What does blessing mean?

The word "Fu" was first seen in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Early characters have the characteristics of pictographs and strong pictographs. The word "fu" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions is a combination of "pouring wine on the altar with both hands", which is related to sacrifice and prayer. In the glyph design at this time, "Shi" means "sacrifice" and "Yi" means "jars", while the configuration similar to hands represents the wizard toasting the altar.

Master hieroglyphics

With the development of society, the meaning of happiness gradually extends and expands. For example, "Zuo Zhuan and Zhuang Gong Ten Years" contains: "Small faith is not a blessing, but God is blessed." Blessing means protection here. China's earliest dictionary Shuo Wen Jie Zi basically adopted the saying in Zuo Zhuan: "Fu, you are also blessed." It means that hope can be blessed. Peace, health, wealth, luck and so on are all included in this blessing. Modern people's interpretation of happiness is happiness and blessing. Someone wrote in the newspaper that on the right side of the word "fu", "one" stands for the beam of the house; "Mouth" represents the prosperity of people; "Tian" stands for land. In other words, a person who has a house and a field and a prosperous population is blessed. This can also be regarded as a "literal interpretation" of happiness by modern people.

Different blessings