Having lived in Spring City for a long time, many people have become accustomed to the many ecological blessings God has bestowed on Kunming.
However, for me, who grew up in Shandong, through the sharp contrast between the north and the south, I have become more and more aware of the beauty of the various gifts of nature that I enjoy in Kunming.
For example, on April 13, the northwest, Jiangnan and other places are experiencing rain, snow and cooling weather, but Kunming is still sunny.
I was walking in the community as usual, and from time to time I heard the chirping of birds. It was already about eight o'clock in the morning, and the morning glow reflected the red sky in the distance.
There are peaches as big as a thumb growing on the peach trees. Strings of small, crystal-clear red fruits appeared on the winter cherry trees that were still blooming in December last year. The milky white flowers blooming on the tall red-leaved heather tree outside my window once again attracted people’s attention. Groups of yellow-rumped bulbuls, mountain sparrows and gray-bellied white-eyes came to look for food.
Various birds flew in front of me from time to time. Among the rhododendrons, pomegranate trees, sweet-scented osmanthus trees, Yunnan hackberry trees and green weeping willows, there were birds jumping up and down.
When I came to a tall building near the road, I suddenly heard the cry of a magpie from a tree nearby. I looked up. Due to the cover of branches and leaves, I didn't see the magpie for a while, but I heard a familiar one. The orange cat meowed. This stray cat that I often feed was calling me. I quickly took out the cat food from my pocket and found the orange cat hiding under the car on the roadside.
After feeding the orange cat, the magpie screamed again. I looked up and saw clearly that there was a big black and white magpie standing on a tree not far in front of me. I took a few steps and quickly took out my phone. Just as I was about to take a photo, it flapped its wings and flew away. This is the closest I have ever been to a magpie in the community, about 2 meters away.
continued to move forward, with the sun shining on his back, and he began to feel a little hot. After two rainy and cold days during the Qingming Festival, Kunming, a city on the plateau, finally felt warm again.
I stood by the pond in the community and saw dozens of lotus flowers blooming on the water; on one side of the two willow trees, the green willow branches had already hung down to the water. Spring has undoubtedly spread like this. There were two birds on the willow tree, making cheerful calls. From the sounds, I could tell that they were the familiar calls of yellow-rumped bulbuls.
According to my observation, in the community where I live, due to the lush trees and lush flowers and plants, there are often more than ten kinds of birds, ranging from mountain sparrows, pearl-necked turtle doves, gray-bellied white-eyes, to yellow-rumped bulbuls, magpies, Gray Wagtail and more. They appear in the community day and night, as if they are accustomed to the comfortable life here just like the residents of the community. They even chirped outside the window every morning to "wake" me to get up. Staring at the sparrows jumping on the lawn in front of me and the bead-necked doves cooing on the osmanthus tree, I suddenly thought of the tens of thousands of red-billed gulls that have returned north. Are they okay?
Since they came to Kunming to spend the winter in the 1980s, they have grown from a few hundred at the beginning to more than 40,000 today. Every winter, they fly from the distant Lake Baikal in Russia, Xinjiang in my country and other places to the warm Kunming to spend the winter. This happens year after year, year after year, and they seem to have become permanent residents of Kunming and become friends of the Kunming people. It not only brings vitality to the city, but also brings beautiful scenery where man and nature are harmonious.
Whenever I see these cute birds flying and jumping in the city, I will think: perhaps, Kunming has been a city full of birds since ancient times. So, is this really the case historically?
Archaeological discoveries tell us that during the Paleolithic Age about 30,000 years ago, in the Longtan Mountain area of Dengjia Village, Dayu Township, Chenggong District, Kunming City today, ancient humans named "Kunming Man" by archaeologists were working here. live. So far, this is the place where the earliest Paleolithic human activities have been discovered in the Dianchi Lake area. At that time, these "Kunming people" lived in natural caves and mainly relied on gathering and hunting for their livelihood. It seems that Kunming has a long history indeed.
The history of birds in Kunming seems to be even longer. We can trace some clues from ancient myths and legends.
Having lived in Spring City for a long time, many people have become accustomed to the many ecological blessings God has bestowed on Kunming.
However, for me, who grew up in Shandong, through the sharp contrast between the north and the south, I have become more and more aware of the beauty of the various gifts of nature that I enjoy in Kunming.
For example, on April 13, the northwest, Jiangnan and other places are experiencing rain, snow and cooling weather, but Kunming is still sunny.
