Koi fish is an online buzzword and a cultural phenomenon. Koi fish is an advanced ornamental fish with rich ornamental value, which is deeply loved by people. Modern refers to everything related to good luck; Such as lucky people or things that can bring good luck. 2065438+On September 24th, 2008, Alipay official Weibo published a Weibo titled "I wish you a koi fish in China", which attracted more than 3 million reposts and made koi fish popular on the Internet.
Koi fish, originally a kind of carp, was originally Cyprinus carpio, which is an ornamental fish. Before the Internet age, carp has been endowed with many connotations in the real history of China. Liu Xiang in the Western Han Dynasty recorded the legend that carp was manned to heaven and became immortal, and took carp as a sacred mountain. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the story of Yuelongmen was circulated.
In the Tang Dynasty, the word koi fish appeared in the poem. "Although koi fish was ashamed to wear his forehead, he won the Dragon Ball." The same year after Huang Tao became famous. Koi fish in the poem is generally regarded as "the glistening carp", not the modern koi fish we see. Modern koi fish was born in Japan in the19th century, and its ancestor was China carp.
Although modern koi fish has a history of only one hundred years in China, "koi fish" has been endowed with a symbol of beauty and wealth by modern China people because of its unique masculine beauty, longevity and prosperous geomantic omen and the beautiful implication of carp from China.
Morphological characteristics of koi fish
Koi fish has a strong physique, bright colors, changeable patterns and beautiful swimming posture, which is of great ornamental and breeding value. Its body length can reach1-1.5m. koi fish is distinguished by different colors, patterns and scales. Among them, koi fish, a butterfly, was successfully bred in 1980s and is famous for its long and smooth fins. It is actually a hybrid of koi fish and Asian carp, not a real koi fish.
The colors of koi fish include one or more colors, including: white, yellow, orange, red, black and blue (light gray shadow caused by black under fish scales), and the colors are dull or shiny. Although the patterns vary endlessly, the best patterns are dots on the top of the head and stepped stones on the back. Fish scales may or may not exist; Big or small; Or have wrinkles, like "diamonds".