Why should the word "fu" be posted backwards?

"Dao" sounds like "here", which means to come in harmony. Sticking the word "Fu" in the Spring Festival, whether now or in the past, has pinned people's longing for a happy life and wishes for a better future. In order to fully reflect this yearning and wish, the people in China simply reversed the word "Fu", indicating that "Fu has fallen" and "Fu has arrived".

It is said that the custom of posting the word "Fu" upside down comes from Gongwangfu in Qing Dynasty. On the eve of the Spring Festival one year, in order to win the favor of the master, the butler wrote many words of "Fu" as usual for people to stick on the gates of the warehouse and Wang Fu. A family member mistakenly pasted the word "Fu" on the door because he could not read. To this end, Prince Gong Fujin was very annoyed.

Because of the housekeeper's eloquence, he knelt on the ground and said, "I often heard that Prince Gong lived a long life, and now Dafu has really come, which is a sign of good luck." Fujin thought after listening, no wonder passers-by said that Prince Gong's house was blessed. 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 spread from the top of the government to people's homes. Everyone hoped passers-by or urchins would say a few words: "Fu is here, Fu is here!"

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The historical origin of the word "fu": "fu" is one of the oldest characters with a history of about 3000 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 "time", "appropriateness", "mouth" and "heaven". Field refers to cultivated land and hunting; First, the Tao stands in one, making heaven and earth become everything; Mouth, referring to food; According to written records, the custom of pasting the word "Fu" has a long history at least since the Southern Song Dynasty.

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