I was walking in the community as usual, and from time to time I heard the chirping of birds. It was already about eight o'clock in the morning, and the morning glow reflected the red sky in the distance.
There are peaches as big as a thumb growing on the peach trees. Strings of small, crystal-clear red fruits appeared on the winter cherry trees that were still blooming in December last year. The milky white flowers blooming on the tall red-leaved heather tree outside my window once again attracted people’s attention. Groups of yellow-rumped bulbuls, mountain sparrows and gray-bellied white-eyes came to look for food.
Various birds flew in front of me from time to time. Among the rhododendrons, pomegranate trees, sweet-scented osmanthus trees, Yunnan hackberry trees and green weeping willows, there were birds jumping up and down.
When I came to a tall building near the road, I suddenly heard the cry of a magpie from a tree nearby. I looked up. Due to the cover of branches and leaves, I didn't see the magpie for a while, but I heard a familiar one. The orange cat meowed. This stray cat that I often feed was calling me. I quickly took out the cat food from my pocket and found the orange cat hiding under the car on the roadside.
After feeding the orange cat, the magpie screamed again. I looked up and saw clearly that there was a big black and white magpie standing on a tree not far in front of me. I took a few steps and quickly took out my phone. Just as I was about to take a photo, it flapped its wings and flew away. This is the closest I have ever been to a magpie in the community, about 2 meters away.
continued to move forward, with the sun shining on his back, and he began to feel a little hot. After two rainy and cold days during the Qingming Festival, Kunming, a city on the plateau, finally felt warm again.
I stood by the pond in the community and saw dozens of lotus flowers blooming on the water; on one side of the two willow trees, the green willow branches had already hung down to the water. Spring has undoubtedly spread like this. There were two birds on the willow tree, making cheerful calls. From the sounds, I could tell that they were the familiar calls of yellow-rumped bulbuls.
According to my observation, in the community where I live, due to the lush trees and lush flowers and plants, there are often more than ten kinds of birds, ranging from mountain sparrows, pearl-necked turtle doves, gray-bellied white-eyes, to yellow-rumped bulbuls, magpies, Gray Wagtail and more. They appear in the community day and night, as if they are accustomed to the comfortable life here just like the residents of the community. They even chirped outside the window every morning to "wake" me to get up. Staring at the sparrows jumping on the lawn in front of me and the bead-necked doves cooing on the osmanthus tree, I suddenly thought of the tens of thousands of red-billed gulls that have returned north. Are they okay?
Since they came to Kunming to spend the winter in the 1980s, they have grown from a few hundred at the beginning to more than 40,000 today. Every winter, they fly from the distant Lake Baikal in Russia, Xinjiang in my country and other places to the warm Kunming to spend the winter. This happens year after year, year after year, and they seem to have become permanent residents of Kunming and become friends of the Kunming people. It not only brings vitality to the city, but also brings beautiful scenery where man and nature are harmonious.
Whenever I see these cute birds flying and jumping in the city, I will think: perhaps, Kunming has been a city full of birds since ancient times. So, is this really the case historically?
Archaeological discoveries tell us that during the Paleolithic Age about 30,000 years ago, in the Longtan Mountain area of Dengjia Village, Dayu Township, Chenggong District, Kunming City today, ancient humans named "Kunming Man" by archaeologists were working here. live. So far, this is the place where the earliest Paleolithic human activities have been discovered in the Dianchi Lake area. At that time, these "Kunming people" lived in natural caves and mainly relied on gathering and hunting for their livelihood. It seems that Kunming has a long history indeed.
The history of birds in Kunming seems to be even longer. We can trace some clues from ancient myths and legends.
In ancient times when there were no written records, many myths at home and abroad contained legends about flying birds. They seemed to have lived on this earth earlier than humans. "The Classic of Mountains and Seas Beishan Jing" records: "Two hundred miles to the north is called Fajiu Mountain. There are many eucalyptus trees on it. There is a bird, whose shape is like a raven, with a white beak and bare feet, and its name is Jingwei."
For Kunming people, the most familiar thing is the myth of "Golden Horse and Jade Rooster". Legend has it that a long time ago, on the mountains to the west of Dianchi Lake, there was a beautiful and graceful divine chicken. It often flew and hovered over Dianchi Lake, blooming with colorful screens. Its emerald-like figure and melodious singing were intoxicating. On Jinbi Road in the urban area, there is a "Golden Horse and Jade Rooster" archway built since the Ming Dynasty, which also illustrates the extremely important status of the "Golden Horse and Jade Rooster" in Kunming. I speculate that the "Jade Chicken", which was regarded as a divine bird by ancient Kunming people, was probably a beautiful peacock.
