What kind of quail fighting fights?

In northern Anhui folk, the middle-aged and elderly like to fight quail, quail is very aggressive, quail after domestication can participate in the fight, attracted a lot of folk love. So what kind of parrot fights?

What kind of quail fights fiercely?

Quails like to fight, first of all, it must be male quails to fight, female quails called "mother melon" can not fight. Quails are called by age, one year is called "chick", two years is called "Bai Dang", three years is called "early", and four years is called "vegetable melon". These are industry terms.

Quail aggressive also depends on appearance, beak, beard color, feather pattern and color and so on. A pinch of hair under the mouth of a male quail is called "Tiger Dai Jinling", a pinch of hair on its head is called "Phoenix", a wing with a white feather is called "single sword", and each wing with a white feather is called "double sword". These are all rare species, and the market price is very high at present.

Male quails are also divided into three, six or nine grades, and not all quails can be used to "fight". Among them, the black beard and white beard is the most precious, with the title of "cattle do not change". Secondly, it is a black mouth and a red beard. In the end, those miscellaneous hairs are just handles, and it is an extravagant hope for them to win in the end.

Introduction to quail fighting

From the time of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Xiliang entered the offering of quails, could fight with the rhythm of golden drums, and raised more quails for fun in the palace. Originally a folk game, it later became an activity of official tycoons and playboys for leisure and gambling. It is called "Dongxing" because of fighting quails at the end of autumn and the beginning of winter. When fighting, first paste the header to divide the chips, and then catch each other, and each fight is called a circle, so it is also called "quail circle". It has been included in the second batch of municipal intangible cultural heritage list of Zaozhuang City.

Quail fighting must be held in the morning, and quails are hungry in the morning. "birds die for food." quails fight for millet. Quail fighting is mostly in the room, the two sides put the quail in the rattan woven rectangular winnowing fence, the duel began. In the course of a duel, if one of the quails suddenly flies or stops fighting and is chased by the other side in the winnowing column, most of them will be defeated. At the end of the battle, the quails were hairy, bloodstained and miserable. The owner of the winning party was so happy that he could speak in a loud voice and walk in the village with a full belly and swagger. As the saying goes, once a quail is bitten once, it dares not to bite any quail for the rest of its life. Most of the quails that were defeated ended up miserably: some were killed, and some made food and drink.

A fierce fighting parrot is very rare and needs proper training, so quail fighting is relatively rare.