a symbol of good luck. Since ancient times, there has been a custom of drawing magpies to express happiness. This kind of bird is small and exquisite, and its call is euphemistic and pleasing to the ear, which is deeply loved by people.

In ancient times, magpies were often regarded as a symbol of love. The story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl is one of the four major folk stories in China. They are separated by a galaxy. It is said that they can only meet once a year on Tanabata, because magpies bridge the bridge for them, so there is an old folk saying that magpies can't be seen on Tanabata, because they all bridge the bridge for cowherd and weaver girl.

The ancient people's reverie about magpie is beautiful, but from the biological point of view, magpie is a kind of bird after all. Darwin believed that all living things in the world are survival of the fittest, but strangely, there are fewer and fewer magpies now.

According to the analysis of scientific reasons, it is shameful to say that the decline of magpies is related to some human behaviors. In the 1980s, magpies often flew into the sky, chattering incessantly, but after the 20th century, magpies basically disappeared.

Because the living environment of magpies has been destroyed by human beings, magpies usually make shacks on branches, but since the 1980s, a large number of forests have been cut down, and the living environment of magpies has been deteriorating.

There is also a large number of pesticides used, which also affects the reaction of magpies. Magpies are omnivorous birds, usually foraging in fields and orchards. Some insects are poisoned after eating pesticides. Magpies eat these insects, which naturally leads to the disorder of reaction genes, and gradually there are fewer and fewer magpies.

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