Cricket fighting

[barmby]

Hi folks,

I am aware of fighting fish joints....in the past. But I didn't know cricket can really fight!? I thought it can only happen in HK period drama. Just to share:-


Cricket fighting king nabbed
Taken from ST Breaking News

http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking...ry_296465.html

[Orion]

Cricket fighting has been around for centuries in China.

It's a great betting sport during the Ching (Manchu) dynasty.

There is a joke incident during the last Ching dynasty:

Empress Dowager CiXi had a bad argument with the Manchu Emperor about a official and she named a cricket after him. Shen then placed her winner called JingGang and fought with the official-named cricket. Guess what? JingGang shredded it into pieces. That a message- don't mess up with me.