Especially Mongolian horse, the representative of modern China horse, has helped nomadic people in the northern grassland steal the south in history, but in the view of modern professional soldiers, the quality of military horse is very problematic and unreliable. During the Second Opium War, French generals complained that China people were "younger than us". The French army didn't prepare their own horses. When I arrived in China, I couldn't find any goods and cannons, so I finally bought 1 100 horses in Japan, which solved the traffic problem. 1860 The British troops who entered Beijing were Sikh cavalry. Due to long-term communication, the British army had a clear understanding of the quality of horses in China.
China has been engaged in "Ma Su" activities since the Han Dynasty. Different from the west, horses led by churches, villages, nobles and folk forces there are considered as strategic rare materials. In the Han and Tang dynasties, the horse-raising economy pursued a market economy dominated by nationalization, allowing the ownership of several stallions to coexist. Different from the large-scale pasture occupied by official horse farms, the private horse industry adopts the mixed style of agriculture and animal husbandry in Europe, and does not need large grass beaches.
The turning point of horse racing industry in Song Dynasty occurred in Song Dynasty. At the beginning of its establishment, the embarrassing situation of powerful enemy forces required the establishment of a sound horse racing management system and a huge financial input system. Not only the racetrack, but also the folk horses can only be used by the government. This acquisition is not a free trade, and the private horse industry has suffered huge losses.