China people have worshipped the red-crowned crane for a long time. In ancient times, there was a saying that "Mei's wife is a crane" to describe people who are wild and fond of nature, while "burning a harp and cooking a crane" meant trampling on and destroying beautiful things. The ancients thought that the red-crowned crane was a fairy's companion, and the riding of Taibai Laojun mentioned in The Journey to the West was this crane. Chinese people have a custom of celebrating their birthday with the picture of a pine crane. As a beautiful artistic image, the longevity crane (red-crowned crane can live up to 6 years) is juxtaposed with the longevity pine tree, which symbolizes that longevity is beyond reproach. But from the ecological point of view, the red-crowned crane lives in wetlands, where there is no pine to live. It can be seen that the red-crowned crane is a deified animal.
In p>23, the State Forestry Administration and china wildlife conservation association launched the national bird selection activity, and set up an expert selection team and determined the selection criteria.
The golden pheasant, a special product in China, is the emblem of the Chinese Ornithological Society, but no national bird has been designated. Magpie, thrush and golden pheasant are expected to be selected if they are selected from birds endemic to China. A proposal submitted by 36 delegates to the Fifth Session of the Ninth National People's Congress suggested that the red-crowned crane be identified as the national bird of China. After several years of expert selection and social network selection, the State Forestry Administration recently reported the red-crowned crane to the State Council as the only candidate for the national bird.
From May to June, 24, china wildlife conservation association, China News Service and Sina. com jointly organized online activities to recommend national birds. Among the 1 species of birds, the red-crowned crane won 64.92% of the votes of 5 million netizens, far ahead of other competitors.
However, some experts later pointed out that the English name of the red-crowned crane (JapaneseCrane) and the Latin name (Grusjaponensis crane) literally translated it as "Japanese crane". Besides, English names and Latin scientific names generally will not change. Therefore, whether to choose the red-crowned crane as the national bird is still controversial.
Recently, Tianya netizens, who are fond of pranks, chose the national bird among 1 candidate birds by online voting, and Sparrow topped the list with 35.8% support rate.