Packing the word \”福\” during the Spring Festival is a traditional cultural custom in China, which means blessing comes, blessing comes, blessing comes, as well as welcoming blessing, receiving blessing and receiving blessing. However, do you understand the details of how to affix the word \”福\”? Today, let us discuss whether the word \”Fu\” should be posted upright or upside down, and when it can be posted upside down.

The front and back of the word \”福\”

There are two main ways of pasting the word \”福\”: forward pasting and reverse pasting. The word \”福\” on the front means the arrival and gathering of blessings, implying family happiness and good fortune in the new year. The word \”福\” written upside down has a deeper cultural connotation, which means hiding blessings in the heart, saving and accumulating wealth, and hoping that happiness will last forever and blessings will always be there.

The word \”福\” on the door should be posted directly

The word \”福\” means \”welcome blessing\” and \”receive blessing\”. It is the entrance and exit of the home, representing solemnity and respect. Therefore, the word \”福\” on the door must be posted directly, which means opening the door to welcome blessings and blessings. If the word \”福\” is pasted upside down on the door, it may give people a feeling of bad luck, and blessings may also slip into other people\’s homes.

The word \”Fu\” inside the house is suitable for pasting upside down

Unlike the front door, the blessing characters posted inside the house are suitable to be posted upside down. Because at home, even if you knock down \”blessing\”, it will be in your own home. Blessings will also be locked up in your own house, and the whole house will be filled with blessings. This way of sticking backwards not only means the gathering of blessings, but also adds a sense of fun and warmth.

You can paste the word \”福\” upside down under certain circumstances

In addition to inside the house, there are also some specific circumstances where you can paste the word \”Fu\” upside down. For example, on water tanks, trash cans and cabinets at home, since the items in these places have to be poured out, in order to avoid pouring out blessings, you can paste the word \”福\” upside down and use \”福来\” to offset \”福去\” . In addition, pasting the word \”福\” upside down on the cabinets in the house also means that blessings (and also wealth) will always come to the home, room and cabinets.

In addition, if someone in the family unfortunately dies during the year, or other disasters occur, such as fires, car accidents, etc., and if you hope for good fortune, you can also paste the word \”Fu\” upside down. This practice was especially common in the old society. In order to win praise, people deliberately pasted the word \”福\” upside down to pray for good luck.

The tradition and timing of pasting blessing characters

The tradition of affixing blessing characters has a long history, at least since the Southern Song Dynasty. It is recorded in Wu Zimu\’s \”Mengliang Lu\” in the Song Dynasty: \”Every family, no matter how big or small, sweeps the house. Get rid of the dust and filth, clean the courtyard, change the door god, hang the bell and kui, nail the peach charms, put up the spring sign, and worship the ancestors. \”The \”Spring Card\” is to write the word \”Fu\” on red paper and stick it in front of the door.

Generally speaking, the word \”Fu\” will be posted on New Year\’s Eve, which means In order to be surrounded by blessings in the new year, the order of pasting is from the outside to the inside, first the welcoming door blessing, then the door blessing, and so on, the last one is pasted with the upside down blessing, which means that the blessings of the year come from the outside. Flow in.