The pigeon whistle: A defining sound of old Beijing (2019)

(chinatoday.com.cn)

21 points | by NaOH 18 hours ago

5 comments

  • FuriouslyAdrift 18 hours ago
    The sound of the whistle... https://youtu.be/VfXE-RxKna4
    • alistairSH 18 hours ago
      Thanks you, the article doesn't have the sound.

      Nor does it have a photo of the whistle attached to a pigeon!!!

    • RandallBrown 8 hours ago
      Sounds just like a lot of electric car's low speed sounds
    • xg15 15 hours ago
      Gotta be a sign of the times that the first spontaneous association I had was that of air raid sirens.

      Thanks a lot for the link though!

    • dylan604 16 hours ago
      That's kind of horrific. Not only is there a horrible sound, but then the camera shows the results of this aerial attack with all of the bird poop. Such a strange video.
      • 0xbadcafebee 15 hours ago
        You don't like Beijing's version of the whistle tip?
  • Kozmik1 17 hours ago
    I saw trained pigeons flying from my hotel rooftop in Wuhan when I visited in 2001. Someone on another building was commanding them to fly in patterns with flags. I don't recall if there were any whistles involved, but it was a really captivating sight to watch that I have never seen since.
  • ravila4 17 hours ago
    This is another informative video, if you want to see the crafting process: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x78adua
  • RandallBrown 16 hours ago
    I thought for sure this was going to be whistle designed to scare off pigeons or something. Turns out they attach whistles to pigeons so they make sounds when they fly! Very interesting.
  • MrVitaliy 13 hours ago
    This sounds similar to the sound a hybrid Toyota makes when backing up. I wonder if in this geographic area, hybrid car awareness sounds should be something like construction banging, just to differentiate from the ambiance.