The Chinese character fu is a necessity in Spring Festival celebrations.It expresses （1）

people's

people's

（people） best wishes for the coming new year.The tradition of pasting （貼） the character fu on walls and doors（2）

has been

has been

（be） around for a long time.It's recorded that people already practiced this tradition in the Song Dynasty.
   The character fu can be pasted either （3）

normally

normally

（normal） or upside down，because in Chinese，the "reversed fu" and "fu arrives" sound similar to each other，both being pronounced as "fu dao le".
   There is a story about the origin of pasting the "reversed fu".Zhu Yuanzhang，the （4）

first

first

（one） emperor of the Ming Dynasty，once used the character fu as a secret signal to kill a family for insulting （侮辱） his wife，Empress Ma. （5）

To avoid

To avoid

（avoid） the disaster，the kind-hearted Empress Ma ordered every family in the capital to paste the character fu in front of their doors（6）

before

before

the sun rose the next day.Everyone followed her order，but one family pasted the character upside down，because they couldn't read or write.
   The next day，when the emperor ordered his soldiers to check，they found the character fu everywhere， （7）

including

including

（include） the upside-down one.The emperor was very angry and immediately ordered his palace guards to kill （8）

the

the

family who had pasted the character differently.
  Realizing the situation was not good，Empress Ma said to the emperor， "That family knew that you were coming to visit them today，so they pasted the character upside down on purpose.Doesn't it have the same （9）

meaning

meaning

（mean） as 'fu arrives'？"
   After hearing this，the emperor immediately set the family free.From then on，people began to paste the character fu upside down （10）

with/for

with/for

the purpose of hoping for luck and honoring Empress Ma.