Wen Ni Chaoying Figure Zhou Wenfu
"Catch in August, raise in September, fight in October"... During these three months of the year, the hot crickets are hotter, and the cricket heat brings summer fun.
On August 1 this year, on the third floor of Juqi City, No. 1539 Lingshi Road, Shanghai, the 2020 Shanghai Juqi City Cricket Cultural Festival was unveiled, and the cultural festival will continue until October 20.
Shanghai Juqicheng Cricket Culture Festival, has been successfully held for 10 sessions, into the 11th Cricket Cultural Festival of Juqi City, the entire third floor stall area will become a cricket paradise, from the country's more than ten cricket production areas will come as promised, they are Shandong Ningyang, Ningjin, Leling, Liangshan, Linyi, Wenshang, Liaocheng and other places, Hebei Cangzhou, Baoding, Jixian County, Botou and other areas and Henan Xinxiang, Hua County, Beijing, Suzhou, Tianjin, Shanghai and other places of cricket players do not show weakness, with good goods, these cricket varieties are many Good quality, favored by bug players.
According to reports, the wind of fighting crickets flourished in the Tang Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty reached its peak. Crickets in Hebei, Henan, Anhui and other places, especially the "Lu insects" represented by Ningjin and Ningyang in Shandong...
It has become the current mainstream and is widely circulated in China, and tens of thousands of players in the cricket circle have become fine. As a cricket cultural festival that guides "elegant play", it has formed a brand and has considerable influence in the country.
About crickets
Crickets are invertebrates, insects, orthoptera, crickets in the family Crickets. Also known as weaving, commonly known as crickets, night bugs (because it sings at night), general worms, autumn worms, cockfighting, weaving, weaving, ground trumpets, stove chickens, Sun Wang, earth stings, "monk" is the name of crickets before they give birth to wings. According to research, crickets are an ancient insect that has been around for at least 140 million years and is an object of fighting between ancient and modern times. There are 595 genera (including 17 fossilized genera) and about 4649 species (subspecies) (including 50 fossil species) known worldwide in 22 subfamilies. Insects in this family grow older than 3 mm and lack scales; antennae are filamentous and longer than the body; tarsal segments are 3 segments, the forefoot is a walking foot, the tibia are often tympanic hearing devices, and the hind feet are jumping feet; most species of males have a vocal structure; and the females have developed egg-laying lobes, which are knife-shaped, spear-shaped, or long plate-like.
About fighting crickets
Fighting crickets is one of the Han folk fighting plays, an ancient entertainment activity, but this way of leisure is cruel. Fighting crickets are only males, and they bite each other to defend their territory or compete for mate rights. The two worms fight, and the defeated side either flees or withdraws from the fight, but there are few cases of "death on the battlefield". Fighting crickets are also known as "Autumn Xing", "Dou Promoting Weaving", and "Dou Crickets". Recreational activities that use crickets to fight each other for fun are popular in most parts of the country. Held every year in late autumn. The lifespan of the fighting cricket is only about 100 days, which limits the season of the fighting cricket to autumn. In ancient Chinese characters, the word "qiu" is the pictogram of crickets.
Chinese cricket culture, with a long history and a long history, is a unique cultural life of China with strong oriental colors, and it is also Chinese art. It mainly originates in the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River Basin and the Yellow River Basin in China. The real cricket production area is famous for the Qilu Great Plain in Shandong, and Ningjin County in Shandong is the jewel in the crown of the cricket king, the crickets of the Ningjin species have large heads, large necks, large legs, and good skin color, while the Ningjin crickets and the insects in the arid areas of the north have the physique, tenacious fighting, endurance, fierceness, and undefeated ferocity. Therefore, in recent years, in the national cricket competition, the crickets of Ningjin species have won many championships. Historically, the Ningjin crickets were the famous tributes of the emperors of the past, and there were Han folk tales and legends of the Ningjin crickets fighting Cixi in history.
The famous poet Lu You has poems:
Peng artemisia gate lane passing by,
Who is singing with you in the early night?
Crickets know autumn early,
Basho is getting a lot of rain.
Heirloom legacy rich,
Cynical drunkenness.
Will it be a fool or not?
No detractory of heaven and earth.