If a fish has been born for a thousand years, it must be a giant old fish essence, even thousands of miles long and short. Here, the Millennium fish, which is only half the size of a sunflower seed, is thin and transparent, with bulging black eyes swimming around, as if there were only two small black spots in the clear water. If a single Millennium fish stays on the leaves of aquatic plants, it is absolutely difficult to find it because it is so small and transparent. Fortunately, Millennium fish like to live in groups. When you approach, a large group of panic-stricken Millennium fish can always stir up a little obvious ripple.
Why is such a small fish called Millennium fish? The locals say that even if it grows for a thousand years, it is only this size, and it will never grow up, and it is numerous. Generally, it lives in groups of hundreds. It seems that they are immortal for thousands of years and have great vitality. They can be found in the wild as long as there is clear water, so it is not an exaggeration to name them "Qian".
Not to mention naturally formed lakes and mountain ponds, if there are proper waters, such as dammed lakes formed by landslides or newly built artificial reservoirs, and there are no rivers and streams around, and if the rain accumulates for a long time, even if there are no artificial fry, these waters will be full of wild fish of all sizes: crucian carp, carp, white striped fish ... Of course, there are also thousands of fish.
Where did the fish come from? Later, I learned that some fish-eating waterfowl brought live fish from other waters, put them in, and then caught them to eat when the fish grew, so these new waters became additional food bases for waterfowl. This way of waterfowl is called "growing fish". However, crucian carp can be planted, but thousands of fish can never be planted. Because it is too small and delicate to eat, let alone hold it in your mouth, this little fish will suddenly be torn open and die. Waterbirds will definitely not do such a foolish thing without harvest.
So the Millennium fish became a mystery. As always, they are cruising in the places they yearn for, and everywhere they go. As long as there is clear water in the wild, they can be found in ponds, reservoirs, lakes, rice fields and even wells. The rainy season in summer is their peak season. They swim freely among water plants, but they are organized. The biggest Millennium fish always swims ahead. They don't have to worry about food. Tiny food at the bottom of the water can make them eat. Don't worry about natural enemies, white cranes and big fish don't care at all, and they don't have to worry about living space. A small water area can make them swim for a lifetime. What they are most looking forward to is a place with clear water. When the water is clear, they will come and leave. After autumn, the wells and ponds dried up, and the Millennium fish disappeared, mysterious and ethereal. When the rain is full next year, they appear in the old place again, which makes people suspect that they fell from the sky with the rain.
Life is a miracle. Cicada has been dormant underground for 17 years, so that one day it can jump on the branches, soak in the cool breeze and drink dew, and sing freely once; Ancient lotus seeds buried for thousands of years can also stand on the clear waves in order to turn themselves into holy lotus flowers; Kun, who is thousands of miles long and wide, is also waiting for the whirlwind of horns to spread his wings and swim leisurely in Wan Li; As long as the rainy season comes and there is water, Millennium fish can be seen everywhere. In fact, from the point of view of living conditions, Millennium fish are more free and elegant than them. There is no big or small difference in life, only the quality and meaning of life.
Scientists have analyzed that the life span of the Millennium fish is actually very short. They mainly rely on drought-tolerant eggs to pass on their offspring. When the water dried up, the fish died. But life He Huan also? What's sad about death? In this life of death and reincarnation, I can have my own unique life form and gain my own freedom from it, just as Laozi said: Tao can be Tao, which is extraordinary. This is true freedom and liberation, and it is also an eternal Millennium!