Liyu Yue Long Men (Carp Jumping over Dragon Gate)

[Liyu Yue Long Men]



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The legend
Why it is called “Carp Jumping over Dragon Gate” can be traced back to a legend.
Long long ago, the Yishui River was blocked by the Dragon Gate in Luoyang. The carps in Yellow River had known that the scenery on the other side of Dragon Gate was fantastic. So they decided to have a look of it.

When they came to the front of Dragon Gate, they found it was hard to get there because of the Dragon Gate Mountain. One of the carps said “we should jump over this mountain.” And then, this carp jumped highly by all the power and swam with the cloud and rain in the air.

Finally, this carp reached the other side of the Dragon Gate and suddenly turned into a dragon. At this time, another huge dragon was coming and telling the other carps “don’t be afraid, if you can jump over this gate you will turn into dragons as well. So be brave to experience this challenge.”

The other carps had encouraged by the sentence and challenged to jump the gate one by one. Although only few of them could turn into dragons at last, the courage of them were praised and spread to the human world widely.