Photo taken on May 19, 2022 shows Kurmash Hutman (middle), a villager in Jialangqi Village in Aheqi Town of Aheqi County, northwest China’s Xinjiang, displays a falcon with his son and apprentice. Kurmash Hutman, who is 71 years old, is a representative trustee of the national intangible cultural heritage representative project of the Kirgiz falconry custom. Kurmash has been with eagles since he was a child, and is a veritable "Eagle Whisperer". It is not easy to train a ferocious wild eagle to be an obedient falcon. It takes a lot of efforts and careful feeding by the falconer. From generation to generation of falconers, word of mouth has formed a set of unique skills including taking eagles, not letting the eagle sleep, taming eagles, and releasing eagles. (Photo by Zhao Jin)

Photo taken on May 19, 2022 shows Kurmash Hutman displays a falcon at Jialangqi Village in Aheqi Town, Aheqi County, northwest China’s Xinjiang. (Photo by Zhao Jin)

Photo taken on May 19, 2022 shows Kurmash Hutman (right) and his son tame falcons in the fields in Jialangqi Village in Aheqi Town of Aheqi County, northwest China’s Xinjiang. (Photo by Zhao Jin)

Photo taken on May 19, 2022 shows Kurmash Hutman (left) exchanges falconry skills with a villager at Jialangqi Village in Aheqi Town of Aheqi County, northwest China’s Xinjiang. (Photo by Zhao Jin)