Beautiful Sha Tau Kok – the Bull Fight in Kuk Po

On my way to So Lo Pun, I witnessed a bull fight in Kuk Po.  It is a novelty to me.  The bulls locked horns and wrestled back and forth to gain grounds.  The fight went on for just a few minutes.

I had to stop recording and watch out for my own safety, as the bulls began running across the pedestrian’s path in a seemingly blind rage.

As a result of dodging the bull run, I dropped my wallet without knowing.  A kindhearted man picked up the wallet and handed it over to the police.

Kuk Po is about a third of the way between Luk Keng and So Lo Pun.  The most common animals we see in this area are cattle.  These are some mild-mannered cattle, the kind that we usually see.  They seem to just munch on the pasture all day.

But perhaps seeing a rare bull fight bodes well for the Year of the Ox.  I think the venue of the match is notable.  They first locked horns in the sandy stretch by the shore.  The high rise of Shenzhen is visible on the opposing shore.  The urban and rural elements juxtaposed in a wild contrast.  This type of scenery only shows in video games these days.

So the question is, which bull do you think to have eventually won the fight?

And I was really quite startled by the bull’s roar.  It was an assertion of prowess.  Not a moo, but a roar.

Answer: the one on the right.  If you take a closer look, this bull is actually a bit skinnier than the one on the left.  Its rib cage is slightly more pronounced than the one on the left.  It managed to gain all the grounds on the sandy stretch.  It effectively pushed the other ox off the sand, and thus the fight moved court to the pedestrian way.  The other bull kept losing its ground, and it was pushed further off the pedestrian way.  That was when I decided that I must leave for safety’s sake.