Raising pigeons is one of the major plays of the old and young masters living in the courtyard in beijing. In the old life, raising pigeons is to play the master, this play master is divided into idle play and blind play, the rich people play is famous, is the share, the rich people play is fun, is fun. Now, it doesn't matter if you don't play, look at the living things, look at the scenery, look at the hilarity, look at the fun, look at the fun, don't you? The docileness of the pigeon, the joy, the charm, to ensure that you sneak up to the pigeon nest and take a few glances, wait for "see the sky" to become "see the sky to see", and every day you have to go to the pigeon nest to report here! The main child who has raised pigeons for many years pays attention to the strength (head), drifter (bright), jing'er (test), and name (sound). Let's talk about this first. The biggest taboo of pigeon breeding is that there is no patience and no strength. I think at the beginning, some of the masters were raised from being "pigeon farts".
What is a "pigeon fart"? At that time, when I was a child, the adults who chased the pigeons in the neighborhood were diligent to feed the pigeons, change the water, sweep the nests for the master, and do some small chores called salt and vinegar and move and move, for what? In order for the pigeon owner to be happy, to be interested, to see that you are pleasing to the eye, throw you one or two pigeons to play the remaining pigeons, when the master gives you, you have to lower your eyebrows and praise the pigeons well, look at his reluctant appearance in a circle, and say a few nice words! You took the pigeons, people vacated the nest, added a new one, people are not happy, you still have to know this love! The strength of raising pigeons is actually an addiction, and this addiction may follow for a lifetime, unless it is painfully changed and encounters major changes, or this addiction and this momentum will become deeper and deeper and bigger. With the strength, then start to grow their pigeon team, breeding fine products has become the goal, or say, when people are not satisfied! The pigeon drifter - flying drifter, standing drifter, calling drifter, become the pride of the pigeon owner. There are many varieties of pigeons, there are about 70 or 80 kinds of ornamental pigeons alone, and the common ones in the homes of the people are aconitum.
The aconitum is also divided into two heads, one black, and iron-winged black and copper-winged black. A black - the color of the pigeon's feathers is purple and black from the chest to the head, and the body, tail and arms are all white, so it is also called purple aconitum and black aconitum. This purple aconitum is purple-billed, purple-eyelided, and purple-eyed, and even the tip of the claw is purple; this black aconitum is black-billed (iron-mouthed), black-eyed (bean-eye), white-eyelided, and even the tip of the claw is black. The head of the pigeon is divided into a flat head and a crest, and the head of the abacus and the standing phoenix are superior. The color of the feathers of the two heads - the pigeon feathers are divided into purple and black, the body and wings are white, the neck and head, the tail are purple and black, the most absolute is from the ass eye to the front is white, followed by purple and black, there are also flat heads and crests, white in the purple and black must be distinct, white is white, black is black, purple is purple, can not mix with other colors of feathers. Such a pigeon can be called pure and unique. Ring is a variant of aconitum, mainly white, the neck hanging circle is called ring, the neck is hung block, and the front head is called duck neck. A little famous pigeon, has been almost extinct, ash, small black stove, ma back, four pieces of jade, black jade ring, looks exquisite, small, has a spirit, has a look, can not find much. Beautiful flying pigeons, ideas, iron shoulders, floor pigeons. Fly, you have to have a talk, just beautiful is not enough, you have to talk about the plate. A plate is counted, twelve are counted as one plate, eighteen are counted as one plate, and six are added up to discuss the plate. Two gray buildings with ten ideas, or ten iron wings, or ten iron wings, or two white buildings with ten feathers, or other varieties with colors on their bodies.
Fei Gao also has a talk. When hanging, pay attention to the autumn high and cool, no wind and no dust, blue sky and white clouds as a background, that is the best. Two large-billed pigeons, with ten small mouths, one hanging high in the air, circling and lifting, the reflection of the sun, the bright spots of flashing, the bright colors, the vibrato of the pigeon whistle in the air, which is pleasant. Only the pigeon owner, holding a jar of clear tea, watched from his neck. There are also shames, in order to raise pigeons, play with pigeons, fight and cause trouble, recruit neighbors not to see, or say: Eat raw rice, step on, kill the old lady, that is to say, in order to play with pigeons, the master who does not care about anything, there are many people. When it comes to raising pigeons, we have to mention this whistle. The pigeons are loud and inseparable from the whistle, and the pigeon whistle is more talkative. Because when the whistle sounded in the air, it could be heard in ten streets and eight alleys, and it was inevitable to look up a few times, and when I heard the pigeon whistle, my heart smacked, whose house. First of all, the barrel whistle, most of the bamboo knots are made, the barrel of sword bamboo, the cover of moso bamboo (the gourd skin is commonly known as the whistle ass). There are two barrels, three, five, and seven stars (two barrels and a gourd and four ears). In the early years, the word Hong and Yong (永) became popular. Tell you a secret, my husband's original - the material made of sunflower stalks and castor stalks as whistle tubes, super lightweight, pigeons especially like. The volume of the second barrel is rough, the three and five consecutive dubbing for the second cylinder and the gourd, the voice is sharp, there are different tones, and then matched with eight tones, then there is no charm. Listen to the old people's legend, when there was silver, there was a set of pigeon whistles that could sell for five or two pieces of silver, what kind of color, can feed the family! Whistle artists are not allowed to cut out one or two sets of high and low eight-tone whistles in a year, because that whistle, each tone must be paired with the huqin and flute, both accurate and good, then the work is expensive! In particular, the big gourd of the eight tones, the small gourd of the five tones, the magic of the whistle are all on the mouth, the thickness of the mouth material, the depth of the cutting are related to the timbre and tone of the eight tones, flying into the air, and the effect of the whistle. When the whistle is done, it is soaked in pomegranate skin water, colored, insect mothproof, waxed, baked, and protected from rain erosion and cracking. When the (flying a tray of pigeons can only carry six whistles) ties the whistle tail to the four tail feathers in the middle of the tail, wear a whistle tail hole under the tail feather with a copper or aluminum ring and pin it to prevent the whistle from falling off. When a plate or trays of pigeons soar into the sky, they hover and fly. The heaviest gourd whistle can not exceed the weight of five dollars, this weight is naturally found in the thickness of the material, the use of exquisite materials, palm eyes will see whether the pigeon whistle made has a famous teacher to teach. How well to raise pigeons, how high to play with pigeons, there is a file of things that can not be solved (can not be solved), that is, the old lady next door has been holding more than a dozen pounds of large flower cats in her arms for many years. Don't look at its usual feminine obedience, slowly shaking its big tail, the eyes are cute, many expensive pigeons, how loud the living creatures, let it catch, did not run!
As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of thieves, you are afraid of thieves, today you lose one, Ming'er does not have one, and when you save the half-dead baby from its mouth, you beat your chest and feet, and you shake off a handful of angry and annoyed tears, but you can't resist the old lady shaking her hands and holding up the cat to throw a few old tears! At that moment, you will admit planting and admit bad luck! Raising pigeons, playing with pigeons, passed down from generation to generation, idle play, blind play also play, raise good (famous pigeons) play, raise (wild farts) also play!