In ancient times, there were beautiful legends about koi, according to the ninth year of Emperor Renguang of Ningwu Jinwenxuan's "Records of Strange Stories":
Fuso painters Asami, Ju Tai'an, Andi paint carp. In front of the courtyard, there is a lotus pond, koi fish swimming, and the creek is often playing with each other.
At that time, the rebellion of Wude was in the midst of the rebellion, the division of the feudal towns, the frequent wars, the charm of the fish, and the rebellion against the Tao. The soldiers forced Tai'an, the neighbors fled, and Duxi did not give up the koi and did not go.
It was night, and the courtyard was on fire. Some people went into the fire to protect the stream, saying that they were demons in the carp and wanted to take the life of the stream, but they were angry, so they could not bear it. The next day, at dawn, the fire gradually stopped, and the people were gone.
The stream began to feel like a dream, running to the edge of the pond, but saw that the pond water dried up, the lotus leaves were dry, and the carp in the pond was missing.
From beginning to end, he did not distinguish his eyebrows, but only remembered the upper layer of The Lotus Hua, whose color was charming, like blood and tears.
Later, some Qingyan residents heard about it and sighed: "If you are emotional, you will fly in ashes." The ear of fire of the moth is not foolish, but the number of destiny.
There are also verses about koi:
A spring of color ripples, stealing the West Lake for hundreds of years.
Flood out of the thousands of stacks of money, wash open the willow eyes three sleeps.
Snow gulls lie down to listen to zen monks, and koi line to frighten fishing passenger boats.
If you are on the Qiantang River, you owe him ten miles of good wind and smoke.
—— "West Lake Pavilion" Xue Lihe
The green of the lake loves white gulls to fly, and the water is clear and pitiful red carp fat.
Even idle panfang set up, help each other drunk and fall flowers.
—— "After drunkenness, I paid Liu" Bai Juyi
Koi fish are thrown in the wind, and silk birds fly in waves.
The short pavilion is quietly entered, and the Chen Temple is surrounded by several peaks.
—— "Danyang Daozhong Parasite Life" Tortoise Meng
Koi has been regarded as an auspicious object by Chinese since ancient times, and in the old days it was usually raised in the ponds of temples and temples, which means auspicious and rich.
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According to the different colors and colors, koi is also divided into more than 100 varieties of large and small, and now 13 classification methods are used:
First, red and white
The whole body is white on the bottom, and it has red markings attached to it. According to the number, shape and part of the stripes on its back, it can be subdivided into two segments, three segments, four segments, one red, lightning stripe, Fuji red, Napoleon, Gote Sakura, Golden Sakura Koi and so on.
Two, taisho three colors
The whole body is white at the base, with crimson and dark round markings on it, and there are erythemas on the head without black spots. According to the distribution of red and black spots on the fish body, it can be divided into lipstick tricolor, red tricolor, German tricolor and so on.
3, Showa Sanshoku
The whole body is black at the base, with red and white markings attached to it, and the head is wired or banded with black markings. It is mainly divided into light black Showa, HideakiWa, modern Showa, and German Showa.
4. Light yellow
It has a dark blue or pale blue back, a white outer edge of the scales, and a red color on the left and right cheek jaws, abdomen, and the base of each fin. According to its body color intensity, it can be divided into water light yellow, cyanosis light yellow, Minghai light yellow, autumn green koi.
Fifth, gold
The whole body is monochromatic golden yellow, and the representative varieties are yamabuki gold, orange gold, gray gold, and platinum koi.
Sixth, Danding
The head has a brightly colored round red spot, resembling the red crown on the top of the white crane's head. Representative varieties are Danding Red and White, Danding Tricolor, Danding Showa.
7. Clothing
It is a hybrid of red and white koi and light yellow koi. The so-called clothing refers to putting a layer of color on the original color that resembles a coat. Its varieties include blue coat, ink coat, three colors of clothes, and clothes Showa.
Eighth, don't light
Black spots appear on different background colors of white, crimson and golden. Its varieties are white be light, red light, yellow light.
9. Write light
It is based on black and has triangular white or yellow markings or red markings. Its varieties are white writing, yellow writing, and silk writing.
10. Pattern leather light
It is a species produced by the mating of the golden koi with other species.
11. Gold and silver scales
The gold and silver scale koi are obtained by continuous hybridization. The fish body has gold or silver scales all over the body and sparkles.
If the scales are on the red stripe, they have a golden luster, called the golden scale koi; On a white or black background, it has a silvery luster and is called a silver-scaled koi.
XII. Black carp
The whole body is black or has white markings on a black background. According to the parts where white markings appear on the fish body, it is divided into feather white koi, bald white koi, and four white koi.
13. Mutant carp
According to the 13 classifications of koi, all but 12 of them are classified as variant carps. Such as tea carp, green carp, pine leaf koi, nine-striped dragon, dragon and phoenix koi and so on.
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