Why should China mark the New Year with blessings?

The origin of the word "Fu": In Oracle Bone Inscriptions, the word "Fu" is a hieroglyph of "offering wine to heaven with both hands", which means holding a bottle of wine in one's hand and offering it in front of the ancestors' gods to seek God's blessing.

"Fu" is a pictophonetic character, which means happiness and blessing in Chinese. Sticking the word "Fu" during the Spring Festival is a traditional cultural custom in China. It originated from ancient spring posts, expressing people's wishes and hopes for a happy life.

Literally, the left side of the word "fu" means clothing, and the right side of the word "one" means peace, mouth means population, and field means land. Having clothes and food means "blessing", "blessing" means praying, and praying for someone to have a safe field means "blessing".

The historical origin of blessing words;

Sticking the word "Fu" in the Spring Festival is a long-standing folk custom. According to Liang Lu's Dream, "When I was young, in your hometown, I set up a shop, painted peaches and spent the Spring Festival ..."; "Scholars, big or small, should sweep the floor, remove dust and filth, clean the family, change the door gods, hang Zhong Kui, nail peaches, stick spring cards and worship their ancestors."

The "spring card" in the article is the "blessing" written on red paper.