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Koi fish soup?

January 30, 2008 by Luka 

Koi is Japanese word for Carp, a kind of freshwater fish. Koi fish are found in virtually every Chinese and Japanese garden where there is a pond. The gardens themselves are usually quite lifeless; paths, ponds, stones, stones, bridges, pavilions, stones… There are also some plants of course, but not as many as in Western gardens. You will find Bamboos, Magnolias, Gingkos, Lotuses, Pine trees,… To understand the philosophy of the gardens you must know the symbolism in almost every object placed within the garden. My personal opinion – very different, quite interesting, a bit dull. Fortunately there are throngs of Koi fish swimming around and they offer some great photo opportunities. Some of them grow very big, they look like lazy orange submarines. :)


Young Chinese teens are feeding the fish.

Both Photos were taken at Yi Yuan garden, Shanghai. The garden is very beautiful, but also very crowded. I would recommend you to take a day trip to Suzhou and visit a few gardens there. They are much more exquisite and if you visit some of the less known ones you will have them just for yourself.

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14 Responses to “Koi fish soup?”

  1. mihaaa on January 31st, 2008 12:25 am

    prva mi je zelo vsec,.. takoj print pa v sipo pa na steno ;) , mogoce dleuje malo kot da bi ji manjaklo ostrine ampak to bo verjetno zaradi pomanjsevanja,..

  2. Luka Esenko on January 31st, 2008 12:52 am

    Verjetno sem jo premalo ostril po pomanjšavi. Niti nisem bil pozoren, ?eprav se mi zdi, da ni hude krize..

  3. stane c. on January 31st, 2008 9:21 am

    Prva je odli?na. Še malo navit barve in malo kontrasta.

  4. Ana on January 31st, 2008 11:19 am

    Prva je super, ni pa je priporo?ljivo gledati ob malici. :D
    Na velikem formatu utegne res dobro izgledati, ja.

  5. Marko on January 31st, 2008 12:43 pm

    Prva je prav NG fotka ;-)

  6. UrosG on February 6th, 2008 8:50 am

    Zelo zanimiva je prva. A to so dejansko tako la?ne, da se nagužvajo?

  7. marin on February 15th, 2008 5:18 pm

    Zivijo Luka
    Me lahko prosim kontaktiraš na marin[at]potuj.org , imam nekaj vprašanj zate.
    Lep pozdrav, Marin

  8. Iren on May 20th, 2008 10:51 pm

    Awesome pictures!

  9. TravelGuide on June 1st, 2008 4:53 am

    I’m almost sure those girls are at least in their twenties, if not yet thirty. Chinese teens look a lot younger.

  10. sami on August 14th, 2008 9:01 pm

    that is so nice i like it

  11. Marie Schumacher on September 7th, 2008 2:39 am

    I am the KOI commander! I am the comnmander of the KOI!

  12. The Koi Man on February 5th, 2009 2:30 am

    Talking about crowded! Man, that don’t even compare to the airport when going in and out of china.

    Those are not the best of koi but nevertheless they are a good attraction.

  13. Melisa Koi Fish Pond on September 29th, 2009 6:14 pm

    The koi fish ponds really are beautiful with all those colorful koi fish. They bring joy to everyone garden.

  14. Shanghai Pictures on November 24th, 2009 2:30 am

    cool, just cool info for China traveler. thanks for your job. and could i share my shanghai pictures from http://www.chinapicturespub.com/municipality/shanghai-china/shanghai-pictures.html these shanghai pictures still userful for your vistors.

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