If there was a bird whose skull was worth 800,000, would you go catch it? There has always been a saying in Chinese collecting circles that one white, two black and three red, white refers to ivory, black, is rhinoceros horn, and the red in front of ivory and rhino horn is crane top red. However, this is not a desperate poison that often appears in costume films to seal the throat, but another name for the helmeted hornbill skull. They are one of the largest birds in the world, with a double length of one hundred and twenty centimeters, equivalent to the height of a ten-year-old child. In order to reduce the burden of flight, many birds gradually become hollow in the process of evolution. But only the skull of this bird is still solid, weighing ten percent of its own weight. It is precisely because its skull is very hard, making it a weapon against foreign enemies, especially when encountering love rivals, males will use their hard skulls to fight each other, and after pursuing a mate, they will be paired for life, unswerving. Unless one party dies, his straight line will secrete a red liquid, whether it can pollute the head red, so their skull shows a red outer color, texture similar to ivory, red and yellow contrasting each other, like a cherished natural reputation, stunning and magical. During the Ming Dynasty, the vassal states of Southeast Asian countries paid tribute to the imperial court with the skull products of the Quincy bird as tribute. At that time, the species had not been discovered in Chinese mainland and it was not known what it was. I saw that this thing was bright red and yellow inside, which seemed to be very similar to the head of the red-crowned crane. Coupled with the imperial clothes of the Ming Dynasty civil officials, it is the crane embroidered on it. The crane was not only regarded by the ancients as a fairy bird, but also had the meaning of dangerous people by the high-ranking officials of the Zhai Mansion. Therefore, people named this rare object Crane Top Red, and some people praised his skull as comparable to ivory, but the carefully carved crane top red form is wonderful. Extraordinary ivory products can be comparable to the price of ivory, three to five times that of ivory. But it was this proud skull that brought them disaster.
