Whenever the Spring Festival comes, it is always possible to see the word "Fu" pasted upside down on the door in some places, and some people say that this means "Fu to".
Contemplation
Is this the case?
Under what circumstances can we paste the word "Fu" upside down?
The first case of upside-down fu characters is water tanks and garbage bins.
Paste the word Fu on the water tank and garbage can; Because the contents of the water tank and the garbage can have to be poured out of it. In order to avoid pouring out the blessings of the family, the word "blessing" is posted upside down.
This practice is done by cleverly using the homophone of the word "inverted" for "to"; Use "Fu Zhi" to offset "Fu Zhi". Used to express the yearning for a better life.
The second case of the upside-down of the word Fu is on the cabinet inside the house.
Boxes and cabinets are places to store items. The upside-down word for blessing (also fortune). Will go all the way to the house, in the house and in the cupboard. It symbolizes the yearning for wealth and the pursuit of beauty.
The third case of the upside-down posting of the word Fu,
For the following reasons, you need to paste the word Fu upside down:
If someone in the family dies in the middle of the year, or some other disaster occurs. Such as: fire, car accident, etc. Friends who want to transfer can paste the word Fu upside down.
The third case of the upside-down posting of the word Fu is that the old society deliberately pasted the word Fu upside down in order to please the lottery.
The specific situation is as follows: If there is a child in the family who only knows the word, the family will deliberately paste the word Fu upside down; the child has been summoned to ask: Is it right for us to post the word Fu in our family?
If the child says: "The blessing has fallen (to)", you can get a candy; If the child is unfortunate enough to say wrong, the adult takes out the prepared straw paper and wipes the child's mouth. Meaning: That sentence just now doesn't count! And immediately afterwards, the word "Fu" was returned.
The word blessing on the gate must be affixed
Not all blessing words have to be pasted upside down, especially on the gate. The word blessing on the gate. It always has to be a positive sticker.
Reminder: The word fu on the gate has the meaning of "yingfu" and "nafu".
And the gate is the entrance and exit of the family, a place of solemnity and respect; The blessing word posted must be solemn, dignified and generous, so it should be posted correctly.
The famous writer Feng Jicai said: Like this nowadays. Turning over the word blessing on the gate will be top-heavy, unruly, and comical; It is contrary to the spirit of China's "door culture" and "year culture". If you casually paste it as a funny thing. Wouldn't it be more to treat one's own folk culture with imprudence and roughness?
The word "Fu" is pasted upside down
The custom of pasting the word "Fu" upside down comes from the Qing Dynasty Prince Gong's palace. The legend goes that the great butler pleases his master. Wrote many "Fu" words. Let people stick to the storehouse and the gate of the royal palace. There was a family member who was illiterate. Mistakenly pasted the word "Fu" on the gate upside down.
The great butler knelt on the ground and said, "Prince Gong Shou Gao Fu DaHua Da. Now Daifuku has really arrived. It is a sign of auspicious celebration. Fu Jin listened and thought to himself: No wonder the pedestrians all say that Prince Gong's mansion has been blessed. Ji speaks a thousand times / Gold and silver increase ten thousand times; As soon as he was happy, he rewarded the housekeeper and the family who had been blessed.
Afterwards, the custom of posting the word "Fu" upside down was introduced to the homes of the people by the Daguan Mansion; And may the passers-by or naughty children chant a few words: Blessed is coming, blessed is coming!
There is also a legend that the word "Fu" is pasted upside down in the folk:
Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang used the word "Fu" as a secret note to prepare for murder. In order to eliminate this scourge, the kind Empress Ma made it necessary for every family in the city to put a blessing on their door. Naturally, no one dared to disobey the will of the Empress Ma. So the word "Fu" was posted on the door of the house.
Some of them were illiterate and even pasted the word "Fu" upside down. The next day, the emperor sent someone to the street to check: he found that every family had posted the word Fu, and only one family had pasted the word "Fu" upside down. The emperor was furious when he heard the report. Immediately ordered the Royal Forest Army to cut off the door of the house.
Empress Ma said to Zhu Yuanzhang: The family knows that you are visiting. Deliberately put the word Fu upside down. Isn't that what 'blessed' means? As soon as the emperor heard that it was reasonable, he ordered the release of the people, and a catastrophe was finally eliminated. Since then, people have pasted the word "Fu" upside down: one is to seek auspiciousness, and the other is to commemorate Empress Ma.
Tips
The gate is the place to greet Fu Na Fu, and the word Fu should be pasted. It means the auspicious reputation of opening the door to welcome blessings and blessings at the door; such as the upside-down sticker of the word "Fu" at the gate, but the blessing is poured outside the door; run to someone else's house! The big "Fu" word must also be pasted along the way, and it will reach the door of Zhengfu Linmen; otherwise, the word "Fu" will be knocked down and the blessing will slip away.
However, the word "Fu" posted in the inside of the house is suitable for upside down, and even if the "Fu" is knocked down at home, it is also in your own home; The blessing is also locked in your own house, and the whole house is full of blessings!
There are also stickers on toilets, dumpsters, wardrobes... The small "Fu" character on it must also be pasted upside down; there is a meaning that the small "Fu" does not come to the big "Fu"!
Source: Calligraphy and Painting Culture
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