To commemorate the old man and carp, people carved a statue of an old man riding carp. According to Sohu. The origin of carp back is that an old man was washed away by the flood, and the children looked for him along the Chishui River. They found the old man riding a carp and playing in the water. The children called the old man and the old man got off the carp's back. To commemorate the old man and carp, people carved a statue of an old man riding carp.