China garden dog is one of the oldest dog breeds in China, and was once known as "national dog".

White China garden dog

When Qin Shihuang unified China, there was an allusion: Li Si, the prime minister of Qin Dynasty, lamented when he was executed: "I want to bring the yellow dog out again, how can I get it?" [ 1]; Su Dongpo's words say, "The old man talks about juvenile madness, and the left is yellow and the right is white." The "yellow" here refers to this kind of garden dog used for hunting. In modern times, people call it "local dog", as the name implies, it is a local dog; Some places in the north are also called "Chai Gou". Because of the cold climate in the north, dogs usually nest near firewood stoves or woodpiles. The eastern areas of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai are generally called "grass dogs", where "grass" refers to "soil" and local property. Local farmers will keep one or two such dogs as companions at home.

The definition of a local dog refers to a special breed of dog that is suitable for the local climate characteristics in a certain area and is easier to live independently than other kinds of dogs.

China native dogs mostly live in rural and suburban areas of China, and most of them are scattered dogs, accounting for the majority of the original dog breeds. Some scholars believe that China garden dogs and Japanese Shiba Inu are related, and they were bred by the same ancestor of Japan and China respectively.

Now the historical birthplace of most dogs has been proved to be China or ancient China. Zhang Yaping, a researcher at Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and an academician of China Academy of Sciences, finished the paper "Out of Southeast Asia: The Origin History of Domestic Dogs in the World" and published it in Cell Research. According to the latest research, domestic dogs all over the world, including chihuahuas, chow lions and Peruvian hairless dogs, originated in Southeast Asia such as China and evolved from gray wolves. The genome of domestic dogs in Southeast Asia has the richest genetic diversity in the world. ? [2]?

China native dogs mostly live in rural and suburban areas of China, and most of them are scattered dogs, accounting for the majority of the original dog breeds.