congratulatory wishes for happiness , longevity and many posterities(huá fēng sān zhù)

congratulatory wishes for happiness , longevity and many posterities

Huafengsanzhu is an idiom and a traditional Chinese auspicious pattern. It is composed of Tianzhu, two auspicious flowers or two birds. It means that the three best wishes of Huazhou people to Tang Yao, the ancient sage, are canonized in Zhuangzi, heaven and earth.

sketch

Hua: ancient place name. Feng: Fengren, an ancient official name, was in charge of the construction of fengdui and trees on the border around Wangji, Fengguo and the capital. Three good wishes from Huadi Fengren to the ancient sage Tang Yao. That is: wish birthday, wish rich, wish many men, collectively known as three wishes. Today, I would like to take "three blessings from Huafeng" as my congratulatory speech. [dianchu]: "Zhuangzi heaven and earth": "Yao Guan Hu Hua. Huafeng people said, "please wish the saints rich, life-long and manly."

original text

"Yao looked at China, and the people of Huafeng said," hee, sage. Please wish the saints and keep them alive. " Yao said: "Ci." "Make the sage rich." Yao said: "Ci." "To make saints more men." Yao said: "Ci." Feng Ren said: "longevity, wealth, many men, people also want, women alone do not want, why evil?" Yao said, "if there are many men, there will be more fear; if there are many rich people, there will be more trouble; if there are many longevity, there will be more humiliation. It's not because of the three that morality is fostered, so I'm not saying it. "

translation

"When Tang Yao was touring in Huazhou, the people guarding the frontier of Huazhou said to him," well, isn't this a saint. Please let me bless you. Oh, please God let this Saint live a long life. " Tang Yao said, "I beg you not to say that." "Then I ask God to make you rich." Tang Yao said, "I beg you not to say that." "Then I ask God to multiply your descendants." Tang Yao said again, "I beg you not to say that." The people guarding the frontier asked him, "longevity, wealth and many descendants are all what people want, but you don't want them. Why?" Tang Yao replied, "if you have many descendants, you will increase your fear. If you are rich, you will cause more disasters. If you live long, you will suffer more humiliation. None of these three things can be used to cultivate virtue. Therefore, I refuse your blessing." of course, this is the answer of the sage in the legend, and in the folk, these three kinds of wishes are the best. Zheng Banqiao wrote a poem with paintings: "three blessings are three bamboos, and Hua Feng is two peaks", which means "Hua Feng and San Zhu".

influence

Empress Xiaoxian of the Qing Dynasty, the Fucha family, was born in the yellow flag of Manchuria, and was named after her thrifty husband. Born on February 22, the 51st year of Emperor Kangxi, he was a family of famous officials. He was adept at etiquette, law and righteousness. He was elected as emperor Hongli Di Fujin in the fifth year of Yongzheng. He married emperor Hongli on July 18 of the same year. Qianlong ascended the throne and became the queen of Zhonggong. In charge of the harem, she was not extravagant, thrifty and opposed to waste. She never wore gold, jade, pearls and emerald ornaments. She also made the grass and woolen flowers on her hat by herself. She thought that waste was just like extravagance. Once the emperor read the qingwenjian and learned that the old custom of Manchuria used deer tail wool instead of gold silk to make cuffs. After the emperor told, the listeners had the intention to borrow huafengsanzhu story with deer tail wool every year (huafengsanzhu is selected from "Zhuangzi · Tiandi" Yao Guanhua). Huafeng people said: "please wish the sage rich, make the sage life, make the sage more men." Huafeng people said, "please wish the sage rich, make the sage life, make the sage more men.". Praying for the royal family's "more blessings, more longevity, more men", the emperor deeply respected it, and often rewarded the prince and his ministers with sandal and purse. On the fourth day of the first month of the 60th year of Emperor Qianlong, Emperor Qianlong held a ceremony for the restoration of the Zen position. In order to promote respect for the elderly and show the peace and prosperity of the times, he gathered more than 5000 people over the age of 70 to hold a "banquet for thousands of old people" in Huangji Hall of ningshou palace. It was in the middle of winter and it was very cold. He specially made 1550 hotpots and 5000 pairs of sandals and distributed them to the elderly Since then, the name of empress Xiaoxian of the Qing Dynasty has been spread all over the world. Therefore, people use "three blessings of Huafeng" as their congratulatory words for more wealth, more longevity and more children and grandchildren. Some of them were painted according to this allusion, which later became one of the traditional Chinese auspicious patterns. Usually, the word "Zhu" or "Tian Zhu" is combined with other two kinds of auspicious flowers to form a "three" number to express the meaning of "three Zhu". Or because "Zhu" and "Zhu" are homophonic. Painting three bamboos also means "three wishes". In addition, there is an auspicious pattern of Fu shou san duo composed of bergamot, peach and pomegranate, which also contains the ode of "three wishes". It is most popular in the Qing Dynasty.

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