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同学们知道为什么过年的时候，家家户户都会在门上倒着贴一个“福”字吗？看看下面的故事就知道啦！
It was said this custom started in Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD ). Before that no one hung “Happiness” upside-down.
The founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang often went into the city disguised as an ordinary citizen.
One day, he heard a family criti-cizing him. Emperor Zhu got very
angry and decided to kill the family on New Year’s Eve. He turned the “Happiness” on this family’s door upside-down to mark the house.
When the Emperor Zhu got back to the palace, he was still angry. Empress Ma asked him what happened. He told her the whole story. He said, “After this incident, no one will dare to speak ill of me.”
Empress Ma was a kind-hearted person. She came up with a solution to prevent this tragedy. She gave an order secretly that every family in the city should hang “Happiness” upside-down.
On the night of New Year’s Eve, the men sent by Emperor Zhu found that every family had hung “Happi-ness” upside-down, and couldn’t find their target. Emperor Zhu was angry thinking the whole city was against him.
Empress Ma told him, “It is every-one’s wish that happiness will arrive in the New Year. People who hang ‘Happiness’ upside-down are looking forward to receiving great future and success in their life.” (In Chinese,
“arrive” and “upside-down” sound the same.) She persuaded Emperor Zhu to listen to the people’s opinion with humility.
Emperor Zhu accepted Empress Ma’s suggestion and ordered the people to hang “Happiness” upside-down during Chinese New Year. When others see it, they will say,
“ Happiness has arrived! Happiness has arrived!”
据说，这个习俗是从明朝（公元1368-1644年）开始的。在那以前没有人把“福”字倒着贴。
明朝的开国皇帝朱元璋经常化装成平民到民间调查。
一天他听到一家人在说他的坏话。朱元璋非常生气，准备在除夕夜派人来把这家人杀光，于是就把这家门上的“福”字倒过来作为记号。
回到皇宫后，朱元璋还是很生气。马皇后问他怎么回事，他告诉了马皇后整件事，还说：“这件事以后就没人敢说我的坏话了。”
马皇后是一个善良的人，为了避免这场悲剧，她想出了一个办法。她偷偷下令全城的人都把自家门上的“福”字倒过来贴。
到了除夕晚上，朱元璋派出的人发现所有的“福”字都是倒着的，再也找不着那家人了。朱元璋发怒了，他以为全城的人都在和他作对。
马皇后对朱元璋说：“老百姓故意把‘福’字贴倒了，是希望‘福’到，希望有美好的未来和幸福的生活。”（在汉语里，“到”和“倒”谐音。）然后又劝他应该虚心接受意见。
朱元璋接受了马皇后的建议，于是下令以后过年的时候“福”字都倒着贴。从此，当人们看到门上倒贴着的“福”字，就会说：“福到了！福到了！”
It was said this custom started in Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD ). Before that no one hung “Happiness” upside-down.
The founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang often went into the city disguised as an ordinary citizen.
One day, he heard a family criti-cizing him. Emperor Zhu got very
angry and decided to kill the family on New Year’s Eve. He turned the “Happiness” on this family’s door upside-down to mark the house.
When the Emperor Zhu got back to the palace, he was still angry. Empress Ma asked him what happened. He told her the whole story. He said, “After this incident, no one will dare to speak ill of me.”
Empress Ma was a kind-hearted person. She came up with a solution to prevent this tragedy. She gave an order secretly that every family in the city should hang “Happiness” upside-down.
On the night of New Year’s Eve, the men sent by Emperor Zhu found that every family had hung “Happi-ness” upside-down, and couldn’t find their target. Emperor Zhu was angry thinking the whole city was against him.
Empress Ma told him, “It is every-one’s wish that happiness will arrive in the New Year. People who hang ‘Happiness’ upside-down are looking forward to receiving great future and success in their life.” (In Chinese,
“arrive” and “upside-down” sound the same.) She persuaded Emperor Zhu to listen to the people’s opinion with humility.
Emperor Zhu accepted Empress Ma’s suggestion and ordered the people to hang “Happiness” upside-down during Chinese New Year. When others see it, they will say,
“ Happiness has arrived! Happiness has arrived!”
据说，这个习俗是从明朝（公元1368-1644年）开始的。在那以前没有人把“福”字倒着贴。
明朝的开国皇帝朱元璋经常化装成平民到民间调查。
一天他听到一家人在说他的坏话。朱元璋非常生气，准备在除夕夜派人来把这家人杀光，于是就把这家门上的“福”字倒过来作为记号。
回到皇宫后，朱元璋还是很生气。马皇后问他怎么回事，他告诉了马皇后整件事，还说：“这件事以后就没人敢说我的坏话了。”
马皇后是一个善良的人，为了避免这场悲剧，她想出了一个办法。她偷偷下令全城的人都把自家门上的“福”字倒过来贴。
到了除夕晚上，朱元璋派出的人发现所有的“福”字都是倒着的，再也找不着那家人了。朱元璋发怒了，他以为全城的人都在和他作对。
马皇后对朱元璋说：“老百姓故意把‘福’字贴倒了，是希望‘福’到，希望有美好的未来和幸福的生活。”（在汉语里，“到”和“倒”谐音。）然后又劝他应该虚心接受意见。
朱元璋接受了马皇后的建议，于是下令以后过年的时候“福”字都倒着贴。从此，当人们看到门上倒贴着的“福”字，就会说：“福到了！福到了！”