Describing the activities at a MONASTERY, looking down at someone from a higher vantage point and OFFERING ADVICE, LEARNING BY WATCHING:「raised rods on both sides with rowdiness and hand palming prick in mating display」with「looking, watching, goal of copulation」as it refers to folks forming a circle OBSERVING FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES and OFFERING ADVICE to a performing novitiate member.
「Watching a young chick who is making no voice sounds and has only small volume capacity.」…OBSERVATION might be necessary at first, and OFFERING ADVICE, TO ADVISE her when to react prior to significantly changing conditions that may cause her some distress.
People「watching herons」in「mating dances and displays」will BEHOLD a grand SPECTACLE, a SPECTACULAR DISPLAY, and in such a situation, someone might OFFER ADVICE to another about where to look at any moment for the most outstanding「courtship display with thrusting heads.」「Looking as does a heron」LOOKING LEFT AND RIGHT and OBSERVING FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES. A heron, a「bird with head thrusting downward as it strikes at prey」turns its head continually from side to side as it wades in water, searching for fish, frogs, snakes and other food, and stops to OBSERVE FROM MULTIPLE ANGLES in order to gauge the correct position of prey after compensating for the differing light refraction qualities of air and water, using the results as ADVICE, ADVISING itself with regard to the best angle to strike its prey:
「The herons and bitterns are carnivorous…and feed on a variety of live aquatic prey. Many species will also opportunistically take larger prey, including birds and bird eggs, rodents, and more rarely carrion.」
[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heron#Diet 2012-12-30 ]
In other words, herons prey upon: juicy clams, chicks, bunnies, and raw stinking meat…「Head thrusting downward of person palming prick, squatting legs, copulate with something on fleshpot」also might refer to someone OBSERVING FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES and OFFERING ADVICE to another person palming his prick before the SPECTACLE of downward thrusting begins, striking at the prey bound to the cauldron of juicy clams, chicks, bunnies, and raw meat, frog legs, picking at crabs, snakes, and slippery wriggling fishes.

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Chinese: Taoist monastery; palace gate watchtower; platform; to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; to advise; concept; point of view
Japanese EDRDG: outlook, look, appearance, condition, view
Unihan extended: see, observe, view; appearance