Why do many people like to keep goldfish?

Chinese people love fish embodied in all aspects, and this is certainly not unrelated to some of the beautiful symbolism of the fish.1. Fish jump Dragon Gate According to the Han Dynasty, there is a carp jumped on the dragon door of the mythological story, it is said that the carp jumped on the dragon door can be changed into a dragon ascending to the sky. Fish leap Dragon Gate, symbolizing the metamorphosis, meaning good luck with, as if implying that people can excel in their work, success. 2. auspicious rich auspicious, auspicious fortune, goldfish is the Chinese people's auspicious national treasure, goldfish is to raise gold and jade. "Ji" culture is the eternal theme of Chinese culture. Ancient Chinese saying, "good fortune, good things", and the cloud, "good luck and righteousness, good luck". Simply put, "auspicious" is a good omen, representing the smooth, as expected, beauty, happiness. Ancient figure must be intentional, meaning must be auspicious, fish and Yu homophonic, the so-called yearly "fish", symbolizing abundance and wealth of good meaning, so the New Year's festivals, whether it is on the dining room table or on the wall, almost every family can not live without "fish". In addition, during the Chinese New Year, Chinese people like to put up Spring Festival couplets on their front doors, and the phrase "Nian Nian Yu" (年年有余) often appears in the couplets. Not only that, in the popular New Year's paintings in the past, there is often a big fat boy holding a big carp. Because of the goldfish in our country folk there is another saying: to the New Year's time home to buy a few goldfish for, meaning that in the coming year, full of gold and jade, year after year. However, in the home to raise goldfish is a certain amount of attention, the number of fish is best 1, 4, 6, 9, more auspicious. Because in the traditional customs that, a six for the water, four nine for the gold, such a number is conducive to family wealth. 3. many people have a fish complex, in the Chinese culture, the first fish and "Yu, rich" and other beautiful words harmonized, and secondly, the fish is a lot of children. Chinese people believe that many children is a very good thing, the so-called many children, many blessings. In the eastern part of Zhejiang Province, there is a wedding custom about fish. The new daughter-in-law from the sedan chair, hand to hand some copper money scattered on the ground, copper money commonly known as copper, the new daughter-in-law to spread it for the "carp scattering", said the carp spawned more eggs, means more children, more happiness, full of children and grandchildren.