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Forget about the races and maps. During the Tang Dynasty, the only kind of gambling have been fighting crickets. And now, a thousand years later, this tradition is still alive in modern China, although the excitement in the form of money and interest rates, the government has banned. However, this does not stop the practice games.
Photographer Jonathan Browning went to the Super Tournament legal wrestling crickets, and the road dropped in a crowded market where people buy their pulsating potential champions. In the fight is allowed to participate only one breed, and origin for customers is very important. "Crickets from Shandong province are known for their combat skills and bravery," said Browning. "Perhaps, the usual Western man can not distinguish one from another cricket, but for the Chinese is not just insects, they even kept as pets."
 A. In the photo - party holds a loser cricket farm Xilai at the cricket match against "Yu Sheng Cup" on the island Chunmin. The competition is held during the week-long celebration in China and organized by the Department of Tourism Chunmina, and participate in it with 16 teams competing. Betting on the game are prohibited by law, but the winning team receives a certificate for 10,000 yuan (1,500 U.S. dollars). Photo: Jonathan Browning for FP
 Two. Crickets in the Shanghai market, flowers, birds and insects. For those who do not collect wild insects in fields and separates them, the market is the ideal place for the purchase of future fighters. Prices range from 2 to 50 dollars, though, particularly aggressive crickets can cost much more. Photo: Jonathan Browning for FP
 Three. Shoppers check crickets, poking them in the straw, to look to how they are aggressive. Browning says that people often take two to cricket, arrange them to fight, and leave a winner. Photo: Jonathan Browning for FP
 4. Trader in the Shanghai market. The market sold a lot of small animals, and the losers are the crickets to feed the birds. Photo: Jonathan Browning for FP
 Five. In the picture - decorative singing crickets in small cages. These crickets are peaceful, they are kept in homes for their melodious chirping. It is believed that this tradition has gone from the women of the Tang Dynasty, and then spread to ordinary peasants. Photo: Jonathan Browning for FP
 6. The open space at the Shanghai market, where vendors lay out their stalls with no crickets. Photo: Jonathan Browning for FP
 7. Seller crickets shows one of their fighters in a ceramic jar. They fight only male individuals, and if the cricket was defeated in the "battle", in the next 24 hours he will not fight. Scientists are studying their behavior to better understand the nature of human depression. Photo: Jonathan Browning for FP
 Eight. A woman selling special straw for insects, sits below the ad for the sale of military crickets. Photo: Jonathan Browning for FP
 9. A collection of crickets for sale. Photo: Jonathan Browning for FP
 10. Fighting crickets in one of the stalls. Photo: Jonathan Browning for FP
 11. Food for a two-day cricket tournament, organized by the Association of Collectors Minhan, and held at the Ancient City of Ciba. Photo: Jonathan Browning for FP
 12. The participants of the tournament in the Ancient City of Ciba-well fed her crickets. Photo: Jonathan Browning for FP
 13. Before the battle, the judge weighed each cricket on electronic scales. They are divided into groups according to size, color and weight of the insect. Photo: Jonathan Browning for FP
 14. Two males are placed in the plastic container. Insects have begun to attack each other, and their owners through a wooden straw is brought to an aggressive state. Photo: Jonathan Browning for FP
 15. During the fight the referee following the score and time. Photo: Jonathan Browning for FP
 16. Employees, visitors and participants are watching the fight in the room for competition through the glass. There's a fight filmed and broadcast on the big screen in an adjacent room. Photo: Jonathan Browning for FP
 17. The judge and the parties are looking for a fight in the room competition. The fight takes place in silence so as not to distract the crickets. Photo: Jonathan Browning for FP
 18. Members and guests are watching the battle of crickets on a large screen on the farm Xilai. Browning says that most of the participants - aged people. Youth - a rarity in the events of this kind. "This is a sport for the older generation." Photo: Jonathan Browning for FP
 19. The order of the tournament on a farm Xilai provides security service. Photo: Jonathan Browning for FP
 20. In the photo - the house crickets in the Ancient City of Ciba - Museum of fighting insects. Photo: Jonathan Browning for FP
 21. Fighting crickets have long been one of the forms of gambling in China, which are now banned, so the police are often visitor to the venue of fighting. But on the streets of the old part of Shanghai, people still get together and blow off their pets. Money changes hands, and passions run high. Photo: Jonathan Browning for FP
 22. The crowd members just hanging over the struggling insects. Photo: Jonathan Browning for FP
 23. Tense face fan. But nothing to worry about, there's next year. Photo: Jonathan Browning for FP | 
Post time 11-4-2012 04:16 PM
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