配色-鲤跃龙门Two carp in a cascade

作者：Katsushika Hokusai Katsushika Hokusai

作品名称：Two carp in a cascade

中文名称：鲤跃龙门

创作时间：1833 年

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流派：浮世绘

题材：动物画

收藏于：大英博物馆

The carp jumping over the dragon gate (also known as the carp jumping over the dragon gate) is a folklore in ancient China. Legend has it that when the Yellow River carp jumps over the dragon gate (located in the Yellow River Gorge in Hejin City, Shanxi Province), it will change into a dragon. It is also a metaphor for going against the current and striving upward. According to legend, due to the turbid water of the Yellow River, most fish cannot survive, only the pollution-resistant carp grow very well, and because its growth environment is yellow muddy water, the Yellow River carp grow golden scales. The ancients found that every year in the spring, these golden carp would go backwards and backwards, forming a jumping group at the dragon gate, but above the waterfall, due to the rapid flow of water, no fish can climb, so the ancient people imagined that these golden carp would change into a dragon after jumping over the dragon gate and ascend to the sky. " The legend of "Carp Jumps Over the Dragon Gate" has also influenced Japan and other places. The Japanese custom of hanging the carp flag on Boys' Day is to hope that children will grow up healthy and jump over the dragon gate like carp Jackie Chan.