Ban Gu, a historian of the Eastern Han Dynasty, wrote in "Hanshu Volume 25: Suburban Sacrifice Chronicles": "Emperor Xuan ascended the throne... or he said that there were gods of golden horses and green roosters in Yizhou, which could be worshiped, so he sent an admonishment to the king. The envoys praise and ask for it. "Yizhou here is the "Yizhou County" established by the Han Dynasty to manage Yunnan. As early as the second year of Yuanfeng in the Western Han Dynasty (109 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established Yizhou County in Dian Kingdom, which governed 24 counties. The jurisdiction covered most of today's Yunnan, and the county was governed in Dianchi County (now Jinning). During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Chang Xu also recorded relevant records in "Huayang Guozhi·Nanzhong Zhi", which once again provided evidence for the abundance of birds in the Dianchi Lake area. It said: "Jinning County, Ben Yizhou... The county is flat and open, and the original fields , there are many pines, there are parrots, peacocks, salt ponds, abundant fishing, gold, silver and livestock products. "According to historical data, although there were many birds at that time. People in the Ming Dynasty had seen the "Jade Chicken", but unfortunately they didn't know its name, so "it is said that in the past there was a phoenix crowing on it, and the natives called it the Jade Chicken, because it was named after it."
No matter what people saw at that time, it was the "Jade Chicken" Still a "Phoenix", one thing is certain, that is, there were many birds in Kunming in ancient times.
This has been confirmed by archaeological results.
is located in Shizhai Mountain, Jinning District, Kunming City. After five excavations from 1955 to 1996, archaeological experts discovered the remains of ancient tombs from the Warring States Period to the Han Dynasty. Bronze, gold, silver, iron, There are nearly 5,000 pieces of jade, agate and other cultural relics. What particularly shocked the academic circles at home and abroad was the discovery of the "Seal of the King of Dian" gold seal. This strongly proves that the ancient Dian Kingdom recorded in "Historical Records·Biographies of Southwest Yi" by Western Han Dynasty historian Sima Qian did exist.
What is most significant for studying the history of Kunming's bird culture is that archaeological experts also discovered hornbill patterns, three-bird buckles, and rectangular bird-edge buckles in the Shizhaishan tombs. Bronze vessels unearthed from Shizhai Mountain and other places clearly have patterns of birds such as peacocks, mandarin ducks, parrots, pelicans, crows, swallows, waterbirds, egrets, eagles, owls, and pheasants. Moreover, the ancient shell storage vessel unearthed in Shizhai Mountain is decorated with a picture of a granary. There are three flying birds standing on the top of the granary. Next to the granary, there is an old hen leading a group of chickens pecking at the grain scattered on the ground. These are the masterpieces of ancient Kunming people after careful observation of various local wild birds.
No wonder, "Book of the Later Han·Biographies of Nanman and Southwest Yi" records: "During the Yuanhe period of Emperor Suzong... four divine horses came out of the Dianchi River, dew fell, and white crows appeared." After research, experts believe that the crow-like waterfowl with snow-white feathers described at that time are birds of the gull family. The ancients did not recognize gulls and called them "white crows". They may be the red-billed gulls that appear on the water of Dianchi Lake today. similar.
Careful people can easily find that there are two ancient pagodas built in the Nanzhao period on Shulin Street and Dongsi Street in Kunming today, namely the East Temple Pagoda and the West Temple Pagoda. The tops of these two pagodas both have useful Garuda made of copper. This shows from another aspect the ancient Kunming people’s love and respect for birds.
