The Cultural Implication of Fish

The cultural implication of fish is that many novices are not familiar with it when they start to raise fish, so they need to abide by the basic principles of fish. For example, fish farming should choose good varieties, that is to say, in any case, Que Ning should not regularly and quantitatively raise fish, and would rather raise less than more; The following is the cultural implication of the former fish.

The cultural implication of fish is 1. Fish is very symbolic in China culture. For example, the carp Yue Longmen symbolizes letters and happiness. You must eat fish during the Chinese New Year, which means that it is more than enough every year. Fish, like geese, can be synonymous with letters. The ancients wrote letters with silk and put them in the belly of fish to convey secret messages. In this way, fish communication is called "fish communication element". In the Tang and Song Dynasties, all the golden symbols worn by dignitaries were called "fish symbols" to show nobility and inferiority.

"Fish" and "fish" are homophonic, so fish symbolizes wealth. "Like a duck to water" is used to describe the harmony, happiness and freedom of work and life. The moral of fish is basically good. You can keep some fish at home and pray for your family.

The shapes and lines of fish, as well as the shapes and lines of fish scales and fish tails, are widely used in traditional jewelry in China. They are not only lively and interesting, but also full of love for life, symbolizing happiness, prosperity, love, love happiness, bright future and luck.

Fish's reproductive ability is particularly strong, which caters to China's traditional expectation of a happy life with many children and grandchildren. The natural phenomenon that fish can't live without water is also the emotional expression of the joy of fish and water, which places the love of men and women, the love of husband and wife and the joy of husband and wife.

According to legend, there was a fairy tale of yue longmen, a carp in the Han Dynasty. It is said that carp yue longmen can take Long Bian to heaven. This has placed people's good wishes for a qualitative leap in life and has become a symbol of a bright future and luck.

1, because the homonym of "fish" is "surplus", it has the auspicious meaning of "more than one year" and "happiness from now on". On holidays and birthdays, people in China often cook a few fish, not to satisfy their appetite, but to get good luck.

2. Ancient literati often used fish and geese as messengers, and called them fish books, carp elements, red books and so on. This is the origin of the allusion of "fish and geese express their feelings"; When sending a letter, it is often sent in the shape of a pair of carp, so there is also a saying that sending a letter with plum blossoms and feet crossing the fish.

3. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the story of "yue longmen the Carp" appeared among the people. The fish that jumped over the dragon gate was Jackie Chan, but it was still mediocre. Later, yue longmen, a carp, used the metaphor of promoting to a higher position and making a fortune. Now it's more like sailing against the current; Make progress.

The cultural implication of "Fish 2 Fish" has the meaning of thriving and lasting prosperity in the cultural context of China. In the eyes of literati, fish swims freely and is a symbol of spiritual freedom.

China's "fish culture" is profound and has a long history. Because fish lay more eggs, people borrow fish to pray for more children and happiness, or borrow fish to seek the country; People who represent a lot of wealth and are called rich children, talented people and beautiful women; It also describes the couple's love and harmony for the environment and the smooth career, which is compared to "like a duck to water".

Fish symbolizes letters and happiness, which is more than enough every year.

A great man once said, "Man was changed from a fish." This kind of * *, which is called "monkey changing into human" by colleagues, seems to be contradictory; However, if you think about it carefully, life on earth originated from the ocean, and the advanced life in the ocean is fish. As an advanced life on land, it is not in line with the viewpoint of evolution to say that it once had the same structure as the protein gene of fish in the evolutionary chain. It can be seen that the theory that "fish can change people" is not a theory that a great man talks nonsense and pretends to be unconventional, but the result of his philosophical thinking.

This statement can also be found in other nationalities in the world, and the legend of Mermaid is an example. We can also find circumstantial evidence of mermaid's "distant relatives" from our history and folk customs. Paying attention to offering fish at the end of the year and taking advantage of the opportunity of abundant fish every year is a totem worship of fish.

(a) sending letters by carp

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Historical Records of Zhou Benji contains the birds and fish of the Zhou Dynasty. In the process of preying on fish, people have also formed various customs related to fish. Fish is loved by people not only because of its edible value, but also because it is a beautiful cultural symbol.

In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the imperial court issued symbols, which were cast into fish shapes by wood carving or copper, called "fish symbols" and "fish deeds"; It is also called "fish book" because the information to be transmitted should be written on symbols. When using this symbol, cut it in half, and each side holds half of the fish symbol to prevent the two sides from meeting as evidence.

The cultural implication of fish is that fish is loved by people. Besides its edible value, it is also a beautiful cultural symbol. For example, the ancients often sent letters in the shape of double carp.

