From the bamboo grove comes the call. Along the river, the green grass stretches ten miles. In ancient times…
From the bamboo grove comes the call. Along the river, the green grass stretches ten miles.
In ancient times, Bamboo Pheasant were often used in poetry as a means to spark inspiration. Scholars from Tang and Song imagined the birds speaking human words, mishearing their calls as phrases like "ni-hua-hua". Such personifications gave the pheasant a human-like sentiment, as if its "ni-hua-hua" cry from the bamboo grove were warning travelers: "Watch your step, it's slippery!"