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Heaven Official God​

天官

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Blessings from the Heaven Official God, in the picture, the Heaven Officials wear official hats, five long beards, robes, jade belts, and a scroll of "Blessings from Heaven Officials" in his hands;

There are bats flying from the sky, indicating that good luck will come from the sky. Blessing from Heavenly Officials is an auspicious word commonly used by the people, which means good fortune and good luck from heaven. Here, the pronunciation of the word "bat" for bat is the same as that of "Fú" (福 Luck).

 

The Heaven Official is an immortal in ancient legends, named Shangyuan Yipin Blessing Heaven Official, Emperor Ziwei. According to Chinese folk legend, Heaven Official God goes down to the world to give blessings on the first lunar month, so it is called "the blessings of the heavenly officials".

 

According to the records in "Meng Liang Lu" (A dream of sorghum) from the southern Song period (1127-1279): "The first day of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the day when the heavenly officials of Shangyuan blessed it."In ancient times, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month was the Lantern Festival, also known as the Lantern Festival. The folk society organizes the Shangyuan Lantern Festival on this day, and many lively celebration ceremonies are to welcome the heavenly officials and look forward to the blessings of the heavenly officials. Everyone hopes to be favored by the holy official and bring good fortune and good fortune for the year.

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天官赐福，画面中天官头戴官帽，五绺长髯，身穿官袍，扎玉带，手执“天官赐福”卷轴；有蝙蝠自天上飞来，预示福运从天而降。天官赐福，是民间常用的吉利话，预示天降福运，吉祥如意。这里取蝙蝠的“蝠”字音同“福”字。

 

天官为古代传说中的神仙，名为上元一品赐福天官，紫微大帝。传说每逢正月十五，是天官下界出巡赐福的日子，故称“天官赐福”。

 

根据南宋《梦粱录》(1127-1279) 中记载：“正月十五日元夕节，乃上元天官赐福之辰。”古代正月十五元宵佳节，又称上元节。民间会在这一天组织上元灯会，许多热闹的庆祝仪式都是为了迎接天官，期待天官赐福。人人都希望得到天官的眷顾，为一年带来福气好运。