What does Zhangzhou cockfighting look like?

Starting from the Lantern Festival in 2003, the xiangcheng district Municipal Government of Zhangzhou held the "Chicken King Competition", and the chicken fighting in Zhangzhou became famous overnight. In the past two years, Zhangzhou cockfighting has traveled north and south, and Xiamen, Shenzhen and Lanzhou can all see the majestic posture of Zhangzhou cockfighting. ? Have a long reputation? Zhangzhou cockfighting has a long reputation. According to the "China Poultry Variety Records" published by 1988, Zhangzhou cockfighting, Zhongyuan cockfighting, Turpan cockfighting and Xishuangbanna cockfighting are listed as the four major cockfighting varieties in China. ? Zhangzhou cockfighting is an ornamental variety for the purpose of viewing or competition. It has the characteristics of high height, with "Black Chicken Red Crown" as the top grade, mainly distributed in Xiangcheng District, and also raised in overseas Chinese towns such as Xiamen, Jinjiang and Shantou. According to the records of xiangcheng district, there was cockfighting in Zhangzhou during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. During the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, some people introduced "model chickens" from abroad to cross with local cockfighting. During the Republic of China, cockfighting prevailed, and cockfighting enthusiasts explored a set of scientific cockfighting breeding, breeding and training methods, which were quite famous in China and even Southeast Asia. Foreign cockfighting enthusiasts often organize cockfighting exchanges in Zhangzhou. Zhangzhou cockfighting has won many awards in foreign competitions and is invincible in the world. Since the 1990s, with the continuous improvement of people's living standards, the folk cockfighting activities in Zhangzhou have developed more widely. According to incomplete statistics, there are currently more than 20,000 cockfighting in Xiangcheng District, and there is a huge team of amateur cockfighting enthusiasts. ? After the "King of Chickens Championship", in just two years, the news of chicken fighting in Zhangzhou continued: xiangcheng district set up a chicken fighting guild, opened the world's first chicken fighting website, developed a chicken fighting banquet, set up the first chicken fighting hall in the province, and built a chicken fighting farm. Now, the sales price of each cockfight has risen from 70 yuan two years ago to 1 10 yuan, and the sales volume has doubled. ? Including culture? People think that Zhangzhou cockfighting contains rich cockfighting culture, and watching cockfighting is also tasting a kind of "cockfighting culture". There is a strong cultural atmosphere from the breeding, breeding and training of cockfighting, to the viewing of cockfighting competitions and the tasting of cockfighting dishes. China Cockfighting, edited by Li Yongnian, vice chairman of Henan Folk Cockfighting Association, summarizes that the fighting potential of cockfighting includes six kinds: high head and big bite, four-sided head, lower rinse head, flower arranging head, neck lock and earthworm arch, and the tactics are six ways: borrowing mouth, connecting mouth, drying feet, connecting legs, drilling gears and dividing wings. In northern France, the tradition of cockfighting has lasted for centuries. Cockfighting enthusiasts insist that cockfighting is an art, and the government also legislates in the name of "protecting tradition" to legalize cockfighting competitions. ? Is there another kind of cockfighting in Zhangzhou in the historical evolution? The unique cultural scene of "South-South integration" made Minnan people invade Nanyang, which led to the selection, pairing and cockfighting between Nanyang "Fan Chicken" and Zhangzhou local chicken. According to records, cockfighting is still popular among Chinese and native Chinese in Indonesia and the Philippines, and it is said that it came from Zhangzhou. ? Viewing people and regional humanity from cockfighting. Zhangzhou cockfighting culture is unconsciously integrated with Zhangzhou people. Zhangzhou cockfighting "life is endless, fighting is endless", which coincides with the concept of "love will win" of Minnan people. ? What are the rules of cockfighting? After the evolution of 100 years, Zhangzhou has basically formed a set of established and relatively complete competition rules. ? Location: Carpet is laid on the ground of the fighting chicken farm, and it is surrounded by a bamboo fence with a height of 60-70cm, and the diameter is generally not less than 6m (the length of the bamboo fence is about 20m). ? Cockfighting: the chicken owners of both sides compete according to the age, weight, height and record of cockfighting. The cockfighting between the two sides is weighed on site, and the difference is within 100g; Chickens on both sides are the same age (some are old, some are sword, and some are not); Referring to the winning and losing records of both sides, after weighing and negotiation, if you agree to beat the chicken, you can fight the chicken. ? Let the chickens go: the chicken owners of both sides enter the stadium with chickens in their hands, and the referee whistles to let the chickens go on the hour. After three double rounds, the referee will declare the game valid. In less than three legs, a chicken ran away and the referee declared the game invalid. ? Win or lose: within 3 hours, a chicken shouted defeat. If the chicken owner cherishes the chicken and shouts not to let it lose, he can throw a white towel and throw in the towel. If the chicken owner comes into the arena and is separated from the chicken, he will lose. If he is knocked down to the ground within 3 hours, he will lose. Within 3 hours, one side was knocked to the ground, but no sound was made. After pushing for a minute, there was still no sound. The chicken owner refused to admit defeat and refused to go to the chicken. He persisted for three hours and judged the game.