Hunting
狩猎
Hunting is an activity to hunt for animals, and it is one of the main means for ancient people to gain foods. Later, with the appearance of ogriculture, it is usually considered as an entertianment except in a very few places, where people still live on hunting.
狩猎是一种猎取动物的活动，是远古人类获取食物的主要手段之一。后来随着农业生产的出现，除了极少数地方的人仍以狩猎为生，一般均是把它作为一种娱乐活动。
Methods for Hunting
狩猎的诀窍
A lot of knacks are concluded in the long time of hunting, which includes: how to judge the animals that you are going to hunt according to their footprints and their dung; how to make a better use of the hunting tools; how to tempt animals to come out from their hiding places. Usually people use pieces of meat or the corpses of the poultry to lure wolves; salt or cabbages to deer; imitate the horrible shrieks of rabbits to tempt foxes etc.
在长期的狩猎活动中，人们也总结出了不少狩猎的诀窍。譬如，如何根据动物的足迹和粪便来判断要捕猎的是何种动物；如何更好的运用捕猎动物的器械；如何引诱动物从它们的藏身之处现身。通常人们用肉体或禽畜尸体来引诱狼，用食盐或白菜来引诱鹿，模仿兔子的惨叫声来引诱狐狸等等。
The Large-scale imperial Hunting
规模盛大的帝王狩猎
Hunting as a recreational activity can be made either individually or collectively. When it is done in group, what is worth mentioning is the Imperial hunting, because the Emperor could use unnumerable people and materials while hunting, which made it extremely exciting and full of incentives.
作为一种娱乐活动的狩猎，既可以个体的方式进行，亦可群体进行。在群体狩猎活动中，最值得一提的，当数帝王狩猎。因为帝王可以动用庞大的人力物力，从而使狩猎活动热闹非凡，充满刺激。
The most large-scale imperial hunting in history is the "Mulan Autumn Hunting" by the two emperors Kangxi and Qianlong in the Qing dynasty. Mulan means the Mulan Imperial Hunting Park, which lies in the north of the Chengde Mountain Estate for Escaping the Heat. In this place there are plenty of water, grass and thriving forests and groups of animals living. The Qing dynasty was founded by the Manchu, and they lived in the Northern Changbaishan Mountains, mainly living on hunting. Besides, they defeated the weak Ming dynasty with their skills in horsemanship and archery in their daily life. Therefore, the Qing rulers diel not the Qing rulers did not forget what the country was all about and would have one or two great hunting activities in the Mulan Imperial Hunting Park every autumn in order to maintain their horsemanship and achery. However, to the emperor, not only was it a chance to relax and exercise but a chance to review his forces because the action that the emperor ordered tens of thousands of soldiers to hunt is same to have a tremendous millitary operation, from which the millitary qualities and disciplines can be reflected.
在历史上的帝王狩猎活动中，规模最大的，还要数清朝康熙和乾隆二帝的“木兰秋狩”。木兰即木兰围场，它在承德避暑山庄以北。那里水草丰茂，林木繁盛，是兽群聚集之处。清王朝由满族人建立，满人本生活在北方的长白山麓，以狩猎为重要的谋生手段。凭借狩猎时练就的骑射之术，他们击败了懦弱的明朝政权。因此，清帝不忘他们的立国之本，为了使自己的族人保持骑射之习，每年秋天都会在木兰围场举行一两次规模庞大的狩猎活动。对于皇帝来说，木兰秋狩活动，既是一次放松心情、锻炼身体的机会，也有检阅武备之意。因为调动成千上万的军人进行狩猎，实与一次大规模的军事行动无异，从中可以看出军人的素质，反映军队的纪律。
Doubtlessly, hunting is an activity full of excitement and interest. In addition, it is a sport of high requirements because hunting is done in the mountains and forests. In order to look for and the trace preys, hunters must have the physical strength to travel in the mountains for a long time, certain understanding about the habits of the animals in order to fight with them cleverly and bravely and finally kill them, the excellent marksmanship, otherwise hunting will mean nothing, and the superhuman courage because the animals like wolves and bears etc have the ability to kill people...
狩猎无疑是一项充满刺激和乐趣的运动，但同时也是一项要求较高的运动，因为狩猎通常在山林中进行，为了寻觅和追逐猎物，必须要有长时间翻山越岭的体力；必须对动物的习性有一定的了解，这样，才能与它斗智斗勇，最后成功地猎取动物；必须有好的枪法，否则，狩猎便会称为一句空话；必须有过人的胆量，因为像狼、熊等动物都有置人于死地的能力......
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