In the thousands of years of bird breeding history in our country, if you want to choose one of the hundreds of birds to represent China, then all bird friends must have no objection to taking the lark out to fight.
Larks, without the beautiful shape of hibiscus embroidered eyes, without the tongue learning skills of the myna wren, it is quite difficult to raise, and how many old voters who are decades old do not necessarily dare to say that they will raise larks. Why is it that this kind of bird can single-handedly pick the girder of The Chinese ornamental bird and sit firmly on the throne of the top four caged birds? Because "larks are born horns on the stage"!
With a stunt "Lark Thirteen Sets", why is the lark so good at singing? How did the lark slang pass down? How can a lark become a "horn on the stage" under the cultivation of its owner? Today, Xiaobian uses long copywriting, from the history of lark to the unique characteristics of modern anatomical research, to the circulation of "lark thirteen sets", to thoroughly understand this "horned child".
The whole work is about 3900 words, the reading time is about 10 minutes, involving a wide range of knowledge and depth, it is recommended to read after collection.
<h1>What exactly is a lark? When did it become popular? </h1>
The lark is a steppe spirit that is widely found in China's Inner Mongolia, north of Zhangjiakou in Hebei and Qinghai regions. The name lark is actually a general term, and then subdivided, larks can be divided into more than ten species such as sand lark, lark, crested lark and so on. The general domestic ornamental lark is the Mongolian lark, and there are also a few people who raise larks and crested larks. It is worth mentioning that the lark was included in the list of three animals in China in 2000, and it is also a second-level protected animal in China. Therefore, any private form of catching wild larks is illegal, and now domestic larks come from artificial breeding, and breeding institutions should apply for relevant breeding permits ("Wild Animal Domestication Permit", individuals can also apply).
In the Zhangjiakou area, people also called larks as larks. When it comes to the Kyojin Bird Circle, larks and skylarks refer to two different kinds of birds.
It is recommended to raise Mongolian larks and choose qualified bird households to buy
The lark first entered the ranks of ornamental birds in China during the Tang and Song dynasties, but was not widely raised at that time, but was widely present in the poetry of the ancients. In the Tang Dynasty, the lark was not called a lark, but was called "Cuibi" and "Yue Bird" by poets.
The sky is long and the water is far away, and the green clothes are preserved. Carrying bullets and children with many harmful substances, they advised Jun Mo to fly towards the city. ——Kingfisher "Kingfisher", the verse does not reflect the content of raising larks, but writes "persuade the king not to get close", which shows that the alert birds of the lark were not easy to catch at that time and were not popularized.
Larks began to show a fiery period of breeding in the folk, starting from the Yuan Dynasty.
As we all know, the Yuan Dynasty was ruled by the Mongol Kai Dynasty, as a steppe nomadic Mongolian, has an innate good feeling for the larks native to the steppe, and with the Mongols coming to the Central Plains to govern, the steppe song king lark has also entered people's sight. The lark entered the royal family in the Yuan Dynasty, and gradually popularized the folk, at this time, people officially began to take the lark seriously. Since then, the culture of the lark has begun to breed.
From the Yuan Dynasty onwards, through the Ming Dynasty, to the Qing Dynasty, the breeding of larks has been quite popular, and there is a saying of "Wen Lark, Wu Thrush", which shows the high status of larks. It is also from the Qing Dynasty that the term "lark sleeve" has been officially accepted by everyone, which is now called "lark thirteen sets". Why did the Qing Dynasty have so many ornamental birds such as myna embroidered eyes and red eyebrows, but the lark formed a fixed sleeve? Why is the lark's ability to imitate sound so strong? Next, we explore: the secret behind Lark's remarkable imitation power.
<h1>Modern anatomy tells you the secret behind the lark that the ancients spent hundreds of years studying</h1>
Including some bird fans, who know the saying that "parrots learn their tongues", it is generally believed that parrots have the strongest ability to imitate, and the reason for this misunderstanding is that parrots can learn human language. In fact, in terms of imitation ability, the lark is much stronger than the parrot. You know, parrots only have few rubik's cube sounds, and larks, although they can't imitate human language, can learn nearly a hundred sounds.
Why the imitation ability of the lark is so outstanding, we have to mention a body tissue unique to birds: the song muscle.
