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[Edit this paragraph] Swallow)-the messenger of spring

Passeriformes (passeriformes): The general name of 74 species of birds in passeriformes. A few species (including shore swallow) are commonly known as Martin swallow. Small size, sharp and narrow wings, concave tail, short beak and weak feet. Feathers are monochromatic, blue or green, with metallic luster; Most species are similar in gender. Swallows spend a lot of time catching insects in the air.

One of the most flexible birds. Nest in tree holes or cracks, or make holes in sand dikes, or build nests by sticking mud on walls or protrusions; 3 pounds per work? Seven eggs, sometimes eggs have.

Spots. It is distributed all over the world except the coldest areas and extremely remote islands. Temperate species include long-distance migratory birds. The domestic swallow (Hirundo rustica) has a brown throat and forehead, a blue head and a forked tail, and has migrated to various parts of the world several times. An American subspecies named Cangyan can spend the summer in Canada and the winter in Argentina. There are 10 species of Chelidonium, which build mud nests with long necks. California's P. pyrrhonota has a strong regression instinct.

Swallows belong to passeriformes 1 genus. This genus of birds is relatively small, with a body length of 13 ~ 18 cm. The wing tip is long and the tail is forked. Most of the feathers on the back are bluish-black, so in ancient times,

It's called blackbird. The wing tip is long and good at flying, the mouth is short and weak, and the mouth is wide, which is a typical mouth shape of insect-eating birds. Short feet and strong claws. There are more than 20 species in the world, such as Louyan, White-waisted Swift, Domestic Swallow, Swallow, Grey Sand Swallow, Golden Swallow and Maojiao Swallow, and there are 4 species in China, among which Domestic Swallow and Golden Swallow are more common. Different swallows have different living habits. For example, swallows and swifts belong to climbing birds, while domestic swallows and golden swallows belong to songbirds. Different kinds of swallows have different shapes. Lou Yan is bigger, flying high, flying fast, black all over, metallic and singing loudly. It likes to nest under the high eaves of pavilions and ancient buildings. Domestic swallows are small, with metallic black hair, chestnut head, white or pale pink abdomen, low flying and low singing. Most of them nest in indoor beams and corners of households and like to be close to humans. Swallows usually breed from April to July. Domestic swallows nest under the eaves of farmhouses. The nest is made of saliva bonded with soil and grass stalks, covered with soft weeds, feathers, rags and so on. And some Artemisia annua leaves. The bird's nest is dish-shaped. Breeding 2 nests every year, mostly from May to early June and from mid-June to early July. Each nest lays 4 ~ 6 eggs. The second nest is less, 2 ~ 5 pieces. Eggs are milky white. Males and females hatch eggs together. 14 ~ 15 days, the young birds hatch and are fed by their parents together. Chickens fly out in about 20 days and are fed for 5-6 days.

You can support yourself. The food is full of insects. The golden waist swallow is similar in shape to the domestic swallow, but slightly larger. This swallow has a chestnut waist, which is very obvious and striking. There is a small black line on the lower body, which is easy to be at home.

Swallows are different. Habits are similar to those of domestic swallows, but most of them live in mountain villages. Yan is a typical migratory bird. After the breeding, the young birds still follow the adult activities, gradually integrate into the large group, and move south for the winter before the first cold wave comes.

Swallows are birds that are beneficial to human beings. It mainly feeds on mosquitoes, flies and other insects. It can eat 250,000 insects in a few months, so we can't hurt it. In the autumn before winter, swallows always travel long distances every year-they fly from the north to the far south in droves, where they can enjoy warm sunshine and humid weather, and leave the frost and cold wind of winter to tits, grouse and Thunderbirds who never fly south for winter. On the surface, it is the cold winter in the north that makes swallows leave their hometown for the winter in the south, and then return to their hometown to have children and live and work in peace and contentment in the spring season. Is that really the case? Actually, it is not. It turns out that swallows feed on insects and have always been used to preying on flying insects in the air, but they are not good at searching for insect food in cracks in trees and ground. They can't omnivore berries and seeds like rubber grouse and Thunderbird, and they can't eat leaves in winter (conifers don't lose their leaves even in winter). But in winter in the north, there are no flying insects for swallows to prey on, and swallows can't dig the larvae, pupae and eggs of hidden insects such as woodpeckers and woodfinches. The lack of food makes swallows migrate from north to south every year in order to obtain a broader living space. Swallows have become "nomads" in the bird family.

