I wish the people of the whole country good luck and happiness in the Year of the Monkey!
The word "fu"
China people attach great importance to auspicious culture and have a special liking for the word "Fu". Historically, scholars have also interpreted the word "Fu" in different ways, extending its meaning, longevity, wealth and health, and creating a unique cultural system in China-"Fu" culture. As a part of auspicious culture, it has been active in all aspects of our lives.
The spread of the word "fu" shows that Zhu Yuanzhang took the word "fu" as a secret memory and prepared to kill people. In order to eliminate this disaster, the kind queen asked all families in the city to put "Fu" on their doors before dawn. Naturally, no one dared to disobey the queen's will, so they put the word "Fu" on the door. If one of the families can't read, turn the word "fu" upside down. The next day, the emperor sent people to the streets to check and found that every family had posted the word "Fu", and another family had posted the word "Fu" upside down. When the emperor heard the news, he was furious and immediately ordered the body guard to cut down the house. Seeing that things were not good, the queen quickly said to Zhu Yuanzhang, "The family knew that you were visiting today and deliberately posted the word' Fu' backwards. Isn't that what "Fu" means? " When the emperor heard the truth, he ordered his release, and a great disaster was finally eliminated. Since then, people have turned the word "fu" upside down for good luck and in memory of the queen.
So many works in one night
At the beginning of the new year, apart from the word "Fu", which represents the most auspicious and festive thing, it is nothing more than Spring Festival couplets. ?
Spring Festival couplets? Also known as couplets, antithesis, antithesis, spring stickers, peach symbols, couplets and so on. There are many titles. Spring Festival couplets in today's population are a relatively fixed name formed in the long historical evolution process. Spring Festival couplets originated from Taofu, which, as the name implies, is a magical spell painted on mahogany boards. Or write the names of Shen Tu and Lei Yu Er Shen, or draw portraits of Shen Tu and Lei Yu Er Shen. (Now what we see is mostly Qin and Weichi Gong) Er Shen is a great god, and people use it to ward off evil spirits and prevent harm, pinning their good wishes for good luck and good harvest in the coming year. With the development of ancient science and technology in China and the participation of literati, especially the participation of the high-level ruling class, it has played a vital role in promoting the development of Spring Festival couplets. Among them, Meng Changjun and Zhu Yuanzhang, the late Shu masters, are the representatives. Meng Chang, the master of Houshu, asked the bachelor Xin to write a poem on the red board, "Because of his non-work, he claimed to write a poem:' Chinese New Year, the first festival is long'", which was known as the first couplet of China; Compared with Meng Changjun's elegance, Zhu Yuanzhang is much more unrestrained. He directly ordered every household in Jinling to post Spring Festival couplets written in red paper on their doorframes to welcome the Spring Festival. On the morning of New Year's Day, Zhu Yuanzhang made a tour incognito and went door to door to check the Spring Festival couplets. Whenever he sees a well-written Spring Festival couplets, he is very happy and full of praise. This top-down cultural transmission and promotion has given birth to new vitality for the development of Spring Festival couplets. After the Ming Dynasty, peach symbols were changed to "Spring Festival couplets", and red boards were also changed to paper. By the Qing Dynasty, the ideological and artistic quality of Spring Festival couplets had been greatly improved. Today, people still continue the ancient folk cultural tradition.
Look at the hand-carved wooden couplets in the hall. The hall is upright, the world is cold, and the moral room.
Couplets and plaque couplets are a kind of couplets, which are named after being pasted on the pillars of halls and houses. The plaque is a part of the architectural system, which plays the role of making the finishing point for the building; Couplets are mostly written on paper, and plaques are generally carved on stone or wood; Couplets are usually posted during the Spring Festival or happy events, and plaques are generally used for the concept of architectural space, hall number, yayuan, waterside pavilion and other positions; The content of couplets is relatively simple, which is the inspiration of auspicious blessings; On the other hand, the stone inscription is a fusion of China's poems and songs, calligraphy and seal cutting, and architectural art, which have been circulated for thousands of years. It integrates characters, seals, carvings and colors, and comments on characters with its concise poems, exquisite calligraphy, far-reaching implication and guiding role. It's just that the two are hung in similar positions, both of which are conspicuous places in the building.