Why were there so many birds living in Kunming in ancient times? It should be closely related to Kunming’s unique geographical location.
is located in Kunming, the central region of Yunnan Province, with 102°10′～103°40′ east longitude and 24°23′～26°33′ north latitude. It has the famous plateau freshwater lake Dianchi Lake. The altitude of most areas is between 1,500 and 2,800 meters.The urban area is located in Dianchi Lake dams, with an average altitude of 1891 meters. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides and is on the south. The city is located in the Yunnan -Guizhou Plateau. The overall terrain is high in the north and low in the south. The staircase of the south from north to south has gradually decreased. It is mainly based on the shape of the lake rocky plateau landform, followed by red mountain landforms. Such a unique topographic and generosity also created a different low latitude plateau mountain monsoon climate, which made Kunming known as "spring city". At about the hour, the frost -free period is more than 240 days, and the average annual precipitation is about 1,000 mm. The flowers are open all year round, and the flowers and trees are evergreen. It is very suitable for human living. It is an ideal place for leisure, travel, vacation, and living. Plant growth natural park.
surveyed according to the relevant local department, 316 birds in Kunming before 1963, with an average of 125.3 birds per hour. There were 270 birds during the 1963--- 2000, a decrease of 50 species, an increase of 4 types. On average, 51.1 were visible per hour. It was the era when Kunming had the least number in more than 50 years.
2001 --- During the period of 2013, there were 374 species of birds in Kunming, which was reduced by 1, which increased by 105 species. On average, 94.3 (excluding red mouth gulls) were visible per hour. In more than 2 years in 2013 to 2015, 4 kinds of birds were added in Kunming, and 378 birds were actually recorded. As of the end of 2015, Kunming recorded a total of 426 species of birds, including the disappeared bird records, as well as newly added birds.
According to the monitoring results of the Kunming Bird Association, with the continuous improvement of the ecological environment, especially the completion of more than 60,000 acres of wetlands, 138 birds were recorded around the Dianchi Lake, including 66 species of birds and winter migratory birds. 53 species, 12 kinds of summer migratory birds, and 4 kinds of birds, and there are 3 kinds of occasional species. Among them, many wild birds are newly recorded birds in Yunnan. For example, in recent years, the surrounding Dianchi Lake has recorded clams, iron -mouth sandy, mask tails, white -winged floating gulls, spotted breasts, Indian ponds, three, three The toe coin, especially, has found extremely rare national first -class protection animals in recent years.
also needs to be specifically pointed out that the "Yunnan Biological Species List • Birds" released in 2017 recorded 945 birds in the province, accounting for about 70%of our birds. In this way, three or four hundred birds in Kunming accounted for one -third of the whole Yunnan birds.
and then from my personal experience in Kunming in Kunming in recent years, I have also fully experienced the large number of birds in Kunming. In the banks of Dianchi Lake and Cui Lake, I will shoot a large number of overwintering red -mouth gulls almost every year; in Da Guanhe and Nanyuan Wetland, I have shot many red mouth gulls, heron, and bone top chickens; in the World Expo Park, I I took a big woodpecker, Baoxing Ge, Baixing, and ash; in Xundian, I took a national treasure-level auspicious bird-black neck crane.
is to discuss where I shoot the most bird species in Kunming, which is the Mingfeng Valley on the north side of the city. In this area, the altitude is above 1900 meters, the forest is dense, the vegetation is good, and the famous Golden Temple landscape is a fame, which is the favorite paradise of various wild birds. In the forest here, I took a picture of red mouth blue, red mountain peppers, blue throat sunbells, white cheeks noise, big spots, red -headed long -tail mountain sparrows, yellow throat crickets, sparrows, Dai Sheng, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher Gray -gray, gray roll tail, black breasts, purple chrome, north gray 鹟, pink mountain pepper, chestnut bate, cousin sparrow bun, black head strange 鹛, brown threatening sparrow, northern red tail, blue wings, blue wings Greek and other. Undoubtedly, over time, the new bird species I shot in Kunming will continue to increase. In summary of
, in my opinion, we can draw such a clear conclusion: from the beginning of the ancient people's settlement around the Dianchi Lake, the formation of the ancient Dian Kingdom, to the establishment of "Tokyo" in Nanzhao and Dali. ---- After Top Dongcheng and the City of Kunming, Kunming has always lived a considerable number of wild birds with a large number of varieties.Therefore, in this sense, from ancient times to the present, Kunming has been a "city of birds"! This is also the blessing of Kunming people who need to cherish!
