Fish Culture in Traditional Folk Customs of China

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. ZFv World Ethnic Culture Network _ World Association for the Promotion of Ethnic Cultural Exchanges _ International Organizations _ International Cultural Exchanges _ National Cultural Protection