Serial number: 12 18 Project number: X- 143 Application area or unit: Aheqi County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Kirgiz people are closely related to eagles. For thousands of years, the place where they lived was called "the hometown of falcons". In the era without guns, people tamed fierce eagles to hunt for themselves, and a good falcon could support a family. In the past, the price of an eagle was higher than the dowry of a Kirgiz girl. Keeping an eagle is also a luxury. To get an eagle training certificate, 500 yuan should not mean that this guy can eat two pounds of meat every meal, and it must be fresh.
Once, in order to protect wild animals, the state explicitly banned falcons. Two years later, because I learned that falconry is a unique folk custom of Kirgiz people for thousands of years and needs to be protected and passed down, I lifted the ban on falconry. Kirgiz people and eagles have an agreement: they never take this precious bird of prey into the nest, but always quietly take their favorite young eagle home for domestication.
An excellent falconer needs three qualities: hobby, stability and strength. All three are indispensable.