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Secret: Did the nine-headed bird really appear in the ancient history of China?
After the Han dynasty, the nine-headed bird gradually degenerated from a god to a demon bird. There is a proverb in Hubei, "Nine-headed birds in the sky, Hubei guy on the ground". The legend of the nine-headed bird is actually born out of some ancient myths in Chu Ci and Shan Hai Jing. The appearance of the image of the nine-headed bird originated from the nine-phoenix god bird of Chu people. Shan Hai Jing written by Chu people from Warring States to the early Han Dynasty is the earliest document to record the image of the nine-headed bird.

Speaking of nine-headed birds, people all know an interesting folk song "Nine-headed birds are in the sky, Hubei people are on the lake". Over time, "nine-headed bird" has become a nickname or synonym for Hubei people. In recent years, some newspapers reported the discovery of nine-headed birds in Enshi Autonomous Prefecture, Hubei Province and Shimen County, Hunan Province, which attracted the attention at home and abroad. In Shennongjia, a world-famous biological treasure house and mysterious kingdom, there are many rare birds and animals, and there are also many witnesses about the nine-headed bird.

Is there really a nine-headed bird? Through investigation and analysis, many scholars believe that: First, the nine-headed bird is recorded in many ancient poems and found in many places in modern times. It is conceivable that it is a rare and precious bird animal, but the scientific and technological community has not yet obtained the specimen. Second, since ancient times, the nine-headed bird has often appeared in Hunan, Hubei, Henan and other places, with Hubei as the center. Therefore, people often say that "nine birds in the sky, Hubei guy on the ground" is based on physical objects, not just myths and legends. Third, witnesses in ancient and modern times saw the nine-headed bird drop blood or its mouth was red, which may be the blood left by the nine-headed bird after it preyed on animals or was injured. 4. The contemporary discovery of the nine-headed bird is limited to Shennongjia and Enshi Autonomous Prefecture in western Hubei and Nanping River Township in Shimen County in northwest Hunan, and these three places are just connected together, located between 300 and 32 north latitude and between east longitude 109', which is not just a coincidence.

Shennongjia is the roof of Central China, Enshi Autonomous Prefecture is a mountainous area, and Hu Ping is the roof of Hunan Province, which shows that the nine-headed bird mainly lives in the sparsely populated and densely forested Zhongshan and alpine regions, and it is hard to see, so don't easily deny the objective existence of the nine-headed bird. Shennongjia's nine-headed bird is likely to inhabit Bajiao Temple, Yanzidong and other places. The cave is steep and unfathomable, and it is difficult for people to climb in. Maybe the nine-headed bird feeds on swallows. There are many caves in Shennongjia, and at least millions of swallows (short-billed Jin Siyan) live in them. Animal-eating birds can easily enter caves to prey on swallows, so the nine-headed bird is not worried about food. Based on this, it is speculated that the nine-headed bird may exist ~