【正】 Cricket fight is one of the tradi tional pastimes of old Beijing people. Cricket fight was a fancy to me in my childhood. I like to listen to the melodious chirrups of crickets and hums of insects.Cricket fight is a history. Dating back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907), cricket fight was a popular court pastime. Tang Empress Wu Ze Tian (626-705) was the first to raise the little insects for pet. Later, cricket fight spread to the populace and became a favorite autumn entertainment. The boom came in the Southern Song