Animal

English name: Zebra Finch Finch Finch order: family Ventrolateridae, genus Prunus, tribe Waxbill

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Golden Mountain Pearl scientifically known as Spotted-breasted Meadowlark, also known as Mallory Bird, Kamwah Bird, Pearl Bird, Small Pearl, Mallory Finch, and so on. Jinshan pearl bird belongs to the finch order plum blossom bird family, native to eastern Australia and eastern Indonesia in the tropical forests. China was introduced from Australia in the 1950s, and has now bred and cultivated several varieties of camel-colored, white, and flower-colored birds. The Jinshan Pearl, with its bright plumage, small and delicate body and lively and light movements, is very cute and is now becoming an ornamental bird bred in many countries around the world. Author: Wang Xiaoyi

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Golden Mountain Pearl finch body length of about 10 centimeters, the head gray, the base of the mouth and black lines under the eyes, two black lines in the middle of the white, cheeks behind the red and black patch, throat to the upper chest white and wavy black lines to the chest in the black band. Upper body dark brown, abdomen yellowish white, ventral reddish brown with pearly white spots, beak red, feet reddish, tail black, tail feathers white with black horizontal stripes. The female has no reddish-brown patches on the back of the cheeks and no wavy pattern on the breast. White and camel-colored varieties of the Jinshan Pearl have been bred in captivity, and are widely bred in Beijing, Jiangsu, Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Qingdao, Jinan, Xiamen, and other provinces and cities in China.

Editing the reasons for the name

Golden Mountain Pearls were named after their gray body plumage, which was dotted with many small white spots that resembled "pearls", and Sydney, Australia, is said to have been known as "Golden Mountain" because of its previous legend of rich gold mines, as is the case with San Francisco, United States, which is known as the "Golden Mountain" because of its rich gold mines. The United States of America, San Francisco is known as "San Francisco" because of the previous rich gold mines, thus, the pearl bird is also due to the region and the formation of a "Jinshan Pearl Bird" of the localization of the common name.

Edit Breeding

Pearlbirds can be kept in pairs or flocks, both for ornamental purposes and for breeding. When raised in a single cage, a pair can be raised, and when raised in a nesting box, groups or pairs can be raised according to the size of the box. Generally speaking, a family can raise one to several pairs in a cage that is about 30 centimeters long, 25 centimeters wide and 35 centimeters high. Box cage inside the upper corner of a corner to set up artificial nesting boxes, artificial nesting boxes about 9 cm long, 7 cm wide, 10 cm high, the bottom of the box paved about 2 cm thick cotton or nesting grass, the entrance and exit is about 3 cm in diameter, the entrance and exit outside the small platform. It can also be replaced by a bamboo tube or gourd.

Edit Breeding

Preparation before breeding. Pearl birds are timid and fearful in nature and can reach sexual maturity in 3-4 months. Generally choose about 4 months of healthy birds as breeding birds, breeding cage can be made of metal square cage. Breeding nests can be 15 cm × 10 cm × 10 cm square groove, with a partition in the middle, the nest box is divided into two inside and outside, the partition and the outside were left in the import and export, and outside the entrance and exit of the small platform, so that the birds can easily come in and out of the nest when stomping. Can also be used pot-shaped grass nest or small gourd, etc., the nest put clean bedding grass and hang the nest in the upper corner of the cage, the cage is set up perched bar 2, and put food, water, sand trough.

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Pearl birds grow to 3-4 months, select the parent bird, feed eggs millet, and clean fresh greens (to rape is good), to promote estrus, when found in the male and female pairs, the parent bird frequently in and out of the breeding nest, indicating that the female bird will be laying eggs, generally laying 4-6 eggs, laying up to 3-4, the start of the incubation, once you find a bird is always in the nest does not come out, that is the beginning of the incubation, the bird will not come out, and the incubation will begin. That is the beginning of incubation, male and female parent birds take turns to incubate, incubation period of 14 days, incubation period sink water and electricity as little as possible, so as to avoid the parent bird bath, and remove the eggs millet and vegetables, replaced with cereals, millet and tares, and so on. Pearl bird optimal growth temperature of 20-25 ℃, winter indoor can not be lower than 15 ℃, the night to keep warm.

