L can be transformations of dragons, or carp can sometimes change into dragons. According to tradition, a carp that could leap the falls of the. , would be transformed into a dragon. This motif symbolizes success in the. Dragon Gate, at the border of.
Is where the river flows through a cleft in the. According to one account, all the carp competed at a yearly competition to leap the Longmen falls, those who succeeded were immediately transformed into dragons, and flew off into the sky. (Christie, 1968: 65 and 74).
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