Fu upside down, one of the traditional Chinese New Year customs. On the Spring Festival, some big red "Fu" characters are often seen posted upside down on the doors and windows of many family compounds.
In Chinese folklore tradition, there are three main places where the word "福" is posted upside down. The first place is on water tanks and garbage bins, as the contents of water tanks and garbage garbage cans have to be emptied out from the inside. In order to avoid pouring out the blessings of the house, the word fortune is posted upside down. The second place is on the cabinets in the house. Cabinets are places where items are stored. Posting the word fortune upside down indicates that good fortune (and also wealth) will come all the way to the house, the house and the cabinet. There is also another way to put the character "福" upside down on the door of a barn, such as a barn for cows or a pigsty.
There is also a legend that the reason for the upside-down posting of the Chinese character "福" began in the Qing Dynasty at Prince Gong's residence. On the eve of the Spring Festival that year, the housekeeper routinely wrote a few big bucket of "Fu" word, told people to stick on the door of the Royal Palace. There was a housekeeper who was illiterate, but even the "Fu" character head down on the sticker. Prince Gong Fujin very angry, want to whip punishment punishment. But this big housekeeper is an articulate person, panicked, kneeling down to state: "slaves often hear people say, Prince Gong life high fortune, now big fortune really to (down). It is a happy omen."
Prince Gong listened to feel reasonable, thought: "No wonder passers-by said Prince Gong Fu to (down), the auspicious words said a thousand times, gold and silver increase ten thousand slam. Uneducated lackey, really can not think of this kind of trick!" So he rewarded the butler and the housekeeper each fifty taels of silver, but really a blessing in disguise!