老北京人喜欢找乐,娱乐的内容十分丰富,除了绘画、书法、音乐、戏曲等外,还有许多通俗的群众性娱乐活动。养飞禽过去老北京茶馆很多,养鸟人提着鸟笼到茶馆坐坐,说是喝茶,实际是亮亮自己的鸟儿,虽说提笼架鸟成了游手好闲的代名词,可见养鸟作为北京人传统爱好,已很普遍。一般玩叫鸟和打弹鸟、叼旗鸟的较多,王公贵族养的观赏鸟多出自江南,一身美丽的羽毛,不善于鸣叫,称南鸟。有鹦哥、俗称鹦鹉。分大、中、小三种鹦哥。 Old Beijinger like to find music, entertainment is very rich in content, in addition to painting, calligraphy, music, opera, there are many popular mass entertainment. Old birds in the past to raise a lot of Beijing teahouse, raising birds carrying a bird cage to the teahouse sitting, saying that tea is actually bright their own birds, although the bird cage became synonymous with idleness, we can see birds as Beijing People traditional hobby, has been very common. The general play screaming bird and playing a bird, more Diaoqi birds, nobility rearing ornamental birds and more from the south, a beautiful feather, not good at tweet, said the South bird. Budgerigar, commonly known as parrot. Sub-large, medium and small three kinds of budgerigar.