The "King of Cockfighting" in Turpan: feeding cockfighting for 40 years

In a courtyard in Kiziltur Community, Yar Town, Turpan, apricot blossoms in the spring, and a forklift is busy with the throttle. The silver-haired Ismail Ibrahim walked under the grapevine with the freshly scrubbed cockfight and put it in the cage. The cockfighting will be sunbathed here for about four hours.

This ten-acre yard has just been rented by Barry (second from left), who is known as "cockfighting Barry". He plans to raise 2,000 cockfights to drive the surrounding farmers to develop the cockfighting industry. In his farmyard, tourists can taste Turpan grapes, watch cockfighting competitions and enjoy delicious cockfighting meals.

Ismail Ibrahim, 60, works for cockfighting Barry and earns 5000 yuan a month. The price of the cockfight raised by Ismail Ibrahim is also much higher than that of others, "because I know the goods, and I can raise them." The land of Portugal in spring ushered in the busiest season of the year, and also ushered in the annual cockfighting contest. Contestants from Henan, Guangxi and other places came to compete with their beloved cockfighting. Ismail Ibrahim attaches great importance to the competition. He has been feeding cockfighting for 40 years, and his family has been in the industry for three generations. "I can tell at a glance which cockfight will win the competition between two cockfights."

Turpan cockfighting has a long history and is one of the four major cockfights in China. Generally speaking, the cockfighting in Turpan must have some basic characteristics, such as strong height, strong legs, handsome neck, sharp eyes, ferocious tenacity and so on. In the competition, the owners of both sides began a fierce fight with the cockfights they thought they could win. The cockfights fought each other, their crowns were red and purple, and their swift claws stabbed each other's head and chest like springs. Cockfighting showed great endurance and courage. The picture shows a cockfighting with open wings and sharp eyes before training.