What's the point of buying fish during the Spring Festival?

Pay attention to good intentions and hope for more than one year. Different fish have different meanings.

1, Cyprinus carpio: diving in Longmen.

On holidays, it is indispensable on the dining table, which means "every year is more than enough" and "diving into the dragon gate", adding a festive atmosphere. Carp is homophonic with "Li". It's good to eat carp in the New Year.

2, crucian carp: good luck

Eating crucian carp in the New Year is homophonic with "auspiciousness", and eating crucian carp and crucian carp together in the New Year is good luck. Crucian carp in river fish is a good tonic in spring.

3. Silver carp: more than one year.

Eating silver carp in the New Year is homophonic with "honesty", and eating silver carp in the New Year is getting more and more every year.

4. mandarin fish: more than wealth

Eating mandarin fish in the new year means "more money than strength".

And exquisite fish:

Fish heads should show respect to distinguished guests or elders; The visitor is a scholar, pointing the fish belly at him, praising him for having ink in his stomach and writing a full article; The visitor, a military commander, turned his back on him and praised him for his bravery, which can be used as a backbone.

And where the fish are placed when they are served. Who is the fish head and who is the fish tail? After it is placed, it cannot be moved. People facing the fish head "cut the ribbon" and those facing the fish tail "sponsored"; First, two people drink a glass of wine, then the person with the fish head moves chopsticks to eat fish (so-called "ribbon cutting"), and then everyone can move chopsticks, which makes the atmosphere lively and full of joy.