What is the cultural connotation of calligraphy and stone carvings with the word "Fu" on the big locust tree "blessed by ancestors"?

The "Fu" culture has a profound historical heritage in Hongdong Dahuaishu Scenic Area. As early as the Ming Dynasty's immigration period, immigrants broke off locust branches from the big locust trees and collected locust seeds to comfort their homesickness and protect their long journey away from home. After arriving at the immigration area, the immigrants planted Sophora japonica seeds. The new Sophora japonica trees carried the blessings of their hometown and blessed the immigrants' descendants with safety and prosperity for generations to come. During the Revolution of 1911, Yuan Shikai went against the grain and ordered Lu Yongxiang, the commander-in-chief of the three towns, to attack the Shanxi Revolutionary Army. The Lu Army went south and marched into Pingyang (now Linfen area). They looted wherever they went and did anything. Only when they arrived under the big locust tree in Hongdong, they Get off your horse and worship. The soldiers rumored among themselves that they had returned to their hometown, because most of them were recruited from the Central Plains and were the descendants of immigrants under the big locust tree. When they arrived in Hongdong, instead of plundering, they dedicated the money they robbed elsewhere to the Great Hall. Under the locust tree. With the help of large locust trees, the people of Hongdong avoided a disaster. As a result, the Hongdong big locust tree has not only become the ancestral tree for the descendants of immigrants, but also an auspicious tree that brings "blessings" to the community. In the long-lasting national intangible cultural heritage - the custom of worshiping ancestors on the big locust tree, the word "福" represents the memory of ancestors and the yearning for a better life by the descendants of immigrants, attracting more than 600,000 tourists every year. Worshiping ancestors in Dahuaishu Scenic Spot will bring you "blessings".

"Blessings from the Ancestors" has added new cultural connotations and humanistic landscapes to the Hongdong Sophora japonica Scenic Area, and will become an important carrier and cultural creative element symbol for spreading the excellent traditional culture of the Sophora japonica. It provides tourists with a new check-in place for appreciating blessing characters, touching blessing stones, and receiving blessings. It is understood that the calligraphy stone carving "Blessings from the Ancestors" has the largest blessing character among the stone carvings of the big locust tree. It can be said to be the first blessing of the big locust tree. Its completion has also become a representative work of Hongdong's big locust tree blessing cultural IP. "Blessings from Ancestors" has gathered the rich and profound connotation and aura of traditional Chinese blessing culture, and has become an important carrier to display China's excellent traditional culture to tourists at home and abroad and a core symbol of Hongdong's big locust tree blessing culture.