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Because the pearl bird is very timid, the incubation should keep the surrounding environment quiet, in addition to feeding food and water, do not go to peep, absolutely prohibit the movement of the birdcage, so as to avoid the parent bird is frightened to abandon the nest does not hatch or the bird out of the shell of the parent bird does not feed. In order to improve the economic value of raising birds of pearl, you can take out the eggs, so that the incubation of the ten sisters on behalf of the incubation, the method is to choose the same egg-laying period and birds of pearl or a difference of 2-3 days of the ten sisters, with a small spoon to take out the eggs of the ten sisters, and then put into the eggs of the birds of pearl, the action should be light. The ten sisters are very strong and have the name of nanny bird. Generally, breeders should raise several pairs of ten sisters and control their incubation time. After coming out of the shell, the ten sisters will feed the young pearl birds until they live independently in separate nests.

Editing the Feeding of Young Birds

After the young birds come out of their shells, they change their staple food of eggs and millet, and resume their supply of fresh vegetables. After about 1 month, the young birds can feed independently, but it is best to separate them from their parents at about 40 days to reduce the mortality rate of young birds.

Edit Feeding

Pearl birds can breed all year round, as long as the survival environment is quiet, the cage light is not too strong, you can continuously lay eggs. Daily management should maintain the hygiene of the cage and cage equipment, and frequently disinfect the interior and cage equipment (by spraying the interior with "Lysol" and so on, and soaking the water trough and food trough with potassium permanganate diluted solution). Although the size of the pearl bird is small, but the physique is strong, not easy to get sick, tolerate rough feeding, strong fertility, general feeding conditions can be bred successfully.

Edit Feeding Methods

①Egg millet production method: a catty of millet to beat an egg, you can add a small amount of some cuttlefish bones, honey. Stir well and dry can also be Fried with fire to dry fast. Jinshan pearl birds can be used in a variety of small bamboo cages or metal cages, cage area of 40 cm × 30 cm × 30 cm, each cage to raise a pair. The cage bars should be thin and dense, and the food bowl, sand box, drinking vessel, etc. should be small and delicate to improve the ornamental value. It can also be kept in groups in poultry houses and houses. Breeding nesting boxes are hung on the wall, and the specification of the nesting boxes is 1.4cm×9cm×9cm. Set up wooden boards to separate the upper and lower two layers, made of dark nests, the number should be more than the actual number of paired birds, so as to avoid fighting for the nest fighting. The nest should be lined with cotton wool, brown silk, hay, feathers and other things. After fledging, several straw or wheat straw stacks should be set up on the floor of the room, so that the fledglings can hide in them. When the parent bird comes to feed, they will automatically recognize each other.

Edit this section of the pearl bird food

Pearl bird daily feeding to shell millet, can also be used to tares 60%, millet 30%, millet 10% mixed for feeding. Feed egg millet to the young bird period and breeding period. And increase the supply of fresh green leafy vegetables, fruits, mineral feed such as cuttlefish bones, shells, gravel, etc. should also be discretionary supply.

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This bird is very fond of water bath, but in addition to the brood period, the preparation of the tank to supply a moderate amount of bath water. Pearl birds fear cold, winter to strengthen the warmth measures, room temperature should be maintained at about 10 ℃.

Edit this section of the call

Pearl bird's song is light, very much like a sharp wheel due to lack of oil issued by the "squeak" sound, frightened and each other call when the call is very much like a trumpet in a very far away place when the sound of the trumpet blowing, and occasionally issued similar to the cat's call of "meow" sound. " sound.

Edited prose "Birds of Pearls"

