The explanation for playing quail is also called "quail". An opera. Legend has it that it began in the Tang Dynasty. During Xuanzong's reign, people in Xiliang offered quails, which could be rhythmic with golden drums and kept in the palace as a play. Then it became popular among the people. Xie Ming Zhao Zhe's "Five Miscellaneous Matters Part I": "There are quails in Jiangbei, and their birds are small and tame, and they go in and out with sleeves like chickens." Miscellaneous Notes on Xu Yuan's trip to Shanghai in Qingge: "The first frost, Shanghainese, quail that likes to inhabit, the breeder hangs embroidered bags on his chest, which is euphemistically called General Dongxing ... When perching, the head is divided into horses, and each perch is called a circle."

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China's volume unit system (10 rises to a bucket, and 10 bucket is a stone): cockfighting (often used as a simple wine to entertain guests). Equipment for measuring grain: a person who fights (describes a person with short stature and short knowledge). Describe the size of a small matter: dare. A migratory pheasant, about 10 cm long, brown and black, with yellow spots, short tail, is not good at flying. It looks like a chicken, with a bald head and a small tail, reddish-brown feathers and dark yellow stripes. Males are aggressive. Both meat and eggs can be eaten. It's delicious. The anonymous slogan of Yantai in Qing Dynasty Part III: "Auspicious copybooks for sale."