Modern anatomy tells us that birds do not have a larynx, and that (the vast majority) of birds make sounds by relying on a song tube that can be directly connected to the lungs, and the sound tube vibrates in a different way. The vibration of the song tube mainly depends on the song muscles of the birds. The number of song muscles in birds is generally 2-4 pairs, vibrating in pairs. The lark has 4-9 pairs of song muscles, so even the lark with the fewest song muscles can sing more than other birds. What is more exaggerated is that the song muscles of other birds are symmetrical vibrations left and right, but the song muscles of larks can vibrate independently from left to right, which also allows larks to learn a variety of complex sounds, and can adjust their own songs to the most spiritual tone.
The anatomy of living things is also the beginning of modern research, which shows that larks have the ability to sit on the chair of the first songbird. But you know: when there was no anatomy, our ancestors had already passed hundreds of years of screening and used their own experience to know the characteristics of larks that could sing and sing, which shows how much research effort the ancients put into raising birds.
In addition to telling us that the lark has twice the song muscles of other birds, the anatomy also gives our lark breeders a wake-up call: the lark's vocal muscles are 4-9 pairs, and some lark's vocal muscles are only 4 pairs, which is destined to be difficult to learn so many sockets, so whether a lark can learn the lark standard socket, in addition to training, is also directly related to talent. Therefore, when everyone chooses a lark, choose a bird with a thick neck and a broad chest, at least such a lark, the sound tube and lungs are more developed and powerful, the bottom is more sufficient, and it is more likely to quickly learn to arbitrage.
So a new question arises: what exactly are the thirteen sets of larks? How are the thirteen sets trained? When raising larks, what is the difficulty of the owner's feeding, and what are the precautions? What kind of lark is a good bird? The following will be introduced to you immediately.
<h1>"Only those who go on the stage are called horns, and those who go down the stage can only call ticket holders" - what kind of lark is a good bird? </h1>
First of all, let's talk about what a good lark is, the lark does not need to pay special attention to appearance, do not mention the appearance, a good lark must have these characteristics:
Can sing
Not afraid of people
Can dance
Can be on stage
Next, we will talk about what these four points are.
Can sing. That is, to learn a full set of lark sockets, the north is "1 sparrow noise forest; 2 swallows send spring; 3 happy news three yuan; 4 red temple golden list music; 5 whistle parade; 6 mountain magpies call; 7 push trolley sounds; 8 hens announce eggs; 9 cat calls; 10 eagles bark; 11 thrush calls; 12 clams call; 13 yellow finches call "south for" 1 sparrow noise forest; 2 magpies welcome spring; 3 swallow whispers; 4 hens announce eggs; 5 cats; 6 dogs bark; 7 yellow finches chirp; 8 small car axles; 9 eagles roar; 10 earthhoppers call; 11 oil gourds; 12 water bells 13 squeak red". Excellent lark, can sing 3-5 rounds of thirteen mouths.
Not afraid of people. Good larks are not afraid of the stage in crowds of birds, and larks are more sensitive to color, especially afraid of red. A good lark should not step down or stop singing because people are close to appreciation, but should sing harder.
Can dance. Larks in the wild are adept at standing on wooden stakes, flapping their wings and chirping. Replaced by cages, excellent larks still have to sing while flapping their wings. If you only sing and don't dance, the lark will also lose a lot of price.
Most importantly: to be on stage. This is what we said earlier, "Those who go on the stage are called horns", and the saying circulated in the circle of ticket fans in old Beijing is that a good lark cannot only sing under the cage, but must stand on the central "Phoenix Platform" and sing.
If a lark is of good quality, can dance and dance, but does not go on stage, in the eyes of bird fans, it is called "always a ticket friend under the stage", the value of this lark will be greatly reduced. Bird fans in old Beijing called the lark singing on stage "showing faces on stage". (The southerners here probably can't learn how to pronounce it in their lifetime...) ）
<h1>The suppressed sound of the lark, there are ancient laws in ancient times, and there are now tricks in the present</h1>
In the old Beijing tea house of the Qing Dynasty, if anyone can carry out a cage of thirteen larks, it will definitely become the biggest star of the tea house in an instant, and in the last article, we simply said how difficult it was for the lark to learn the mouth during the period when there was no electronic equipment.
The lark mouth is the so-called "pressure sound" and "pressure mouth".
