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What is the meaning of the Chinese character 'fu' pasted upside down?

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Inverted affixing of the character 'fu' is one of the traditional Chinese customs, also known as' fu dao '.

Every time the Chinese New Year is celebrated, every household will paste couplets and auspicious characters, symbolizing the arrival of good fortune. The word 'dao' homophonically means' fu arrived '.

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