{"id":2596,"date":"2021-12-14T15:28:17","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T15:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/?p=2596"},"modified":"2021-12-15T09:01:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T09:01:29","slug":"gold-fish-brings-good-luck-to-villagers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/gold-fish-brings-good-luck-to-villagers\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold fish brings good luck to the villagers"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2599\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109114706-1.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109114706-1-scaled.jpg?resize=500%2C375&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109114706-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109114706-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109114706-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109114706-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109114706-1-scaled.jpg?resize=16%2C12&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109114706-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109114706-1-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109114706-1-scaled.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109114706-1-scaled.jpg?w=2520&amp;ssl=1 2520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\">By Foong Pek Yee<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">14 Dec, 2021<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">ORNAMENTAL FISH is a symbol of all things good;- from abundance, prosperity , good luck\u00a0 to success.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In\u00a0 Gopeng &#8211; an ex mining town-\u00a0 it has given it\u00a0 a new lease of life.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>The world tin market crash in the mid 1980s saw many mine workers turned to\u00a0 gold fish rearing &#8211; turning ex mining ponds into fish farms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p><iframe title=\"Fish\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MAPo-dbUecQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Gopeng, about 18 km from Ipoh city centre,\u00a0 gradually rose to become one of the top exporters of gold fish .<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The rest is history.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Watching their graceful movements\u00a0 is simply therapeutic, says Roy Lee of how ornamental fish can be a de-stressor.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2606\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_20211214_212008.jpg?resize=399%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_20211214_212008.jpg?resize=399%2C500&amp;ssl=1 399w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_20211214_212008.jpg?resize=816%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 816w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_20211214_212008.jpg?resize=768%2C963&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_20211214_212008.jpg?resize=1225%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_20211214_212008.jpg?resize=1633%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1633w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_20211214_212008.jpg?resize=10%2C12&amp;ssl=1 10w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_20211214_212008.jpg?resize=1200%2C1505&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_20211214_212008.jpg?resize=600%2C753&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_20211214_212008.jpg?w=1844&amp;ssl=1 1844w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 399px) 85vw, 399px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">On top of things: Roy is hands on in the business.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Keeping ornamental fish is a way to de-stress, says Roy who<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">rears ornamental fish in\u00a0 Gopeng.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He also imports and exports the fish to countries like\u00a0 India, Vietnam, Thailand and\u00a0 Philippines.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Chalking up 20 years in the industry, a<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0typical working day for him starts at 8.00 am and he only calls it a day 12 hours later.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2604\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109120800-1.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109120800-1-scaled.jpg?resize=500%2C375&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109120800-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109120800-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109120800-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109120800-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109120800-1-scaled.jpg?resize=16%2C12&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109120800-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109120800-1-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109120800-1-scaled.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109120800-1-scaled.jpg?w=2520&amp;ssl=1 2520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0Remarkable:\u00a0 Villagers turned ex mining ponds into fish farms in Gopeng.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2602\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109112603.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109112603-scaled.jpg?resize=500%2C375&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109112603-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109112603-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109112603-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109112603-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109112603-scaled.jpg?resize=16%2C12&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109112603-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109112603-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109112603-scaled.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211109112603-scaled.jpg?w=2520&amp;ssl=1 2520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Perseverance: Ornamental fish rearing is labour intensive.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">At 51, Wong Choon Ming has chalked up 30 plus years as a fish farmer, and is still counting.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He says he started off with gold fish and has switched to Arowana some time ago.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Choon Ming says Arowana, also known as dragon fish (long yu in Chinese ), is a symbol of good luck and prosperity, and majority of\u00a0the Arowana from Gopeng\u00a0 go to the China market,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Fish farmer Chin Kean Wei, 56, says it is a tough business and he is glad that farmers in Gopeng are close and help each other to stay competitive in the market.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Kean Wei says he also counts himself lucky as his wife Aw Chen Chen, 48,\u00a0 helps him in the fish farm .<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2608\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211107161947.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211107161947-scaled.jpg?resize=500%2C375&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211107161947-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211107161947-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211107161947-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211107161947-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211107161947-scaled.jpg?resize=16%2C12&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211107161947-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211107161947-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211107161947-scaled.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG20211107161947-scaled.jpg?w=2520&amp;ssl=1 2520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Caring\u00a0 touch : Chen Chen learned\u00a0 to look after ornamental fish when she and Kean Wei started dating.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Kean Wei says the demand for ornamental fish peaks\u00a0 during winter and ahead of the Lunar New Year.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It may be end of year and holiday season but work comes first, says Kean Wei.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A typical working day for Kean Wei is between 7am and 9.00pm.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0Law Tong Hai says his\u00a0 passion for ornamental fish brings joy in the business.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This is\u00a0 important as the line between work and personal time is blur in the life of a fish farmer.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;We must be hands on though we have workers to do the job,&#8221; says Tong Hai.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Apart from experience, he says continuing research\u00a0 to upgrade fish rearing methods is also important.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Using\u00a0 pandan plants to filter the excretion from the fish is\u00a0 a result of research, he says, drawing my attention to the fresh aroma of the plant during my visit to his farm.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0While large scale fish rearing using concrete ponds is inevitable, Tong Hai believes there are\u00a0 ways to create an environment that is as close to nature as possible for the fish.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Foong Pek Yee 14 Dec, 2021 ORNAMENTAL FISH is a symbol of all things good;- from abundance, prosperity , good luck\u00a0 to success. In\u00a0 Gopeng &#8211; an ex mining town-\u00a0 it has given it\u00a0 a new lease of life. 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