What is the meaning and symbol of the swan?
The meaning of swan: nobility and purity. The swan symbolizes loyalty, fidelity, and long-term love, and people often use it to represent love. The swan is also a symbol of kindness, peace, courage, strength, and high aspirations. People call it the "beautiful angel." Swans refer to birds of the genus Cygnus, of which there are 7 species. Most of them are monogamous and stay together for life.
1. Nobility: In Britain, outstanding poets or singers can be compared with swans. For example, Shakespeare's nickname is "The Swan of Avon".
2. Purity: The swan’s feathers are white and flawless, giving people a sense of purity and nobility. Therefore, swans have the meaning of purity.
3. Loyalty and unswerving loyalty: Swans maintain a rare "lifelong partnership" in the animal kingdom and are the most beloved creatures in the world. They not only help each other during the breeding season, but also in daily life. They come in pairs, and if one of them dies, the other one will definitely "keep the knot" for it and live alone for the rest of its life.
Swan habits
Swans are winter migratory birds that like to live in groups in lakes and swamps, and mainly feed on aquatic plants. In China, every year in March and April, they fly in large groups from the south to the north, laying eggs and breeding in the northern border provinces of China. The female swan lays 2 or 3 eggs in May every year, and then the female swan incubates the eggs, while the male goose guards her side and never leaves for a moment. Once October comes, they will move south in groups. Overwinter and rest in warmer climates in the south.
During the breeding season, it mainly inhabits open lakes, ponds, swamps, slow-flowing rivers and adjacent tundra lowlands and tundra swamps. In winter, it mainly inhabits large lakes with reeds, cattails and other aquatic plants. , reservoirs, ponds and river bends, and also appear in wet meadows and flooded plains, swamps, beaches and estuaries, and sometimes even in farmland. More than 20 birds formed a small group and lined up in the character "一" or "人", flying and singing. It migrates south in mid-September every year and often stays in the north from June to August.