About flowers, birds, fish and insects

I also learned a lot about birdcages. First of all, they didn't sell it themselves, but sold it themselves. Food, pitcher, bar, cover plate and grab bucket are all a whole, but an empty cage is called a "cavity". A well-made birdcage can tell a lot about the maker's craftsmanship. Whether it is a square cage or a round cage, it has strict proportion, spacing and luster, and it is not coated or sticky. You can't see the quality of the original bamboo in the drawing, but the glue points out that the producer's craft is still lacking. Well-made birdcage, the upper cover should be slightly left, complete, glued and supported on the hand without loosening or deformation. The birdcage door is a "devil's door", and the bamboo sticks in the middle must be aligned to open the cage door; The bar is divided into rosewood and pear wood; There are five bird food cans, two food cans and two kettles. The pot has a round belly, painted with landscape flowers and plants, and also divided into fine porcelain and coarse porcelain. The small flat pot in the middle is dedicated to corn worms, and there is a bamboo plug similar to a bent finger next to the food can for inserting cucumbers; The cover plate at the upper end of the birdcage is also beautiful with various patterns, such as "Chyi Chin's Painting and Calligraphy", "Goldfish Playing in the Water", "Magpie Climbing Branches" and "Five Blessingg's Birthday". The hook on the cover plate is called "grab" in jargon. The best material is yellow and white copper, and the eight hammers for fixing the cover plate are top grade. The birdcage at the top is made of red sandalwood, which is scarce and hard, and it takes a lot of time to make it. The birdcage with red sandalwood, the pole with red sandalwood, the drinking jar with fine porcelain, the yellow and white copper stalls and the cover plate are quite expensive. At this time, it has exceeded the use value of birdcage, and it is hung as a handicraft in the living room and corridor.

fish

Now Beijingers over 40 probably remember the big wooden pots and colorful goldfish when Zhongshan Park and Beihai Park entered the door. The wooden basin is placed on a shelf not high above the ground and covered with iron net to prevent wild cats from invading. Thick moss grows on the wall of the wooden basin, and each basin has varieties, such as ink-scented Longjing, five-flowered beads, lion's head, red hat, looking up to the sky and swimming in blisters. The dark ink dragon well, the pearl with a big belly and a small tail, the rich butterfly tail, looking at your sky and trembling blisters all have their own unique charm. Wooden pots and pottery pots are most suitable for goldfish growth. They are breathable, moist and heat-insulating. Goldfish prefer cold to hot. Put it in the yard, after rain and sunshine, green moss grows on the wall of the pot. Moss is suitable for microbial growth and produces fish worms. You see the goldfish has been swimming against the wall of the pot, just looking for food, pure natural. Now these two kinds of pots are rare, and some stone pots have appeared. Stone pots are also suitable for goldfish growth, but they are heavy and inconvenient to carry. In addition, when choosing a basin, it is very painful to feel whether the wall and bottom are bright.

insect

"Insects"-There are three most famous species here: cricket, oil gourd and slug. Cricket has a nice voice and is aggressive. Some people regard it as a gambling tool, which is very undesirable. The best cricket slot is the pulp cleaning slot, and "pulp cleaning" is of course the finest sediment as the name suggests. The pulp cleaning tank made of this material is cyan and light green, and its style is very simple. Before releasing the cricket, there is a complicated process, that is, hitting the bottom. First, steam the whole pot in a pressure cooker for disinfection, then mix it with traditional Chinese medicines and secret recipes such as Codonopsis pilosula and Cinnabar, and smash the bottom layer by layer with special tools. This is a meticulous work that requires a lot of efforts. If you don't pay attention, you will lose all your efforts if you hit the bottom of the cauldron. Crickets live in this jar, which can not only replenish qi and soothe the nerves, but also keep food from going bad. Although water hyacinth is ugly, it loves cleanliness. It needs to clean the bottom of the tank once a day and put on new food. When cleaning for two or three days, as soon as the lid was opened, it jumped out and escaped from the dirty nest. It will never eat bad food. Fruit is no longer a bug that only exists in late summer and early autumn. Its cages and jars also change with the seasons. In summer, it has a small bamboo cage similar to a birdcage. The bamboo cage is a miniature version of the bird cage, and there is even a "devil's gate". Guo Guo is very comfortable in it. Luffa flower and pumpkin flowers are its favorite foods. After winter, a batch of artificially hatched fruits were born. Its food is corn worm, and its residence is canned gourd. Gourd jar is that people pick the gourd, hollow out the pulp, carve various patterns on the gourd skin, and then brand and fix the patterns with a soldering iron pen. Punch holes in the wooden cover of the altar mouth according to the proportion and spacing, then put on the holes, and put down the spring under the cover to make the slug trill when singing. In the snowy winter, Guoguo hides in his master's arms and sings cheerful songs.

It should be emphasized that it takes time, love and responsibility to raise any of these animals and plants, because they are all spiritual and alive. If you water the flowers for a while and leave them for ten and a half months, the fish and birds will die as soon as they are fed, and they will not even look at them for the next few days. It is best to keep nothing. If you really like it, but you are busy with work and have no time, then wait. When you are the same age as the old man walking the birds on the roadside, choose what you like and get along with them seriously and responsibly!