1. Introduction to the Yellow-edged Turtle;
In fact, in ancient times, it was called "shooting turtles", and It is recorded in the forty-fifth volume of Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica, Introduction to --- Tortoises". Yellow-edged turtle is commonly known as: gram snake turtle, yellow-edged box turtle, broken plate turtle, mountain turtle set aura, loyalty, beauty, medicinal use, edible value in one. For thousands of years, from the emperor to the blessing and divination, to the most documented tool in China, the turtle shell, it is inseparable from the yellow-edged closed turtle. Yellow-edged turtle has a warm personality, red skin, high back, eagle's beak, its back is elegant brownish red, a streamlined light brown ridge on the dorsal ridge, the abdomen is brownish black, the abdominal edge of the dorsal carapace is light black and yellow, and the half of the yellow-edged turtle bottom plate can be freely closed upwards by ligament connection, and when in distress, the dorsal carapace, head, limbs and tail can be retracted into the shell of the turtle to avoid strong enemies. Because it is produced in China, amphibious, and can also be skillfully integrated with the feng shui landscape, the shape is handsome, elegant and noble, and it is deeply loved by the majority of turtle friends, because it has become a good thing for the majority of turtle friends to nourish their hearts and nourish their feng shui.
Second, the status of the yellow-edged turtle in traditional culture;
The yellow-rimmed closed-shelled turtle is a native Chinese turtle species. According to the Yellow Emperor began to "by the dragon map in the river, the turtle book in Luo" to the Shang Dynasty, it is believed that the turtle has the image of heaven and earth of "heaven and circle (edge) place", the patterns and plates on the yellow edge turtle have an omnipresent and undeserved connection with astronomy, geography and the human world, so divination is carried out, and everything is turned to the turtle; since the beginning of the oracle bone, the turtle's armor has become synonymous with Chinese civilization; since the Han Dynasty, the emperor sages and warriors have also shown their mighty virtue with turtle button seals and turtle steles; Shennong tastes hundred herbs, Materia Medica, from the beginning of the establishment of Chinese medicine. The medicinal value of the turtle shell has been recorded in the annals of history; since ancient times, many literati and inkers have praised the yellow-edged turtle, which can be seen in many other large numbers of poems and paintings such as the five generations of Huang Xiao's "Bird and Insect Diagram"; in the American Albert", there is a wealth of content about the turtle and the yellow-edged turtle, which believes that the yellow-edged turtle is "mingji fierce, impartial, and the only meaning is from "repaying kindness and promoting kindness, solving danger for people" and "talent connotation, gentle and elegant". The Yellow Turtle combines moving, good, beautiful, magical, supernatural, edible, nutritional, medical, and health care, and for thousands of years, its degree of love is second to none in China. In the long river of the formation and development of Chinese civilization, the yellow-edged turtle is irreplaceable, is the totem of the Chinese nation, and is deeply loved by the majority of turtle friends and people.
3. The living habits of the yellow-edged turtle;
Yellow-edged turtle is a semi-aquatic turtle, amphibian, of which the land is relatively high, the feeding environment is basically 2-3 water and the water can not be too deep, 7-8 land, so it is also known as "mountain turtle" in our place. In the wild, the yellow-edged turtle mainly inhabits hills, mountain weeds, forest edges, rocks, bushes, especially under wet tree roots, stone crevices and other quiet places. Its activities have a certain regularity, like to go out when it rains, the general activity area is not far from the water source, of which day and night activities vary with the seasons, in the summer, basically stay in the weeds and creeks and rivers on the rock piles or bushes during the day is relatively quiet, and at night it is relatively active. When the temperature is 10 degrees into hibernation, the yellow-edged turtle hibernates more choose the weeds and leaves to accumulate thicker and moist sunny slopes, the hibernation period in our Hubei province is almost 4-6 months, generally from November to March to April, April began to mate, May-September night egg laying, each time 1-3, incubation cycle 75-90 days range. Artificial rearing spring and autumn two seasons morning and evening temperature in 15-20 degrees Yellow edge turtle activity is relatively low occasionally will stop eating, after 10 o'clock and the middle and afternoon temperature is a little higher when the activity is more active, summer temperature 25-34 degrees when the activity is relatively high, is also the largest growth of the fastest season, this time the yellow edge turtle to the early morning and evening activity is mainly, the daytime activity is relatively low like to hide in the cave or weeds.
4. Classification of yellow-edged turtles;
In recent years, the yellow edge market is more chaotic, An rim and Taiwan yellow edge are two major strains, but because of its two major strains in the interactivity, phase, especially in the market price of the disparity is very large, so many farmers will have a variety of hybrids, such as An Guangyuan, Taiwan Zhejiang miscellaneous, Taiwan An miscellaneous, Guang'an miscellaneous, Zhejiang Miscellaneous, so that the current Chinese market price of the Yellow Rim Turtle has a wide range of differences. From the perspective of players, there are currently 4 kinds of domestic yellow edges. 1. Anyuan: Anhui Huangyuan is the yellow-edged turtle with the best appearance and interaction. But in fact, Hubei Guigu Turtle Old Farm is a unit of the National Genetic Breeding Center of China's Yellow-edge Closed Turtle, which is the earliest artificial breeding and breaks through the difficulties of artificial breeding technology to obtain one patent after another. 2, the continental edge: is Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Henan, Jiangxi and other places to produce the yellow edge, the appearance, interaction is slightly worse than the An edge. 3, Taiwan edge: Taiwan's Yellow Edge, the road chaos is mainly for the early illegal way to enter the country, the mortality rate is higher, the quality, and interaction are larger, the land edge and the An rim are much inferior. 4, hybridization: it has begun in recent years, in fact, it is an edge, a Taiwan edge or a continental edge and a Taiwan edge and other kinds of ... Hybridized, the seedlings look at the appearance, if it looks like an edge, it will be sold at the price of an edge, and it looks like it will be sold on the edge of the taiwan.
Fifth, the time suitable for the beginning of the yellow edge
Suitable for the purchase of the time to buy the yellow edge, it is best in April to October of each year, when the temperature of the yellow edge turtle is suitable for a large number, suitable for breeding, suitable for domestication. During this time period, the activity, feeding, feces, and healthy activity of the limbs of the yellow-edged turtle can be well observed, and it is very good to raise, with high survival rate and low mortality. The selection of turtles can start from the appearance of the yellow-edged turtle, the soundness of the limbs, and the feces. Healthy yellow-edged turtle has no blood in its nose and mouth, no mucus secretion, no white spots on the cornea of the eye, and quiet and energetic eyes. There are no ulcerated, damaged and scratched limbs, dorsal carapace, and abdominal nails. When frightened, it can escape quickly and has strong limbs when crawling. Healthy yellow-edged turtle feces are strip-like or clumpy, wrapped in white film, and if the feces are pale green, egg green or blood red, it is abnormal.