Swan is also a symbol of peace, kindness, loyalty, courage and lofty aspirations. Since ancient times, people have called it an "angel of goodness".
The black swan symbolizes subversion and change in the eyes of westerners. Westerners believe that the black swan is an unconventional existence, and once it appears, it can subvert everything.
In ancient China, swans were called Siniperca chuatsi, Hongze, Crane, Honghu, White Crane, Oriole, Yellow Crane, etc. Many place names still contain these words, such as Yanmenguan, Guling, Huze, Yellow Crane Tower, etc. Up to now, some places are still important migration channels for geese and other geese. There is a record in The Book of Songs that "Bai Niao is white and fat". So far, "Bai Niao" in Japanese refers to swan. The word "swan" first appeared in Li Shangyin's poem "Draw a string to warn the fire phoenix, and cross the fan to brush the swan" in the Tang Dynasty.
Japan is one of the wintering places for swans. In Japanese, there are about 2 ancient names of swans, some such as "Hong" and "Sinister" were introduced from China, some were the names of the areas where swans lived, some used onomatopoeia words of swan singing, and some described the shape of swans. There are many stories about swans in Japan. They are considered as messengers of heaven and "divine birds".
There are many descriptions of swans in ancient Greece. Aristotle's Fauna discusses the habits and behaviors of swans, as well as the morphological anatomy of swans. The book Bird's Tale of Greece has a touching description of the swan's dying song, which is the origin of the name "swan song" in western culture. In Britain, outstanding poets or singers can be compared with swans. For example, Shakespeare's nickname is "Swan in Avon".
There are also images of swans in western music and literature, such as Death of Swan by Saint-Sang and Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky. Andersen interpreted a touching Ugly Duckling with the change of swan feather color. There is also a swan in the constellation in the starry sky (Cygnus), which is the incarnation of [[Zeus]] in Greek mythology. Many artists have created works of art handed down from ancient times with Leda and Swan as their themes. There are countless place names named after swans all over the world, and Swan in the surname also comes from this beautiful and white bird.
Actually, if you want to take a foreign name, you can try to translate the swan in different languages and then take its homonym ...
That is really practical ...