What does fish mean in folk culture? Can you offer something else?

Fish culture has various forms in folk customs and arts. People have injected rich and colorful folk cultural connotations into fish in their production and life experiences such as fishing, eating fish and offering sacrifices to fish. There is an ancient poem: "Guests come from afar, leaving me a pair of carp, called boiled carp, with books in it." Legend has it that a letter written on silk is passed in the stomach of a fish, and it is called "Fish Pass the King". Therefore, the letters are also called "Fish Notes", "Fish Symbols" and "Fish Covenant". Fish is regarded as a folk mascot, because fish is homophonic with "fish", which produces a psychological desire for a better life and adequate food and clothing. In the Central Plains, there is still the custom of raising fish on New Year's Eve until the first day of the New Year's Day, which is called "having more than one year".

Fish is a widely spread decorative image in folk auspicious patterns. Fish patterns, such as stone carving, jade carving, painted pottery, textile, embroidery, paper cutting, etc., in other arts and crafts, many fish have vivid shapes and beautiful shapes, which have become treasures in folk art. In traditional patterns, such as "Good luck every year", it consists of two catfish and several oranges. Catfish is in harmony with "Year" and oranges are in harmony with "Auspiciousness", indicating the wish of good luck every year. The picture of "more than a year" is composed of lotus and carp. The homonym of lotus and lotus, fish and fish expresses the concept of being content with life and wealth. The picture of "Pisces is rich" is composed of two carp and blooming peony flowers, which symbolizes vitality and brings happiness and harmony to people. The picture of Two Pisces Playing with Beads is a combination of two fish, a pearl and a spray. "Pearl" is a symbol of wealth, and splash is a metaphor of rolling financial resources. This picture is mostly placed in shops by merchants, indicating that business is booming and profits are rich. "Fish Leaping Longmen" is a combination of carp, Longmen and waves. Legend has it that many big carp swim to the foot of Longmen Mountain every spring and jump into dragons, but they are still fish. In this way, we compare the candidates of the old imperial examination system and praise their brilliance and great prospects. Later, the processing and transformation of literati became a metaphor for people's career and hope, implying that as long as they work hard and make unremitting efforts, they will succeed.

In the ancient fertility worship, because fish lay a lot of eggs, people borrowed fish to pray for more children and happiness, or borrowed fish to seek social prosperity. As a result, lotus, lotus, boy and carp are combined with many children to form patterns such as "carp beating lotus", "boy holding fish" and "carp sowing seeds", which are often used in weddings and festive occasions of having children. Some people compare the description of husband and wife's love and harmony with the smooth environment and career to "like a duck to water." There is also a pattern composed of two angelfish (a kind of tropical fish) and lotus flowers, called "fairy companion", which means the love of husband and wife in the world and the same root; There are also several combinations of goldfish, ponds and aquatic plants, which are called "Happiness from now on". This is a kind of harmony between "goldfish" and "golden jade". It is a person who describes how rich and expensive he is, and is also known as a family of talented people who are extremely rich. (