[name] light brass carp thomsonae copper ornaments
[number] 0991
[unit] a
[weight] 883 grams
[size] ca. 20cm width 10cm height of about 12cm
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The fish is lucky is particularly advantageous for the windfall， not onlyconducive to the windfall， means that the progress of Tengda， put in thehouse can improve the dwelling of human wealth and health， put in theoffice can make the business be on the upgrade， work smoothly.
The ancient legend placed a statue of more than auspicious decorationin the family home or company， can increase the auspicious gas，， it can help you absorb the wealth， more elegant， the villain，， Wang Yun， block a disaster， let you May there be surpluses every year.
According to the theory of Feng Shui， the carp city Quanzhou， Baguaditch distribution city， is the distribution of fish skeleton， water sources，the carp always full of vigor， East Lake and the Jinjiang river is always to feed carp water; and Quanzhou， prosperity.
Ming Hongwu years， Wei conductor in Quanzhou to make 山修 Li City，especially between the east gate and paint the door production small East Gate (Jin Feng pool 草埔 tail Lin said Hao Department). "Minshu"said， "the door straight East Lake mouth (should say the door is the carp mouth， beside the East Lake)， early rising， Yan Lake full of water， the fish such as drinking water". This phenomenon is precisely in the small East Gate (carp mouth) before， Asahi reflected in the lake， fish such ascandles， so called "the carp thomsonae".
The theory of Feng Shui， "carp thomsonae" has become a symbol ofauspicious "Huabiao"， will have rich land. So in addition to carp outside，usually somewhere between in continuous mountain two mountain valley，saw Asahi rising， also known as "carp thomsonae". For example， the purple cap in Shandong Lin Shan Chen 吸峰 tomb position， can see thesun rises from the front shop (Nanshan) Qi two mountains (now the PortRoad)， also known as "carp thomsonae
[carp thomsonae legend]
Carp is China's traditional mascot， Quanzhou called "Licheng"，Quanzhou people always indulge in elaborating on their city life is a live carp， so in Quanzhou city and county spread of many legends and carp.Through the ancient city of Quanzhou generation extension repair， the formation of "house rule in Ya Town， outside the city， and a city，Yicheng" pattern， something long and short north-south. The early Ming Dynasty， between the East benevolence damper and Huai river gateopened the small east gate， straight on the famous scenic area in East Lake city. He Qiaoyuan in the "Minshu" said: "the small east gate， thegate of East Lake mouth， early rising， Yan Lake full of water， the fish such as drinking water so." This is the Quanzhou folk vibe "carpthomsonae" scene. Ming Zheng 之铉 got the Qingyuan mountain: "fish City fireworks at once， Zhang Ping and again beforeboarding." The so-called "fish is the carp city city". Qing Shi Yu:"Licheng bow hanging on the third day， Wu Yu Kawayoko Nerijunglan."The city wall of Quanzhou in twentieth Century forty's has been removedas part of the city， but the base profile is still， now boarded the Qingyuanmountain， South to Quanzhou City， "carp thomsonae" picture still clearly visible. But see the house heavy， row upon row of， nestled in green leaves， follow the ancient city ruins， to the west， the west wall has two big bend， like fish; and then looked to the East， the east gate of the wall also has curved two smaller， and the original small east gate location is inrecession， the is the fish mouth， East Lake rippling blue waves， like thecarp out of Pearl; north wall is the fish; the south wall distance is very far，just looks into a straight line. The wall shape， really like East Lake a big carp mouth to drink water.
Quanzhou because of the shape of the carp and the alias of Licheng， it is Quanzhou is a carp point attached to said. People to people withnavel， infer the fish will also have the navel， the position of the centerpoint， and because the umbilical is rounded， concave downwards， so putin the centre of Licheng an ancient well as "carp umbilical". The wellknown as the "city heart well"， located between the West and the Hua Xiang Jing Ting Xiang， a pagoda near the well， "centering tower"， was built in the Wanli period of the Ming dynasty. Although it is groundless statement， but the city heart well spring is much quicker， not every year drought dried up， also is an odd. Qing emperor Kangxi years， Fujian served as the viceroy of Quanzhou blue science "in operation to spring for the Bluebird， Li Guo， appropriate action should not be static， so it willmeet God， and pray for peace of Italy"， can be seen at the time have been through an idolatrous procession to active "carp" approach.
From the Quanzhou city as the carp legend， in the course of centuries，also affect other parts of Quanzhou， one is constantly evolving， alsohave other types of carp legend.
The ancestral home of Quanzhou Taiwan famous female writer，calligrapher Gong Shumian mentioned in the "Quanzhou bay" miss a paper: "when I was young， my father always likes to speak in at one's leisure， some places on the anecdote to me. For example， why Quanzhou is called the Licheng， because the terrain like the carp，adjacent to Yongchun city is like a fish net. Yongchun people are good at doing business， since after the establishment of Yongchun City， every year to Quanzhou trade， always' profit'. So Quanzhou City rightsspillover， other encountered many difficult， then decided on both sides ofthe Kaiyuan Temple， built two towers， as a symbol of piercing the netsafter peace smoothly. This is a myth， but it has been passed down to the present， is unbelievable." Yongchun people are good at doing businesshas always been by famous， there is a proverb said "no never opened".As for Quanzhou and Yongchun nets competition for folk legend，imagination. In Yongchun， can also be heard locals say permanentspring city is a fishing net， the net net pedicle is the North Countymountains -- big Pengshan spire. Yongchun old will also record the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty， Zheng Siquan of Yongchun， in thephase of operation， called "tornado Xian"， Shi Yongchun CountyZhucheng Wai， "Zheng Siquan sighed and said don't think 'shot gun'， but'pool snail meat as storm'， alas， is said to the parties， five Lane chiselseven pool to dispense". Yongchun south city leave an Shan， also known as Pisces mountain， records set "from white snaking East，projections of two peaks， the county building end to see if Pisces Yan，John screen Sunda， a state mental， cover in this"， which shows thepeople of Yongchun have added to keep the mountain's favor.
Folk legend: river flows through to keep the place， once upon a time there was a tiger Tan， bottomless， Quanzhou Bay has a pair of CarpSperm， back Jinjiang Dongxi and Chloris， to linger on the meeting of wind and clouds Carp Lake， and into a dragon， is a Pisces mountain. Northfield called "dragon" (now the town of Hua Long Cun Tao) from the. At the junction of West Yongchun Gui Yang Zhen and Dehua County of Qishan， a large white rock famous， is said to the mountain as "doublecarp back，" mountain shaped like a carp and carp tail， Touch the Sky，the head is in Quanzhou. Yongchun Jiefu Lei Yue Mun Shi， Ming DynastyZhuangyuan village 际昌 swim in this said: "the creek shallow rapids night loud thunder， column Di when flow sequence wave. WanliLongjin under an angle， Yumen wind straight on to." Carp jump Longmenreputation is hundreds of times， it deserves to be the top hand， hassurprised the world with high aspirations.