[Edit this paragraph] The image of "Swallow" in ancient poetry

Yan is a migratory bird, which migrates with the change of seasons and likes to enter and leave people's houses or eaves in pairs. Therefore, it is favored by the ancients and often appears in ancient poetry, or cherishes spring and hurts autumn, or exaggerates sadness, or reposes lovesickness, or is sentimental about current events, with rich images and expressive expressions, which are far behind other things.

1, showing the beauty of spring and conveying the feeling of cherishing spring.

According to legend, swallows come to the north in spring and return to the south in autumn, so many poets beautify and praise it as a symbol of spring. For example, "Deep in the haze of flowers, make a fresh breast" (Wei's On Meeting an Old Friend), "Swallows come, news agencies, and pear flower falls are behind" (Yan Shu's Broken Fighter), "Yingying swallows spring, flowers Liu Zhen, and everything is full of rhyme" (George's "The sky is clear and sand is a thing"). "Great research, shape and spirit likeness. The spring is bright, the swallows are petite and lovely, and the literati are affectionate. When spring passes, the poet will feel infinite sadness. Therefore, Ouyang Xiu has "a traveler, only feeling the spring is empty." "When the curtain is hung, the two swallows return in the drizzle (picking mulberry seeds), and Qiao Ji has" Who is the swallow hiding the spring title, Yinger is ashamed to find a companion, cold and lazy to report to the official (picking honey), and the crow is hungry "(Narcissus).

2. Express the beauty of love and miss your lover.

Swallows are always hermaphrodite and fly together, thus becoming a symbol of love. "Thinking of flying in pairs, carrying mud to your nest" (Book of Songs), "Swallows are newly married, feeling like brothers" (Book of Songs), "Swallows fly, miss feathers, and sons return to the wild" (Book of Songs) only carry the loneliness of empty boudoir, "cobwebs hang in the dark, empty beams fall in the mud" (Xue Daoheng's Salt Yesterday), "Falling flowers are independent and swift fly together"

3, the performance of current events, to express the past ups and downs, personnel metabolism, national extinction feelings and indignation.

Swallows leave in autumn and come in spring, never forgetting their old nests. The poet seized this feature and gave vent to his indignation. The most famous is Liu Yuxi's "Wuyi Xiang": "The Suzaku Bridge is overgrown with weeds, and the sun sets in Wuyi Xiangkou. Swallows under the eaves of Wang Dao and Xie An have now flown into the homes of ordinary people. It is a bitter irony to write in an implicit way that the swallow remains the same, but the owner has changed hands, which shows the inevitable fate of wealth in the past. In addition, there are some special banquets, such as "Flowers fall without incident, deja vu, swallows return, small gardens wander alone" (Huanxisha), Li's "Swallows return to embroider curtains, and their nests are nowhere to be found" (Former Residence of Huai Jin Gate), and Jiang Kui's "Swallows are unintentional, and the west bank of Taihu Lake goes with the clouds. Several peaks are bitter, and the rain in Shang Lue is hazy "(Dianjiang Lip), Zhang Yan's" Swallows know where in those days, the moss is deep and the grass is dark "(high balcony), and Wen Tianxiang's" The scenery of mountains and rivers is the same, and the people in the city go to half. Reed flowers everywhere accompany me to grow old. Who will fly to the old swallow? " (Jinling Post). Swallow inadvertently witnessed the changes of current events, endured the pain of national destruction and death, and showed the sadness of the poet's "separation". The load can be described as heavy.

