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Traditional Method of Divination

It is very common that the Chinese visiting temples to pray and a place for worshipping around the World with a strong presence of the Chinese community. Many of the Chinese temples also provide a section for divination or to seek for blessing. It is a common sight around the world especially during Chinese festivals. It is part and parcel of the Chinese culture to seek blessing from deities or divination from the Heaven.

The process and procedures for divination is very tedious and time consuming. In order to get the answer of the diviner question he has to shake a bamboo container containing a cluster of wooden sticks with number and/or Chinese characters written on it. He will get the reference from the stick fallen out to get the answer but has to get the affirmative confirmation by throwing the 2 wooden kidney-shaped.



After receiving the confirmation he will get the answer from the leaflet with the same reference number written on the wooden stick. The leaflet is often quoted with preprinted phrases or poems and you can make an interpretation based on your question. Normally a caretaker may help you to interpret the quotes printed on the paper received. It is very time consuming for you to have your fortune read since at there is a strong congregation of worshippers especially during these festivals.
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