10 June 12 Cook Eagle

Reading will feel bold, holding the hound's rope in one hand, holding the goshawk in the other, riding a fine horse, leading the vast crowd to hunt. Uncle Qin is bound to find opportunities to enjoy this scene on the prairie (of course, it is estimated that only by going to the prairie can he enjoy it now).

This goal is still a little far away, but we can talk about how to achieve it.

Not to mention hounds, there are many domestic dogs now. Let's talk about how to "support the sky".

I have seen a documentary called "The Condor of Kazakhstan" before, which is a typical Kazak cooking eagle.

Many people should have heard of the word boiled eagle. Those players in old Beijing like to play with walnuts, jade and fans, and some like to play with birds. The most manly bird is the eagle. This kind of eagle fighting is also a long-standing job.

In Kazakh tradition, the golden eagle is the messenger of the gods. The only eye of the golden eagle can look directly at the sun without being burned. It can bite the soul. Most of the prey on the grassland run very fast. In addition to weapons and horses, Kazakhs mainly rely on two right-hand men, one is a hound and the other is an eagle.

The eagle is the overlord of the sky. It is unruly and has excellent eyesight. When soaring in the sky, it can find prey far away. However, they have one weakness. Once blindfolded, they dare not make a move. The newly grown wild golden eagle on the grassland is the time when food is scarce. Kazakhs make fake golden eagle prey with nets and covers, and so on. After catching the golden eagle, he immediately covered its eyes with an eye patch made of cooked cowhide and took it to the room where the eagle was cooked. Put the golden eagle in the middle and twist it into a spindle-shaped rope. Both ends of the rope are tied to the bracket. The eagle cook began to cook the eagle without giving up, constantly beating the bracket to prevent the golden eagle from sleeping and eating.

Boiling eagle is a contest between golden eagle and people without smoke. A good eagle often stays up for days and nights. In the meantime, the Eagle Chef must stay up late with Golden Eagle. Until either side can't hold on, either one can't hold on to domesticating the golden eagle, or the golden eagle can't hold on to falling off the hemp rope at last.

When the golden eagle couldn't resist the desire to sleep and fell off the hemp rope, the boiled eagle was successful. The eagle cook quickly wrapped the golden eagle in his own clothes to familiarize it with the smell of its owner and have a good sleep. At this time, the eagle cook is going to prepare food for the golden eagle.

Food can't be the meat of livestock. It's best to prevent the golden eagle from preying on livestock, preferably rabbit meat, and cut it into thin strips for the convenience of the golden eagle.

At the same time, prepare eye patches and brackets for the golden eagle. The eye patch is to prevent the golden eagle from running around before it meets its prey, and the support is to let the golden eagle rest and save its strength during long-distance hunting.

After the eagle boiled, although the golden eagle was tamed temporarily, it was not a qualified hunting assistant and needed some training.

Kazakh hunters ride horses and take hungry eagles to the grassland to train them to hunt, usually live rabbits tied with ropes. Rabbits, wolves, pheasants, squirrels and geese can all be their prey. There is a saying that "if you don't see the rabbit, you won't scatter the eagle" and "if you are full of eagles, you won't hunt", just to let the falcon come according to the owner's requirements.

Kazakhs regard the golden eagle as their family. They just caught the Golden Eagle. When they bring it into the house, they will tie it with owl feathers, which means welcoming them into the family. Once they live in the Golden Eagle, they should tie a white cloth outside the door to show good luck.

I must go to Kazakhstan to learn eagle training and raise Tibetan mastiffs on the prairie in my lifetime, so as not to waste my man's time.