Chinanews.com, Shanghai, January 22 (Reporter Fan Yubin) "I wish you all a happy new year, safe family, good health, and good luck like the East China Sea." Early in the morning on January 22 (the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar), the Donghai Guanyin Temple presents the auspicious word "Fu" to citizens and tourists who come to pray for New Year's blessings.
The family of Chen Jie (pseudonym) from Rugao, Jiangsu Province drove more than 2 hours to Donghai Guanyin Temple. They received the word "Fu" written by Master Huizhi, the abbot of Donghai Guanyin Temple. The whole family felt "very lucky".
The Shanghai Chongming District Buddhist Association and the Chongming District Calligraphers Association jointly held the "Rui Rabbit Sending Blessings" event.
Photo courtesy of the United Front Work Department of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee
The word "Fu" and Spring Festival couplets carry good wishes for the New Year.
With the arrival of the Year of the Rabbit, the land of China is filled with the joy of the New Year, and people from all over the world feel the unique charm of the traditional Spring Festival culture in the strong flavor of the New Year.
During the Spring Festival, the Shanghai United Front gave full play to the advantages of points, multiple lines, length and coverage, and on behalf of the Shanghai Municipal Committee, sent one million "Fu" characters, Spring Festival couplets, New Year pictures, etc. to one million families in Shanghai, helping citizens to live a happy, warm and peaceful life. Spring Festival.
Shanghai Longhua Temple presents "Fu" and Spring Festival couplets.
Photo courtesy of the United Front Work Department of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee
The Buddhist and Taoist circles in Shanghai held the activity of "Auspicious Welcome to the New Year, Blessings to Thousands of Families".
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, many people rushed to various temples and temples early in the morning to pray and welcome the new year. Many Buddhist and Taoist places such as Jing'an Temple, Jade Buddha Temple, Longhua Ancient Temple, Shanghai Town God's Temple, and Baiyun Temple presented "blessings" to citizens and tourists. "The word conveys blessings.
It is understood that on the eve of the Spring Festival, the Shanghai Taoist Association issued a proposal to the Taoist places in the city to jointly hold a public welfare activity of "Sending 'Fu' to Thousands of Households-Welcome the New Year by Giving Blessings".
More than 30 Taoist temples in the city actively participated in the "Fu" activities. The main persons in charge of the temples, teaching staff and specially invited calligraphers splashed ink on the activities of the temples, writing the red "Fu" and Spring Festival couplets, Widely donated to citizens and tourists.
Shanghai Donghai Guanyin Temple sends "blessings" at the scene.
Photo courtesy of the United Front Work Department of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee
At the site of the event at the Town God's Temple in Shanghai, many citizens made a special trip from Pudong, Minhang, Jiading and other places to "receive blessings".
They said that they lived in the old city since they were young, and they have deep feelings for everything here. After learning the news of the "blessing" event in the Town God's Temple, coming to "receive blessings" became the most important thing years ago.
Everyone expects to usher in the word "blessing" to celebrate the lucky year, and look forward to Furui's auspiciousness in the coming year.
Ms. Chen, a citizen who asked for the word "Fu" at Baiyun Temple in Shanghai, told the reporter, "As soon as the first month comes, I will bring my children to Baiyun Temple to let her feel the traditional taste of the New Year. The word 'Fu' appears on the red rice paper, and I hope she can understand the cultural connotation behind the prosperous Chinese New Year."
Some netizens said, "The word 'Fu' and Spring Festival couplets carry the taste of the year, and connect with family reunion. Every word and every sentence is a concentrated expression of good wishes and blessings, and it is a unique romance engraved in the bones of Chinese people. "
The Shanghai Municipal Committee of the China Association for the Promotion of Democracy held the event site of "Spring Festival Couplets Tens of Thousands of Families Going to a New Journey".
Photo courtesy of the United Front Work Department of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee
Such festive auspiciousness is floating all over Shanghai. In Buddhist places, the Jade Buddha Temple, a century-old ancient temple, held a public welfare welcome activity "Jade Rabbit Brings Auspiciousness and Sends Blessings to Thousands of Families——Write Spring Festival couplets for the public". People wrote Spring Festival couplets and the word "Fu".
The Jade Buddha Temple also made 550,000 spring stickers of "Futu Yingrui" and sent them to 550,000 households in Shanghai along with local newspapers.
From "more and more smooth" to "Niu Sui Fu Lin" and "Sui Zhen Hu Blessing", the reporter learned that in recent years, the Jade Buddha Temple has given Shanghai citizens New Year Spring Posters through the postal service with newspapers, which has become a unique feature in Shanghai to welcome the New Year. The "sense of ritual".
Carrying forward the good tradition of giving back to the society in the Buddhist community, the Buddhist Association of Chongming District in Shanghai and the Calligraphers Association of Chongming District held the "Auspicious Rabbit Sending Blessings" activity on the eve of the Spring Festival.
The president of the Buddhist Association of Chongming District and the abbot of Shouan Temple Master Weijue and other Buddhist representatives joined hands with calligraphers including Wu Zhongming, chairman of the Chongming District Calligraphers Association, to present a pair of Spring Festival couplets to the citizens.
At the event site, the citizens exchanged New Year greetings and happily invited "blessings" home.
"Using the word 'Fu' to celebrate the lucky year, go to the temple to be blessed and happy, and everything will go well in the coming year, Furui auspicious." "Now life is better, not like before, when you wear new clothes and burn a table for the New Year Big fish and big meat, the New Year's blessing activities in temples bring us a special sense of New Year's ceremony." "Received blessings on the occasion of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, warming people's hearts, seeing the lively prosperity, and feeling the strong New Year flavor, I believe that in the new year, Shanghai will definitely get better and better!" During the interview, many citizens talked about the unique flavor of the year in their hearts.
Calligraphers and painters of the Shanghai Research Institute of Culture and History participated in the activity site of "Small Years and Great Exhibition of Great 'Rabbit'".
Photo courtesy of the United Front Work Department of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee
According to statistics, from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month to the first day of the first lunar month, the Buddhist and Taoist circles in Shanghai have distributed about 1.3 million "Fu" characters, Spring Festival couplets and door stickers.
At this reunion moment, receiving the word "Fu" and Spring Festival couplets, praying for blessings and welcoming auspiciousness, the happy new year permeates the hearts of more Shanghai residents.
The DPP Shanghai Municipal Committee held the activity of "Spring Festival couplets, going to a new journey", organized members of Shanghai DJ painting and calligraphy circles to go to Chongming, Fengxian and other places to write and present 380 "Fu" characters and more than 300 couplets for local community residents; Some calligraphers and painters from the Shanghai Research Institute of Culture and History came to the museum to participate in the "Xiaonian Nafu Grand Exhibition Macro'Rabbit" activity, and some expressed their sincere condolences to the "white angels" who are fighting on the front line and protecting the health of patients. Librarians One after another, they turned their good wishes into the word "Fu" and strokes on Spring Festival couplets...
"Thousands of households always exchange new peaches for old talismans." Year after year, people use the word "Fu" and Spring Festival couplets to express their good wishes for the New Year, and also tell people's love and unremitting struggle for current life .
Behind the Shanghai United Front sending "blessings" to millions of families is a sincere New Year's blessing, and it is also the Chinese people who are being influenced by the Spring Festival culture and continue to help Chinese traditional culture last forever...
Mr. Wu, a Shanghai citizen, was very moved after receiving the word "Fu". He said, "Happiness is all about hard work. Living in Shanghai is so happy. The new crown epidemic has made everyone know how to cherish the present, and I wish the New Year will be full of blessings." (End )