Dongdong sees the world: the origin and emphasis on posting the word \”福\” during the New Year

The Spring Festival is approaching, and every household has begun to buy blessing characters to prepare for the New Year.

Many people like to paste the word \”福\” upside down, which means good luck arrives. However, Gao Wei, secretary-general of the Beijing Folklore Society, has a different view: For some important ceremonies such as the Chinese New Year, the word \”Fu\” should be posted directly. The word \”福\” on the gate means \”welcoming blessing\” and \”receiving blessing\”.

Below Dongdong has collected some information about the correct way to paste the word \”福\” to share:

1, water tank, rice tank, Trash cans and furniture boxes at home should be pasted upside down because things need to be poured out in these places. To avoid taboos, the word \”Fu\” is pasted upside down.

2. It must be pasted upside down on the cabinet in the house, indicating that blessings will always come to the home and in the cabinet.

3. If someone in the family dies or suffers a disaster during the year, the money should be reversed to express good fortune.

4. The word \”Fu\” on the door must be posted directly. The word \”福\” on the door means \”welcoming blessing\” and \”receiving blessing\”, and it must be dignified and generous@

The importance of posting the word \”福\”:

Before the sun sets in the afternoon, the order should be from the outside to the inside, first the head blessing, then the door blessing, and the last one can paste the upside down blessing, which means that the blessings of the year must flow in from the outside.

Before dawn, he would put a word \”福\” on his door. Naturally, no one dared to disobey Queen Ma\’s will, but one family was so flustered that they pasted the label with the character \”福\” upside down. Someone reported this to Zhu Yuanzhang, who became furious and ordered the imperial guards to execute the whole family. Empress Ma saw that something was wrong and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: \”This family knew that the emperor was visiting today, so they deliberately pasted the label with the character \”福\” upside down. Doesn\’t it mean \”luck is coming\”? \”When the emperor heard that it made sense, he ordered the people to be released. The big pot was finally eliminated. From then on, people pasted the word \”福\” upside down, which meant to eliminate disaster and welcome blessing.

2022 The Spring Festival is coming soon. I wish everyone who reads this article good luck and good fortune in the coming year!