China News Service, Jinzhong, February 15th (Reporter Lu Qiguo) There is a dragon head on the left and a crane head on the right. They resemble both characters and paintings, and are known as "dragon and crane blessing". During the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon, in the thousand-year-old Zhangbi Castle in Jiexiu City, Shanxi Province, a "blessing" character "blessing" is "drawn to life" on the ancient screen wall, attracting thousands of comments on average every day.
This "lifelike" character "福" is located on the screen wall of the former residence of Zhang Liwei, an official of the Qing Dynasty in Zhangbi Castle.
The picture shows the "Dragon Crane Fortune" in Zhangbi Castle. Photo by Lu Qiguo
"The shape of the word 'Fu' on this screen wall is the only one in the country. The locals call it 'Longhe Fu'." Huang Kangjian, publicity manager of Shanxi Kaijia Zhangbi Castle Ecological Tourism Co., Ltd., said that this "Fu" The word looks like a Chinese character and a painting, with the left side like a dragon and the right side like a crane. At first glance, it looks like the word "living", so it is also called the "living" character "福".
In addition to the above characteristics, this character "福" also combines three writing styles: cursive script, running script, and regular script: the beginning of cursive script, the running script of Guo Jing, and the ending of regular script.
"The cursive character '绻' on the left side is written in running script, which looks particularly like a dragon; on the right side, it is 'a field', and '一' is written in running script to form the head of a crane. The crane is a folk symbol for praying for longevity; in the middle is a 'mouth' The word "field" is filled in, which means that the family is well off, has plenty of food, and the mouth is full; the word "田" below is written in regular script, which means farming in a regular manner and being a good person." Huang Kangjian introduced.
"This is the word 'blessing'" "It's also like the word 'living'" "The dragon head and crane head are so vivid"... During the interview at Zhangbi Castle, the reporter saw that every time a group of tourists arrived at the screen wall of Zhang Liwei's former residence, the tour guide would The Chinese character "福" (福) was explained in detail, and many tourists asked the tour guide questions.
It is reported that in order to create a festive atmosphere for the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon, Zhangbi Castle Scenic Area has launched an interactive activity with dragon elements in the scenic spot. On average, more than 10,000 tourists comment on "Longhe Fu" every day. (over)