Fu, Lu, and Shou represent continuous good luck, promotion and wealth, longevity and health. However, in fact, Fu, Lu, and Shou were originally three stars in the sky. The ancients with animistic beliefs anthropomorphized the stars under the worship of stars, and transformed the three stars in the vast universe into good luck. The appearance of the gods, the position of lunar and longevity, to this day, the three immortals of Fu, Lu, and Shou still appear on New Year and festive occasions, accepting people's worship and worship.
Fuxing is transformed from Suixing, Suixing actually refers to Jupiter. The ancients believed that the place where the stars shine is the blessing from heaven. In the Han Dynasty, there was a custom of offering sacrifices to the Sui Xing, but the God of Sui Xing was not a smiling heavenly official at first, but rather ferocious and ferocious. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Daoling founded the Five Dou Rice Sect to promote the belief in the three officials. Among the three officials, the Emperor Tianguan was born on the fifteenth day of the first month. This day is also known as the Shangyuan Festival. The heavenly officials blessed all the people, and the Emperor Tianguan was regarded as To be a lucky star.
In addition to the blessings of the heavenly officials, in the Tang Dynasty, the Daozhou governor in Yangcheng, because he opposed the imperial court to pay tribute to the dwarf people in Daozhou, in addition to rejecting it, he also wrote to the court "Daozhou has dwarf people and no dwarf slaves" , The court should be sympathetic to the people. Because Daozhou did not actually have so many dwarfs for the court to entertain the court, in order to meet the needs of the emperor, the governor used clay pots to raise children, only letting him show his head, his hands, feet and bodies were shrunk in the pot and developed abnormally. The people were miserable. Yangcheng requested orders for the people, and finally prevented the Daozhou people from being treated as dwarfs to pay tribute. The great poet Bai Juyi also wrote a poem about the Daozhou people to praise the deeds of Yangcheng. Yangcheng was also considered a lucky star and brought great blessings to the Daozhou people. Lu Xing was originally the star of Wenchang Palace in front of the Big Dipper. Because of the prevalence of the imperial examination system in the Sui and Tang dynasties, one can gain fame and become an official and prosper. The representative god of Lu Xing was Zhang Yuanxiao, a Taoist priest from Qingcheng Mountain in Sichuan during the Five Dynasties. He was a master of martial arts, was good at slingshot, he was able to use all kinds of magic to change his skills, and the common people respect him as Zhang Xian. Zhang Xian is still the goddess of giving off sons, not only blessing the promotion and fortune, but also Fuze for the next generation.
Longevity Star is a star in the south, which can be seen approximately in summer. The birthday star has been widely worshipped in the pre-Qin era, especially the Emperor Qin Shi Huang, who pursued immortality, who built temples to worship; the birthday star appeared in the form of an old man, so it was also called the Antarctic Immortal Weng or the Antarctic Old Man. The birthday star holds a cane in one hand and a big flat peach in the other. Both items have longevity.
Fu, Lu, and Shou are stars in the sky, and they have transformed into gods worshipped in the world because of them. It represents the ideal life that people yearn for.
