On the vast prairie, hunting dogs chase, horse galloping, warriors on horseback, bent their bows and arrows, and they were hunting. What is unusual is that after the hunting is completed, the falcon soaring in the sky lands on the arms of the eagle trainer or owner, adding a heroic spirit. Since ancient times, eagle raising has been the standard for a very small number of hunters and rich people. In the 1970s, there was a movie called " Flat Eagle Grave ". It tells the story of a farmer killing an eagle that preyed on his hen in the 1940s. The owner of the eagle is bullied. In addition to paying money, the farmer of the eagle also wears mourning and erects monuments to build graves. Today, the eagle is still loved by Middle East oil tycoons and Central Asian hunters. It is said that an eagle that is eye-catching can be sold for millions of dollars from oil tycoons. A few years ago, someone smuggled eagles from my country to the UAE in the Middle East and entrusted an airport staff for RMB 50,000 to secretly put an Harrier Eagle into the warehouse. It was found that all the work was lost.
Ancient Eagle Picture
Falcon is not cultivated since childhood, but trains wild eagles captured from the wild to make it surrender to its owner and obey its owner's call. This requires a transformation process - 号河波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波波� Nowadays, the eagle belongs to the national protected animal of , and catching and sucking eagles has become illegal. The Eagle has almost become a distant legend.
When I was in the Sichuan North , I witnessed the process of capturing and slaughtering eagles.
That place borders Gansu, with high mountains and dense forests. Many people have homemade hunting guns and . The educated youth came for the first time and lived in various households. After a while, they built a house for the educated youth. I am a rough-looking boy, and I was divided into the home of Lao Huang, a unique family in the mountains.
Rich Arabs like to play with eagles
Lao Huang is an old bachelor, and he is the only one in his family. Seeing that I was coming, I didn’t welcome him. I told the captain who brought me, “I can’t even eat enough, why should I greet him? The captain, who is also Lao Huang's family, said, "I am taking care of you. You may not be happy to find someone who can't bear it. Besides, the child brings his own food, but I'm afraid you won't know if you can get it?" Lao Huang had nothing to say.
Starting, I go down the mountain every day to do farm work with everyone, but Lao Huang doesn’t go, so he goes into the mountain after dinner. During the work and rest, the educated youth all told about their landlord’s situation. He also talked about Lao Huang, saying that the team’s special approval is that as long as the team pays the money every year, he doesn’t care about him. Lao Huang’s business is training eagles and selling eagles. And it won't show anyone's secrets.
I suddenly realized that the reason why Lao Huang entered the mountain every day was not long after, I found that Lao Huang was not at home for several days and nights. I was curious and found him in a grass house behind the mountain, but he drove me away. I took it to him after cooking and placed it at the door of the thatched room.
For a long time, Lao Huang talked to me more. He had never come out of the mountains and asked about life in Chengdu, and was full of envy. I was also very curious about the eagle. I mentioned it briefly, and Lao Huang stopped talking.
Not long after, Lao Huang caught a severe cold and staggeredly roasted sea pepper , and drank pepper water. I gave him the cold medicine I brought at home, and the effect was surprisingly good. The old yellow-sick disease was cured, and he looked at me deeply and said nothing.
The second year, I came back from Chengdu during the Spring Festival. One day, I asked me to go into the mountain with him and told me in advance that I should not say anything I see.
Lao Huang brought me into the "Snake Valley". He asked me to take a pocket on his body and he carried a big bird cage he made himself. The captain of this place just arrived not long ago and warned us not to go in: there are so many snakes inside, and your baby cannot come out when he goes in. Follow Lao Huang into the "Snake Valley", where thorns are growing, and thatched trees are all over the ground, and a few big trees stand on the hillsides on both sides. I looked left and right, and took careful steps. Lao Huang told me that he used snakes as bait to catch eagles, unlike others who use nets or put chickens on the ground. This was something he figured out by himself.
As I walked, I heard the "swish swish swish swish" movement in the thatch in front of me. I stopped frightened and held the stick tightly in my hand. Lao Huang flipped the bird cage, ran a few steps, and raised a snake more than one meter long from the grass. Lao Huang grabbed the tail of the snake. The gray-brown -bellied snake turned its head and wanted to bite him.Lao Huang was holding the snake while turning his body, his wrist was still shaking. Without shaking a few times, the head of the viper hit. Old Huang raised his hand holding the snake's tail flat and circled it a few times in the air. The snake wrapped around his arm. Before I could see clearly, he had pinched the snake's head with his index finger and thumb. He saw me stunned, smiled and asked me to hold my two pockets, pointing to a mountain in front of the "Snake Valley" and saying, "Let's go, catch the eagles."
Central Asian countries also like to train eagles
This mountain stands suddenly, with bare rocks on the top of the mountain. There are caves of large and small size on the upright rock walls, and the eagles' nests are in these caves. From time to time, the cry of "Europe, Europe" came out.
At this time, a dark brown mountain eagle was hovering in the sky, and the old yellow was holding a snake in his hand and climbing down the hillside of the eagle's nest. When the eagle saw Lao Huang approaching the nest, his body fell sharply. He rushed towards Lao Huang, and Lao Huang squatted, and the eagle pecked in the air and flew up into the sky. After hovering for two rounds, he rushed down again. This time, Lao Huang threw the snake in his hand towards the eagle without waiting for the eagle to pounce on it. The eagle stretched out its claws and grabbed the viper quickly. Then the eagle's head was raised, his claws were pressed against his abdomen, and his wings flapped quickly, and went straight to the top of the mountain. The viper grabbed with both claws was not as honest as in Lao Huang's hands. Its body twisted agilely and his head avoided the pecking attack of the eagle's beak at the right time. He also hid his head on the eagle's back, stuck out his tongue, and attacked the eagle's head. The eagle subconsciously turned its head, and the feathers on its neck exploded, and pecked it with its mouth. The snake realized that it would not be advantageous to the eagle's beak, so it wrapped around the eagle's neck, and the snake's tail hanging under the eagle's claws also raised up and wrapped around the eagle's body.
Eagle wearing a blindfold
The eagle's wings waving slowly, instead of flying upwards, they began to fall. Lao Huang watched the eagle fall and rushed over, "pop" the eagle and the snake fell to the ground together. Lao Huang happened to arrive and fell to the point of falling from two animals. He grabbed the snake's head with his right hand and held the eagle's body with his left hand. He shouted to me, "Get your pocket!"
I rushed over, the eagle began to flap its wings, and Lao Huang shouted, "Open your pocket!", Lao Huang threw the snake in. I hurriedly tied my pockets and handed them over the cage. Lao Huang stuffed the eagle into the cage. Sitting down, Meimei smoked a cigarette and the eagle caught it.
(To be continued)
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