Fifth grade: the origin of the Chinese character "福" for New Year?

The Chinese character "福", which stands for good fortune, good luck and happiness, is a prayer for joy and good fortune.

On the origin of the Chinese character "福", there is a wonderful and touching legend in our folklore.

Legend has it that the Chinese character "福" originated from Jiang Ziya (i.e., Jiang Taigong) in the Zhou Dynasty. When Jiang Ziya was crowned as a god, his wife came to ask for the title. Jiang Ziya said, "You married into my family and made me poor all my life, it seems that you are a poor life, so let's make you a poor god!" Jiang Ziya's wife was not happy and said, "If you make me a poor god, where do you want me to squat?" Jiang Ziya said, "You can't go anywhere that is blessed." When word of this spread, the people wrote the character "福" and pasted it on their doors and windows to drive away the god of poverty. Since then, it has become a traditional custom to put up the word "Fu" on doors and windows.

According to the Song Dynasty Wu Zimu "Dream Liang Record" in the cloud: "New Year's Day in the near, the mat store department store, painting the door god peach symbols to welcome the spring card ......" and then said that no matter how big or small households, all paste "spring card ". Here the "spring card", is written on the red paper "Fu" character. Folk also have the "Fu" word upside down on the door of the custom, to take "Fu to the door" meaning.