Why is the crow a symbol of bad luck?

Legend has it that in the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a person in the country of Lu who could understand the language of birds, named Gongye Chang, who was poor and idle, and had no way to eat. One day, an old crow flew to his house and shouted, "Gongye chief, Gongye chief, there is a big sheep in Nanshan, you eat meat, I eat intestines."

After hearing this, Gongye Chang found it in the mountains, and found an ownerless sheep, which had more than enough to eat. Later, the owner tracked him down, and actually accused Gongye Chang of stealing sheep, and sued Lu Jun, who did not believe in bird language, so he arrested Gongye Chang and imprisoned him (Mingtian Yiheng's "Liuqing Journal" volume 31).

As a result, the chief of public business suffered an unjustified injustice. The people complained about him, believing that the old crow had brought disaster to the chief. Since then, the crow has been regarded as an ominous bird that attracts disasters.

Some believe that the idea that crows are ominous birds can be traced back to prehistoric times. In the process of exploring the mysteries of the universe, the first people tried to transform the harsh living environment with the help of imaginary power, so the myth of explaining and conquering nature was born. The original message that the crow is an ominous bird is actually contained in this myth that comes from the occult.

In the Chinese mythological system, there was a scorching hot era of "ten days together", when "scorching the crops, killing the grass and trees" ("The Classic of Mountains and Seas, Overseas Western Classics"), the survival of human beings was seriously threatened, so "Yi Yang shot ten days, in the middle of the nine days, the nine days in the day were all dead, fell its wings, so it was left for one day ("Chu Ci Tianwen" "Yi Yan Day, Wu Neng Untie the Feather" Wang Yi Note). As a result, people have established the understanding that the sun is contained in the black and the day is in the black, and the awareness that the crow is harmful to the world.

The crow is a common bird. Because of its dark body, hoarse call, and frequent flying in groups, people have long believed that crows are bad omen.

I think that people's consistent perception of crows is one-sided and inaccurate. According to scientists' research, crows are no different from other birds, and that doesn't mean they don't try. To some extent, the crow can also be said to be a beneficial bird.

Although the crow is an omnivore and is harmful to agriculture, it also eats some pests on cultivated land, which also has certain benefits for agriculture.

Moreover, the crow has the good virtue of "respecting the old and loving the young". After the old crow feeds the little crow, when he is old and weak, the little crow will take the initiative to take on the responsibility of hunting for food and serving Shuangxin. This is rare in the entire animal kingdom.

Therefore, I privately think that the crow is still quite good.

In ancient times, people used black and white to represent death, because the crow is black, and black also means black, and the sound is ugly, so it is easy to make people feel inauspicious.

In addition, because crows have a keen sense of smell and can smell carrion, they are often found next to corpses, so people think that crows are unlucky.

In Chinese culture, the crow has always been seen as a symbol of bad luck because its black feathers give people a pessimistic and fearful feeling. At the same time, crows are also considered mournful animals because they have a mournful wail. Here are some reasons why crows are unlucky:

Ravens are generally seen in scenes of disaster, war, and death, thus giving the impression of a bad omen.

The crow's song is mournful and mournful, so it is considered unlucky.

Crows usually appear in groups and often fly in scary places such as cemeteries and cemeteries, thus giving the impression of a bad omen.

Crows are scavengers and tend to forage in garbage heaps, so they are considered unclean animals.

Another characteristic of crows is that they were early Corruption handlers, and as such were considered unclean animals.

In conclusion, crows are considered unlucky, mainly because of an impression and perception that people have formed about their color, behavior, etc. But in reality, the crow is also a very intelligent and flexible animal, and it also plays an important role in the ecosystem.

Crows have multiple identities, and in the eyes of modern people, crows symbolize bad luck, so people often say "crow's mouth". However, in ancient Chinese mythology, the crow symbolizes good luck, because the legend says that the sun is a golden crow with only three legs. In the eyes of the Manchus, the crow is a sacred bird, so Guangxu will see the scene of "the old eagle (crow) flying in the sky, falling in flocks".

