When the new year comes, people like to post blessings. What are the traditional meanings of blessing?

Every New Year, people like to paste the word "Fu", which has many meanings, including all aspects.

One meaning of the word "Fu" is that it is the opposite of misfortune and brings good luck.

In ancient times, there were many unofficial history about the word "Fu", some of which were related to avoiding disasters. Legend has it that when Zhu Yuanzhang first established the Ming Dynasty, when he wanted to kill people, he would use the word Fu as a signboard and stick it on the door of that house. Later, it was known by Ma Huanghou at that time. In order to save lives, Ma Huanghou arranged for people to post blessings on the doors of every household. Those families who may lead to disaster and lose their lives are spared because of this blessing. Therefore, people in later generations will post blessings on their doors to express their desire to get rid of the curse and usher in good luck.

The second meaning of the word "Fu": happy life and happy family.

There's a saying in the saying? How blessed are children? There are many children and grandchildren, and the blessings will not be broken. More people can create more value and bring a better life to their families, which is also a symbol of happiness in life and the most direct experience of family happiness. Although modern people think it is better to have fewer children, people with traditional ideas still like to associate family happiness with the number of children.

The third meaning of the word "Fu": it represents wealth, food and clothes.

Besides putting the word "Fu" on doors, people are also happy to put the word "Fu" on many items. For example, the word "Fu" is posted upside down on the granary, hoping to harvest more food in the coming year; For example, the word "Fu" is posted upside down on the trash can, which means that what is dumped is disaster and the rest is good luck. The word "Fu" means wealth, which is the simplest hope that you and your family can have enough food and clothing.

The word "Fu" has a very long history in China, and there are even thousands of ways to write it. People's love and pursuit of the word "Fu" goes far beyond its meaning.