Fu culture in the plaque
Yang Fang (Zi Yong)
The plaque culture is broad and profound, covering all aspects of traditional culture, and is an important carrier of "Taoist unity".
In traditional society, the exchange of gifts between people is inseparable from the gift and acceptance of plaques, and people are blessed with a happy and beautiful life through the ceremony of giving plaques and hanging plaques.
Today, let's walk into the "Ming and Qing Plaque Exhibition Hall" to start the journey of "Fu Culture in the Plaque Union".
This side of the "Ying Fu Tang" plaque, which is hung in the ancestral hall, uses "Ying Fu" as its own hall number plaque, expressing the beautiful meaning of wisdom, auspiciousness and happiness for the family and future generations.
For example, when the old man celebrates his birthday, he will send a plaque of "Blessings" to congratulate the birthday star on forever enjoying the blessings given by Heaven, which is the meaning of fulu boundless. "Tranquility" is a very ancient word of blessing, from the "Poetry Of The Book of Xiaoya Tianbao", the original sentence is: "Descend er's blessing, wei ri is insufficient." ”
Hang a square plaque with the word "Fu" for your parents' birthday.
Send a plaque of "Fu Shou Longevity" to wish parents "Fu Ru Dong Hai, Shou Bi Nan Shan", always happy and healthy, long life and 100 years old.
There is also this birthday couplet: "Sons and daughters do their best to take advantage of Liang Mengfu; Spring and Autumn Zhou Jia Zi Lonely Wei Yao tracks down The Distant Zhan Mu Jintian".
Shanglian's "Liang Mengfu" quotes the story of Liang Hong and Meng Guang of the Eastern Han Dynasty, blessing the couple to respect each other as guests, raise eyebrows, and grow old with white heads.
The most wonderful thing is that this unique Qing Dynasty window ledge work "Fu zhi xin" in the museum, we will interpret the strong fu culture atmosphere in it.
The window center part is carved with two dragons, outlining a big "Fu" character, the dragon head should be "Fu"; the window heart has four beating carp, drawing a flexible "heart" word; two magpies and five bats will be a "spirit" word to the end; there are also loofahs and squirrels below, these beautiful patterns mean "auspicious and happy, more than every year, happy events, many children and many blessings, five blessings Linmen, fu ze stretch", forming a wonderful idiom "blessing to the heart". All good fortune and blessings come, and the human heart naturally becomes flexible and dexterous.
China's Fu culture has a long history and is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. A "fu" word carries people's yearning for a happy life, and it is also an expectation and wish for a better future.
"Seeking blessings, blessings, cherishing blessings, and blessings" is a summary and representative of various cultural phenomena, and it is also a comprehensive pursuit of material, spiritual, and peaceful and healthy states according to people's own desires.
In short, Fu culture is the spiritual sustenance of the Chinese nation, and for thousands of years, it has been recognized and respected by the sons and daughters of China, and is the most powerful cultural bond that promotes the continuous development of the Chinese nation.
However, I would also like to add here that most of us seek blessings through external prayers to gods and Buddhas, forgetting that a very important point in Chinese culture is "internal seeking".
There is an old Chinese saying called "self-seeking for blessings", that is to say, all blessings must be asked from the heart and inward, "If you can't do anything, you should ask for yourself." ”
What is Bliss? Blessing is actually a positive energy. The five blessings that the ancients said: longevity, wealth, well-being, good morality, good death, or Fulu Shou Xi Cai, etc., are essentially a kind of positive energy.
Therefore, a happy life is a struggle, and everything depends on their own efforts! Accumulate virtue and do good, accumulate virtue and accumulate blessings, and spread positive energy, which is what we often say: "Those who love to return, and those who are blessed to come." ”
May the "blessing" be with you, and the "blessing" will always stay in the heart!
Source: Fang Fei Yuan Yang, Hakka Literature
Editor: Wu Qinglan, Luo Liting, Wu Qiujing
Review: Huangshui Forest Leaf Pioneer
Producer: Li Yongguang