In ancient times, there has always been a saying that the carp jumped over the dragon's gate. The students from poor families who obtained academic honors were a typical example of the carp jumping over the dragon's gate. The Banpo pottery pot with human face and fish pattern unearthed in Banpo, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province seems to have a carp jumping over the dragon's gate. Is it true that carps jumped over the dragon's gate in the Neolithic Age? I will reveal the secret for you on this site below Let’s take a look! The mystery of the Banpo Mermaid Basin

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1. Banpo Mermaid Basin Style

2. Mermaid Style Guessing

Banpo Mermaid Basin Style

Banpo Mermaid Basin is a product of the Neolithic Yangshao Culture, which was probably 10,000 to 5,000 years ago. , this Banpo mermaid basin is 16.5 meters high and 39.8 centimeters in diameter.

This is also a kind of painted pottery. On the pottery, a human and a fish are integrated into one. The human side is round, with a small fish on each side of the mouth, and two small fish clustered around the ears on both sides.

There are also high-erected hairpins decorated with fish patterns. How the Banpo people created such an exquisite and wonderful mermaid pattern is also a big mystery.

Guessing the style of mermaid

1. Traditional Chinese philosophy and culture have the theory of xiangshuo interpretation. The Dragon Horse River Picture, Turtle Back Luo Shu, and Carp Jumping over the Dragon Gate with amusement sentiment are the Yellow River. It is inevitable that the best artistic conception and best taste of entertainment come from the same source as the work and rest pleasure of fishermen in , Luoshui and Yishui rivers.

2. The Yellow River, Luoshui River, and Yishui River are the main, trunk, and tributaries of each other. They are the areas where carps of the Yellow River thrive and live, and where fishermen along the coast work and live. Their cultural influence is the title of the ancient Chinese civilization. It further demonstrates the profound and profound atmospheric origin of Chinese Yin-Yang, Five-element hexagrams and traditional philosophy.

3. The Dragon Horse River Picture, Turtle Back Luo Shu Picture and Yin Yang Pisces Picture invented by the ancients are all metaphors for the legend of the sixty-six carp jumping from north to south in Yishui. The red carp becomes a dragon, while the forehead of a defeated fish turns black. The shape of fish scales and the image of a dragon all appear in the Dragon Horse River Diagram unearthed from the Yellow River; the carp with a blackened forehead is like the image of a black turtle, and the dragon's beard spitting out of its mouth appears on the Luo Shu on the back of the turtle; the Yin Yang Pisces Diagram is also the same. A portrayal of the carp jumping over the dragon gate with equal chances of success or failure.

4. China is the descendant of the dragon, which is the incarnation of the fish and the totem of the Chinese nation. The Xia people also used fish as their totem. The dragon totem is used to express the content of the river map, which shows that the content expressed by the river map is as supreme as the dragon. The turtle is one of the "Four Saints", and there is also a saying that the snake is called the dragon around the turtle (the image of Xuanwu). From this point of view, the relationship between fish, dragon and turtle is inseparable, and the religious concepts are in harmony.

5. Banpo painted pottery basin is a combination of human and fish. "Chinese Encyclopedia Archeology" believes that fish patterns and net patterns are often seen in Banpo type painted pottery basin, which is also a portrayal of fishing activities at that time? , Banpo painted pottery basin has the authentic patterns of Hetu and Luoshu. The fish pattern is the totem of the Banpo type clan; the Hanshan jade plate carvings contain various myths and legends related to Hetu Luoshu.

Carp Jumping over Longmen

There is a saying from the time when carps from the Yellow River jumped over Longmen Mountain from north to south in Yishui River. Ancient fishermen fished under the natural environment conditions of the Yishui, Luoshui and Yellow River basins, rainy or sunny, and witnessed with their own eyes the carp jumping in the water, nets, cabins, fish baskets and other places, which gave rise to a certain interest in thinking. and curiosity. At that time, the ancients had simple fishing conditions, complicated water conditions, and often encountered harsh environmental conditions and climate. Especially when the Yishui fishermen faced Longmen Mountain blocking their way to fishing, they imagined that carps would jump over Longmen Mountain like a carp jumping over the dragon's gate. It is precisely because of this fantasy of flying that fishermen observe the jumping movements of carp more carefully. In pursuit of their ideal, the fishermen formed a fleet of Five Elements boats, which may also be the origin of the name Five Elements. The fishermen observed the jumping state of carp under five natural conditions: rainy day, sunny day, Yiqing Muzhou, Luosha mud bed, and the Yellow River in the Central Plains. The creation process is named after water, fire, wood, metal, and earth. . When the Five Elements fleet was gathered together, the fishermen found that the combination of boat shapes was like drawing a complete entertainment diagram, and it contained some kind of layout worth exploring. This was later called the Yishu Diagram.

The hardships of fishermen’s fishing operations are accompanied by the joy of fishermen’s entertainment, which is the joy of combining work and rest. His works of hard work and leisure are earth-shattering works. Later, the wise ancients continued to extend and perfect the Yishu map, which was called the Longma River map and the Turtle Back Luoshu map respectively. Therefore, the reason why Heluo Five Elements can benefit later generations in the subjective and objective world is the hard work of the Five Elements team of fishermen along the Yellow River, Luoshui River and Yishui River.

The philosophical wisdom of Carp Jumping over the Dragon Gate originated from fishermen, and the application of their ancient natural knowledge and empirical methods is the basis of the number of the five elements of Heluo. The fishermen's work of the Five Elements team is integrated with modern technology, making the traditional Chinese philosophy of Heluoyi (Yi) long-lasting.

The basis for fishermen to explore the rules of carp jumping over the dragon gate is not a strictly defined modern mathematical theory, but an empirical approximation application process, which is a study of the rules of carp jumping over the dragon gate. The fishermen's understanding of the process of carp jumping over the dragon's gate, the mathematical concept of equal opportunities, and the image belief in the unity of nature and man are the keys to simulate and realize the ideal of the carp jumping over the dragon's gate.

The method is:

Use fishing facilities as reference objects (rulers), such as people standing on a fishing net to measure the distance of a fishing net and the height of a person. The jumping trajectory of carp is symmetrical, so twice the standard height is the length of the mountain bottom from north to south, and the standard height is equal to the standard distance. According to the concept of equal opportunities, 50% of those who meet the qualification range (scale) of the student population range (scale) and 50% of those who are not qualified are below the standard range. The range of the student population range is equal to the altitude.

What needs to be emphasized here is how to determine the standard height of the mountain. The fisherman figured out the law of take-off angle after long-term and large-scale observation of the jumping status of carp of a certain length. When 50% of the carp cannot jump the simulated mountain height, and 50% of the carp jump over the simulated mountain height, it can be determined. It is the standard mountain height.