During the Spring Festival, you will often see some red characters "Fu" hanging upside down on the doors and windows of many family courtyards, which can be regarded as the traditional custom of our people. According to "Dream of Liang Lu", "Scholars of all ages sweep the floor, remove dust and dirt, clean their homes, change door gods, hang Zhong Kui, nail peaches, stick spring cards and worship their ancestors." The "spring card" in this article is the word "fu" written on red paper.
It is said that the custom of posting the word "Fu" upside down came from Gongwangfu in Qing Dynasty. On the eve of the Spring Festival one year, in order to please his master, the butler wrote many words of "Fu" as usual, which people posted on their warehouses and gates. A family member mistakenly pasted the word "Fu" on the gate because he could not read.
To this end, Prince Gong Fujin was very annoyed. Thanks to the eloquence of the butler, he knelt on the ground and said, "I often hear that Prince Gong has a long life, and now Dafu has really arrived, which is a good omen."
Fujin thought after listening, no wonder passers-by said that Prince Gong's family was blessed (part two). He said auspicious words a thousand times, and gold and silver increased. When he was happy, he rewarded the housekeeper and blessed his family.
Later, the custom of posting the word "Fu" upside down was introduced to the people's homes from the top of the government. Everyone hoped that passers-by or urchins would say a few words: "Fu has arrived, Fu has arrived!"
There is also a legend that the word "fu" is posted upside down among the people. Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming emperor, took the word "fu" as a secret memory and prepared to kill people. In order to eliminate this disaster, kind Ma Huanghou asked all the families in the city to put "Fu" on their doors before dawn.
Naturally, no one dares to go against Ma Huanghou's will, so the word "Fu" is posted on every 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. When Ma Huanghou saw that things were not good, he said to Zhu Yuanzhang, "The family knew that you were visiting today, and deliberately turned the word' Fu' upside down. Isn't this the meaning of "blessed road"? " 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 Ma Huanghou. ]
Every word we use every day has a profound meaning and a long history. Here are some information I found:
People in China like the word "Fu", and the couplets say "Dry Kunfu in Spring" and "Happiness is like flowing water in the East China Sea". Everyone wants to be blessed and lucky, open the door to happiness and get the blessing of the soul, and both will benefit. Now it's time for everyone to post the word blessing, and it's backwards, praying for happiness.
There are different opinions about the origin of the word "paste blessing". First of all, Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Huanghou participated in it, giving praise and criticism. One year, the capital held a lantern festival to celebrate the Lantern Festival. When Zhu Yuanzhang was traveling incognito, he saw a horse monkey crying with a pair of embroidered shoes on a lantern of a family. Zhu Yuanzhang thought it was a satire on Ma Huanghou's Bigfoot. He was so angry that he wrote a word "Fu" on the door as a sign. After returning to the palace, he immediately ordered the Royal Guards to arrest people according to the marks he left the next morning. Among the queens of past dynasties, Ma Huanghou is famous for her virtue and love for the people. When she learned of this, she immediately passed on her will and told all the families in the city that they must write their blessings at the door before dawn. Early the next morning, the people sent by Zhu Yuanzhang to arrest people found that every family had the word "fu", but only one family could not read, and the word "fu" was posted backwards. The emperor ordered the house to be cut down. Seeing that something was wrong, Ma Huanghou quickly said to Zhu Yuanzhang, "The family knew that you were visiting today, and deliberately put down the word' Fu'. Isn't this the meaning of "blessed road"? " Zhu Yuanzhang thought it was reasonable, so he ordered the release and a disaster was finally avoided. Since then, it has become a custom to paste the blessing word backwards, which has been passed down to this day. A praise, a fall, and a clear attitude show the people's hearts.
There is also a legend that the right of invention was given to Jiang Ziya of the Zhou Dynasty, that is, Jiang Taigong. Jiang Taigong sealed a large number of immortals, so he sealed his wife Ye as a poor god and told her, "You can't go to a blessed place." Since then, every household has posted a New Year's greeting, telling poor God that I am a blessed land and you must not come in. The word "Fu" is a symbol of getting rid of poverty and pursuing happiness.
In fact, Fu is one of the oldest characters, with a history of about 3,000 years. The word "Fu" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions is the shape of a wine container before God, because the ancients used wine to symbolize wealth. Nowadays, the word "fu" consists of "yes", "righteousness", "mouth" and "heaven". Stone refers to the arrival of God; Field refers to cultivated land and hunting; One word, according to Shuowen, explains: "First, it is too early to start, and the Tao stands in one, creating heaven and earth and turning it into everything"; Mouth word, "Shuo Wen" said: "Mouth, an old friend talks about food." On this kind of blessing, the people's desire to get fields to meet their food and clothing needs is pinned.
The word "Fu" is posted in front of the door, and there is a written record in Wu's Dream in the Song Dynasty: "Literati size, sweep their doors, dust and dirt, clean their homes, change their door gods, hang Zhong Kui, nail peach symbols, paste spring cards, and sacrifice their ancestors." "Sticking a Spring Card" means writing the word "Fu" on red paper and sticking it in front of the gate. It can be seen that the custom of pasting blessings has a long history at least since the Southern Song Dynasty.
In the late autumn of the year before last, I saw the blessing written by Kangxi in Gongwangfu Garden. In A.D. 1673, Kangxi wrote a famous ode to longevity for his grandmother sourdrang queen. If you carefully taste this word, you will find that it implies "many children and many talents?" Cave wealth? The Chinese characters "snow, abundance, longevity and happiness" are narrow and long, which is called "slender" by the people. This is a rare blessing of "Five Blessingg" and "longevity". Kangxi loved calligraphy all his life. Although his handwriting is very good, he doesn't write inscriptions everywhere like his grandson Gan Long. Therefore, Kangxi's imperial inscription is the least circulated. It is said that there are only three words left in Kangxi's life, one is "inaction" and the other is "happiness".
The word "inaction" exists in the Forbidden City; The word "Fu" is a monument to the word "Fu" in Gongwangfu. Kangxi's pen and ink can be described as a rare treasure, and it is said that "Kangxi is a daughter."
"Nightmare Shadow" said: "I am innocent of peace, born in Hushan County, clean and quiet, well-off, married with a virtuous daughter and a wise son, and living such a life can be a blessing in the clouds." There are six items here, which is really difficult. However, today our environment is getting better and better, and happiness will naturally enter thousands of households.