Yue longmen, a carp, is not only an image expression of this beautiful legend, but also a good wish for leap and good luck. Especially those families who expect their children to gain fame and fortune through studies and exams regard it as a symbol of luck.
Tang Li Bai's poem "To Cui": "The Yellow River three-foot carp was originally there, but it failed to make it, and all the fish returned." That is, with this code. People also use the metaphor of "going to Longmen" to show their brilliance, because it is quoted by powerful people. In the imperial examination era, people who took the exam and won the fame of Jinshi were also called "boarding the Dragon Gate".
Legend source:
The story happened in Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang today. Li Bai's "Gift to Cui": "The Yellow River three-foot carp originally lived in Mengjin, not a dragon, and returned with the fish." The poem "Jin Meng" is now under the jurisdiction of Luoyang, with the Yellow River in the north.
After Yu Bi Yi Que, the current was swift, and the carp swimming in the Yellow River went retrograde along Luoshui and Yishui. When I swam to a dragon gate, the waves were as high as the sky, and I jumped up one after another, intending to capsize. It is a dragon that can jump, but a black scar is left on the forehead that can't jump. Therefore, Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote in the poem "To Cui": "The three-foot carp of the Yellow River is in its original place and will not be a dragon. It will come back with all the fish. "
Since then, people often use "carp yue longmen" to describe a certain crossing posture, but they don't know that the fish growing in the Yi River is the famous bream, which looks like a boat and tastes delicious. Therefore, Yang Jie in the Northern Wei Dynasty wrote in Luoyang Galand: "Luo carp and mandarin fish are more expensive than cattle and sheep."