Chu Tianjin News Pictured: Goldfish participating in the competition (Photo by reporter Wan Duo)
From November 13 to 15, the second Wuhan Ornamental Fish Competition will be held at the Dadongmen Flower and Bird Market. As the most grand "beauty pageant" event in the Goldfish industry in Wuhan, an important rule of this competition attracted attention: "Plastic Surgery Fish" is prohibited from participating.
Yuan Hongwei, president of the Wuhan Goldfish Association, introduced that there are more than 200 fish participating in this competition, not only Wuhan cat lion, Wuhan rat head pearl, Uno Lanshou, etc. with local characteristics, but also various goldfish treasures carefully cultivated by aquarists in Nanjing, Beijing and other places, involving 5 categories and 22 species, representing the most popular species and high-level quality in the field of ornamental goldfish. The reporter saw at the scene yesterday that many of the participating fish were already in place. Wuhan's local protagonist "Pearl" has a small head and round tail, and is cute; "Cat Lion" is thick and cute, with a head like a lion's head; "Uno" is petite in physique, with red and white colors, which is very eye-catching.
In the rules of the goldfish beauty pageant, the prohibition of "plastic surgery fish" from participating is quite interesting. Wang Weimin, vice president of the Wuhan Aquarists Association, revealed that in order to pursue the beautiful appearance of goldfish, some aquarists do "micro-shaping" for goldfish by scraping their gills and trimming their tails. However, the pursuit of the natural beauty of the goldfish itself requires aquarists to maintain the size of the goldfish through shading, food control and other techniques in the daily breeding process, rather than the day after tomorrow. Therefore, the goldfish that have been "done" by taking "throat tooth" plastic surgery, fish eye plastic surgery, fish head tumor trimming, fish body scale optimization, etc. are prohibited from participating, "the judges are all industry experts, and the goldfish itself is naturally unpolished or acquired micro-plastic surgery, which can be seen at a glance." ”
The competition lasts for 3 days, and the quality of the participating fish is quite high, and interested aquarists can go to see it. At 10:30 a.m. on November 15, a charity auction will be held at the Dadongmen Flower and Bird Market, and all the fish species auctioned are rare fish species.