Why Famous Koi Fish?

Culture of the Past Century
historically, Chinese people who had first breed carp, which is around 1300's. If it is then reported koi ranging popular and claimed to be "the product" Japanese for a reason.
Koi breeding center in Japan located in the mountains of Ojiya, Niigata. This area is well-known as a producer of carp, because the people in Ojiya many carp grow to their side during the summer. In the winter time, they may not be done because the area is covered with snow. Before the weather becomes cold, it will occupy the carp ponds in the house, and so through the winter carp into a side dish for the Ojiya.
Through the cultivation for many years, finally obtained strains that are red or bright blue. That is the starting point and then encourage them to try producing strains are more beautiful. Finally, in 1870 obtained the one Kohaku (red and white), followed in 1910 shiroutsiiri (white and black) and kinutsuri (yellow and black), the line began to appear and it is something that can not be deny.
In 1930, began to find carp color with the other lines. If in the beginning only one color, and then following the discovery of two-and three-color koi. The beautiful koi-koi becoming known is Showa Sanke (red, white and black). In addition it appears also with other patterns such as koi Kinrin (gold scales), Ginrin (silver scales), and Ogon (golden).
In 1904, the Germans send koi with scales incomplete and even that is not flaky at all, as a gift to Japan. They then breed koi is a type of german standard scales for koi, and the result is a variation on the basis of complete diversity koi scales. If the colorful Japanese koi known as Nishikigoi, the German koi is popularly known doitsugoi (koi german). In the Japanese language, meaning nishiki-ka Berane fabric color, while the other is not goi means carp. As for the eventual Nishikigoi popularly known as koi.
The sign of love of the Emperor
tropical fish hobbiest magazine september edition, 1988, contains the origin of the word Nishikigoi. According to Chinese history, when the eldest son of kong-zi was born in 533 sm, lu monarch gave the fish as a birthday gift. The fish was said to what we call today koi. The word koi, according to the Japanese way of writing, it can cause two different meanings. The first meaning is the fish, while the second meaning is to be pure or perfect. From both these meanings, koi fish can be interpreted as having a neat and orderly lines on the scales on the body. In other words, a koi fish really very profitable and is ideal for art.
China apparently has a book, which is believable as the first and oldest book Mengu-fitting about koi, named yogyokyo. Koi cultivation ordinance, and all types of koi pared in the book. In the book the decomposed also about koi are colorful like red, blue, black, white, and yellow.
In other words, there are secrets that are still stored in books written about Japanese koi, such as Hitachi-Fudoki or nishonshoki.
In the Japanese language between carp and love (love) has the same pronunciation-koi! In the book there nishonshoki interesting story about this koi word. When the emperor went to the pro-kejkou pinsi mino on February 94, he fell in love at first sight with a girl prince yasakairihiko otohime. When he heard the emperor's desire kejkou, the princess refused and ran into the woods. But the emperor kejkou not lack sense, to draw attention to her idol, she took a new fish imported from China that is in the pond inn and banquet held fish. Surprisingly the princess who had refused the forest and eventually came out to meet him. They fell in love in the Japanese language is called koi. From the story to the koi fish and then call the emperor used to lure her idol.
How about the name of Nishikigoi, is there an interesting story before it was attached to the name and is known for colorful carp call this? People used to call koi with a different name different, for example mayogoi (nice patterned carp), hanagoi (carp flower), Echigo no kawarigoi (unique carp from Echigo), irogoi (carp color), and madarigoi (carp spots ). Is a kei-abe, fisheries research technician at the center niiga-ta koi are researching and developing, giving his name when first Taisho Sanshoku in-production takezawa-mura in 1918. At that time the name was not popular among the community.
There are two versions of what is believed to be the origin of the word Nishikigoi known. First, the word began to be known as a captain stopped in koi breeding center after the end of the second world war. So hungry he asked irogoi (carp color) to fill his stomach, which was then in the confusing words in the Japanese language irokoi which implies sexual desire. From here the possible word Nishikigoi began widely known. The second story is when francis burgoa, head of the headquarters of the allied forces conducted an observer-koi breeding center in Yamakoshi after the second world war. Since then possible word Nishikigoi became popular. And of course, just to mention the word Nishikigoi fish colorful areas rather than a single color.