When did the custom of sticking the word "Fu" on every household come into being during the Spring Festival?

The custom of pasting blessings has a long history, and there are related records of pasting blessings in Meng Lianglu in the Song Dynasty. The source of the word "paste blessing" is unreliable. It is said that the custom of paste blessing is related to Jiang Ziya.

As we all know, Jiang Ziya helped Ji Fa overthrow the rule of Shang Zhouwang and established the Zhou Dynasty. In addition, Jiang Ziya, as we know, is also the main person in charge of this project. Legend has it that Jiang Ziya's wife also asked him for the throne after deification.

By this time, the gods have ended and the regular gods have separated. However, Jiang Ziya, as the head of the deity project, still can't refuse his wife. So he named his wife? Poor god? A god who is not liked by people. Jiang Ziya told his wife that he couldn't go anywhere with his blessing. Since then, in order to get rid of poverty, people have begun to paste blessings.

If you carefully observe the blessings posted by people, you will definitely find that some blessings are posted backwards. If you ask, you will know that it was taken? Blessed? Homonym of. In fact, putting the word "fu" upside down comes from a misplacement.

There was a Prince Gong in Qing Dynasty, and his family prepared for the Spring Festival as usual. When pasting the word "fu", one of his servants pasted the word "fu" upside down because he could not read. Prince Gong was very angry when he saw it. He thinks it's unlucky. On this special day of Chinese New Year, he was very upset when he encountered such a thing.

Just as he was about to fly into a rage, his housekeeper spoke. His housekeeper is a shrewd man. He told Prince Gong? Blessed? Is it? Blessed? This is a good sign. Prince Gong felt very reasonable, not only did he not punish his servants, but he also rewarded them.

Although it is hard to say whether the story is true or not, that's how the word "upside down" came from. In ancient times, under normal circumstances, the word "fu" could not be inverted. Only families that encounter major disasters will do this. In addition, toilets and trash cans will be stuck upside down, which means throwing out bad things.