The Chinese people in the New Year's dinner must have fish, Figure a lucky, year after year (fish), so every year the Spring Festival carp prices are going up, which is the family must have in the New Year's dinner dishes must be in the New Year's Eve.
Our village has no rivers, no fishponds, but every year thirty of the New Year's dinner must have fish, our county is dry land is dominated by reservoirs are not much, the market fish is more expensive and scarce supplies, can use a small pond or paddy rice paddy fish, in the New Year's Eve before it has been booked, I remember that our village there is a family from Guangxi to move to my village, one year in any case, can't buy the fish, there is no way to use the wooden carvings! A carp instead, indicating the importance of fish on the New Year's dinner of thirty.
Thirty of the New Year's dinner must have fish, fish must be carp, so the price of carp is higher than the average four big fish. If it is in the presence of rivers, lakes and coastal areas on the fish is not so deep feeling, fish-rich areas at any time you can buy fish, in our lack of fish resources in the region most of the fish is from the field shipped in, the price is going to be slightly more expensive. This year, the "One River, Two Lakes and Seven Rivers" (the main stream of the Yangtze River, Poyang Lake, Dongting Lake and other large lakes that pass through the river, and important tributaries such as the Dadu River, Minjiang River, Tuojiang River, Chishui River, Jialing River, Wujiang River, and Hanjiang River) will be subjected to a 10-year ban on fishing on January 1, 2021, which involves a relatively wide area, and so the fish on the 30th New Year's Eve dinner can only rely on Farmed carp, carp demand has increased dramatically, and the amount of goods to meet the need, therefore, carp prices continue to rise.
Friends over the age of 30 still remember the carps on the walls of their homes on New Year's Eve when they were young?
Every year on the eve of the New Year's Eve, especially the Chinese New Year so important traditional festivals come, all kinds of meat, eggs, vegetables, and aquatic (sea) products not only increase in price, and often increase is not small, the more up also the more people to buy, is not the lack of goods need to hoard New Year's Eve?
In the Chinese New Year, all kinds of meat, eggs, vegetables and water (sea) products, these "food basket" price increases and people buy, of course, is not a lack of goods need to hoard, but the price of these items are the necessities of the holidays, families are necessary. And in the law of the market economy, the necessary goods with the market demand for price increases is more than normal economic phenomenon.
Because you need it, I need it, and everyone needs it, the value of the necessary commodities rises with the demand within a certain range, which is easy to understand. Take the vegetables and meat, the eve of the Spring Festival and the holiday period and then increase the price of everyone will buy, because the New Year's table is less vegetables and meat, New Year's Day is such an important holiday can not go to drink porridge it.
Carp, in the traditional Chinese culture has a particularly auspicious symbolism, especially in folklore, carp has a good and peaceful meaning and symbol . In the past the era of New Year's paintings, every New Year's Eve, families in addition to sticking couplets, but also to the wall of the carp picture of the New Year's paintings, the figure is the hope that the next year, the family is happy, peaceful and as expected, of course, but also longing for the year with a fish New Year's paintings mean to bring the family year after year, the life of the good hope of abundance (surplus).
The above has already explained the reasons for the price increase of the "food basket" on New Year's Day, "food basket" in the fish, and New Year's dinner table is indispensable fish. Good family conditions will buy high-grade, both fresh fish and less thorns of the river fish or sea fish to become the New Year's table food, and carp, as our people's standard of living is increasingly improved, fishy heavy, thorns and more carp in the New Year's table status has been far less than in the past. Even so, these fishy heavy fish thorns also more silver carp, grass carp and carp will still be in the Spring Festival price, because the New Year's table must have fish, and carp and because of its special Chinese folk tradition of good meaning and attention.
In summary, this is the reason for the price increase of carp in the Spring Festival. Take this opportunity to the author of this article "fishing herdsman" to pay tribute to you: I wish my friends a happy new year, happy family, cattle (twisted) turn Qiankun, year after year!
Ask what the annual Spring Festival how many items do not rise in price? Even if times times times up, sales are still better than usual.
As far as our rural areas are concerned, many vendors earn money at the end of the year. The Spring Festival is our country's grandest traditional festival, talking about the old and welcome the new, regardless of clothing, food, housing and transportation during this period of consumption is quite large. Especially some contain special significance or traditional customs and habits of consumption more exaggerated.
As China's traditional mascot carp, naturally, many people are keen on a good thing, the desire for a better life. Red carp is a very beautiful fish, our country has always been red for the joy of the fish represents the year, and "carp" and "Li" resonance on behalf of the smooth, so invariably carp is crowned with the meaning of good luck. Fish jump Dragon Gate is used to inspire people to be positive and not be defeated by difficulties.
Life in the world, no matter what class, no matter what time to do the work, there will always be bumps in the road. People will always favor some good things. Other food and clothing basic price increases, so the metaphorical carp of course can not escape the merchants to make money set.
People who buy carp are low-income retired elderly people to buy. Why? The reason for this is that it's a good idea to have a good year for yourself.
The carp belongs to the freshwater river fish, and in recent years to live fish appeared on the market. As long as the live fish is dying throw a handful of drugs, for example, peacock green and other fish immediately active, buyers of fish feel quite good it. In fact, not too many drugs on the human body health harmful.
Now rich people do not eat this kind of fish, are mainly marine fish. For example, a variety of "grouper", and so on. The sea fish is more polluted than humanely raised freshwater fish, which is much safer to eat.
People in Western countries do not eat Asian carp. In the people there Asian carp can grow to more than ninety pounds. The Asian carp has more thorns and a big belly and has a fishy odor. We Asian poor people still eat Asian carp. Why because they are poor and can't afford to eat other fish. Please sell fish comrades do not feed carp various drugs. Do some good, okay?