Magpie

The, is held sacred by the Manchus because according to their legend some generations after Aisin Gioro IMG:p334_1.png:Chinese characters his family was almost exterminated by a rebellion; one young man. Fun Cha-chin, was left; he fled, and as he was pursued, a magpie settled on his head so that his pursuers took him for the decayed limb of a tree and pa ed him by. An annual feast is held at that place. See also Corvinae. HowARTH: Northern Frontagers.