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With the continuous growth of today's social economy, people's pursuit of living standards is getting higher and higher, in this case, people are also more pursuit of a lifestyle with rich cultural connotations, since then, many people have gradually joined the breeding of ornamental fish and the cultural appreciation of ornamental fish, and when it comes to ornamental fish, the most mysterious and valuable species of which is our dragon fish.
As we all know, the dragon is a conformity and symbol in Chinese culture, and this emotion has long been deeply rooted in the bone marrow of every descendant of Yan Huang, and it can be said that every element in Chinese culture is deeply embedded with the mark of the dragon.
For thousands of years, our Descendants of Yanhuang have revered the spirit of mountain dragon virtue, feared the majesty of the dragon, and at the same time prayed for the grace of the dragon, but unfortunately, such a divine dragon does not exist in our real life, the dragon is just a kind of illusionary god, and we Yanhuang descendants can only enshrine it in our hearts and silently worship it in our hearts.
In fact, not only in China, but in the entire East Asian cultural circle, dragon culture has a wide and profound influence. Therefore, in the 20th century, when a fish species similar to the shape and god of the dragon appeared, the dragon fish quickly set off a trend of raising arowana in the aquarium markets of various countries in the East Asian cultural circle. The reason why the dragon fish can quickly sweep the eastern world is also inextricably linked to the influence of China's traditional dragon culture.
The dragon fish has dragon whiskers, the pectoral fin is like a dragon claw, and the body is also full of scales, and the dragon fish can be said to meet the Chinese people's sustenance for the dragon with its shape. The dragon fish is circling and agile, generous in manners, quiet as a virgin, moving like a rabbit, and it is also connected to the Chinese people's yearning for freedom with its god. At the same time, the dragon fish's eyes are bright, domineering, it seems to have the power of soaring clouds and driving fog, thunder and thunder, and the dragon fish is gorgeous and dignified, noble and peaceful, which is also in line with the Chinese people's yearning for longevity and auspiciousness.
In the case of the dragon fish itself, the ancestors of the dragon fish first appeared in the Cretaceous period, living in the same era as the dinosaurs, and are also known as "living fossils". The fact that the Arowana has been able to evolve from ancient creatures to the present day carries a kind of magic in itself.
As a large carnivorous fish, the dragon fish is domineering, a dragon scale-like armor, a pair of roc-like pectoral fins, a pair of glowing dragon eyes, which are particularly similar to the dragon image of ancient myths and legends, and the swimming posture of the dragon fish in the water is also peaceful and domineering, full of the noble atmosphere of the legendary dragon, and it is not surprising that the dragon fish is loved by people.
The dragon fish is the same as the dragon in the meaning, has been given a lot of beautiful meanings, the dragon fish longevity, so there is the meaning of "long life and a hundred years, life is better than Nanshan"; the dragon fish is like a dragon, so it has been given the meaning of supreme power and noble status. People have pinned good wishes for the dragon on the dragon fish, and it is inevitable to invite the dragon fish into thousands of households as a feng shui fish.
The dragonfish resembles a dragon, and its color and variety are naturally as diverse as the legendary dragons. And different colors of dragon fish, in China's dragon fish culture in the meaning is also different, generally in the dragon fish culture, the red dragon silver dragon can attract wealth, the golden dragon is conducive to career development and the black dragon can block the brakes. Among the Asian dragonfish, there are generally golden dragons and red dragons. Green Dragon: Silver Dragon in the Americas, Star Dragon in Australia, Black Dragon in Africa. The number of dragon fish is also exquisite, generally nine is the best, "Nine Dragons" symbolizes auspiciousness, if the fish tank is too small to build a Nine Dragon Tank, you can raise six or three, but also represents the "six six infinite" and "three three endless" meaning.
The emergence of the dragon fish, a creature so similar to the legendary dragon, made the Chinese as the embodiment of the dragon, as the best object of the dragon complex, the breeding of the dragon fish naturally swept the entire eastern world and gradually formed an independent dragon fish culture, and became an inseparable part of the traditional Chinese dragon culture. At the same time, it is also the most difficult and mysterious creature in the aquarium pet breeding.