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Generally speaking, the dragon gate in "carp jumping over the dragon gate" refers to the narrowest part of the Hukou Grand Canyon of the Yellow River, which is the "dragon gate" of "Yu made the dragon gate".
Dayu came to Longmen Mountain. This mountain is connected to Luliang Mountain, which just blocks the way of the Yellow River.
The water of the Yellow River could not flow here, so it had to flow upstream. This caused flooding that flooded many places upstream.
Dayu took Ying Long and they chiseled Longmen Mountain and let it straddle both sides of the Yellow River. These two mountains are like two gates that allow the river to flow down from the middle, so the place was named Longmen.
Dayu wants to select Zhong Lingyu, who can jump on the dragon gate, to manage the dragon gate. After hearing the news, a large school of golden, white, and gray carp in the East China Sea swam to Longmen in groups.
Before the shadow of Longmen could be seen, the gray carp were dizzy by the mud and sand in the Yellow River, and they could not distinguish the direction, so they swam back to the East China Sea along the way they came.
Unfortunately, the turtle sea monster with its mouth wide open was waiting for them, and the poor gray carp were whining. The golden carp and the white carp were very clever, they swam forward tightly together, taking turns to fight in the front, facing the wind and waves, day and night, and finally swam to the foot of the dragon gate.
They vied with each other to stick their heads out of the water and look up at the dragon gate. I saw that on both sides of the dragon gate, there was a thick white marble pillar. The jade pillar is carved with a vivid jade dragon. The dragon's body wrapped around the jade pillar, spiraling upwards until it reached the top of the pillar. The water in the dragon gate is surging, and the transparent water droplets hit the dragon head, which just constitutes the strange scene of "two dragons playing with pearls". There are stone carved couplets on both sides of the dragon gate: the upper one is "long long", and the lower one is "Chaochao Chaochao Chaochao". The scenery here is very beautiful, better than Penglai Wonderland. After reading it, the carp all rushed to sign up for the exam with King Yu.
When King Yu saw that so many fish had come to participate, he was very happy and said, "Fish and dragons are born of the same species, and any of you who can jump on the dragon gate will become a dragon." When the carp heard this, they immediately mustered up all their strength and jumped upwards with all their strength, but they did not expect to fall down as soon as they jumped out of the water more than a foot high. But they did not lose heart, but one by one they jumped towards the dragon gate. In this way, 7749 days have passed, and still not a single fish has been able to jump over the dragon gate.
Dayu was very moved when he saw the carp persevering like this, so he lit them and said, "So many schools of fish!.""There was a golden carp that listened to King Yu's words, understood, and said to the other groups of fish: "King Yu said: 'So many schools of fish', isn't it to inspire us to unite and jump onto the dragon gate?"The group of fish cheered happily: "Thank you, King Yu!."”
The carp shook their heads and tails in joy, and one by one they plucked up their strength and slammed their tails against the water, only to hear the sound of hitting the water one after another. A jump of 7749 zhang high, in mid-air a fish for another fish cushion, take a breath, and jump 7749 zhang high. Only two feet away, King Yu decided to help the fish, so he fanned a gust of wind with his hand, and this gust of wind carried the carp to jump onto the dragon gate they longed for day and night.
There was a golden carp at the bottom of the back for the other carp, and he was very anxious when he saw that his companions had jumped over the dragon gate, leaving only himself at the foot of the dragon gate. But it was not discouraged, but thought about how to jump to the dragon gate with the help of water. At this time, the water of the Yellow River rushed to a boulder in the middle of the river, and the waves splashed dozens of feet high. When the golden carp saw that the opportunity had come, it burst out of the water, jumped to the top of the waves, and jumped up with the help of the water. Unexpectedly, this leap actually came to the sky, and suddenly fell on the dragon gate, like a heavenly dragon descending to earth.
Dayu was amazed at first sight, so he nodded on the head of this golden carp. In an instant, the golden carp transformed into a golden dragon. Dayu ordered the golden dragon to lead the carp to guard the dragon gate, and since then the golden carp has become a symbol of good luck. There is still a legend that if a fisherman on the Yellow River catches a carp with a red spot on his head, he will release it immediately.