The older generation of larks pressed the mouth: people live with the biological clock of the birds, take advantage of the dawn to go to the mountains early to listen to the birds, go to the eagle to learn the eagle, raise red children to press the mouth, guard the hawkers to learn the sound of carts, raise cats and dogs to learn cats and dogs to bark... Wait a minute. Larks are birds that rise and set at sunset, so the older generation of bird keepers have to adjust their biological clocks to the lark, and need to be shrouded to control daylight when necessary. In order to prevent the lark from dirty mouthing, the lark was kept in the jar in ancient times: to isolate the noise.
The simplest method of mouth pressing that the older generation can use: worship the teacher. A thirteen sets of mouth larks cultivated by the ancient method need to take 3-5 years to form, if there is such a lark, it is definitely a "master" general existence among bird friends. In the old years, in order for the lark to learn the mouth as soon as possible, it is necessary to find the "old bird pressure sound", that is, to worship the old bird who has learned the nest as a teacher, let the old bird learn the mouth with the new bird, even so, it will take two or three years to graduate, and after graduation, you have to rely on the sound of the Eight Classics to adjust.
Today's lark learning mouth: Nowadays, the pace of people's lives is getting faster and faster, and the birds that can learn the thirteen sets of larks are becoming more and more rare. Technology has developed, and people use recording equipment to place the standard thirteen sets of sounds next to the lark, leaving a quiet room for the lark to learn. Even with the help of science and technology, there are fewer and fewer larks that really learn thirteen sets now, because there are too many entertainment activities nowadays, and many people no longer take birds as entertainment, and it is estimated that the thirteen sets of larks will soon be extinct.
Now training larks to come to power: it is not easy. In the past, people often accompanied birds and used meat worms to attract larks to the stage, and there was plenty of time. Nowadays, people are taking care of larks more and more carefully, and many larks do not get much care and become reluctant to come to power. It is recommended that bird friends: after the lark enters the house, first use the shorter phoenix platform, with meat worms to tease, and then slowly increase the height of the phoenix platform, so that the lark is familiar with the stage.
<h1>Precautions for raising larks at the beginning</h1>
Lark selection, feeding and other information, there are already too many on the Internet, today we want to share those details that are easy to be ignored, so that the article is more collectible.
Shroud should be dark. Larks should be covered with dark cloth and blue cloth in old age. The dark cloth cover has poor light transmission ability, allowing the lark to quiet down faster and avoid stray sand tables.
With a dedicated lark cage. Lark cage has a standard size (because this size is not so strict now, here will not mention the specific number), is also a special cage type, there are large and medium-sized points, the initial can choose a small cage, after a period of time the cage should be large and not small, if you want to make the lark better learn to dance while dancing on the stage, you may wish to try to adjust the height of the cage. In the past, the lark cage was mostly a flat-topped cage, but now it is mostly an arch cage, and it is recommended to choose an arch cage.
The lark bottom sand is key to being fine. The bottom sand of the yellow finch can have coarse particles, but the bottom sand of the lark is best used with fine river sand, which is more in line with the living habits of the lark. The bottom sand should be screened and dried often, otherwise it is easy to breed bacteria and cause rotten feet.
Birds must not be frightened in the early days, and once the lark is frightened, it is destroyed. New Lark enters the house and is very sensitive to color, especially afraid of red. People dressed in red should not go near the lark, and after the lark is familiar, then slowly train the lark's guts, the lark is used in the early stage, unless the worm is fed, it is not advisable to tease. Larks after getting acquainted with their masters will show their loved ones.
Lark water tanks are best placed externally. This is to prevent sand from polluting the water source, and the lark cage will have an opening dedicated to the external water tank.
Larks feed live insects with caution for barbs. The barbs on the legs of live insects such as grasshoppers and crickets can damage the lark's esophagus, and can be fed after removing the legs, or feeding the insect less.
Don't blindly pursue the thirteen sets, or that principle: the thirteen sets rely on teaching on the one hand, and rely on talent on the other.
The ancients spent hundreds of years to make the lark the head of the caged bird, and the current social environment is actually not suitable for demanding requirements to ask a lark to learn those skills. Larks are like a pot of fine wine, people used to appreciate the aroma of wine, now people appreciate wine drunk. Xiaobian also advises you that if you pursue the best lark, it is impossible to achieve without three or five years of kung fu. Since it is difficult to get involved in the distance, it is better to enjoy the scenery along the way - to borrow Tagore's words as the end: when picking petals, you can't get the beauty of flowers. #青云计划 #