In general, different regions have different views on crows, and they are not "all black in the world".

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In the records of ancient witches, the crow is often synonymous with death and fear, the crow symbolizes death, the crow's night cry is regarded as a bad omen, people believe that the crow's call will take away people's lives, so the crow is hated by people, the crow symbolizes death, so most people hate crows!

Crow, omen, "crow crows, calamity comes". "The crow has been the head, and there is no disaster but also woe." Black, black also. The crow crows cries "Ah! Yikes! ”

Auspicious! It's a pity that because of the dark appearance and the unpleasant voice, it was misunderstood!

Is the raven a symbol of bad luck? It is the only bird that can feed the elderly, and its IQ is first-class.

The crow of the crow is a sign of evil spirits and disasters, a sign of calamity, and the meaning of desolation.

1. The crow is a kind of guardian deity, which has the effect of driving away evil spirits and avoiding disasters.

In traditional Chinese culture, the crow represents peace and is considered a guardian deity. The ancients believed that crows were born with a lack of sex**, it liked to eat bats, and eating crow droppings would make them sick. And in the mouth of the crow there are many small bugs, which are believed to harm the mascot that the crow represents.

As a result, people use crows' beaks to repel wild animals such as pests and rats.

2. The crow represents bad luck and may be a sign of calamity.

The crow is one of the auspicious birds. Because crows are always ominous, when crows chirp during the day accompanied by a low wail, then they are a bad omen. Because crows often make miserable and desolate cries when they chirp at night, when they chirp at the same time during the day and at night, it is a sign of bad luck.

Therefore, people often associate crows with calamity, and think that the crow's cry is a sign that calamity is coming. This tribe is actually very one-sided, and it cannot be said that there must be a disaster for crows. But as soon as the crow makes a miserable and desolate cry, it means that a bad omen has happened.

Therefore, when people hear the lamentation of the crow, it is better not to provoke it.

3. The crow's cry is miserable, which may also mean desolation.

As a fast-flying bird, crows make miserable calls at night. So many people think that the crow may be crying sadly. In fact, there is no basis for this idea.

Many times, crows are closer to humans. The crow will cry out in the sky when it sees the pitiful appearance of humans. Therefore, there are many people who believe that the crow is actually lamenting the pity of human beings. Hence the tragic narrative.

The crow symbolizes good fortune

In ancient times, crows had an auspicious meaning. The crow is considered to be a bird related to the sun, in the "Fuxi Nuwa" portrait brick unearthed in China, Fuxi holds the rule in his left hand, holds a round wheel in his right hand, and there are crows in the wheel.

The Shan Hai Chop Tsai Jing and the Great Wilderness East Classic said: "There is a buttress on the soup valley, one day to arrive, one day to come out, all contained in Wu." In the literature of the Han Dynasty, the crow became a three-legged crow, and Liu Xiang said in the "Five Classics of General Righteousness": "There are three-legged blacks in the day." ”

On the lid of the coffin in the coffin of the tomb of the Marquise Xin Chai in the early Western Han Dynasty unearthed in Mawangdui, Changsha, there is an image of a crow standing in the sun, which shows that people regarded the crow as a sacred bird at that time, and the mythical three-legged black was regarded as an auspicious omen. The Qing Dynasty's "Collection of Ancient and Modern Books" said: "In the weak water of Kunlun, you can't get there unless you ride the dragon."

There is a three-legged god black, which feeds for the Queen Mother of the West. ”

The reasons for the bad luck of crows are that the color is not very good-looking, the call is unpleasant, and the eating habits are problematic.

1. The color of the crow is not very good-looking.

The color of the crow is black all over, the withered color of the black eggplant hand has been pitifully given an ominous sign since ancient times, and the black also has a sense of death, many people do not like animals with black bodies, thinking that it is unlucky, for example, the cat in the ghost movie can see unclean things, it is said that only black cats can see it, and it is difficult to confirm the specific authenticity.