Birds of Pearls By Feng Jicai It's so nice! A friend gave me a pair of pearl birds in a simple cage made of bamboo strips with a roll of hay inside, a cozy and warm nest for the birds. I heard someone say it was a bird that was afraid of people. I hung it in front of the window. There was also an unusually lush French hanging orchid there. I covered the cage with the orchid's long, hanging vines of tiny green leaves, and they were as safe as if they were hiding in a deep jungle; and the flute-like, bright chirping that came out of it was extraordinarily relaxing. The sunlight came in through the window, and through here those innumerable nail-like leaflets of the hanging orchid, half of which became black shadows, half of which were illuminated as jasper; speckled and businesslike. The shadows of the birds flickered vaguely in the center, incomplete, sometimes even the cage could not be seen, but their cute little bright red beaks sticking out from the green leaves. I seldom peeled back the leafy vines to look at them, so they gradually dared to stick out their little heads to look at me. We got to know each other a little better. Three months later, there was a small, delicate call coming from the growing mass of green vines. I guessed that they were having a baby. What about me? Never lift the leaves to look inside, even when adding food and water do not open wide curious eyes to startle them. After a short time, suddenly a small head poked out from between the leaves. Oh, a chick! It was this little fellow! It was so small that it could easily get out of the cage. And look! How like its parents: red beak, red feet, gray-blue fur, only the back has not yet produced pearl-like round white spots; it is so fat, the whole body seems to be a fluffy ball. At first the little fellow only moved around the cage, then he flew around the house, landing on the top of the cupboard at one time; at another time he stood on the bookshelf with great vigor and pecked at the names of the great writers on the backs of the books; at another time he knocked the lamp cord back and forth, and then jumped up to the picture frame again. As soon as the big bird called from the cage, it immediately flew back to the cage. I don't care about it. After a long time, when I opened the window, it would stand on the window frame for a while at most, and would never fly out, so it was very good! Gradually it got bold and landed on my desk. It is first away from me farther, see I do not go to hurt it, a little closer, and then jumped to my cup, bent his head to drink tea, and then turned his face to see my reaction. I just smiled slightly, still writing, it let go of the courage to run to the manuscript paper, around the tip of my pen to jump around, jumping little red paws on the paper to make a chugging sound. I write without moving, silently enjoying the affection of this little guy's closeness. In this way, it was completely at ease. With its little red mouth coated with wax, it pecked at the tip of my quivering pen. I stroked its delicate fur, it is not afraid, but very friendly peck my fingers. During the day, it accompanied me in this mischievous way; at dusk, it flew to the cage at the repeated calls of my parents, twisted its round body and squeezed through the green leaves to get inside. One day, when I was writing, it actually landed on my shoulder. The pen in my hand stopped for fear of frightening it away. After a while, turn my head to see, this little guy actually stepped in my shoulder asleep, silver gray eyelids cover the eyes, small red feet just to the chest of long downy cover. I gently lifted my shoulder, and he didn't wake up, he was sleeping so well! And smacked its lips, was it dreaming? The tip of my pen, flowing down a moment of feeling: trust, often create a beautiful realm.

