If you can hear the sound of insects in summer and autumn in winter, it is a surprise, adding a touch of liveliness and warmth to cold days. In fact, the ancients of the "winter animal song worm" have long tried. As early as the Qing Dynasty, folk insect breeding methods and the custom of enjoying songbirds in winter were introduced to the Forbidden City. Nowadays, with the improvement of artificial breeding technology, Yaxing, which plays with insects in winter, has become within reach. Recently, Old Jiang talked about the things that played with song bugs in winter.
Today, Lao Jiang brought you "how to choose oil gourd", let's take a look at it.
How to choose the oil gourd?
There are many varieties of oil gourds, and common varieties are "black gourd" with black body color and "red oil gourd" with brown body color. There is a kind of "pipa wing", the wings are long, the end is blunt and round, can cover 1/3 of the tail whiskers, and its song is loud. There is a kind of wing that is very thin and transparent, called "glass wing" or "thin wing", and the sound of the song is low and fluttering, which is called "flying wing". The hindwings are long and exposed beyond the forewings, and generally have fewer calls, but are relatively valuable because of their small numbers. A type called "long wing", the wings are long but the end is not wide, and the sound is generally a midrange. For the above kinds of oil gourds, songworm enthusiasts made up a smooth slip: "Flying wings are expensive, glass is crisp, pipa sounds, and long wings are bright." "This is the insider's evaluation of them.
Those with high heads are called "shouxing heads"; those with rounded and wide heads are called "garlic heads"; those with rounded heads are called "bead heads". Of the three, the "birthday star head" is the most expensive.
The sound of the oil gourd, its syllables are roughly two types: there is a type of sound such as "ju -, excellent, excellent, excellent", such as the sound of oil poured out of the gourd, is a veritable oil gourd, which is a good product; the other type of sound such as "auspicious, 㘗", is the inferior.
The selection of oil gourd should be mainly selected from the four aspects of "body, color, wings and sound".
"Body" is body shape and physique. The oil gourd should choose a large individual, a large head, a wide bite and a wide number of tongs, a large body, a strong life, a loud voice; the small body is mostly congenital deficiency, stunted development, or injuries, short life, weak and astringent.
Color is a body color. Most people like the black and shiny oil gourd, thinking that its body color is pure and beautiful, the ornamental value is high, and the sound is more pleasant. In fact, this is not absolute, as long as the color is bright, whether it is golden yellow, red, purple, brown have high quality, it also has a unique ornamental value.
"Wing" refers to the length of the wing. Generally speaking, the longer the wings, the louder the song, such as the front wing cover to the tail end, it is a good species of long wings in a hundred miles, and the sound must be loud. In addition, the wings are blunt and round, and the sound must be loud.
"Sound" refers to the sound of a chirp. To select the sound of loud and gentle, vibrato long such as "ju -, excellent, excellent, excellent", its "excellent" sound can be repeated 5 to 6 times, the elderly up to 9 times, this insect is played by the admirer known as "nine turn oil frog". If it is extended to 13 times, it is even more golden and jade, which is very precious.
In addition, if it is only used to listen to the sound, the oil gourd with a small head should be selected, because the small head is more willing to sing than the larger head.
(Note: Source Jiang Qinghai, September 2002 "Fashion Pet Appreciation Encyclopedia" • Nanjing: Jiangsu Science and Technology Publishing House)