Can you only paste the word "Fu" upside down? What is the origin of pasting the word "Fu" during the Spring Festival?
Introduction: In our country's traditional culture, the Spring Festival is a very important festival, and there are many customs during the Spring Festival. Pasting the word "Fu" is one of them. So can you only paste the word "Fu" upside down? What is the origin of pasting the word "Fu" during the Spring Festival? For more details about the 2019 Chinese New Year, please visit Shuimoxiansheng.com for consultation.Can I only paste one "Fu" character upside down?A family can only paste one upside-down blessing characterThe "Inverted Fortune" paper should be pasted in front of the entrance hall facing north and south. This is called "Fortune entering the hall", but a family can only paste one. If too many are pasted, it is considered unlucky and is called "repeating the same mistakes". The custom of pasting the character "Fu" upside down originated from the Prince Gong Mansion in the Qing Dynasty. The story is said to be like this: The butler wanted to please his master. Many "Fu" characters were written. Have them posted on the storehouse and the palace gates. One of my family members is illiterate. The word “Fu” on the door was pasted upside down by mistake. The chief steward knelt on the ground and said servilely: Prince Gong has a long life, great fortune and great luck. Now Dafu has really fallen. It is a sign of good fortune. After hearing this, Fu Jin thought to herself: No wonder passers-by say that Prince Gong’s mansion has been blessed with good fortune. Ji Yu said that repeating it a thousand times would increase his gold and silver by a million; and when he was happy, he rewarded the housekeeper and the family member who had posted the upside-down blessing. Afterwards the custom of pasting the word "Fu" upside down spread from the mansions of high-ranking officials to the homes of ordinary people; and people would passers-by or children say a few words to them: Good fortune has arrived, good fortune has arrived! What is the origin of pasting the word "Fu" during the Spring Festival?According to legend, when Jiang Taigong conferred titles on the gods after King Wu defeated King Zhou, he conferred the title of God of Poverty on his wife, Ye, and told her, "You can't go to a place of blessing." From then on, every family would post the word "Fu" on their posts during the New Year to tell the God of Poverty that this is a place of blessing and you must not come in. The word "Fu" is a symbol of getting rid of poverty and pursuing happiness. Of course this is just a legend, but it reflects the people's desire for good luck.Pasting the character "Fu" during the Spring Festival is a long-standing custom in Chinese folk, which can be traced back to the ancient peach charms and Yichun stickers. According to Menglianglu, "The New Year is approaching, and people are spreading all kinds of goods, painting door gods and peach charms, and hanging spring signs..."; "No matter how big or small the families are, they all sweep their doors and gates, remove dust and dirt, clean their courtyards, change their door gods, hang up clocks, nail peach charms, put up spring signs, and offer sacrifices to their ancestors." The "Spring Festival card" mentioned in the text is the word "Fu" written on red paper. The Song people changed the door gods painted on peach charms into printed ones on paper, which evolved into door god paintings and New Year paintings. The change from writing "auspicious words" on peach charms to writing and printing them on red paper is the predecessor of the "auspicious words" (including the word "Fu") square. According to records, square scrolls with inscriptions on happiness, wealth, longevity, wealth and joy had already appeared in the Southern Song Dynasty. The character "Fu" is listed as "Shi" in the book "Shuowen Jiezi". "Shi means the various images of heaven. It shows good and bad luck to people. It shows the changes of time by observing the astronomy and the divine affairs." The "Fu" character in the square shape later evolved into the custom of pasting the character "Fu". The new wave of annual fortune in 2019 has already changed. Calculate your own fortune in advance, correct your mistakes if there are any, and encourage yourself if there are none, so that the new year will be smooth and safe. To calculate your new fortune in 2019, please click on the [Premium Calculation] below to learn about your new fortune. I wish you peace and happiness in the new year! |
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