What is the auspicious meaning of fish in ancient China?

Because the fish harmonizes with "Yu", so the ancients loved to use the fish to express the good wishes, to show that the rich, year after year, auspicious surplus. Such as carp "carp" and "profit" resonance, the fisherman caught carp became "fisherman profit"; fish and lotus companion, is "yearly fish The fish is accompanied by the lotus, which means "there will be fish every year". Carp leaping up in front of the Dragon Gate signifies that the carp has jumped over the Dragon Gate and will be transformed into a dragon, which means that he will be admitted to the imperial examinations; goldfish swimming in the pond signifies that "gold and jade are in abundance". Supplementary: As early as in the Neolithic Age, fish-shaped jade objects appeared, but a large number of them appeared in the Shang, Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn, Song, Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, especially after the Song Dynasty for the prevalence of the general in the form of round carvings and ornaments. Jade fish before the Song Dynasty can be seen very little, most collectors can only be known from the historical documents of the characteristics of the period: the Neolithic jade fish are generally smaller, simple carving, simple and concise; summer, Shang and Zhou dynasties in the carving of the earlier more graceful and fluent, with a stronger sense of movement; and the Han Dynasty jade fish is more appropriate proportion, more delicate ornamentation, carving is more sophisticated. Source: Identification and Appreciation of Cultural Relics