Why are fish-shaped ornaments so popular?

Fish is the homonym of "surplus", so people use the shape of fish to mean "more than a year" and "turning the tide into luck". In the fish pattern, carp and goldfish are rich in content and form. It is precisely because "carp" and "Li Yu" are homophonic, and goldfish and "goldfish" are homophonic that they are favored. Taking its homonym, we can get the "profit map" and "annual surplus" map of the big carp. Because fish directly corresponds to people's psychology of being rich, auspicious and seeking happiness, which means benefiting everywhere and living happily.

"Fish" and "jade" are homonyms, which contain rich auspicious meanings and interests. The so-called "happiness from now on" is what a wonderful life fun and artistic conception. All of these, the familiar traditional auspicious patterns of fish are still pleasing to the eye today, and it is perfect to wear as a gift.

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As early as the Shang Dynasty in Yu Pei, there was a fish shape. In the Tang Dynasty, it was stipulated that all officials with more than five products should wear carp-shaped ornaments "fish symbols" around their waists, which continued until the Song and Ming Dynasties, "to show their dignity". It is precisely because of the rich and beautiful implication of fish shape that it is still popular and common in today's jewelry design.

According to legend, there was a fairy tale of yue longmen, a carp in the Han Dynasty. It is said that carp yue longmen can take Long Bian to heaven. This has placed people's good wishes for a qualitative leap in life and has become a symbol of a bright future and luck.