\”小年,小年,
Northern Xiaonian
For people in most of the South
Fujian people on this day
\”Sacrifice meat stove, sacrifice vegetarian stove\”
Looking back on the past year
\”Send God off\” on this day
Thanks for the blessing this year
\”Dust\” this day
Cleaning away the bad luck of the past year
On January 23, the historical and cultural district of Sanfang Qixiang in Gulou District, Fuzhou City was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and the flavor of the New Year was getting stronger.
After the Little New Year
People are beginning to enter the stage of preparing for the New Year
Every Chinese New Year
Every household
It must be on the door, wall, and lintel
Paste big and small \”blessings\”
A word \”福\”
Carrying the cultural genes and emotional vision of Fujian people
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About the word \”福\”
How much do you know?
\”福\”The meaning of the word
The word \”福\” in oracle bone inscriptions is a synonym for holding a wine jar with both hands and pouring wine on the altar, which means praying to the gods to bring everything going smoothly. Now it means happiness and blessing.
The evolution of \”福\”.
How to write the word \”福\”
The current word \”福\” consists of Shi, Yi, Kou and Tian. Shi refers to gods; Tian refers to farming and hunting; Yi, according to \”Shuowen\” explains: \”One, only Chu Tai In the beginning, Tao stood in one, created heaven and earth, and transformed into all things.\” According to \”Shuowen\”, \”Kou\” explains: \”Kou is the reason why people speak and eat. ”The word \”福\” expresses the people\’s desire to pray for land to meet their food and clothing needs. .
What five blessings does \”Five Blessings Come to the Door\” refer to?
\”Five Blessings\” first came from \”Shu Jing·Hong Fan\”, which contains: \”One means longevity, two曰富,三曰Corning, four曰Cultivation of virtue, five said Test one’s life\”, which later gradually evolved into \”Long life, wealth, happiness, good virtue, and many descendants\”.
How should I paste the word \”福\”?
The custom of pasting the word \”福\” on the door has been around since ancient times.Does the word \”福\” have to be pasted upside down?
\”The word \”福\” is divided into positive blessing, reverse blessing and various small \”福\” characters,The door and hall should be facing up, because the door symbolizes solemnity and elegance, and being uprightly posted on the door means \”welcoming blessings\” and \”receiving blessings\”;Cabinets, trash cans, buckets, refrigerators, etc. where items are stored at home can be pasted upside down, paste the word \”福\” upside down, which means \”luck arrives\”.
When to paste the word \”福\”
The actual time to paste the word \”Fu\” should be on the afternoon of the 30th, before the sun sets, and the order should be from the outside to the inside, first paste the head-up blessing, and then When pasting the door blessing, you can past it upside down, which means that the blessings of the year will flow in from the outside, and the blessing characters will be larger first and then smaller from the outside to the inside.
Speaking of Spring Festival couplets
We are all very familiar with it
Two lines of poetry once written by Wang Anshi
Thousands of households戈日
Always replace old charms with new ones
Two words of peach charm
In fact, it tells the meaning of Spring Festival couplets Source
How did Spring Festival couplets evolve?
Spring couplets evolved from ancient peach charms. Starting from the Zhou Dynasty, peach charms would be hung to welcome the spring. People would pray for evil spirits and make peach wood by the door. On the board, the statues of the two door gods were painted. Literati in the Song Dynasty often wrote poems on the peach symbols, which gradually evolved into the current Spring Festival couplets. p style=\”text-align:center;line-height: 2em;\”>
Don’t paste the upper and lower couplets incorrectly
Clear the Spring Festival CoupletsIn the second line,the key is the last word. According to the couplet rules, the words at the end of the first line must be oblique (the third and fourth tones in Pinyin), and the words at the end of the second line must be You must use flat tones (the first and second tones in Pinyin), and remember to paste the upper couplet on the right side of the door and the second couplet on the left side of the door.
Come on! Make a key point:The last word on the right side of the door must be a oblique tone Yes, the last word on the left side of the door must be in flat tone. Finally, remember to write the horizontal batch from right to left. Remember the above golden rule and you can’t go wrong posting Spring Festival couplets!
Have you all prepared the word \”福\” and Spring Festival couplets?
Come to the comment area to share your blessings~
Source: Fujian Daily · New Fujian Client Comprehensive Xinhua News Agency, People\’s Daily, Guangming Daily, Fujian Folk Museum , Fujian Science Popularization
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