Wealthy Chinese have been snapping up contemporary art， top wines and some the world’s most expensive cars. Now they're adding pigeons to their must-have list.

A Chinese shipping magnate recently spent 250，400 euros （$328，000） for a Dutch pigeon， a new world record according to Pipa， the firm that ran the online auction.

中國(guó)富商一直忙于收購(gòu)當(dāng)代藝術(shù)品、頂級(jí)葡萄酒和世界上一些奢侈的汽車(chē)?，F(xiàn)在他們把鴿子也列入了“非有不可”的藏品清單。

中國(guó)一位航運(yùn)業(yè)富豪最近花250，400歐元（約合32.8萬(wàn)美元）買(mǎi)下了一只荷蘭鴿子。據(jù)主持網(wǎng)上拍賣(mài)的比利時(shí)賽鴿天堂網(wǎng)說(shuō)，這個(gè)價(jià)格創(chuàng)下了新的世界紀(jì)錄。

Are these pigeons pet or collection？ These aren’t your ordinary birds that eat scraps in the park but ones bred for the arcane sport of pigeon racing， which has a cult following in England， Belgium， Netherlands， Germany and， increasingly， China.

The buyer， Hu Zhenyu， runs Zhenyu Holding Group in Wenzhou. He told Pipa that he wants to “focus more and more on the pigeon sport”. Zhenyu last year sponsored a pigeon race in Wenzhou that awarded 7 million yuan （$1.1 million） in prize money.

寵物還是收藏品？這些鴿子可不是公園里以零碎食物為生的普通鴿子，而是專(zhuān)門(mén)用來(lái)比賽的。這項(xiàng)小眾運(yùn)動(dòng)在英國(guó)、比利時(shí)、荷蘭和德國(guó)擁有狂熱愛(ài)好者，在中國(guó)也有越來(lái)越多的人喜歡上了賽鴿。

買(mǎi)主胡振宇在溫州開(kāi)有自己的公司，中國(guó)振宇控股集團(tuán)。他對(duì)賽鴿天堂網(wǎng)說(shuō)，他想把越來(lái)越多的精力放在賽鴿上。振宇集團(tuán)去年在溫州贊助了一場(chǎng)賽鴿比賽，獎(jiǎng)金達(dá)人民幣700萬(wàn)元（約合110萬(wàn)美元）。

Pigeon racing has traditionally been a rural pastime， and the entrance of wealthy Chinese hobbyists are ruffling some feathers. The Telegraph quoted veterans of the sport complaining about the high bids and loss of the birds to another continent.

“We must not forget pigeon racing is a simple sport to be enjoyed by all who wish to become involved for the right reasons，” Ken Ambler， a pigeon fancier who took up the sport 70 years ago， wrote in a comment on Pipa’s auction announcement.

賽鴿在過(guò)去一直是一項(xiàng)鄉(xiāng)村休閑運(yùn)動(dòng)，中國(guó)富裕愛(ài)好者的加入在這個(gè)圈子里激起了一定的波瀾。據(jù)英國(guó)《電訊報(bào)》報(bào)道，有資深賽鴿人士抱怨賽鴿價(jià)格過(guò)高、并且正在向另一片大陸流失。

在賽鴿天堂網(wǎng)發(fā)表上述關(guān)于拍賣(mài)消息的文章之后，于70年前開(kāi)始參加賽鴿運(yùn)動(dòng)的愛(ài)好者肯·安布勒評(píng)論說(shuō)，“我們不能忘記，賽鴿是一項(xiàng)簡(jiǎn)單的運(yùn)動(dòng)，所有擁有恰當(dāng)理由、愿意參加的人都可以參與其中。”