There is a method of divination, which is to put copper coins in turtle shells. What is this called divination?

This is called tortoise shell divination.

In divination, tortoise shells will make a crackling sound when roasted with fire, which is often understood as God's message. Burning Oracle Bone Inscriptions content is another important basis, which is the tortoise shell crack that appears at the same time with the tortoise shell sound, which is full of infinite mystery in the eyes of fortune tellers. This method of divination is called burning tortoise shells. The burn marks on the Oracle bones are dense, and the structure of the words is also taken care of.

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Oracle Bone Inscriptions is the abbreviation of tortoise shell and animal bones, also known as tortoise shell, Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Oracle, Wen Qi and Yin Qi. It is the earliest mature writing found in the Bronze Age (about BC 1339- 128 1 year) in which activities such as divination and sacrifice were recorded on tortoise shells, animal bones and human bones in Shang Dynasty. /kloc-It was unearthed in Xiaotun, Anyang, Henan Province at the end of 0/9, and was called "Yin Ruins" in history.

Oracle Bone Inscriptions has possessed the three basic elements of China's calligraphy, namely, pen, writing and composition, and has formed a solemn and solemn calligraphy style, which is the oldest and most extreme calligraphy style. Burning tortoise shells to predict good or bad luck is the main way for wizards in Shang Dynasty to predict good or bad luck. This discovery shows that the Central Plains culture had spread to Hefei at that time.

Because Shang Wang knew everything, Oracle Bone Inscriptions's content involved all fields of Shang society. According to the information about the business class and country in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, slaves and civilians in Shang Dynasty were composed of people with different identities, such as the masses, farmers, Qiang people, servants, Xi people and concubines. Slave owners and nobles include former princes and their spouses, such as, Cong, Mu, Zi Ruzi and Tuzi. Officials at all levels include ministers, Yin, Shi and dogs. The army has divisions, brigades, etc. Penalties include beheading, beheading, beheading, beheading, etc., and prison "graves" are also set up.

Oracle Bone Inscriptions also recorded the human sacrifice in Shang Dynasty, which is directly related to solving the social nature of Shang Dynasty. The Shang Dynasty often waged wars with foreign countries, and the conquered countries paid tribute to the Shang Dynasty. In Oracle bone inscriptions, it is often recorded that families have come and entered horses, cattle, sheep and turtles.

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A technique for judging omens, which can be divided into positive and negative. Because gods are not concrete things, when people want to know the will of gods, they should go back to the source to investigate the reasons after the results of natural or man-made things appear. For example, judging a strong earthquake as a precursor to the spread of wrath or plague is a kind of negative divination. Predicting the future climate according to the astronomical phenomena is also a kind of divination.

The dream occupation judged by dreams is a negative occupation, but it can also be actively used in the era when many people consciously occupy it through dreams. Generally speaking, the so-called divination is mostly positive and there are many kinds. Burning magic bones is to judge good or bad according to the shape of cracks, or to choose the time and place of offering sacrifices to the gods according to this divination. In Nara era, tortoise divination was introduced from China. The imperial court set up a god officer for this purpose.

The way of exhibition is very strange. Such as playing the piano or singing monotonous songs, playing the piano and singing in a mysterious atmosphere; The proportion of birds judged by song or flight direction; In the evening, when you come to the intersection, you will occupy the evening or the bridge according to the voice of pedestrians, and the intersection will be occupied; Foot occupation judged by walking steps; According to the feeling of picking up a stone or throwing it at the bird's nest; Zhang Zhan is waiting at the crossroads.

In addition, farmers use porridge and beans to predict the quality of a year's agricultural harvest. In addition, there are horse races, tug-of-war and other competitions to determine the proportion of good luck and bad luck every year, which are also examples of divination.

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