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Beijing folk custom: “fu” word upside down

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The Spring Festival, on the doors and Windows of many families, will often see some of the red "fu", which is a traditional custom of our people.

Beijing folk custom: “福”word upside down

"F" word (custom is said to be from new subject in the qing dynasty palace, a year the Spring Festival on the eve of the big housekeeper for master's cup of tea, as usual, wrote many an "f" word stick in the warehouse and wangfu door, let a person have a family for illiterate, mistaking the "f" word posted on the door.

Therefore, xianfeng fujin, thanks to his oratory, kneeling on the ground slave sneak knee ground to say: "the slave often hear people say, xianfeng crawford creature, taifook now really to (down), is JiQingZhi trillion."

Fu jin listened and thought, no wonder passersby said that the prince's mansion was a blessing.The word says thousand times, gold and silver increase.As soon as he was pleased, he rewarded the housekeeper and his family.

Afterwards, the custom of the word "fu" was introduced into the people's homes by the officials, and would like to say a few words: "blessed is it, blessed is it!"

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