What is the national bird of China?

Among all the candidates for "national brand name" business cards, the appearance of "Phoenix" is unique and natural. The difference is that it doesn't exist in reality. Naturally, it is a true image in the minds of the vast majority of China people, and it has long been the national bird of China people in spirit. No wonder Phoenix topped the list with absolute superiority in the online survey of chinese national geography magazine.

Supporters believe that there is nothing like the Chinese people's love for Phoenix. Not only people's names, place names, things' names, famous brands, electrical appliances, architecture and works of art, but also language, literature, folk customs and festivals are everywhere. The people of China have endowed Phoenix with everything beautiful, auspicious, kind, quiet, kind and natural. Phoenix worship is a strong national complex. Choose the national bird. If we can jump out of the narrow framework of pure biology, then the national bird must belong to the phoenix, and there is no need for so much controversy. Another advantage of choosing Phoenix is that it can balance the different choices of "national birds" with different regions and interests. You can also appreciate the uniqueness of the national bird. Because Phoenix's "one" is "many".

Opponents believe that the choice of national birds should be based on scientific principles. In addition to the phoenix, there are many birds such as red-crowned crane, crested ibis and golden pheasant. And these birds are real in reality, and they are all national protected animals, even world-class endangered animals. The choice of national birds should proceed from the realistic angle of protecting birds.

Both support and opposition express people's good wishes from different aspects. As far as the world is concerned, there has never been a unified standard for selecting national birds.

Xu, vice chairman of China Bird Association, said: "This standard varies from country to country and there is no unified standard."

If measured by these three basic standards, the golden pheasant with a red belly should be said to be the luckiest. Because it explains the legend of "wearing a national bird" three years ago. In 200 1 year, the 2nd1World Universiade, known as "Little Olympics", opened in Beijing. At the opening ceremony, for the first time, beautiful patterns representing the birds of the country were drawn on the admission guide cards of athletes from various countries. Because there is no national bird in China, before the opening ceremony, the China Ornithological Society and other units discussed it repeatedly and finally chose the golden pheasant.

Xu Shuwei, vice chairman of the China Bird Association: "We consider the golden rooster for several reasons.

Golden pheasant with red belly, commonly known as golden rooster. For more than three years, it has been used as the emblem of China ornithology and civil society, and in a sense, it is also exercising the glorious duty of "representing the national bird".

However, golden pheasant has to face many challenges if it wants to become a full member from a "national bird". Experts in the field of ornithology generally believe that at present, the more competitive candidates are at least crested ibis and red-crowned cranes.

Xu, vice chairman of the China Bird Association, said: "In 2002, the International Conference on Birds was held in Beijing. Because the international name Zhu has caused a sensation in the world, people know that China in China is very good at painting and poetry. "

Red-crowned crane is a unique bird in East Asia and a famous cultural bird in China. Although it is also found in Japan, North Korea and South Korea, the largest number is China, which is also the most sensitive animal to the change of wetland environment. Supporters believe that the selection of red-crowned cranes will be beneficial to the protection of wetland environment in China. However, there are also views that red-crowned cranes belong to migratory birds and should not be selected as national birds.

Xu, vice chairman of the China Bird Association, said: "Our academic circles tend to take China's characteristic resident birds as an education."

Background link: National birds of some countries in the world.

America-vulture

Japanese green pheasant

Finland-Swan

Albanian-Shan Ying

Danish lark

Dominic macaw

French rooster

Kenya-rooster

India-Blue Peacock

South Africa-Blue Crane