Wenzhou people buy carp every New Year. What is the origin of this custom?

When people get married and move, taking the meaning of "wealth is more than enough", the two live fish they raise are also carp, and the steamed noodle fish is also carp. Carp is a symbol of wealth here. Mainly because our local consumers think carp is not very delicious, and it is not as fragrant as grass carp and herring. Therefore, we locals pickled preserved fish in the New Year, all chose grass carp and herring, and bought wild fish from the Yangtze River such as crucian carp and mandarin fish for the New Year. Why is carp a symbol of good luck? First of all, from the color point of view, carp are all red. As we all know, China people like red best, and China people call it China Red! Visible degree of love!

The reason why rural customs use small carp for the New Year is actually to get a good omen. As the saying goes, "yue longmen the Carp" indicates that it is time for good luck after the New Year. Moreover, cock and carp are both delicious dishes, which means that they will be rich in the coming year. Carp can go to Yuelongmen, so people are eager for their children to cross the Longmen and reach the ideal shore like carp. This is people's yearning for life and expectation for the future. Fish jumps over the dragon gate, which means "success, success, success, success". It can also mean "be the first", which means "study hard and make continuous progress"

I think it means fish every year. Carp yue longmen. It is equivalent to jumping to next year, which will be better. Carp symbolizes auspiciousness and wealth in the traditional festival of Spring Festival in China, just like peony in flowers. First of all, it means more than a year, and then it is the carp crossing the Longmen, which adds joy. Finally, "carp" and "ceremony" are homophonic, and it is good to eat carp in the New Year. The days in the coming year will be more prosperous and the career will be more developed; As for why two fish are cooked, it is because people in China are lucky, so they are cooked for auspicious reunion! It symbolizes that the next year will be more prosperous, the career will be more developed, and children will achieve better results in the college entrance examination. We often see carp in New Year pictures. It can be said that China, with a cultural history of 5,000 years, is very popular.