China's Horse Culture
中国的马文化
With the development of the horse breeding industry,abundant experiences were accumulated throughout the ages. The most famous master was named Bole,and others like him that followed also adopted the name. The word "Bole" became a Chinese idiom. The monograph on distinguishing fine breeds of horses by Bole is the earliest of its kind in the world. Other monographs on the subject also appeared during the Tang Dynasty.
随着马养殖业的发展,古往今来积累了丰富的经验。最有名的大师被称为伯乐,其他人喜欢他随后也采用这个名字。“伯乐”这个词成为了汉语习语。伯乐的区别良种马的专文是世界上最早的专题著作。关于这个问题专文在唐代也有出现。
Horses is China are mainly distributed in the northern regions,including the vast area of Xinjiang and Qinghai in the west of Lanzhou,Inner Mongolia, Northeast China and the northern part of North China,the mountainous regions in Sichuan Province, Yunnan and Guizhou Plateau. The number of horses in Northeast, Northwest and North China accounts for three-fourths of the country's total.
马在中国主要分布在北部地区,包括新疆、青海、兰州西部、内蒙古、中国东北地区和和中国北方的北部地区、四川的山区、云南和贵州高原等广大地区。在中国东北、西北和华北马的数量占了全国的四分之三。