In this regard, the Tang Dynasty poet Li Shangyin's "A Word to Secretary Hu Ling" intoned: "Song Shu has been away from home for a long time, and the two carp are far apart." According to legend, earlier, people wrote letters with silk and put them in the belly of real carp to pass letters to each other, which was called "fish notes". Cai Yong wrote a Yuefu poem in the Han Dynasty, describing such a letter: "The guest came from afar and left me a pair of carp. Hu Er cooks carp with books in it. " Because it also has the good name of "fish element", it has formed the literary allusion of "fish element".

In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the imperial court issued symbols, which were cast into fish shapes by wood carving or copper, called "fish symbols" and "fish deeds"; It is also called "fish book" because the information to be transmitted should be written on symbols. When using this symbol, cut it in half, and each side holds half of the fish symbol to prevent the two sides from meeting as evidence. In the Song Dynasty, in order to show the noble status of users, fish symbols made of gold appeared.

Fish is the theme of past dynasties, implying auspicious cultural activities, including fish lanterns, fish dances, poems and paintings related to fish, etc. Fish lanterns are more common in the New Year Lantern Festival. They sparkle in candlelight and look lovely. Xiao Yi, Emperor of Liang Yuan in the Southern Dynasties, once praised it in "Ode to Lantern": "I know there should be no lovers in the dragon lantern, but I am surprised that the fish lantern has its old name." The name of a Buddhist object with the word fish on it is "fish drum", commonly known as "wooden fish", and monks beat it rhythmically when chanting.

(B) the story of eating fish

According to Han Shu, Jin Shu and other historical records, "In the eighth year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (239 BC), the river fish was big, and Liu Xiang thought it was evil to approach fish"; "In May of the fourth year of Jiaping in Qi Weiwang (AD 252), there were fish in the ordnance warehouse, and this fish was evil." The meaning of the word "fish evil" includes both good luck and bad luck. The ancients attached some abnormal phenomena of fish to something, which can be said to add a layer of mystery to fish.

As a dietary custom, fish is regarded as a mascot, such as "Mingtai Fish" eaten by Korean compatriots in Northeast China every time they go to Tomb-Sweeping Day. "Mingtai" was originally the name of an old Korean farmer. It is said that there was a serious drought in the northeast coastal area. An old farmer named Park Ming-tai led the villagers to catch a kind of marine fish to satisfy their hunger and survive the famine. This fish is black and a foot long. It can be preserved after being salted and dried.

There is a fish dish "Yuanyang fish" in Shandong cuisine, which is steamed with white mandarin fish and red fish. Salty, tender, red and white, with attractive color. This dish is a famous dish of Confucius in Qufu. Often used as the main course of a wedding banquet, it symbolizes the love of newlyweds and never separates them.

There are also many popular stories about fish in southern China. Suzhou Embroidery "Suzhou Embroidery" A popular fish pattern "Fish Playing Lotus" in Jiangsu Province is an auspicious picture that women like to embroider for their husbands or lovers. Rural families in northern Jiangsu hang a fish on the scale hook every year on Lunar New Year's Eve, and the local dialects "scale", "leftover", "fish" and "surplus" are homophonic; "There is fish on the scale, and there is fish in the middle of the year", which has become people's favorite.

(3) Life is full of fish.

In Shanghai, Ningbo, Zhejiang and other places, there is a custom of receiving the god of wealth at the beginning of the lunar calendar. The former puts live carp on a silk rope and sticks red paper as a sacrifice, which is called "Yuanbao Fish". The latter used tin plates to worship two yellow croakers, symbolizing gold, because in the old society, local people called gold bars "large yellow croakers" and "small yellow croakers"; In some places, live carp are released into rivers, which means that "business is booming all over the world and financial resources are flourishing up to three rivers".

Fish-related wedding custom in eastern Zhejiang, when the newly married wife gets off the sedan chair, she scatters some copper coins on the ground. Copper coins are commonly known as copper coins, and the new wife sprinkled them as "carp seeds", saying that carp lay more eggs, which means strong reproductive ability and "full offspring"

In addition, jade fish, one of the eight treasures in Tongtian Tu, which has been popular since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, was promoted as "good luck and fish (surplus)" because of its homonym, symbolizing good years and prosperity. This kind of ancient cultural relics includes the bronze wash of the Han Dynasty, with Pisces painted on the bottom and the words "Daji Sheep" engraved on the side. There is a beautiful fish scale pattern in the ancient brocade pattern, which is called "fish scale brocade".

People like to look at fish pictures, which are similar to fish characters: "congratulations on golden jade", depicting goldfish and lotus flowers; "Every family benefits" means that there are many people who buy carp; More than a year, with firecrackers and fish performances; "Good luck every year", there are silver carp and oranges; ..... In a word, people's colorful life is full of the interest of fish, and fish brings good luck and good wishes to thousands of families.