Another story about carp took place in the Spring and Autumn Period. It was the wife of Confucius, the Great Sage, who gave birth to a boy, but someone sent carp at this time. Confucius thought it was auspicious, so he named his son carp, which means "fish". There are also records about the prosperity of the Zhou Dynasty in Historical Records of Zhou Benji. This also represents the auspicious record of carp in the Spring and Autumn Period.
"The Book of Songs Chen Feng Heng Men" says: "Whoever marries a wife must be ginger; Does it eat fish? Can it be a carp in the river? "
You know, marriage is always happy, so in the Book of Songs, "carp on the river" is also a symbol of good luck. In this way, carp is still the mascot of marriage.
The legend about carp carp yue longmen, of course, is actually based on the fact that carp like to jump out of the water.
Yaya Shi Yu: "As the saying goes, a fish jumps over the Longmen, and after crossing the Longmen, it is a dragon. Only carp is possible." Li Yuan's Creeping Fan in the Qing Dynasty: "Carp ... every year, Ji Man climbs the Longmen upstream in the yellow, and the skyfire burns its tail from behind, then it turns into a dragon."
Later, these are also a good sign. In ancient times, it meant that a scholar suddenly became the top scholar in high school. In modern times, it also means that he wants his son to be a dragon and his daughter to be a phoenix. In a word, it is not a recent thing that carp became a mascot. It has been a culture since the Spring and Autumn Period.