Eagle 🦅 hunting dates back thousands of years in Mongolia 🇲🇳. But in more recent times, when the communists took control in Kazakhstan, many Kazakhs fled into Mongolia and primarily the region of Olgii. That’s where the majority, if not all of the remaining eagle hunters reside in Western Mongolia. I flew into Olgii town from Ulaanbaatar and visited a mountain nomad kazakh eagle hunter family to observe, to experience the nomad way of life as well as eagle hunting safari. 我一路西行,搭乘国内航班约三小时去巴彦乌列盖,是距离乌兰巴托最偏远的地区,彷彿与世隔绝,有着壮观的森林峡谷,清澈的高山湖泊,长满野花的草原,纯净的自然风景美得令人惊叹。哈萨克族是巴彦乌列盖省的主要人口,也是猎鹰人的称号,世代定居在阿尔泰山下,游牧和狩猎是他们谋生的方法。与其他民族手持弯弓的狩猎方式相比较,哈萨克族最具民族特色的狩猎方式就是鹰猎了。因猎鹰人并不会汉语,我也不会哈萨克语,所以我们比划的交流着,达到了相互理解,他们把鹰头上罩着的头罩摘掉,并举起了胳膊,为我全程演示了一次猎鹰的全过程。 Kazakh nomads have been grazing their livestock near the Altai Mountains for many hundreds of years. The isolation of the Kazakhs' land from the rest of Mongolia only that divide. Having so solitude and space on journeys to this otherworldly place is deeply affecting. The frozen air, when vastness of the plains and the never-ending skies filled with fear some dark clouds make one feel inconsequential. But in this barren landscape, where temperatures plummet to -40 Celsius in winter, live the last of the men who hunt with eagles. 生活在高原上的驯鹰人,以鹰为伴。 受猎鹰人们所邀,我到村子的后山上看他们现场进行放飞召回训练和捕猎训练。这时突然传来一阵急促清脆的马蹄声越过大草原,是一位神态雍容的哈萨克族人,头戴一顶狐皮毡帽,全身裹在一袭羊皮长袍里。他的手臂上此刻栖息着一只鹰,目光敏锐地注视着天边,搜寻猎物的踪迹。他是鹰猎之家的一家之主,精神矍铄,神情里有鹰的锐气,白色的胡须在颌下冉冉飘动。但当跟着他走进他家的小院,看他托起猎鹰,眼睛里漾起柔情和威严时,我立即感受到了一种不屈和凌厉之气。 猎鹰的习性强悍凶猛,但是哈萨克族们有一套与之斗智斗勇的驯养方式。他们先将猎鹰的眼睛蒙上,双腿绑上,并用衣服裹着它的身体,才能保护它在发脾气时不致损伤自己的尾巴和翅膀上的羽毛,以及利爪。另外,猎鹰需要套上的支撑包。因为猎鹰是一种很重的鸟,所以它坐在胳膊上,得用拐杖把它推到马上。 This was one of the most amazing parts of the trip to experience real life eagle hunting. Seeing a hunter hold his magnificent golden eagle up close is a must in Mongolia !
这次很荣幸有机会见证这一个传统在这一个世代的演变过程,即使身处蒙古西部边陲,哈萨克有识之士仍致力于维护并发扬这样的传统,远从千里外来到此地的我也送上满满的祝福 !
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