Cricket (xī shuài) Cricket (xī shuai) (Gryllulus; Gryllus) invertebrates, Insecta, Orthoptera, Cricketidae. It is also known as Cuzhi, commonly known as cricket, night singing insect (because it chirps at night), general insect, autumn insect, cockfighting, promoting weaving, trending weaving, ground trumpet, stove chicken, Sun Wang, soil sting, monk is for crickets. The name before giving birth to two wings.

According to research, the cricket is an ancient insect with a history of at least 140 million years, and it is still the object of fighting in ancient and modern times. The distribution of crickets is very wide, almost all over the country, and more in the provinces south of the Yellow River. It prefers to inhabit hillsides, fields, rubble and grass with slightly moist soil.