Why do people in China post the word "Fu" upside down during the Spring Festival? What does it mean to post the word "fu" backwards?

Fu culture is a kind of folk culture born and bred in China, which ranks first among the six auspicious occasions of "Fu Lu Xi Shou Cai Ji", showing its influence on China people's outlook on life and values. There are many kinds of folk art forms that embody the blessing culture, and pasting the word "fu" upside down is one of the folk art forms of blessing culture. During the Spring Festival, the word "Fu" is pasted upside down on the doors and windows of many family courtyards, hoping to bring "Fu" and "good fortune" to families. But the word "fu" was not popular among the ancients at first, and then it became popular. Then why do people in China put the word "Fu" upside down during the Spring Festival? Hongji Futai Gift is here to share with you. It is said that the custom of sticking the word "Fu" in the Spring Festival comes from the early years of the Ming Dynasty and is related to the Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang. It is said that on New Year's Eve after Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, Mao Wei took out the palace lantern and came to a street, where everyone was watching the lantern and laughing. Mao couldn't help watching, but if he didn't watch, he would be very angry. It turned out that a woman with big feet was painted on the lamp, riding a horse and holding a big watermelon in her arms. Ma Huanghou of Zhu Yuanzhang was originally a poor woman with big feet in Huaixi, and was nicknamed "Ma Huanghou with big feet" by the people. Emperor Mao, who was intelligent and suspicious by nature, thought it was mocking his queen as "Huaixi Ma Bigfoot" and was very angry. However, Emperor Mao did not have an attack on the spot. Instead, after the dead of night, he sent someone back here and quietly reversed the word "Fu" on the door of that family as a mnemonic for arresting people the next day. When Mao returned to the palace, he immediately ordered the Royal Guards to arrest the family the next morning and put the word "Fu" on the front door. Good Ma Huanghou was very worried after hearing the news. She didn't want Mao to kill for it. Clever Ma Huanghou soon came up with a coup. After Mao fell asleep, she made her confidants turn the word "Fu" on all the doors in that street upside down overnight. The next morning, the Royal Guards went to arrest people and saw that the word "Fu" on every door was upside down. I don't know how to arrest people. I had to come back to me in despair. Later, it soon spread all over the capital, and the civil servants of the Qing Dynasty and the people of the whole city praised Ma Huanghou's virtue, which was a blessing for the country and the people. Since then, people have reversed the word "Fu" during the Spring Festival, one to commemorate Ma Huanghou and the other to pray for good luck. Although the word "fu" is very popular in the Spring Festival, there is still controversy about whether the word "fu" should be posted backwards. Mr. Feng Jicai, Chairman of China Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood, pointed out that the method of affixing the word "Fu" is very particular. The word "Fu" on the gate means "Welcome to Fu" and "Accept Fu". The gate is the entrance and exit of the home, so it should be solemn, so the word "Fu" on the gate must be pasted correctly. There are two main places where the word "Fu" can be pasted upside down at home: one is on the water tank and the trash can, because things in these two places have to be poured out from the inside. In order to avoid pouring the word "Fu" at home, the homonym is skillfully used to offset "Fu Qu" and "Fu Dao"; Another place is the cupboard at home, because the cupboard is where things are stored, and the word "Fu" is pasted backwards, indicating that Fu has been left at home.