Edit "Pearl Bird" Appreciation

I. Overall grasp 1. The ode to love between man and nature "It's nice! A friend sent me a pair of pearl birds." At the beginning, the author will use the tone of delight to say his heart, and this set the tone of the whole text of relaxation. Read the whole article, the reader is always pulled by the author's pen, by the human love of animals enveloped, with the author together with a careful observation of the lovely and afraid of every move of the bird. Driven by the love and care, "I" mainly did two things for the bird: first, although the bird already has a "comfortable and warm nest", but "I" still carefully for its Re-processing, arranged a quiet, safe living room, and on time to give them food and water; in a warm and harmonious environment to start a new life of the bird "relaxed" call, perhaps it is the owner of the thank you. Secondly, "I" hold down my curiosity, never because of the so-called love and easily disturb the life of the birds; in the days to come, the birds gradually close to "me" is the best return on this love. It is because the author of the pearl bird with such a loving heart, so he often will be given the human spirit of the ignorant bird, the pearl bird depicted as a delicate and lovely. "Lovely bright red beak from the green leaves out", "gradually dare to stretch out the little head to look at me", more like a naughty child to a new environment for the first time in the flow of apprehension and curiosity of the demeanor. The article describes the pearl chick with more ink. "Red beak and red feet, gray-blue fur, just the back has not yet produced pearl-like round white spots; it is so fat, the whole body seems like a fluffy ball." He was curious about the world outside his cage, and flew about the house; he had no respect for authority, and "pecked the names of the great men of letters on the backs of his books"; he was very timid, and when he struck the cord of the lamp and shook it, he would flee in terror to the picture-frame; and as long as mamma and papa were in the house, he was not afraid to go out of the house. It is also very timid, when it shakes the lampstring, it will run away immediately to the picture frame; as long as the mother and father angrily called out, it will be like an obedient good boy, "immediately fly back to the cage". The author looks at the ignorant bird with humane eyes, it "jumped onto my cup, bent its head to drink tea, and then turned its face to look at my reaction", and then "let go of its courage and ran to the manuscript paper, bouncing around the tip of my pen.... ..." It actually knows how to read the faces of adults! The bird, with a human spirit, could sleep on "my" shoulder like a cute child. Because of love, the author observed the bird's every move extra carefully; on the other hand, due to careful observation, further deepening the author's love for this innocent creature. Article this overflowing with love description is very much, the author with light and lively, sparse and dense strokes for us to carefully outline the image of the bird of pearl, composed a song of love between people and animals. 2. Trust creates a beautiful realm The article recounts in chronological order the process of change in the relationship between "I" and the family of three pearl birds from acquaintance, familiarity, intimacy, and dependence on each other. The whole text can be divided into two parts. The first part (paragraphs 1 to 5) describes how I have made a cozy and warm nest for the bird. The second part (paragraphs 6 to 15) describes the process of emotional communication between the pearl bird and "I" from estrangement to closeness. On the surface, the bird is from "far away from me", to "a little closer", to "naughty to accompany me", and finally "actually fell on my shoulder! "and the physical distance between the bird and me is getting closer and closer. In this process, it is the bird that takes the initiative to get close to me; in fact, every step that the bird and I take to get closer to each other is preconditioned by some kind of action on my part. Because "I seldom pry open the leaves and vines to look at them," they "dare to stretch out their little heads to look at me"; because "I" "never lift up the leaves to look inside," and do not startle them. Because I "never lift the leaves to look in" and do not disturb them, the chicks can grow freely in "my" house; because "I don't care about it", it won't fly away even if the window is open; because "I don't hurt it Because "I don't want to hurt it", it dares to "jump onto my cup" to drink tea; because "I just smile a little and still write", it will "jump around the tip of my pen"; because "I don't care about it", it won't fly away even if the window is open. Because "I didn't move to write", it even "pecked at my quivering nib" with its little red beak; because "I" didn't scratch it with my hand, but just "caressed it". Because "I" did not scratch it with my hand, but only "caress its delicate fluff", so it will "peck my fingers twice in a friendly way" ...... can be seen, the gradual proximity of the physical distance between man and bird, a clear manifestation of the psychological distance between them is constantly shortening. The psychological distance between man and bird has been shortened continuously. In this process of change, "my" behavior played a decisive role, "I" with the love of transcendental selfishness for it to create a loose, free space, and therefore won its trust in people. "Trust often creates a beautiful realm." --The concluding sentence becomes the finishing touch that unifies the whole piece, shining with the luster of a moving thought. Not only between human and animals, but also between human beings. Respect for each other's living space, thinking space, really do not bully the weak, do not bully the small, which is the prerequisite for the establishment of a relationship of trust, and trust will undoubtedly make the world more a touch of gentle color. Why does the article emphasize in a separate paragraph at the beginning of the article that the bird of pearl "is a kind of bird that is afraid of people"? "Fear of people" is a prominent feature of the pearl bird, and the author puts this point in the first part of the article to find a foundation for the whole article. The bird from "afraid of people" to "trust" people, is the article's narrative clues, in the clues under the pull, the article explains the "I" on the bird's love and respect, explains the bird from the timid--gradually bold--begin to close to me--completely trust me in the process of change, explaining the author's inner feelings: "trust, often creates a beautiful realm." Around the description of the characteristics of the object, so that the article structure is compact, clear. The article according to the pearl bird "afraid of people" this characteristic clever arrangement of the appearance of the pearl bird, it hides in the back of the luxuriant orchid leaves and vines, and its image of the process of showing in fact shows the pearl bird of the degree of fear of people to weaken the process. The article first describes the thin and bright call of the pearl bird in the hanging vines, then writes about the figure flickering vaguely behind the orchid, then writes about the "lovely bright red beak" sticking out of the green vines and the small head looking around until the seventh paragraph when the pearl chick is detached from the background and appears in full view. The article describes the image of the pearl bird in a layer-by-layer manner, which truly reproduces the process of the pearl bird's careful trial and error, and the step-by-step process of the pearl bird's emergence from its secluded environment.

