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The name Hai Dongqing is a household name in falcon culture. However, there has been controversy about what the sea refers to. The mainstream view is that Haidong Qing refers to the white falcon. However, I have some different views, which are analyzed as follows:

? We can look at Hai Dongqing's description first. One is recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica and Poultry Department: "At the time of Liaodong carving, the most handsome person was named Haidongqing. The second is the description of the sea in the ballad "Grandma has a faint little armor" circulating in Dunhua, Jilin Province, which is called white-winged red eye. Thirdly, there are records about Yu Hai in the Grand View of unofficial history in Qing Dynasty and Liao History, saying that he was dressed in white and was good at flying high. It is also said that swans can be caught in the blue sky and foxes can be caught underground in Haidong. Let's start with the eyewitness records of the sea. Mr. Zhao Mingzhe, a famous eagle hand in Northeast China, described Hai Dongqing's witness as purple eyes and blue claws.

? Based on the above information and my personal experience in eagle hunting, I think Haidong Qing should be a large white female peregrine falcon of an ordinary subspecies. There are several reasons: First, according to historical records, Haidongqing should be a bird that is good at flying high and controlling the air. Falcon is a kind of bird that is good at catching animals on the ground (rabbit stork gets its name because it is good at catching rabbits), so it can be ruled out. Among the existing large falcons, only peregrine falcon and spear falcon are good at air control. But because the falcon is too big, it is difficult to fly in circles. In addition, the traditional falcons in China are mainly caught in autumn and released in spring. Although it is locked in a cage, it is not much. The difficulty of training will also lead to not being an ideal training object. Someone may tell me that boxing hunting (that is, direct release) is not suitable for boxing hunting, because the falcon's underground combat ability is too poor. Moreover, geese and swans fly at high altitudes and are not suitable for boxing and hunting. The ideal way to deal with swans or geese should be to fly in circles and kick quickly. Secondly, it is said that Haidong Qing can hunt foxes (which is why many people object that Haidong Qing is a peregrine falcon). But according to my experience in fox hunting several times, it is still very difficult to hunt foxes with golden eagles, let alone a falcon weighing two or three kilograms. The golden eagle can fight with long legs, while the falcon has short legs and poor combat effectiveness, so it can only exchange its height for kinetic energy to hit the target. I think Haidong fox hunting should be similar to rabbit stork hunting. Rabbit storks fly in the sky, while hounds fight underground. (If you are interested, please read my previous article) Thirdly, according to the environmental analysis, falcons are extremely rare in China. Falcons in China are mostly gray or slate, not white as described, because they are far from the Arctic Circle. To sum up, combined with the ancient people's description of its characters and the recorded distribution areas, it can be inferred that the falcon is unlikely to appear (it was once captured in Zhangbei area, not the so-called Liaodong). )

However, there are many contradictions in Historical Records, and we analyze them according to the * * * nature of historical materials. In fact, it doesn't matter what bird Haidong Qing is. It has become a symbol of Manchu's spirit of free struggle and a totem in the hearts of Manchu people. I hope my analysis can reveal this mysterious bird in a simple way.

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