In ancient times, turtles were used for good or ill luck. What's the point?

The Book of Rites says "forest, phoenix, turtle, dragon and four spirits". In ancient times, turtles were juxtaposed with legendary magical animals such as Kirin, Phoenix and Feilong, which shows that their status is very high. The Book of Rites Quli quoted Liu Xiangwei as saying: "The words of the people have long been the words of turtles. The tortoise has a history of more than 1000 years. In the long run, it has a century-old god who can distinguish good from evil. "

It is also because the shell of firecrackers is the earliest buzzword, which was slow in the late Shang Dynasty (14th century to1/early century). In China, the royal family used them for divination and sadness, and carved words on them. Tortoise shell or animal bone. This is a matter of divination or result. Finally, the most mature China script was gradually formed: Oracle Bone Inscriptions ("Ci Wen", "Gu Ming", Yin Ruins script or "Animal Bone Turtle").

Explain the word: "occupation" means observing the burning turtle shell (why turtle shell? )。 In ancient times, when shooting with tortoise shells, the shape of cracks appeared, which could indicate good luck. Judging the unknown or predicting the future by studying the incomplete evidence of various signs, for example, it will be used during the national war.

Therefore, there was a saying of "stupid turtle" in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It is more effective to believe that ghosts are long. The Book of Rites says: "There are four kinds of souls: forest, phoenix, turtle, dragon." In ancient times, turtles were in a very high position alongside the legendary magical animals Kirin, Phoenix and Dragonfly.

During the Yin and Shang Dynasties, Emperor Bu's officers barbecued turtle shells with coal fire, and according to the cracks on the turtle shells, they were used by the emperor to predict the country, war, weather and other issues. The origin of the word disaster is that after the fire blows through the shell, similar cracks are easy to appear, which is used to predict fate. It is said that gossip is also inspired by turtles.