4. Pass books on behalf of others and tell the pain of leaving love.

In the Tang Dynasty, Guo Shaolan's Yanzu poems spread to her husband Renzong. Injong left home for Jiahu and never returned for several years. Shao Lan's poems were written by Yan Zu. Living in Jingzhou at that time, Yan suddenly leaned on his shoulder and saw a book tied to his foot, which explained that it was sent by his wife and returned with tears. His poem "seeing my husband off" said: "My husband went to the heavy lake, and I cried at the window. I am diligent and given to my thin lover by Yan Yi. " Who said that "Yan Ziliang is too heartless" (Cao Xueqin's Dream of Red Mansions), it is precisely because Yan Zi has feelings that her husband changed his mind and the husband and wife met. Guo Shaolan is lucky. Some unfortunate women borrow Yan to pass on books, but they are lost in the vast sea of people. Such as "A sad swallow leaves a red line, causing a lonely shadow" (Zhang Kejiu's "Sai Qiu Hong Chun Qing"), "When Shuang Yan comes, do you meet a stranger" (Feng Yansi's "Near Flowers"), its bitterness.

5, express the feelings of wandering, writing the suffering of wandering.

"Sacredness, intuition and analogy are the dominant ways of thinking of the Han nationality" (Zhang Dainian's "China's Thinking Deviation"), flowers, birds, insects and fish are all written by literati, and birds and animals are all poets. Goose mourns autumn, ape sings, cicada sends high. The uncertainty of the swallow's habitat has left a rich imagination space for the poet, or wandering, "like a new swallow every year, roaming the vast sea and sending the rafters to repair" (Zhou Bangyan's Man Fang Ting); Or the ups and downs of life experience, "Looking at Chang 'an from a distance, the future is full of spots, and it is difficult to travel north and south" (Zhang Kejiu's "Palace Front"); Or leave each other when they meet, "like a social couple, they will send each other when they meet unsteadily" (Su Shi's "Send Chen Yu Tan Zhou"); Or from time to time, "magnets fly, mica comes to water, earth dragons bring rain, and geese fly instead" (Liu An Huainanzi).

Swallow is no longer just a swallow, it has become a symbol of China's traditional culture, and has been integrated into the blood of every Chinese descendant.

Describe the swallow:

A bright black feather, a pair of handsome and light wings and a scissors-like tail, this is a lively and clever swallow.

Legend about swallows:

Swallow and sparrow delivered food to farmers together, but the cunning sparrow not only ate one of its grains, but also cheated the swallow of one, so that the jade emperor, who didn't know the truth, praised it and criticized the swallow. But the people know the truth, never hurt the kind swallow, and love it very much!

[Edit this paragraph] Swallow article

Black feathers, smooth and beautiful, extremely smart, plus a pair of scissors-like tails and a pair of agile wings, make up such a lovely and lively swallow.

In February and March, the wind blew gently, and it began to rain in Mao Mao for no reason. Thousands of soft willows relaxed their yellow-green eyes, red, white and yellow flowers, green grass and leaves all rushed to the market, forming a brilliant spring. Those little swallows, so lovely, so lovely, are also composed of adding this beautiful picture of spring, which adds a lot of interest to spring. Swallows with scissor-like tails are flying obliquely in the extremely bright sky in the breeze and drizzle, or when the sun is everywhere. The clear sound has flown from the rice fields here to the sorghum over there. The same birds skimmed the rippling lake, Xiaoyan's tail or wing tip occasionally touched the water surface, and the small halo circles rippled away.

There are several couples who are tired of flying over there, lazily resting on the slender wires. -In the tender blue spring, several wooden poles and traces of several thin lines are connected between poles. There are several thick and small black spots on the line, which are swallows. What an interesting picture! There are also happy families, specially prepared a nest and two nests for our swallows, which are placed at the top of the beam of the main room. If this family has a plaque, it is the best nest for swallows. In the first year, the swallow came and went, and in the second year, our swallow, the couple from last year, will come to live.

"Swallows come back to find the old base."

Last year's host, or last year's guest, how harmonious their host-guest relationship is! Occasionally, there are a few, but the swallows don't come to visit, which makes the owner very sad. They can't invite such luxurious guests, and everyone thinks their fate is bad.

This is the little swallow in our hometown, a lovely and lively swallow, which makes many children jump for joy. Attention, Shen Zui is watching, which makes many farmers feel sad or comfortable, and adds a lot of spring scenery. How many swallows are interested in our spring!

Now thousands of miles away from home! A country thousands of miles away! Relying on the floating house, galloping among the vast waves, just to see our little swallow.

This swallow is the couple in our hometown, two pairs? Is that the couple we saw in our hometown this spring, two pairs?

