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Chapter 478 Love "Touchstone"

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    ——"Yuzi, it seems that you really have the advantage of Yunnan people! Otherwise, from our point of view, this is a seagull! Look, the black tail feathers are black-tailed gulls, right?"

    Cherry joked.

    ——"Although I haven't seen the black-tailed gull you mentioned. But there is indeed a species of black-tailed gull. Their head, neck, waist and tail covert feathers and the entire lower body are all white. The back and two wings are dark gray.  The primary coverts are black, the remaining coverts are dark gray, and the large coverts have off-white tips.

    The winter feathers are similar to the summer feathers, but there are taupe spots from the top of the head to the back of the neck.  It is a medium-sized waterfowl with black tail feathers, a body length of 43-51 cm, and a weight of 400-650 grams.

    Mainly inhabit coastal beaches, hanging rocks, grasslands and adjacent lakes, rivers and swamps.

    This kind of seagull has appeared in Dianchi Lake, but there are not many of them.  Anyway, I haven't seen it.  "

    Chu Lihua said with a smile.

    —— "I didn't expect there to be black-tailed gulls. It's too random for the experts here to name the cuties. Those with red mouths are called red-headed gulls, and those with black tails are called black-tailed gulls."

    Watermelon joked.

    ——"It's so easy to understand and easy to remember, isn't it good?"

    Chu Lihua didn't care.

    ——"It seems that there is some truth in it, and I can't refute it."

    The cherry next to her had already bent over laughing, giggling while clutching her stomach.

    ——"By the way, these seagulls red-billed gulls are migratory birds, so where did they come from?"

    Cherry laughed for a long time before raising her head to ask Chu Lihua.

    ——"Why did the red-billed gull, which soars on the ocean all the year round and has almost no relationship with the city, choose the waters of Kunming City, singing low-pitched, leisurely.

    It is said that an interesting thing happened.

    When the red-billed gull first entered the Nantaiqiao area of ??Kunming, the citizens did not know what kind of bird it was. They all said that a flock of white birds flew over. They looked like pigeons but were not. They were very cute and flew everywhere on the water and on the ground.  .  Later, bird experts confirmed that these were red-billed gulls flying from Siberia.

    As for why the red-billed gull chose to spend the winter in Kunming, some media reported that it was because many wetlands were encroached on the southern places where they had wintered, such as Dongting Lake and Chaohu Lake, due to the development of industrialized cities and the reclamation of farmland.  Without food and habitat, they have to find another new wintering place.

    It was precisely this year that the climate in the southern wintering place dropped sharply, and the red-billed gull discovered Dianchi Lake, the largest lake in the southwest region surrounded by green mountains.

    It is said that when the red-headed gull first entered Kunming, the streets and alleys of Kunming were talking about the red-headed gull. Enthusiastic citizens went to Nantai Bridge and Cuihu Lake to feed the red-headed gull. The food they brought included biscuits, cakes, shortbread,  Steamed buns, steamed buns, even pork skin and potatoes.

    However, at that time, some people also hunted birds, and even made red-billed gulls into "dried birds".  We Yunnan people call jerky "ganba", like beef jerky, we call it "niuganba".

    In those years, the situation of illegal hunting of red-billed gulls and other birds was relatively serious. Some were caught with nets, some were shot with shotguns, and the phenomenon of hunting red-billed gulls occurred from time to time.

    If I remember correctly, the red-headed gull came to Kunming for the first time in 1985.  That year, there seemed to be more than a thousand.  Now, according to statistics, there are almost 40,000 of them.  "

    Once Chu Lihua started talking, she couldn't stop, and she felt proud.

    Finally, she can talk freely again.

    ——"Yuzi, is there a mountain over there? It doesn't look far away, why don't we go over and have a look."

    After Chu Lihua spoke eloquently about durian, a new question was raised.

    ——"Yes, that is Xishan. Moreover, there is a legend about Xishan. Couples who go to Xishan will break up.

    According to legend, a long, long time ago, Xishan was still Xishan, and Dianchi Lake was still Dianchi Lake, but the water in Dianchi Lake was very clear at that time, and there were gods below.

    Many couples can't get together due to various reasons, so they agree to go to Xishan to jump Dianchi Lake together.  How many years, how many people have gone up, some men jumped, women didn't jump, women jumped, men didn't jump, or neither of them jumped, these two or one of them went down Xishan, and of course they broke up.

    Finally one day, there was a couple who loved each other so much that they resolutely climbed up the Dragon Gate and jumped down. Instead of falling into the Dianchi Lake, they were lifted into the sky by floating clouds and became the door gods of the Dragon Gate.  He lives like a married couple, and hates those who are not single-minded in love and trample on the sanctity of the dragon gate.

     In order to avoid tragedies, people will not be allowed to jump into the dragon gate from now on. The couple who have become Xishan have traveled all the way. If the door god finds out that one of them is unfaithful in love, he will let them break up.

    Of course, some people say that it is not at all that "couples are going to break up when they climb the western mountain and the dragon gate".

    It's "not dedicated, not loyal" that will break up!

    Judging from this legend, Longmen is a symbol of love and loyalty, and it is also a "golden test" to test each other's feelings.

    This kind of talk is nothing more than the wisdom of the wise.  In the past, I heard that couples who ride the Ferris wheel together will break up. Then, I naively thought that my boyfriend and I broke up because of the Ferris wheel.

    In fact, thinking about it now, I feel that I was really naive and ridiculous at the time.  If it was so magical, there would be no such so-called breakup masters.  "

    After Chu Lihua finished speaking, she sighed silently in her heart.

    Many things, when you first experienced them, are completely different from what you feel in retrospect.

    ——"However, I seem to have heard another version.

    Once upon a time, there was a beautiful girl who ran into the person she loved in Longmen, Xishan. At first, the two were very affectionate, but then the young man left the girl and went to other places for his own fame and fortune.

    ? Seeing the person she loves leave, the girl was heartbroken, and she returned to the Longmen where the two met and cried bitterly in the direction where the boy left, "Even if we can't be together, we must swear to protect the love in our hearts to the death.

    In this way, the girl dried up her tears and jumped down from the dragon gate. Her tears turned into Dianchi Lake, and her body became the current Sleeping Beauty in Xishan. Over the years, the Sleeping Beauty lying beside Dianchi Lake seems to be still waiting for her beloved.  return.  "

    Durian was silent for a while, then suddenly said.

    ——"This is a sad story, but also a beautiful legend. But I think if this is the case, maybe Xishan will let the unfaithful couple break up early, but for the sake of their mutual good. Otherwise, wait until a bigger tragedy happens.  When it’s done, it’s too late to regret everything.”

    Chu Lihua expressed her thoughts.

    ——"Well, in this way, Xishan can be the touchstone of love loyalty. In fact, I think many so-called couples go to places where they will break up. Maybe they can be called the "touchstone" of love."

    Watermelon said thoughtfully.

    But this time, everyone agreed with her.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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