Recently, the popular TV series "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an", whether from the plot deduction or the selection of props, can not be said to be careless, every detail is strived to be exquisite, the audience who pays attention to the development of the plot may have found that in the eleventh episode, the character Zhang Xiaojing in the process of hunting down wolf guards, borrowed a thin dog from XuanhuiYuan, named Ah Xi, it is with the help of Ah Xi's sensitive sense of smell that Zhang Xiaojing successfully found the Longbo stronghold located in Changmingfang. So what kind of dog is this, so powerful! I can actually recognize the nine layers of smell in the air!
In the play, the thin dog that helped Zhang Xiaojing a lot - Ah Xi
Audiences who understand dogs may have seen it early on, the actor of Ah Xi in the play is actually a Shaanxi thin dog, because the capital of the Tang Dynasty at that time, Chang'an, is located in the territory of present-day Shaanxi Province, so the choice of local dog breeds in Shaanxi into the play is also in line with history, and later confirmed from the crew that this dog is indeed a Shaanxi thin dog.
Shaanxi thin dog has a long history, in China is really used as one of the dog breeds for hunting dogs, mainly grown in The Guanzhong region of Shaanxi Weinan, Xi'an, Xianyang and other places, used to chase hunting hares, but also can be guarded by the family.
The overall impression of the dog is elegant and well-proportioned, with a quick speed and excellent endurance, full of strength, active, capable of killing hares or other prey in plain areas.
But with the recent years, people's love for pet dogs, many foreign dog breeds have been introduced in large quantities at the same time, there is also a phenomenon of continuous improvement of local dog breeds in order to please the market, resulting in fewer and fewer local purebred dogs, Shaanxi fine dogs are among them, according to incomplete statistics, purebred Shaanxi fine dogs are currently less than ten in the world! It can be said that the number is extremely rare!
The Chang'an Twelve Chen crew also officially announced the rarity of Shaanxi's thin dogs
Shaanxi fine dog is one of the excellent dog breeds in China, its tall, elegant temperament, gentle temperament, while good at hunting, in the long river of history for thousands of years, has been selected as a royal dog, in the "Chang'an Twelve Chen" drama is also introduced, as the royal institution of Xuanhui Yuan, specially for the emperor to raise eagles, eagles, dogs and other animals for play, fine dog A fine from the Xuanhui Temple, it can also be seen that as the royal royal dog of Shaanxi fine dog, ordinary people are not eligible to breed.
At the same time, there is such a description in the "Garden Ling Dog Endowment": The Jiabi Imperial Dog, that is, the good and tame, the Mengxian Dynasty is the dependent, and the body is supported by the palace. Vividly describes the Tang Dynasty emperor's love for Shaanxi dogs.
The emperor's royal dog could not be kept by the people
At the same time, it is recorded that the Kangxi Emperor also particularly loved the Shaanxi thin dog, which was rumored to have saved the life of the Kangxi Emperor, and in the painter Lang Shining's "Kangxi Ten Juntu", nine of the paintings are thin dogs.
One of the Ten Juntu of the Kangxi Dynasty- Cang Shui Qiu
Thin dogs, currently collectively known in the world as Chinese fine dogs, with the change of dynasties and the differentiation of fine dog culture, small dogs have appeared many branches, of which Shaanxi fine dogs and Shandong small dogs are the most famous.
Thin dogs are divided into long and short hairs, Shandong long hair is called fanzi, and short hair is called slip strip or light plate. Shaanxi long hair is called Western Fan, and short hair is called pinch hair (now it is almost invisible). At this stage, Shaanxi dogs are almost no short hairs, and many locals may not have seen them, so most of the short haired dogs that can be seen are Shandong thin dogs, that is, slides.
Three thick and three thin: the mouth is thin, the forehead is thick, the neck is thin, the chest cavity is thick, the waist is thin and the hips are thick, which is a prominent feature of the slip!
Shandong fine dog as a major branch of the fine dog, produced in Shandong Liaocheng, Liangshan and Jiaxiang area, has a history of more than 2,000 years, some people may not know much about the Shandong fine dog, but when it comes to the "wheezing dog" in "Journey to the West", I believe that few people do not know.
The description of the wheezing dog in the animated version of Journey to the West is the closest to the thin dog
In "Journey to the West", there is such a description: "(Sun Wukong) was caught up by Erlang's grandfather's thin dog, biting on his leg and stomach, and pulling it again." The dog's second appearance was the passage in which the Hydra subdued the Nine-Headed Worm for the sixty-third time: "The strange swift winged, skimmed to the side, and wanted to bite Erlang; only then did he stick out a head from his waist, and he was picked up by the thin dog, and with a mouthful, he bit down his head bloodily." The monster escaped in pain and threw himself into the North Sea. ”
Wu Chengen, the author of "Journey to the West", whose ancestral home is Huai'an, Jiangsu, is not very far from the birthplace of The Shandong Dog, and it can be judged from this that in the author's mind, the thin dog in the text should be the Shandong Thin Dog (of course, this is not absolute, it cannot be verified, but my personal opinion).
In November 2018, Ao Lie, a Shaanxi thin dog, appeared as a young man and won open bis, becoming the only Shaanxi thin dog in the world to win the adult group championship, and the first Shaanxi small dog in history to log in the championship.
Ao Lie gets open bis
Although this competition has made the ancient dog breed of Shaanxi fine dog quickly appear in the sight of enthusiasts in other countries and enhance the popularity of Chinese native dogs, with the introduction of well-known foreign hunting dogs such as Lingti and Doberman, many Chinese people have gradually forgotten the local high-quality dog breeds.
On the other hand, adult dogs like Shaanxi and Shandong dogs often have a shoulder height of more than 65 centimeters, which is a large dog, which is a prohibited dog in many cities in China.
Some of its Chinese people worship foreign breeds of dogs, ignoring domestic high-quality dog breeds, the second local policy does not allow the breeding of high-quality dogs, the third in order to please the market demand, arbitrarily improve the genes of small dogs.
The above three points not only make the fine dogs gradually fade out of people's vision, the number is getting smaller and smaller, even the most basic bloodline, most of them have become no longer pure.
But thankfully, like the Shaanxi dog and Shandong dog, the local dog, its gathering place is mostly In Shaanxi Jingyang, Sanyuan, Gaoling and Shandong Liaocheng, Liangshan and Jiaxiang, there are not only many dog lovers, but also associations dedicated to the protection of local dogs, which also plays a very positive role in the protection and reproduction of local dogs.
The protection of native dogs has a long way to go
Our country is vast, the terrain and ecological environment are complex, the climate differences are large, people have cultivated a large number of characteristic local dog breeds in the long-term natural labor, such as Shaanxi, Shandong fine dogs, Sichuan Liangshan dogs, Qingchuan dogs, Guangxi short-legged dogs, Guangdong Sharpie dogs, etc., many well-known dog breeds in the world originated in China, or have the blood of Chinese native dogs.
After hundreds of years of development, developed countries have established a sound management and breeding system to breed world-renowned dog breeds. Due to the lack of effective protection and breeding improvement of professional associations in our country, many high-quality dog breeds have not been promoted, resulting in the shrinkage and loss of dog breeds, and some are even endangered, such as short-legged dogs in Guangxi.
Therefore, on the issue of protecting native dog breeds, it is necessary for the state and society to provide long-term and stable support for native dogs, so that the high-quality dog breeds bred can get greater attention.
There is still a long way to go, the protection of native dogs is not overnight, and I just hope that everyone can have this awareness, and then they will have the opportunity to put it into action!
Finally, you are also welcome to pay attention to me and learn more about pets together!