What is the carp leaping over the dragon gate? What will happen if a carp jumps over the dragon gate?
It is said in ancient times that if a carp in the Yellow River jumps over the dragon gate, it will transform into a dragon. It is a metaphor for things like being promoted, being promoted, and other things that lead to rapid success. It is also a metaphor for going against the current and working hard.
Carp Leaping over Dragon Gate (also known as Carp Leaping over Dragon Gate) is a folk legend in ancient China. Dragon Gate is located in the Yellow River Gorge 12 kilometers northwest of Hejin City, Shanxi Province today. It is said that due to the turbid water of the Yellow River, ordinary fish cannot survive. Only the pollution-resistant carp grows very well. And because its growing environment is yellow muddy water, the Yellow River carp has golden scales.
The ancients discovered that every year in spring, these golden carps would go upstream (upstream) and form a jumping group at Longmen. However, above the waterfall, due to the rapid water flow, no fish could board it. Therefore, ancient people imagined that these golden carps would transform into dragons and ascend to the sky after jumping over the dragon gate.
The legend of "carp jumping over the dragon gate" has been passed down and has also influenced Japan and other places. The Japanese custom of hanging carp flags on Boys' Day is to hope that children will grow up healthily and jump over the dragon gate like a carp to become a dragon.
Extended information
It is said that a long time ago, there were many carps living in the sea. One day an old carp said that there is a dragon gate at the end of the sea. Legend has it that anyone who can surpass it can turn into a dragon. The leading little golden carp told everyone that I was going to find the dragon gate. After going through all kinds of hardships, I jumped over the dragon gate and turned into a dragon.
Led by the little red carp, more and more carp jumped over the dragon gate and became real dragons. But except for a few who jumped over and turned into dragons, most of them couldn't get through. Anyone who fails to jump and falls from the air will have a black scar on his forehead. Later, Li Bai, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem specifically about this incident: "The three-foot carp in the Yellow River originally lived in Mengjin. It failed to become a dragon when it touched its forehead. It returned to accompany ordinary fish."
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