What is the meaning of the word "Fu"?

What are the meanings of the character "福"

The original meaning of the character "福 "is "to pray to the heavens", and later on, "福" has become a special reference to the rituals of wine and meat. The ancient rituals were always based on praying to heaven. Ancient people always prayed for the fulfillment of their hopes, so "Fu" was the hope of ancient people when they made sacrifices. Let's take a look at the symbolism of the character "福"!

What is the meaning of the word "Fu" 1

Bronze "Fu"

As early as three thousand years ago, the Shang and Zhou bronzes on the inscription, that is, there has been a different structure of the "Fu" character. Later, with the appearance of ancient seal script, small seal script, official script, cursive script, regular script, running script and other fonts, the calligraphy of the character "福" is more and more, more and more artistic, and the later set of calligraphy of the "Hundred Fortunes", "Thousands of Fortunes" focuses on a variety of writing styles of the character "福", which is a breathtaking beauty. The Hundred Fortunes Picture has two forms. The Hundred Fortunes Picture has two forms: one is a shaped pattern based on the seal script, which is the circular pattern of the character "福", which has been passed down in the folklore for a long time, with a steady, even and dignified shape of the font, which is very interesting and rhythmic; and the other one is a rectangular pattern made up of hundreds of different styles of writing the character "福", such as Zhen, Cursive, Clerical, and Seal Scripts. The character "福" is not only an item for people to pray for peace and good luck, but also reflects the profundity of Chinese calligraphy and its variations.

Paper-cutting "Fu"

In addition, paper-cutting is also a family of "Fu" character art. Ancient works due to the age of the work has not survived, but the modern masterpiece is very much. Beijing paper-cutting artist Liu Ren's special image logo for paper-cutting houses is one of the best. The logo takes the hieroglyphic character "福" as its main body, and the "示" character in the character "福" is accompanied by a small bird falling on a big tree, the bird symbolizing good luck, and the big tree symbolizing the root of life and eternity; The right side of the character "福" is designed as the image of the traditional Chinese character "阿福", which symbolizes the prayers and wishes for happiness, and is very popular.

Sichuan folk paper-cutting artist Yuan Chengxiang cut the word "Fu", exquisite: the entire word "Fu" is hollowed out in a circle, the outer layer of six butterflies fluttering around the center of the word "Fu", the butterflies, the butterflies around the center of the word "Fu", the butterflies, the butterflies, the butterflies, the butterflies, the butterflies, the butterflies. The word "福" is a hollowed-out circle, with six butterflies fluttering around the center of the word "福" on the outer layer, and six bats hanging upside down outside the butterflies, and the butterflies and bats are all harmonized with the word "福", which is a wonderful sight to see. In addition to the folk window in the word "Fu", but also a variety of flowers, sometimes new, such as "Peony Fu", "goldfish", "phoenix Fu" and so on, are very artistic.

Posting the word "Fu"

In addition to the word "Fu" written on paper and cut on paper, some buildings on the "Fu" word is also often desired. In the old days, some rich people in the north in the shadow wall of the book engraved on a large word of blessing, its side "show" to form a dog's head, called "dog's head blessing" to take the dog, hook resonance, meaning that the blessing of the hook to the home. Shaoxing, Zhejiang around the house, especially in rural areas, people in the old days especially like to write on both sides of the upper corner of the wall on the big "Fu" word, white walls and black lettering, from afar especially eye-catching. Some of the entire wall with anthracite and glue painted black, leaving the white "Fu" character, appear more prominent. This authentic folk style, full of rich local flavor. Written on the wall of the "Fu" character, the character shape is often vivid and varied, very interesting.

"Fu" and "bat"

Some in the "Fu" word on the left and right corners of the painting on the two bats, which means "All over the world is blessed"; some of the "Fu" word pattern, with a deer head or the head of the Shouxing or peach and other auspicious patterns combined into a very interesting and artistic, implying that the pursuit of people on the pursuit of happiness and longevity and aspirations. In the ancient wall of a Zhong's resident in Bailu Village, Bailu Township, Gan County, Jiangxi Province, there is a pattern of the character "福" left in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The picture is rectangular in shape, about 100 centimeters long and 75 centimeters wide. Engraved in the center of the front wall of the master hall. The whole picture has a strong and fluent brushwork, showing a neatly written and flexible character "福". The upper left part of the character is painted "turning back to the deer", and underneath is attached to a bat with spreading wings.

According to the Hakka transliteration, "deer" means "fortune", and "bat" means "blessing". It implies "fortune and wealth are connected, wealth and prosperity for a long time"; the upper right part of the character is painted with the head and neck of a crane and the auspicious clouds in the air, followed by a neat "Tian" character, which symbolizes longevity of the crane in the air, while the "Tian" character stands for "field". The word "Tian" symbolizes longevity, while the character "田" represents multiple meanings of property, land, and farming, and its unchanging shape expresses people's yearning for and reliance on land ownership. When you look at the whole picture, it is not difficult to remind people of the world's desire for a happy life with the words "Fortune comes from the field, longevity rises from the earth, and when you have a title and fortune, you don't forget to farm".

What are the meanings of the character "福 "2

The first blessing: longevity. Fruit longevity; because of the virtue of good life and protect life, give him food and drink. (Do you have great love? This is your first blessing)

Second blessing: wealth. Fruitfulness and wealth; the cause is the virtue of giving wealth and grace to others. (Do you have compassion? The second blessing actually determines whether your wealth and prosperity will last long, and wealth will not come to the miser)

The third blessing: no illness. The fruit is no disease; the cause is to give medicine and abstain from killing, and the heart is merciful and harmless. (A good person deserves the third blessing)

The fourth blessing is that the children and grandchildren are full. Fruit and grandchildren are full of virtue and filial piety; the cause is to make many good karmic ties and to love the public. (If you are kind to others, they will treat you as a gentleman)

Fifth blessing: a good death. Fruit of good end; because there is cultivation, cultivation of virtue. (Cultivation depends on knowledge, with enough extensive knowledge, you can cultivate blessings)