Source: Bird Tea Fragrance Author: Ren Weidong
Editor: Xie Chunmei
Editor: Wu Chenping
Final Appeal: Zhou Jianjun
This article comes from [Kunming Daily-Palm Spring City], representing the author's point of view. The national party media information public platform provides information release communication services.
id: jrtt
The urban area is located in Dianchi Lake dams, with an average altitude of 1891 meters. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides and is on the south. The city is located in the Yunnan -Guizhou Plateau. The overall terrain is high in the north and low in the south. The staircase of the south from north to south has gradually decreased. It is mainly based on the shape of the lake rocky plateau landform, followed by red mountain landforms. Such a unique topographic and generosity also created a different low latitude plateau mountain monsoon climate, which made Kunming known as "spring city". At about the hour, the frost -free period is more than 240 days, and the average annual precipitation is about 1,000 mm. The flowers are open all year round, and the flowers and trees are evergreen. It is very suitable for human living. It is an ideal place for leisure, travel, vacation, and living. Plant growth natural park.surveyed according to the relevant local department, 316 birds in Kunming before 1963, with an average of 125.3 birds per hour. There were 270 birds during the 1963--- 2000, a decrease of 50 species, an increase of 4 types. On average, 51.1 were visible per hour. It was the era when Kunming had the least number in more than 50 years.
2001 --- During the period of 2013, there were 374 species of birds in Kunming, which was reduced by 1, which increased by 105 species. On average, 94.3 (excluding red mouth gulls) were visible per hour. In more than 2 years in 2013 to 2015, 4 kinds of birds were added in Kunming, and 378 birds were actually recorded. As of the end of 2015, Kunming recorded a total of 426 species of birds, including the disappeared bird records, as well as newly added birds.
According to the monitoring results of the Kunming Bird Association, with the continuous improvement of the ecological environment, especially the completion of more than 60,000 acres of wetlands, 138 birds were recorded around the Dianchi Lake, including 66 species of birds and winter migratory birds. 53 species, 12 kinds of summer migratory birds, and 4 kinds of birds, and there are 3 kinds of occasional species. Among them, many wild birds are newly recorded birds in Yunnan. For example, in recent years, the surrounding Dianchi Lake has recorded clams, iron -mouth sandy, mask tails, white -winged floating gulls, spotted breasts, Indian ponds, three, three The toe coin, especially, has found extremely rare national first -class protection animals in recent years.
also needs to be specifically pointed out that the "Yunnan Biological Species List • Birds" released in 2017 recorded 945 birds in the province, accounting for about 70%of our birds. In this way, three or four hundred birds in Kunming accounted for one -third of the whole Yunnan birds.
and then from my personal experience in Kunming in Kunming in recent years, I have also fully experienced the large number of birds in Kunming. In the banks of Dianchi Lake and Cui Lake, I will shoot a large number of overwintering red -mouth gulls almost every year; in Da Guanhe and Nanyuan Wetland, I have shot many red mouth gulls, heron, and bone top chickens; in the World Expo Park, I I took a big woodpecker, Baoxing Ge, Baixing, and ash; in Xundian, I took a national treasure-level auspicious bird-black neck crane.
is to discuss where I shoot the most bird species in Kunming, which is the Mingfeng Valley on the north side of the city. In this area, the altitude is above 1900 meters, the forest is dense, the vegetation is good, and the famous Golden Temple landscape is a fame, which is the favorite paradise of various wild birds. In the forest here, I took a picture of red mouth blue, red mountain peppers, blue throat sunbells, white cheeks noise, big spots, red -headed long -tail mountain sparrows, yellow throat crickets, sparrows, Dai Sheng, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher, little kingfisher Gray -gray, gray roll tail, black breasts, purple chrome, north gray 鹟, pink mountain pepper, chestnut bate, cousin sparrow bun, black head strange 鹛, brown threatening sparrow, northern red tail, blue wings, blue wings Greek and other. Undoubtedly, over time, the new bird species I shot in Kunming will continue to increase. In summary of
, in my opinion, we can draw such a clear conclusion: from the beginning of the ancient people's settlement around the Dianchi Lake, the formation of the ancient Dian Kingdom, to the establishment of "Tokyo" in Nanzhao and Dali. ---- After Top Dongcheng and the City of Kunming, Kunming has always lived a considerable number of wild birds with a large number of varieties.Therefore, in this sense, from ancient times to the present, Kunming has been a "city of birds"! This is also the blessing of Kunming people who need to cherish!
Source: Bird Tea Fragrance Author: Ren Weidong
Editor: Xie Chunmei
Editor: Wu Chenping
Final Appeal: Zhou Jianjun
This article comes from [Kunming Daily-Palm Spring City], representing the author's point of view. The national party media information public platform provides information release communication services.
id: jrtt
