20th Anniversary of the Beijing Cricket Tournament, Bao Guo Si Temple continued
The best singers according to Mr Feng and Mr Zhao
I managed to ask some information about the singing attributes of the crickets, and apparently the four best singers or chirping insects are the guo guo’er [gampsocleis gratiosa], the youhulu [gryllus mitratus or oily calabash], the jinzhong [trujalia family or golden bell -green- ] and also xi shuai. I must have got this last one wrong as this is the generic name for ‘cricket’ in Chinese.
Xi’an Cicada
Ai-Ping contacted me and said that the cicada from Xi’an is the common cryptotympana atrata once again.
