The five blessings of AliPay included the blessing of being patriotic, the blessing of prosperity, the blessing of harmony, the blessing of friendliness, and the blessing of dedication. In addition, there were also special blessing cards such as the All-powerful Blessing Card, the Blessing Card, and the Five Blessings Sharing Card.
The Five Blessings referred to longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a good death. The specific meaning of these five blessings referred to longevity without premature death, wealth and noble status, health and peace of mind, kindness and generosity, and a good death that could know one's death in advance. These five blessings were regarded as an important indicator for the Chinese people to measure happiness, and they were also the condensation and sublimation of the ancient concept of happiness. This concept originated from the Book of History, Hong Fan.
The Five Blessings at the Door meant that five kinds of good fortune came to the family at the same time, not the Five Blessings Immortal. The five blessings were longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a good death. These five blessings represented longevity, wealth, good health, noble character, peace, and a dignified death. Therefore, the Five Blessings did not involve pictures of the Five Blessings Immortals.
In ancient times, it was generally very difficult for officials to be promoted. Officials were selected and assigned through the imperial examination system, and there were also people who became officials through rewards or money. Officials generally did not have these conditions, nor did they have the money to buy official positions, so it was very difficult to be promoted to officials. In addition, if an official wanted to be promoted to an official, he had to work for a period of time before taking the assessment. The evaluation had to be good, the reputation had to be good, and he could not make mistakes. Even after waiting for thirty to forty years, some people still did not get the chance to be promoted to an official. Therefore, in general, it was difficult for an ancient official to be promoted to an official.
The official positions of the Qing Dynasty included doctor and Yuanwailang. According to the official system of the Qing Dynasty, doctors and councilors were of the same rank, and the official name was "Siguan"(Shangshu and Shilang were Tang officials). In modern times, a doctor was equivalent to a department's secretary or director, while a Yuanwailang was equivalent to a deputy secretary or deputy director, and was a department-level cadre.