Introduction

Ancient legend has it that when the carp in the Yellow River jumps over the Dragon Gate, it changes into a dragon. Bei Ya - Interpretation of Fish: "It is commonly said that a fish jumps over the Dragon Gate and passes through it to become a dragon, but only the carp may do so." Qing Li Yuan "worms Fan - objects": "Carp ...... yellow every year in the spring against the flow of Mount Longmen, heavenly fire from the back of the burn its tail, will be transformed into a dragon." Later, the metaphor of "carp jumping over the Dragon Gate" was used to describe the success in the imperial examination and the promotion of an official. Later, it was also used as a metaphor for advancing against the current; striving to be upward.

Originality

Bi Ya - Fish Interpretation: "It is said that a fish jumps over the Dragon Gate and becomes a dragon, but only a carp does."

Allusion

A long, long time ago, the Dragon Gate had not yet been cut open, and the flow of Yishui to this place was blocked by the Zilongmen Mountain, so that it accumulated in the south of the mountain as a large lake.

The carp living in the Yellow River heard that the scenery of Longmen was good, and they all wanted to go sightseeing. They set out from the Yellow River in Mengjin, passed through the Luo River, and came down the Yi River to the place where the water splashed out of Longmen, but there was no waterway up Longmen Mountain, so they couldn't get up there, and they had to gather at the foot of the north mountain of Longmen. "I have an idea, how about we jump over this Dragon Gate Mountain?" A big red carp said to the group. "It's so high, how can we jump?" "If you don't jump well, you'll fall to your death!" They couldn't decide what to do. The big line carp then volunteered, "I'll jump first and give it a try." Just see it from half a mile away from the whole body strength, like an arrow off the string, a leap, a jump to half a day in the clouds, driving the clouds and rain in the air to go forward. A heavenly fire came after it from behind and burned off its tail. It endured the pain and continued to leap forward, finally crossing Dragon Gate Mountain and landing in the lake south of the mountain, turning into a giant dragon in the blink of an eye. When the carp in the north of the mountain saw this, they were all frightened and shrunk into one piece, not daring to take the risk again. At this time, they suddenly saw a huge dragon descend from the sky and said, "Don't be afraid, I am your partner, the big red carp, because I jumped over the dragon's gate and became a dragon, so you should be brave to jump too!" Hearing these words, the carp were encouraged and began to jump over the Dragon Gate Mountain one by one. But except for a few that jumped over and turned into dragons, most of them could not get over. Those who couldn't jump over and fell down from the air got a black scar on their foreheads. Until today, this black scar still grows on the forehead of the Yellow River carp.

Later, Li Bai, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem dedicated to this matter: "Three feet of carp in the Yellow River, originally in the Mengjin residence, point forehead does not become a dragon, return to accompany the ordinary fish."