Related culture of cormorants

In many places in China, cormorants are called niggers to describe this kind of bird. They are not as stupid as boobies, but they have excellent fishing skills. In China, cormorants have been domesticated for a long time and used for fishing.

In the southern water town, fishermen often take domesticated cormorants with them when they go fishing. Cormorants stand neatly at the bow, with collars on each neck. When fishermen find fish, they whistle and cormorants jump into the water to fish. Because of the collar, the cormorant caught the fish but couldn't swallow it, so it had to return to the boat with the fish in it. After the owner took the fish, the cormorant dived into the water to fish again. When you meet a big fish, several cormorants will catch it together. Some of them peck at the fish's eyes, some bite the fish's tail, and some bite the fish's fins, which is very tacit. After fishing, the owner took off the cormorant's collar and gave them the prepared small fish to eat. This fishing method is very interesting and effective.

Cormorants are not only experts in fishing, but also often used it as a symbol of happy marriage in ancient times. Cormorants live together in harmony and take care of each other, from nesting to brooding. The well-known first poem in The Book of Songs is "Guan Guan's pheasant dove is in the river continent". Some scholars believe that the pheasant dove in the poem is a cormorant. Of course, whether pigeons are cormorants or not, the close and friendly relationship between cormorants can represent a beautiful marriage.

Cormorant saliva, according to Compendium of Materia Medica, has the function of resolving phlegm and relieving cough. In China Medical Dictionary, there is a special side of Cormorant Koushui Pill, which is mainly used to treat pertussis in children, and its main material is Cormorant Koushui.