Seeing them, can the wanderers not cause, at least like a wisp of smoke and a wisp of homesickness?

The sea is extremely clear and blue, and the sea waves are as gentle as the West Lake in the early morning of spring. Occasionally, a breeze blows, blowing only a million small wrinkles, making the golden water surface look warm and gratifying in the early summer sun. I have never seen such a beautiful sea! The sky is also extremely bright blue, with only a few gauze-like light clouds spread out in the air, just like a girl, wearing a beautiful blue summer dress, but with a thin and shallow white scarf around her neck. I have never seen such a beautiful sky! We leaned against the blue railing and looked at the beautiful sea and sky silently; We don't have any distractions, we are intoxicated, and we are taken into the crystal sky.

Just then, our little swallows, two, three and four, appeared at sea. They also graze leisurely on the sea, just like on a small lake; The sea was hit by its scissors-like tail and wing tip, or overflowed several times. Swallow, the vast sea, flying, won't you feel tired? Won't it get caught in the rainstorm? We are really worried about them!

The swallow had a leisurely rest for a while. They spread their wings and landed on the sea when they fell. Their wings support their weight like floating rings. They lived to be a small black waterfowl, floating up and down with the waves, carefree and comfortable. The sea is such a safe home for them, which we really didn't expect.

In my hometown, can we still imagine that our little swallow is such a sea hero?

The sea is still calm, and many tiny marine fish are alarmed by our ship and flock to the distance; When they fly around, the water will leave a long trace, just like the long trace we left when we were young. Is this little fish our swallow's food?

Swallows skimmed the sea and floated on it. Are they little swallows in our hometown?

Ah, homesickness, homesickness like light smoke!

[Edit this paragraph] Swallow's text

A shiny black feather, a pair of handsome and light wings and a pair of scissors-like tails make up such a lively and lovely swallow.

In the spring of March, there were only a few Mao Mao rains. The breeze is blowing thousands of soft willows and yellow-green eyebrows. Green blades of grass and colorful flowers gather together like a market, forming a dazzling spring. Swallows also fly from the south, adding a lot of interest to spring.

In the breeze, in the sun, the swallows are leaning against the sky, and with a cry, they fly from the rice fields here to the high willows there. Some swept the sparkling lake, and the front tail or wing tip occasionally touched the water surface, and the small halo rippled everywhere.

Couples of swallows are tired of flying, stopping in the blue sky on the wire, and traces of several thin lines are connected between the telephone poles. How like music to be played!

[Edit this paragraph] Opera of the same name

Three-act opera, the script was rewritten by adami according to the plot conceived by the Viennese composer Weilner. Puccini composed music, 1965438+2007 premiered in Monte Carlo, Monaco, and was well received. 1928 March 10 premiered in metropolitan opera, USA.

This drama is a combination of Vienna's singing opera since ancient times and French cross talk drama. Because of "mixed feelings", it is different from ordinary operetta.

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The content of the story is similar to Verdi's La Traviata and johann strauss's The Bat, centering on aristocratic women who lead a lewd life. The heroine is the "Swallow" in the title of the play. She fell in love with a poor young man for the first time and jumped into the romantic world. But in the end, she returned to the lair prepared for her by a rich banker in Paris and lived a luxurious life. In other words, this enchanting Magda, like "La Traviata" violetta, is just a senior social butterfly.

Play time: Act I: 35; Act II: 28; Act III: 32; Time: The Second Reich of France. Location: Paris and Riviera in southern France.

Characters in the play:

Blue baritone banker baritone

Magda socialite soprano

Sopono, Richty Magda's maid.

Ruggiero young tenor

The poet's baritone

Guests, servants, flower girl, etc.

Plot introduction

Act I Magda's Salon in Paris

Blue bardo, the protector and supporter of the Magda family luxury salon in Paris, brought friends to play. Magda also invited his girlfriend. Everyone is enjoying the fun of a small salon dance. Some people also play cards or get together to chat. On a whim, the poet Prenni Eyre recited romantic poems and told love stories, but in this pleasant time, his serious words only earned everyone's ridicule. Later, with Magda's help, the poet sang: "I dreamed of Deletta, but I couldn't finish it." I gave the second part to Magda, and she went on to sing a short aria "Dreaming of a Beautiful Copy of Deletta". Everyone praised her with one voice, while Blue bardo gave her a pearl necklace.

