The heron There are many kinds herons in China but the white one is most famous. They always walk besides the rice field searching for shell animals or little fish. Sometimes they stay on the back of buffalos to protect them from mosquitos. In ancient days many poets like the white herons very much and they created many poems of it. The white herons are the symbol of farm life. Poets believe it is free ,quiet and simple . One of the most famous lines of it should be "The white herons fly by the front of XiSai mountain, the perch swim in the floatting peachblossom water." This line draw a picture of the view in early spring. The reader could image himself having a tour in the picture freely as the heron and perch.