Weishan Lake four-nosed carp like new water, easy to jump, can jump a foot high, there is a "carp jumping dragon gate" said, long prestigious.
weishan lake four-nose carp, which love fresh water and jumping, leap as high as ten feet and enjoy the reputation of "carps jumping over the dragon gate".
Origin of the four-nosed carp
Legend has it that a long time ago, a family surnamed Li on Weishan Island had a female name "Jade", who was born shyly and was a well-known beauty of Weishan Island. The two grandfathers made a living by fishing, and when Li Yu was sixteen years old, he made a marriage contract with Liu Yu, a descendant who was also a fisherman alone.
It is said that there are street bullies in the street, cars have car bullies, and Wang Ba is a bully on this island. He fell in love with Li Yu, first flirting, and then forcing marriage and robbing relatives. In order to escape Wang Ba's persecution, Li Yu was pierced in the face by Wang Ba with a harpoon when he fled, and fell into the lake, and the blood stained the lake red... Liu Yu was also brutalized by Wang Ba in order to save Li Yu.
Coincidentally, the Jade Girl was pierced and disfigured, but only two small holes were inserted above the nostrils. After Li Yu and Liu Yu died, they turned into two big red fish swimming into the depths of the lake. Because the yu'er girl's surname is Li, people call this fish carp in honor of Li Yu and Liu Yu.
The legend of the four-nosed carp is unknown in what year and month, but who discovered the four-nosed carp has spread some eyes.
It is said that Qianlong's southern tour through Weishan Lake, it was the Qingming Dynasty, the lake water was turquoise and clear to the bottom, the green willows on the shore were swaying, sitting in the dragon boat, the qianlong old man, from the window of the boat, he saw a group of cheerful fish playing and chasing with the boat, so he was not at ease. He asked the entourage magistrate, what kind of fish is this? How to eat? The county magistrate was busy explaining, and the other side was busy catching fish with a net, and in a short while he served a plate of fresh and delicious stewed carp. The old man looked at it carefully and suddenly said, "You fish is strange, four noses." "Everyone looked over their shoulders, how come no one paid attention to this problem earlier?" Even more saw the wind to make the rudder people even shouted, "Long live the joy and congratulations!" On the occasion of the Long Live Qingming Cruise, Weishan Lake highlights four-nosed large carp fish playing with the boat, and this nostril represents auspiciousness; The two nostrils represent Ruyi; The three nostrils represent peace; Four nostrils indicate wealth; Long live this is the great auspicious phase of the four seas rising and leveling the grain and abundance!" These words made the old man's heart flutter. At this point, the carp of Weishan Lake became famous, and the four-nosed carp was more valuable than other carps, and has since become a tribute in the imperial palace.
A beautiful moral
Carp has been regarded as auspicious and precious since ancient times. As early as the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, there were records of carp breeding, and by the Spring and Autumn Warring States, it was regarded as a kind of sacrifice and a heavy gift, so that the carp and the Confucian Confucius family "related to the past". In the ninth year of Lu Zhaogong (533 BC), Kong JiaTian Ding Zhaogong gave him a carp, and Confucius gladly accepted it, very happy. "The gift of the Rongjun was given the name 'carp', and he gave his son a name called carp .") Since then, the Confucius Government has avoided carp sounds every year during public festivals and family festivals, and carp has been renamed "red fish".
There are still many customs related to carp in the area of Weishan Lake in Jining, such as: people pay attention to eating fish (referring to carp) when they reach seventy-three, and "seventy-three jumps and one jump" is a blessing for people to live a long life; It is said that the media is not called the media, it is called "I want to eat your big carp"; The indispensable carp on the feast with a weight is intended to mean the beautiful meaning of "every year there is more than enough" and "auspicious celebration and more than enough", and so on.
"Four-nosed carp" is one of the specialties of Weishan Lake, not only delicious taste, but also has health care value, according to the "Compendium of Materia Medica" recorded "carp: the main treatment of edema, fetal restlessness, cough and asthma".
Source: Shandong Story
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