At this time, your handmaid Li Saitai came to ask Lan bardo for instructions, saying that a young man was visiting, and I wonder if he would be allowed to come in. The banker replied that as long as Magda agreed. The girls said enviously to Magda, "You are never short of money." But she sang an aria and replied, "Money! Money is not everything! " She said that she would never forget the young people she met in a shop in Brisbane when she was a girl.

Then Plannier gathered the girls in a corner and began to tell their fortune. When it was Magda's turn, he predicted to her: "You will cross the sea like a swallow and fly to the land of dreams and love, but you will still return to your lair." Just then, a young man came. Young ruggiero lives outside the city. His father is a banker and an old friend of Lan bardo. Magda received him pleasantly and cordially, and Blue bardo also discussed how to treat him tonight. Although there were different opinions, the final vote was to go to the shopping street in Briz.

When Magda saw ruggiero's pure appearance, she immediately became heartbroken and felt love. When all the guests went home alone, Magda suddenly asked Li Saitai to prepare a carriage for her, but immediately canceled the decision and walked into the bedroom with a smile. While Richetay was cleaning the room, Pluniere quietly came back here and put her arms around her waist. Li Saitai asked the poet not to make fun of her, but the poet solemnly asked her to change into Magda's clothes and took her away. When the room was empty, Magda put on the sweater lady's clothes and came out of the bedroom, happily saying that no one knew her whereabouts and then left the room.

Act II Ballroom on Britz Street

Young people and girls are quarrelling happily. Ruggiero went in alone and was immediately surrounded by young coquettish prostitutes, but he was not interested at all. In order to get rid of their entanglement, he went to the front of the table and said he was waiting for his friend. Magda walked into the ballroom, found ruggiero and sat down at his table. After the talk, they gradually hit it off and danced happily. Magda is like returning to her first love at this time. When ruggiero asked her name, she lied that her name was paulette. She closed her dreamy eyes and put him in her arms. They kissed passionately.

At this time, Richetay and Pluniere also appeared. When Magda found the two men, he immediately winked at Plannier and asked him to keep a secret. After Planier greeted ruggiero, he introduced paulette to the poet, and Li Setai was extremely surprised to find that the girl looked like Magda. When four people were chatting and playing happily, they found the blue-and-white body here. Pluniere immediately handed Richetay to ruggiero and urged them to dance in the garden.

When Lan bardo came to the front, she immediately recognized Magda and asked her why she came here in this dress. She only answered "as you can see". When Lan bardo asked her to go home with her, she told him frankly, "I'm in love. Please let me go." Steady and generous Blue bardo just reminded her not to do something she would regret, and then left.

At dawn, all the guests left, and ruggiero came back with Magda's shawl. She couldn't wait to hug the young man tightly.

The third act is the villa of Magda, Riviera and ruggiero.

After Ruggiero and Magda both left Paris, they went to the villa on the hillside of the southern coast of France to build a love nest and live a sweet love life. Magda was very satisfied, but they soon ran out of money. Ruggiero wrote a low-key letter to his father, but in his letter to his mother, he hoped that her would agree to marry Magda. Although Magda is gratified, what bothers her is that it is difficult to live by his pure feelings alone.

After the two entered the room, Plania and Richty just visited. Although Li Saitai wanted to be a star and perform in the theater with the help of the poet, she failed miserably and wanted to come back as Magda's handmaid. When Magda appeared, Plannier returned Li Saitai to her and told her that former supporter Lan bardo was waiting for her in Paris and then left.

At this moment, Lu Jie came in with a letter and announced that his mother had agreed to their marriage. Magda saw the letter saying, "You must have chosen a pure and perfect woman". She couldn't help confessing, "I'm just a prostitute who sold herself for money, definitely not the daughter-in-law your mother expected", and then she made up her mind to go back to her old friend Lan bardo. She comforted the bemoaned ruggiero: "I want to consider your life, and now is the best time for us to break up." Then she and her maid flew back to Paris like swallows. The curtain fell.