The history of divination in China is almost as old as this ancient civilization. However, with the improvement of China's internationalization, more and more westerners come to work and live in China. They brought a new trend: foreign fortune tellers gradually entered the market in China. Lynda Woolf, an American diviner, is one of them. From January 3 to 8, Lynda stayed in Beijing for a few days, and the customers who came to ask questions were pouring in.
Lynda charges by the hour, which is $2 per hour. But such a price did not stop the enthusiasm of customers. During her few days in Beijing, Lynda's schedule was full, and even some clients made a special trip from Shanghai, Guangzhou and Xi 'an to ask her for divination. Most of these customers are Lynda's old customers in the United States, Hong Kong and Singapore. Some of them ask Lynda to help them make decisions on specific problems, while others invite her to their newly opened restaurant to see Feng Shui. Of course, there are also many new customers who come here.
Nevertheless, domestic fortune tellers are not threatened by the competition from their foreign counterparts, because the number of foreign customers who come to China for fortune telling is also increasing. Zhou Xin, a feng shui expert who has worked for more than 3 years, told reporters that because China's fortune-telling is mysterious, more and more foreign clients come to him with translators. "Foreign customers and China customers are different. Foreigners prefer to predict, while China people mainly change their names or names, because we believe that names can affect a person's fortune, "Zhou Xin said. However, Zhou Xin told reporters that China and foreign divination theories are interlinked, and both believe that although people can't see it, the energy of the universe exists and affects human beings all the time.
"However, compared with Tarot and Constellation, China's Book of Changes is more elaborate and complicated. Many foreigners come to tell their fortune because they are fascinated by the Book of Changes, "a fortune teller surnamed Li told reporters. Zhang Buyuan, 75, has been studying the Book of Changes since he was 16 years old. He told reporters that the Book of Changes and fortune telling are not feudal superstitions as people think. "This is scientific. Everything in the universe, including people, is influenced by energy, which is what we call yin-yang and five elements. The Book of Changes reveals the laws of natural energy. So following these laws, we can predict and change people's fate, "said Zhang Buyuan. (Source: China Daily reporter Cheng Yingqi)