Lanzhou Fortune 58_ Lanzhou Fortune Village

What fortune-telling is there in Xuejia Village, Gansu Province?

Fortune-telling in Xue Jiawan Village, Gansu Province is a tool for villagers in Xue Jiawan to make a living.

Xue Jiawan Village, Gansu Province is located in Yongdeng County, Gansu Province, with about 170 households. In ancient times, people in the village did not make a living by farming, but by fortune telling. This craft has been handed down from generation to generation and is firmly confidential. The father passed on the son and the mother passed on the daughter-in-law, which has been developing vigorously and passed on this craft to this day. The four families of Liu, Gao, He and Liu in the village intermarry with each other, and there are few marriages or marriages.

People in Xue Jiawan Village use Yongdeng dialect with local characteristics in their daily life, just like people in nearby areas, but when it comes to fortune telling, they immediately use a special language to "explain sentences". The rules of this language village are confidential, and there is no written reference book, which can only be passed down by word of mouth. Xue Jiawan Village worships the "Western God" every year, and regards him as the master of divination and the supreme god.

Changes in Xue Jiawan Village

Times have changed, and there are fewer and fewer people living by fortune-telling and divination in Xue Jiawan village. Young people have left their hometown to find a way out in the vast outside world. Under the background that the country advocates respecting science, fortune-telling seems to be getting smaller and smaller in the folk market, and it is obviously impossible to get rich by fortune-telling.

By 20 13, Xue Jiawan's divination skill was listed in the intangible cultural heritage list of Lanzhou, and it was permanently preserved. Now in Xue Jiawan Village, I'm afraid only the elderly are continuing the tradition left by the previous generation and continuing their fortune-telling business, but this is also regarded as one of the characteristics of tourism. After all, keeping up with the times is the foundation of survival.