2. The crow's cry is more unpleasant.

Generally our understanding of birds, the call should be very beautiful, many people also like to listen to bird calls, but the crow's call is difficult to hear, and it is hated by many people.

3. The eating habits of crows.

Crows like to eat rotten meat, in ancient times when there was a war in the trembling cave, many crows hovered in the sky, found carrion after they would go down to eat, in ancient times the crow as a symbol of defeat.

Crow'sHabits

Crows like to live in groups, and the cluster potatoes have a strong terrestrial nature, and a flock can reach tens of thousands. It is a forest-steppe bird that lives in groups in the woods or in the fields, foraging mainly on the ground, and has a steady gait. With the exception of a few species, they often nest in groups and wander in groups in autumn and winter.

Complex behavior, showing strong intellectual and social activities.

Generally fierce and aggressive, often preys on eggs and chicks in the nest of waterfowl and wading birds. Some caged crows for pleasure "talk", and some lab-raised crows learn to count to 3 or 4 and find marked food in boxes.

Omnivorous, eating grains, berries, insects, carrion, and eggs of other birds. Many species like carrion and are harmful to seedlings and grains.

However, during the breeding period, it mainly feeds on small vertebrates, locusts, mole crickets, golden tortoise shells and moth larvae, which is beneficial to agriculture. In addition, because it likes to carrion and peck at agricultural waste, it can eliminate the pollution of the environment such as animal carcasses, and play a role in purifying the environment.

The crow is still quite wronged. In fact, magpies and crows are biologically similar, but folklore is just the opposite.

Crows are unlucky, probably because of their crows and habits. Crows do not have a beautiful call and like to scavenge in groups.

The influence of color is secondary, in ancient times China was still dark, and the crow was never excluded, and there was a three-legged black bird in the sun; The swallow, the prototype of the Xuanniao, is also black and has always been loved. This perception has also affected Japan and other places.

The change of perception about crows and eggplant birds should be after the rise of civil society in the Tang and Song dynasties. Western and Southern Europeans also consider crows to be unlucky birds, and their cultural introduction has reinforced our negative impression of crows in modern times.

The crow is used in poetry, often as a symbol of desolation, such as a crow, jackdaw (crow in the broad sense) or a side portrayal of a temple firework (crow).

The Manchus have many legends about crows, similar to the legends of the Central Plains in ancient times, so the crows of the former Qing Dynasty were the official sacred birds.

Objectively, the crow's greed and intelligence are the biggest characteristics of the crow, and the concept of auspiciousness or inauspiciousness is the cultural attachment and accumulation.

In everyday life, crows are usually a nuisance bird. Not only are they dark and ugly, but their voices are hoarse and ugly. Crows are always in flocks of crows, whether it's the sound of ears of grain in the fields or the carrion in the garbage heaps.

They will also snatch food from us humans.

The crow is not actually a bird, but a collective term for black-feathered crows for people who are not very classified. There are more than a hundred species of crows, some are called magpies and some are called crows ; It's not all crows that are called crows, such as the crested blue jay, whose bright blue feathers would never be considered crows.

When we talk about crows, most of them are not very nice words, such as "the world is as black as a crow", such as "crows".

Mouth. Because it's always scraped! Scrape!

Scrape! The land is called, and there is a bad nickname among the people, called Lao Ou. There is a sentence in the fifty-seventh chapter of "Dream of Red Mansions":

Everyone laughed and said: This is even more strange! The old owls in the world are as black as they are, how can there be two crows that inadvertently play a supporting role.

In fact, the word crow's mouth represents an omen of bad luck, and it has not been popular for a long time, and it is well documented that the earliest source is the modern vernacular poem "Old Crow" written by Mr. Hu Shi in 1917