Ancient Chinese Cultural Ideas Reflected in Chinese Characters Associated with Wishes for Good Luck

Abstract

This study was conducted by focusing on the fact that the Chinese character related to prayer for good luck in the radical '示' of “Shuowenjiezi(說文解字)” is not only the most distributed, but also placed at the very front. In this paper, we looked at ancient Chinese ancestral rite customs and cultural ideas reflected in ‘禮’ and ‘福’ before analyzing Chinese characters related to prayers for good fortune. Since '福' bestowed by the gods can only be achieved by avoiding '禍', this study conducted research by selecting 12 Chinese characters related to '福' and 8 Chinese characters related to '禍' as the Chinese characters related to blessings and blessings. Chinese characters related to wishes for good luck include '祿', '禠', '祥', '祉', '禎', '禧', '祺', '祗', '禛', '禔', It means God's protection, good omens and peace of life. ‘祈’ and ‘禱’ mean to pray for good fortune. In addition, the Chinese characters related to ‘禍’ include ‘禍’, ‘祟’, and ‘䄏’ to mean disaster imposed by God, ‘祓’, ‘’, ‘禜’, ‘禳’ and ‘禬’ to mean escape from disaster.