According to legend, after the Western Zhou Dynasty replaced the Shang Dynasty, when Jiang Taigong listed the gods, all the gods were deified. However, the very evil Lady Jiang Taigong also came to beg for the throne. In desperation, the squire had to call his wife a "poor god" and stipulated that anyone who posted the word "Fu" could not go.
As a result, ordinary people put up a "blessing" and set off firecrackers to drive away this unpopular "poor god". No matter what the original motivation is, now, "happiness" is synonymous with happiness. Sticking the word "fu" means that wealth is rolling and good fortune is prosperous. In a word, all people are longing for a happy life.
Since it has become a traditional folk custom to paste the word "blessing" on holidays, the royal aristocrats who have always followed the principle of "having fun with the people" will naturally not miss this opportunity to show their great kindness and virtue. The emperor wrote the word "Fu" in calligraphy and gave it to the ministers.
This undoubtedly represents great goodwill and trust, closely conforms to folk customs and traditions, and embodies a certain spiritual realm, which is much more magnificent than giving gold, silver and jewelry.
According to the records in Miscellaneous Notes written by Zhao in the Qing Dynasty, "Customize, list the saints in Pingshuo, release the palace to return, build the official of the restoration, and close the book to celebrate the New Year, and the princes in the inner palace will give it again." The next day, I went to Nuanxige in the Imperial Palace and asked Minister Fu Zi to kneel in front of the imperial case. I waved in front of Chen Han, and he held it up to show his approval.
Imperial Palace Hanlin, Ganqingmen guards have double hook blessing, and so do those who pull stones with imperial pens. The rest of the imperial pens were sealed in the Qing palace. In the winter of the following year, I specially gave several military ministers named Fu. "Thus, the emperor's blessing has become a unique holiday reward of the Qing emperor.
Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty was the first example given to a minister under the word "Fu" in Qing calligraphy. The royal family believes that1February is the year-end month, and it is also the time for people to pray for good luck, drive away evil spirits and strive for a satisfactory ending this year. People should wait and greet the New Year with joy.
Therefore, since the Kangxi Dynasty, on the first day of December every year, the emperor personally wrote the word "Fu" in the Imperial Palace. The first word "Fu" written was hung in the main hall of the officials, and the rest were posted in all parts of the imperial court and awarded to the empresses, princes and ministers of the Imperial Palace and the Hanlin. Since then, the gift of the word "Fu" given by the Qing court has become a standard system.
During the Yongzheng period, at the end of the twelfth lunar month, Yongzheng would write the word "Fu" in calligraphy. There was a saying, "After the closure of the winter months over the years, government affairs were a little idle, and I wrote the word' Fu' to ministers at home and abroad, and all the ministers thanked me and said that they were blessed by me." Since then, the words "blessing" and "longevity" in the emperor's calligraphy have not only been posted in all parts of the palace, but also awarded to provincial generals and governors, which have been inherited by later generations.
Emperor Qianlong paid more attention to the standard system of writing the word "Fu". Before writing the word "Fu", he had to explain the incense of Fu Temple before going to China Palace to write the word "Fu". There are many examples of Qianlong giving "blessing". Wang Jihua has been a minister in this dynasty for thirty-one years, and has accumulated twenty-four blessings in these years, which are hung in the "Twenty-four Blessings Hall".