The character "Fu" can be said to be one of the oldest Chinese characters!
As early as the Yin Shang period, the oracle bone inscriptions unearthed have been witnessed, although the fonts are diverse, but they are generally the same.
The upper left part of it is the word "unitary", which is a container for wine, which is actually the original text of the word "wine", and the lower left part is two "hands", which means that both hands are holding a wine bottle; The right half of it is the character "show", which represents the ancestral god. The meaning of the whole character is that the descendants hold the wine in both hands and make sacrifices in front of the ancestral gods, asking for the blessings of the gods. As explained in "Shuo Wen Jie Zi": "Fu, you also".
The word "Fu" is the most abundant auspicious word!
Test you, what are the "five blessings"?
In fact, the concept of Wufu existed in the Warring States period. "Shangshu" annotation: "Five blessings: one is longevity, two is wealth, three is Kangning, four is good virtue, and five is life." In the "New Treatise on Discernment and Confusion Thirteenth", Huan Tan of the Eastern Han Dynasty changed "test life" to "many children and grandchildren", and later "five blessings" became "longevity, wealth, happiness, virtue, and many descendants".
In addition, the shape of the word "Fu" has also evolved into a variety of "auspicious" interpretations.
Of course, the most famous is the "first blessing in the world" that Kangxi prayed for his grandmother, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang.
The word "Fu" can be dismantled and analyzed as: many sons, many fields, many talents, many longevity, and many blessings, which are known as "five blessings in one" and "blessing and longevity in one".
In short, the word "Fu" can be split and combined at will, and all the blessings you want can be covered.
Why didn't Kong Yiji ask how many ways to write "Fu"? Because he can't tell!
From the oracle bone inscription to the small seal, official script, cursive script, regular script, line of script all the way to evolve, a thousand postures, thousands of weather, the achievement of the famous "Baifu Tu" and "Qianfu Tu", in short, the more blessings, the better!
The two legends of the blessing are two thousand years apart!
The evolution of the word "Fu" has gone through thousands of years, and the two legends about the word "Fu" have also spanned thousands of years.
One theory is that in 1046 BC, that year, King Wu fought the "Battle of Muye", and after the decisive victory, Jiang Ziya took the stage to become a god. Jiang Ziya's old wife, who hated poverty and loved rich, and ran away from home when he was most depressed, made a fuss about being a god. Jiang Ziya was so entangled that she couldn't do anything, so she had to give her the title of "poor god", and limited that she couldn't go anywhere where there was a "blessing". At that time, it was Chinese New Year's Eve, and after the people heard about it, every household hurriedly posted the word "Fu" on the door. Another theory is that in 1368 AD, Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty and set the capital in Nanjing. On Chinese New Year's Eve, he visited the people's micro-service, came to a small market in the south of the city, and saw many people watching a cartoon. The cartoon depicts a barefoot woman holding a big watermelon, which means that she is making fun of his Queen Ma, because the horse is a Huaixi person, which is "Huaixi", and it is also a big foot. After returning to the palace, he ordered people to go to secretly investigate who made the comics and who went to watch them. For those who didn't go to the onlookers, they put the word "Fu" on their doors. A few days later, the sergeant went to the house of the person who did not have the word "Fu" attached to it. Since then, people have posted the word "Fu" on the door every Chinese New Year's Eve to show that they are happy to celebrate the New Year.
That's all for the story of the word "Fu"! Finally, I wish you all
Longevity is high, virtue is blessed, blessings are abundant, and blessings are perfect
The stars of fortune shine brightly, the blessings are both complete, the longevity is boundless, and the blessings and wisdom are cultivated
All the way to Fuxing, Fushou Kangning, Fushou Shuangquan, Fusun Yinzi ......
Material**: Qilu Evening News.