Carp is the traditional mascot of China, and Quanzhou was called "Licheng" in ancient times. People in Quanzhou always say that the city they live in is a live carp, so there are many legends related to carp in Quanzhou and its counties.

Carp culture:

Carp is the most popular mascot in China. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius' wife gave birth to a boy, and someone happened to send some carp. Confucius "loves", so he named his son carp, which means "Apollo" ("Tai Lan" quoted "Customs Tong" in 1935). It can be seen that the custom of taking carp as a good omen has been popular in the Spring and Autumn Period, which is consistent with the record of the prosperity of the Zhou Dynasty in Historical Records of Zhou Benji.

"The Book of Songs Chen Feng Heng Men" says: "Whoever marries a wife must be ginger; Is it that it eats fish, and it will be the carp in that river? Will associate carp with marriage, and future generations will use "the joy of fish and water" to wish a happy marriage. In some places, when weddings are held, there is a ceremony of "carp sprinkling", that is, when the bride walks out of the sedan chair, the man's men scatter copper coins everywhere, so carp becomes an auspicious symbol of blessing and praying for reproduction. The ancients used fish-shaped boards as envelopes (letters for collecting books) to deliver letters, so carp was a symbol of friendship and love in ancient poems.