People get koi for different reasons only known to them. But the traditional story behind koi is kinda cool. Koi swim up stream in the yellow river. When they get to this waterfall and go over it, they turn into a dragon. That was the cliff note version. koi are usually swimming up the body. But really you can get koi any way you want. Hope this helps.
Patrick
Coy (Kio) means carp in Japanese; a Carp Fish is what western’s recognise more easily. Depending on your views, a Coy swimming up means luck, fortune. Swimming down means ambition, perspire and goals in life. Coy’s are all different colours, depending on which part of the world you live, most western countries use a lot of blue orange more bright colours. Traditionally; there red, white more darker spectrum.
And don’t be fooled, get a traditional Coy with the body not so rounded. You may have seen Coy’s with criss cross scales and a head the shape of a penis. Boo! get real. keep it real 🙂
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I have a Koi Fish… it means strength and perseverance…. its the only fish in china that can swim upstream up the mountains and the story behind it is once it reaches the top of the mountains it turns into a dragon, hope this helps…
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I’m in the process of getting my first tattoo, which is of a Koi swimming up my arm and a Dragon perched on my shoulder and onto my back.
I recently went through some difficult times in my life, but have come out of it a better and stronger person. The tattoo is symbolic of the transformation that I went through and will serve as a reminder of what it took to get to where I am today. For me, the colors of the Koi have no particular meaning.
Luck, fortune, transformation, prosperity, new beginnings etc are usually the intended meaning but like with all Japanese mythology you will find a million and one variations.
The body shape doesn’t matter. It’s like with all art, it evolves over time. Big fat fish aren’t ‘correct’ and thinner ones aren’t ‘inncorrect’. If you get a skinny fish it runs the risk of looking like a gold fish. The bodies are usually rounder because they are outstandingly powerful swimmers (hence the swimming up the golden river story).
Also never in the history of anything have they ever been called ‘coy’ it is ‘koi’. Call them ‘Coy’ and you’ll look like a fool.
The body shape doesn’t matter. It’s like with all art, it evolves over time. Big fat fish aren’t ‘correct’ and thinner ones aren’t ‘inncorrect’. If you get a skinny fish it runs the risk of looking like a gold fish. The bodies are usually rounder because they are outstandingly powerful swimmers (hence the swimming up the golden river story).
Also never in the history of anything have they ever been called ‘coy’ it is ‘koi’. Call them ‘Coy’ and you’ll look like a fool.
Coy is the species known in Australia and most of the UK, A Carp is more South East Asia.
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