WWD Fish Chronicles of the Japanese koi which are the three and what are the big four?

After the koi was detonated by Taobao last year, the koi was quiet for many years and then slowly returned to the public's attention. What we mean by koi generally refers to the Japanese koi with obvious characteristics, which is also called KOI, while the colored but not colorful species are called local cannons. In other words, put bloodline first.

Koi was born in Niigata, Japan. Local farmers have the habit of raising fish in winter storage ponds. Discolored carp were found and were first called flower carp. It began with Japan and became popular in Japan.

The red and white, Dazheng tricolor and Zhaohe tricolor in the koi species were originally cultivated, so they are the representatives of the koi and are called the "Imperial three families":

Japanese red and white koi

Dazheng tricolor koi

Zhaohe tricolor koi

The big four are red and white, Taisho, Showa, and white; the mainstream of koi is always the big four.