Editorial Exercise Instructions

I. Read the text aloud and draw out the phrases in the text that explain "my" actions. Tell me how the trust between me and Pearl Bird was gradually built up through my efforts. The purpose of this question is to guide the students to understand the basic content of the article, to appreciate the important role of "I" in creating a trusting relationship between human beings and birds, and to grasp the narrative of the article. I hung it in front of the window. I hung it in the window. / I covered the birdcage with the long, hanging vines of the orchid, strung with small green leaves ...... / I seldom peeked through the vines ...... / And I? I never lift the leaves to look inside, and I don't even open my curious eyes to startle them when I add food or water. /I don't care about it. /...... I don't hurt it ....../ I just smile a little and continue to write ....../ I don't move to write, silently enjoying the affection of this little one's closeness. /I use my hand to caress its delicate fluffy hair ....../ The pen in my hand unconsciously stopped, for fear of startling it away. /I gently lift a shoulder ...... Every step I take with the bird is contingent upon some action on my part. Because I "covered the birdcage with the long, hanging vines of the hanging orchid, strung with small green leaves", the birds would feel "extraordinarily relaxed and at ease"; because "I seldom peeled back the leaves to look at them", so they "dared to stretch out the leaves". because "I seldom open the leaves to look at them," so they "dare to stick out their little heads to look at me"; because "I don't try to hurt them," so they dare to "jump up on my cup" to drink their tea; because "I did not move to write", so it even "pecked at the tip of my quivering pen" with its little red beak; because "I" did not scratch it with my hand, but only " Because "I" did not scratch it with my hand, but only " caress its delicate fluff", so it will "friendly peck my fingers" ...... bird's attitude towards people has gone through a gradual process of change from fear, to gradually bold, to the beginning of proximity, to complete trust. In this process, "my" behavior plays a decisive role. "As a strong man, I not only did not bully the weak, but also created a loose and free space for them with my love beyond selfishness, and thus won their trust in people. Second, the author has incorporated his favorite feelings into the description of the bird's demeanor and actions. Please choose one or two examples from the article and analyze them. The purpose of this question is to guide students to appreciate the author's tender feelings in the delicate description of the birds and to understand the language feature of the article that melts strong feelings into the description of objective things. For example, "It was far away from me at first, and when I didn't hurt it, it came a little closer, then jumped onto my cup, bent its head down to drink tea, and then turned its face to look at my reaction. I just smiled slightly, still writing, it let go of the courage to run to the manuscript paper, around the tip of my pen bouncing around; jumping little red paws on the paper to make 'ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch' sound." The author gives the pearl bird a human nature and spirit, so that the bird seems to have a human look and psychology, a few actions "close to," "jumping," "stooping down," " "Drinking", "favoring", "looking", "running to", "circling". "bouncing around" and so on, live painting the image of a mischievous child. The author's heart is full of tender love, using poetic language to write the first close contact between man and bird. Another example is, "One day, when I was writing, it actually fell onto my shoulder. The pen in my hand stopped for fear of frightening it away. Stayed a while, turned my head to see, this little guy actually fell asleep on my shoulder, silver-gray eyelids cover the eyes, small red feet just to the chest of the long fluffy cover. I gently lifted my shoulder, but he didn't wake up, he slept so well! And quacked its mouth; was it dreaming?" The text describes with delicate strokes the bird sleeping on "my" shoulder, silver-gray eyelids, red-colored feet, furry body, a natural world, a special thing, will be sleeping peacefully on the human shoulder, do not care about the outside world of the wind and grass, as if the side of the human is its safe and warm place to stay. It is obvious that the trust between man and bird has reached what degree! Third, "trust, often create a beautiful realm." In your opinion, in order to create such a realm between man and nature, man and man, what should we do? This article in the poetic description contains intriguing philosophy, the design of this question is to guide students to understand the content of the text on the basis of grasping the deeper meaning of the works expressed. From a broader context, appreciate the meaning of the last sentence of the work: "Trust, often creates a beautiful realm." Students can talk about their personal experience in relation to the specifics of real social life, the human situation, the international situation and so on. Answers do not have to be forced to be consistent, just make sense.

Edit Paragraph "Pearl Bird" Teaching Suggestions

I. The subject matter of this article is more in line with the psychology of the students, when teaching, teachers can more contact with the students' life experience, help them understand the rich, delicate emotions contained in the work, and cultivate their love of life, the concept of treating animals well. Second, the author of his love for the pearl bird melted into the description of the pearl bird, the human spirit to the ignorant bird, this writing method is worthy of students to learn from, you can ask the students who have the ability to learn to follow this way to write a materialistic fragment.

