During the Spring Festival, you will often see some red characters "Fu" hanging upside down on the doors and windows of many family courtyards, which can be regarded as the traditional custom of our people. According to "Dream of Liang Lu", "Scholars of all ages sweep the floor, remove dust and dirt, clean their homes, change door gods, hang Zhong Kui, nail peaches, stick spring cards and worship their ancestors." The "spring card" in this article is the word "fu" written on red paper.

It is said that the custom of posting the word "Fu" upside down came from Gongwangfu in Qing Dynasty. On the eve of the Spring Festival one year, in order to please his master, the butler wrote many words of "Fu" as usual, which people posted on their warehouses and gates. A family member mistakenly pasted the word "Fu" on the gate because he could not read.

To this end, Prince Gong Fujin was very annoyed. Thanks to the eloquence of the butler, he knelt on the ground and said, "I often hear that Prince Gong has a long life, and now Dafu has really arrived, which is a good omen."

Fujin thought after listening, no wonder passers-by said that Prince Gong's family was blessed (part two). 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 was introduced to the people's homes from the top of the government. Everyone hoped that passers-by or urchins would say a few words: "Fu has arrived, Fu has arrived!"

There is also a legend that the word "fu" is posted upside down among the people. Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming emperor, took the word "fu" as a secret memory and prepared to kill people. In order to eliminate this disaster, kind Ma Huanghou asked all the families in the city to put "Fu" on their doors before dawn.

Naturally, no one dares to go against Ma Huanghou's will, so the word "Fu" is posted on every door. If one of the families can't read, turn the word "fu" upside down. The next day, the emperor sent people to the streets to check and found that every family had posted the word "Fu", and another family had posted the word "Fu" upside down. When the emperor heard the news, he was furious and immediately ordered the body guard to cut down the house. When Ma Huanghou saw that things were not good, he said to Zhu Yuanzhang, "The family knew that you were visiting today, and deliberately turned the word' Fu' upside down. Isn't this the meaning of "blessed road"? " When the emperor heard the truth, he ordered his release, and a great disaster was finally eliminated. Since then, people have turned the word "Fu" upside down for good luck and in memory of Ma Huanghou.

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The word "fu" is now interpreted as "happiness", but in the past it meant "good luck" and "good luck". No matter now or in the past, the word "Fu" posted in the Spring Festival has pinned people's yearning for a happy life and wishes for a better future. In order to fully reflect this yearning and wish, the people simply put the word "Fu" upside down, indicating that "Fu has fallen" and "Fu has arrived". There is also a legend that the word "fu" is posted upside down among the people. Ming Taizu used the word "Fu" as a code word to prepare for murder. In order to eliminate this disaster, the good-hearted horse queen asked all families in the city to put "Fu" on their doors before dawn. Naturally, no one dares to go against Ma Huanghou's will, so the word "Fu" is put on every door. If one family can't read, turn the word "fu" upside down. The next day, the emperor sent people to the streets to check and found that every family had posted the word "Fu", and another family had posted the word "Fu" upside down. When the emperor heard the news, he was furious and immediately ordered the body guard to cut down the house. Seeing that something was wrong, Ma Huanghou quickly said to Zhu Yuanzhang, "My family knew that you were visiting today and deliberately put the word' Fu' upside down. Isn't that what "Fu" means? " When the emperor heard the truth, he ordered his release, and a great disaster was finally eliminated. Since then, people have turned the word "Fu" upside down for good luck and in memory of Ma Huanghou.

Others elaborate the word "Fu" into various patterns, such as longevity, longevity peach, carp yue longmen, abundant grains, dragons and phoenixes, and so on. In the past, there was a folk saying that "on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, every family wrote big characters". The word "fu" used to be handwritten, but now it is sold in markets and shops.