A Revolutionary New Look at A Centuries-Old Character

This evening, I happened to speak to a middle-aged woman. The command of her Chinese Language, the facility of her expression and her non-Singaporean accent suggested to me that she was either from China or Taiwan. Indeed, she is from Taiwan. She was married in Singapore some twenty years ago. She is currently a teacher in a kindergarten. She shared her delightful experience in teaching the young children in unorthodox ways, seeing them learning creatively and feeling the joy when she was surrounded and hugged by the children.

This is the way children in kindergarten should learn, i.e. learn through play, and this is the way teachers should teach, i.e. teach in more creative ways.

She is very creative in teaching the Chinese Language. We exchanged our ideas about the fun way of learning the Chinese Language and the Chinese characters. One of the things she shared was about the way many Chinese hang the character "FU" - BLESSINGS. Many like to hang it inverted. When it is hanged inverted, it means to pour away the blessings. So, it should be hanged upright, and it would mean the blessings arrived. It is indeed a revolutionary new look at a centuries-old character.