Edit "Bird of Pearls" author's biography

Feng Jicai, a contemporary writer, was born in Tianjin in 1942, originally from Cixi City, Zhejiang Province. From childhood, he loved art, literature and ball games. He has worked as a professional basketball player and engaged in painting, and in 1977, he published a long historical novel "Boxing Fist of Righteousness", which was co-written with Li Tingxing, and since 1979, he has published a lot of works, which have demonstrated his vigorous creativity and outstanding creative talents. His major works include the full-length historical novel Divine Lantern, the middle-grade novels Paving the Way of Flowers, Ah! Three Inch Golden Lotus. Appreciation of The Pearl Bird (Cui Chengyun) Some famous writers not only depict the society and reflect the life with huge pen, but also sometimes change the style of men with eyebrows to embroider short chapters and sketches with fine needles and threads. Feng Jicai's "Pearl Bird" belongs to this kind of spiritual works. It is through the delicate description of human birds and birds and rich poetic, profound philosophy, not only shows the writer of nature, life's love of love, and seems to people feel to the universe, small to the earth, all the beauty of the true meaning of the place. Reading The Pearl Bird, I can't help but think of the poems of some ancient poets. Jiang always in the Southern Dynasty loved the swallows on the beams of his house as his children, and he once used his colorful pen to draw the lively attitude of the swallows: "Spring in February, the swallows take care of the woolen clothes. The two swallows are in their woolen clothes. They are in the flowers and the leaves are hidden in the confluence of flowers. Or play in the hall, more from the curtain fly ......" ("Yan Yan Yu Fei") swallow mud, grass, leaves, pecking flowers, in and out of the hall, tugging the curtain, like their own mischievous children, how harmonious between man and bird, how trusting! The existence of people, so that the birds have to rely on, the existence of birds, to the human life added how much flavor! Lu You, a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, has a famous poem "Winged Swallow", which is similar to the poem of Mr. Jiang: "The first time I saw the beam lattice is new, and the mud has been feeding the baby often. I am only worried that it is late to return from far away, and I am not afraid of flying low and hitting people." Swallow so love home, attached to the nest, with the host's goodwill and dear not unrelated to it. There is no one who has established a deeper friendship with birds than Du Fu, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty: "The cormorant outside the door does not come, and the sandy head suddenly sees the eye to guess. From now on, I know what I want to know, and I will come here a hundred times a day." （The poet's first encounter with the cormorant quickly led to understanding and trust, and they became inseparable friends. The swallows in Qin Tao Yu's book not only trust each other, but also show consideration for each other: "I don't know if the mansion allows me to live there? I have often brought mud to the corner of the seat. I have spoken with the beautiful woman, and I have thrown away my embroidery work a few times." ("Swallows") Swallows did not ask the owner's permission to build a nest in the mud, because it clearly remembers, in the past years it and the beautiful people in this head to snuggle up, softly murmuring, how many times to provoke her attention to the God to move away from the embroidery work, the swallows and the people of the spirit of the telepathic communication, integrated into a single body. All the real writers, most of them love the world, love life, love of nature's landscape, a grass and a stone, and even a flower and a tree, a bird and an insect. Feng Jicai's love for the pearl bird, and Du Fu, Lu You and so on is probably the same vein. Although "The Pearl Bird" is a prose piece, its full poetic meaning is no less than that of a poem. The delicate strokes, the elegant style, euphemistic style, elegant style, everywhere overflowing with rich poetry, like a moving lyric. And look at the author of a description of the human bird kiss: "It is first far away from me, see I do not go to hurt it, will be a little closer, and then jumped to my cup, bent his head to drink tea, and then turned his face to look at my reaction. I just smiled slightly, still writing, and he let go of his nerve and ran to the manuscript paper, bouncing around the tip of my pen; his bouncing little red paws making a 'ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch' on the paper." Next, seeing how friendly his master was, he "simply pecked at my quivering nib with his little wax-like, horny red mouth, 'tah-tah-tah' ......" and finally. "The little fellow actually fell asleep on my shoulder." This intimacy, the kindness of friendship, comes from the writer's lofty emotions and ideals. What is the ideal of the writer? The chapter shows its ambition, which is the profound words at the end of the chapter: "trust, often create a beautiful realm." The essay is gentle and simple, but it also has its ups and downs. The beginning of the pearl bird is a kind of bird afraid of people, so the bamboo cage hanging high, hanging orchids cover, add water and food do not dare to open their eyes startle them, as a result, the bird from the fear of people to like people, close to the people, relatives, loved ones, the last is simply with the people as one. During the dark presented a downward spiral. At the beginning of the article wrote a pair of friends sent a pair of birds of pearl, they cherish, careful care, seems to write this pair, however, after a few strokes, a small bird of pearl was born, colorful ink will fall on the baby bird, its parents but played a role in the padding. This little chick's roguish, naive far better than its parents, the portrayal of it, the strokes more and more light and free, which not only makes the article sparse and dense, light and dark, and colorful, presenting the scene of the ups and downs, so that people read more interesting. (From Wang Bin and Fan Xiwen's Appreciation Library of Modern Chinese Prose, Hundred Flowers Literature and Art Publishing House, 1996 edition)

