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There are astrological tests abroad, but what do people in China rely on for divination?

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 China market. Linda Woolf, an American diviner, is one of them. 1 3 to 8, Lynda stayed in Beijing for a few days, and customers who came to consult flocked to her.

Linda's charge is $200 per hour. But such a price did not stop the enthusiasm of customers. During her few days in Beijing, Linda's schedule was so full that some clients even came to see her for divination from Shanghai, Guangzhou and Xi 'an. Most of these customers are Lynda's old customers in the United States, Hong Kong and Singapore. Some of them asked Linda to help them make a decision on specific issues, while others invited her to their new restaurant to see Feng Shui. Of course, there are also many new customers coming here.

Nevertheless, domestic fortune tellers are not threatened by their foreign counterparts, because the number of foreign clients who come to China for fortune telling is also increasing. Zhou Xin, a feng shui expert who has worked for more than 30 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 think names can affect a person's fate, "Zhou Xin said. However, Zhou Xin told reporters that Chinese and foreign divination theories are interlinked, and they all think that although people can't see, the energy of the universe exists and affects people all the time.

"However, compared with tarot and constellations, China's I Ching is more elaborate and complicated. Many foreigners come to tell fortune because they are fascinated by the Book of Changes, "a fortune teller surnamed Li told reporters. 75-year-old Zhang Buyuan began to study the Book of Changes at the age of 16. 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)