After the New Year, paste the Spring Festival to paste the word Fu. Do you know the origin of "Fu"? Why is the word "Fu" written like this? Chinese characters are very close to life and have its artistry. The left side of the Fu character is "礻", which refers to the altar used for ancient sacrifices; the hifu on the right is the initial text of "abdomen", "畐" is a horizontal mouth is the head and neck of the person, the "mouth" below is the belly, the "mouth" of the stomach, which means that the abdomen is full, and the wine and flesh are sufficient and good luck, which is "Fu".
"Fu" word parsing
Shang Dynasty Oracle "Fu"
Judging from the Shang Dynasty oracle bone glyphs unearthed in Henan, it is also quite interesting. To the left of the picture below is a man holding a wine jar, ready to place it reverently on the altar. In the eyes of the ancients, blessings were sacrificed to the gods by offering wine to the gods for their blessings, to bless them, to pray for blessings. Therefore, Xu Shen in the Eastern Han Dynasty said in his "Commentaries on the Interpretation of Texts": Fu, Youye. It means blessing, blessing.
"Shang Dynasty Oracle"
Western Zhou Jinwen "Fu"
The era came to the Zhou Dynasty, when people liked to carve words on bronze, it was no longer an oracle bone, but a Bell Ding script, also called Jin Wen. The word Fu has also changed, the left and right heads have been changed, and at the same time, the two hands of holding the wine have been simplified, and the wine jar has also changed its appearance, which is this picture.
Western Zhou
"Fu" adds a "cover" and sacrifices at home
After the development of the times, people have transformed it again and added another layer of meaning. You can see the word below with the roof cover on it, indicating that the gods are blessed at home. From the outdoor sacrifice, it was moved to the house to worship the gods.
Pray to God at home
The change of "Fuku" after the Warring States period
During the Warring States period, the word "Fu" changed again, and the ancients moved the wine jar directly to the altar, and there were two people praying back to back on the left and right. In the Qin Dynasty's small seal writing method, the two people back to back removed the shape of the altar and directly wrote it as the head of the temple. Since then, on the basis of the small seal, the appearance of the Fu character has been fixed, so that the Lishu in the heyday of the Eastern Han Dynasty has the appearance of our current italic characters.
Warring States "Fu" and Qin Seal
Looking at happiness from the word "Fu":
It can be seen from the transformation of the ancient people's reading of the word "Fu" that no matter how history changes, Chinese yearning for pursuing a better life has always remained unchanged. A blessing word is a few simple strokes, but it contains too much meaning in it. Some people have simple ideas, and blessings are all around them. Some people are very complicated, their brains are full of ideas, and they pursue happiness for a lifetime, chasing farther and farther.
What is happiness?
Send "Fu" in the New Year: Paste the word Fu
Posting the word "Fu" during the Spring Festival is a long-standing folk custom. According to the "Record of Dreams", "Nian Dan was in 迩ěr, Xipu Department Store, Painting Door Divine Peach Rune, Yingchun Brand...". The "sticker spring card" in the text is the "Fu" written on the red paper, which shows that the word "Sticking Fu" is an old Chinese tradition.
Spring Festival Sticker "Fu"
Talk about the phenomenon of "pouring blessings" indiscriminately
Say a common-sense mistake that too many people make. That is the phenomenon of "pouring blessings" randomly pasted, pasting the Spring Festival League in the New Year, and it does not matter that so many "poured blessing characters" are casually pasted on the door. Did you know that in traditional culture, the poured word fu cannot be pasted on the main entrance? Pouring blessings should generally be pasted in the water tank in the corner, the dark place of the corner such as garbage can and toilet, or the filthy place.
Blessings should not be attached to the main entrance
Why should "pour blessings" be pasted in dark and filthy places?
Because the New Year pays attention to the old and welcomes the new, cleaning the courtyard. Eliminate the bad and dirty ones before, and the New Year's blessing will arrive. Filthy places such as garbage cans and toilets, attached to pour blessings, also means to sweep away these evils, and blessings will naturally come. On the occasion of the arrival of the Lunar New Year 2022, I wish my friends a happy and happy new year.