Editing the Essays on Pearl Bird

That's nice! Mr. Feng Jicai's essay "The Pearl Bird" given to the readers is rich in emotion, delicate in depiction, simple and literate, just like a rounded pearl. A volume, to the reader is a love of birds, raising birds have a way of "I", he created a pair of pearl birds with a natural flavor of the green environment, and meticulous care of them, the two birds live easily and comfortably. If the author of this as a starting point, along the plot to write on, the article is still not lost interest in life, but no. The author of a turn of phrase, the article is a twisted path. The baby bird is born "on earth" (it's "among people", that's right). Unlike its parents, this little bird has no fear of being confronted with a strange environment, nor does it suffer from a long stay in a cage. Although the "big bird" in the cage on it "repeatedly called", the little bird of pearl or enjoy in the master's home to breathe the breath of freedom, its form of light, its spirit of joy. Writers with full of feelings of the pen and ink to depict how lovely a small creature! Especially touching is the harmonious and natural relationship between it and its owner. The article reveals the formation of this relationship, which is extremely organized. In this regard, the writer describes in great detail how the bird went from being "far away from me" to "a little closer", to "accompanying me mischievously", and finally "landing on my shoulder". The whole process of the bird from "far away from me" to "a little closer", to "naughty company", and finally "actually landed on my shoulder". If this is not the case, then things are not true; if not, then the true meaning of the relationship between man and bird cannot be demonstrated. The author finally wrote: "this little guy fell asleep on my shoulder", "I gently lift a shoulder, it did not wake up, sleeping well! And sip mouth, is it dreaming"? Here the bird is no longer a bird, it has a human spirit, we see is no longer a mischievous bird at play, we see is a child nestled in the parents happy, warm embrace. There are no longer naughty slingshots and hideous muzzles in the bird's world; there are no more little playthings to delight in the human vision. When we witness the little bird of pearl sleeping on "my" shoulder, the reader's mind enters a beautiful realm, where man and bird depend on each other, in harmony and nature. People and birds are like the notes that keep beating in a moving piece of music, like the flashing colors in a beautiful picture. This realm is the ultimate in harmony. Finally, the author to "trust, often create a beautiful realm" to end the whole text, can be said to be water to the end. It is trust that creates beauty, and it is freedom and tolerance that cultivate trust, which is the conclusion we draw from reading "Pearl Bird". In our reconstruction of the "spiritual home" today, read "Pearl Bird" can not be said to be a cultivation. The essay "The Pearl Bird" is divided into two parts with the limit of the birth of the baby. Before, the author fully describes the warm bird's nest decorated with hanging orchids and vines, depicting very fine, laying the foundation for the latter, but in comparison, it is still written. Afterwards, the author wrote about the nestling with the brush strokes of anthropomorphism, and wrote about the emotional integration between the bird and "me", which was depicted in a subtle and delicate way, with its sound in the ear, its shape in the eye, and its feelings in the heart. You see, the daisy naive demeanor, happy jumping, ...... is it not like a lovely child? "I" on the "little guy" has been licking the calf. We admire the author's power of observation, we realize that, with the love of love, there is the depth of observation; because the observation is deep, it will be more beloved. Has finished 99 years of beautiful life Bing Xin old man early in her "mountain miscellany" wrote: "I love myself, but also love birds; I love my parents, I also love the parents of the birds!" The fountain of love flowing from "The Pearl Bird" flows into the reader's heart. The Pearl Bird" intentionally depicts the life, the writer in the depiction of the reality of life and attached to a deep philosophy, so this vivid and timeless prose will contain a strong moral. To this point, the tip of the pen, flowing down a little feeling: philosophy, can sublimate the feelings of the article to a new realm.