According to legend, in ancient times, magpie was the herald of the jade emperor, and the jade emperor gave it white feathers for its meritorious service. After Pangu opened the world, there were people on the ground. In order to make people live forever, the Jade Emperor sent magpies to the worse gate to deliver letters within three days. Magpie took the imperial edict, only to find that it said, "People peel, snakes peel, and cattle release." Twelve words, I was taken aback. It turns out that the snake is magpie's uncle, and my nephew can't bear to be peeled and cooked when he is old. It dare not disobey, nor dare it preach. Didn't the Jade Emperor issue an imperial edict in three days? It's just procrastination. A day has passed, and I haven't figured out a way. Two days have passed, but I still can't figure out a way. In the evening, the magpie thought, tomorrow is the last day. If you don't spread it, you will disobey your destiny and ruin your family. It is better not to do it and change the imperial edict. I have made up my mind. At dawn on the third day, the magpie flew to the worse gate, holding the imperial edict in his hand and shouting, "Listen to the order below. The Jade Emperor ordered that from today on, people should be put aside, snakes should be shelled and cows skinned. " When the Jade Emperor heard it in the Lingxiao Hall, he said, "Oh, no, this magpie changed its will, harmed mortals, saved evil and harmed the old cow." But this is irreversible. When the magpie came back to give the order, the jade emperor cursed: "What a bold beast!" " I picked up the inkstone on the case and smashed it. Not biased or inclined, it just hit the back of the magpie, and the white feather was dyed black by ink. Fortunately, there is not much ink in the inkstone, only a piece of black is dyed. The magpie knew that she had committed a heinous crime and begged for mercy. The Jade Emperor said, "Beast, you should be sentenced to death. I think you made meritorious service a few days ago, so you saved yourself from death. You are now sent to earth to make up for your merits, to give good news to others, and not to report your worries. Please remember. " Since then, magpies have flown to the world to bring good news to people.
There are many fairy tales about magpies. The above story introduces the origin story of "the magpie crows first, and good things come", which is very vivid and true.