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Why is the eagle so unruly that the falconer can still subdue it?

It is not easy to train an eagle. If nothing else, it is enough to cook an eagle. The purpose of cooking eagles is to keep them from eating or sleeping for a long time, and only fill them with necessary water through a pipe. Players have to stare for several days, because some eagles can turn a blind eye and sneak around when they sleep. When it wants to sleep, shake it. "Sometimes a person can't stare, and several players take turns.

That's not enough. It is necessary to use the jargon "down the shaft" to make the eagle feel hungry as soon as possible. That is, the meat wrapped in hemp or wool is fed to the eagle to promote the constant peristalsis of the stomach and make the eagle feel hungry. When I was a child for more than ten years, it was called the eagle spitting hemp and hair, also called "swinging the axis". After a few days, the eagle's energy was quickly consumed, and gradually it would not be as unruly as before. At this time, give it some food and it will begin to get close to people. But some eagles can't bear this process, and some players who don't know much don't even give water to drink, resulting in some eagles dying of dehydration.

Training the eagle is to take the eagle to an open place when it is eating, untie its ankle and let it fly freely, then lift an arm that the eagle usually eats and shout a command to let the eagle fly back to its arm to eat. Training starts from a place where there are few people, and then goes to a place where there are many people, until the eagle hears the order and flies back to his master's arms everywhere.

Eagles are migratory birds. Every autumn, eagles born in the north migrate to the south, passing through Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang. How many mountains are there, such as Laojun Mountain? The falconer went up the mountain to catch the eagle. At three or four o'clock in the morning, the eagle catcher will set out and climb the mountain in the dark. He will come to the place where the net was laid earlier, tie the pigeon to one end of the bamboo pole, fix a fulcrum in the middle of the bamboo pole as a lever, tie a rope to the other end, and put it in a pre-built straw shed. People will hide in it and wait quietly. After dawn, the eagle catcher looked at the sky through the hut. If an eagle flies across the sky, he pulls a rope to make pigeons flap their wings to attract their attention. When the eagle flies down to hunt, it can close the net. After catching the eagle, the eagle catcher will sew up its eyelids and sell them in the market. Eagle is a fierce animal, which is strange to the human world. A frightened eagle may change its temperament and be difficult to tame. After the falconer bought the eagle, he put on cowhide gloves, put the eagle on his hand and began to "cook the eagle". Boiling Eagle is training? The first step in falconry is to untie the eagle's eyeliner, get up before dawn every day and wear the eagle on your arm, wherever there are many people.

People who don't know think Naxi men are showing off their love for eagles. In fact, this is to let the eagle get used to getting along with others and get familiar with the human world. Tie the dog to your side at night so that the eagle is not afraid of the dog. Falcon needs the cooperation of eagle, dog and man, and all three are indispensable. The whole process of "boiling eagle" takes 8- 15 days, until the eagle can eat and sleep peacefully on the arm of the falconer, and the "boiling eagle" is basically completed. Adjusting fertilizer and water is the key to falconry. "Fat water" refers to the oil and water in the eagle's stomach. One or two days before the eagle is cooked, the eagle has to eat about three or two good fresh beef every day in order to eat well. Then in the following days, it is necessary to control the eagle's food intake, and only let it eat 80% to 90% full every day to keep the eagle in the best "fat water".