There is a folk saying that "the poor love fortune telling and the rich love burning incense" is very realistic.

We often see such a scene in TV series: a fortune teller comes to the door of a rich family and says that he has worked out the disaster that this family is about to encounter, but he is often driven away by his host.

So, have you ever wondered why the rich in ancient times were so disdainful of fortune telling? Comparatively speaking, the poor have a much better attitude towards fortune tellers. What is the reason for this difference?

There is a saying in our ancestors that "the poor love fortune telling and the rich love burning incense". The difference between the poor and the rich is actually caused by the different living conditions of the two sides.

In real life, money doesn't mean everything, but having money will make life less hard. Since ancient times, people who are not very rich have been running for their lives. In some times of economic depression, even if we try our best, we can't guarantee their lives. The poor will encounter all kinds of difficulties brought by lack of money while living hard.

Therefore, when encountering unsolvable difficulties, people will think of fate, and people will believe that these difficulties are predestined and can only be solved by finding suitable methods.

Most fortune tellers are actually amateurs. They may just have more divination knowledge than ordinary people and make a living by this knowledge, so the fees for fortune telling in the street are not high.

The poor can afford these expenses, and they can find a sustenance for themselves through the words of fortune tellers, because if the calculated results are good, people will have more courage to face difficulties and have more expectations for life.

If the result is not good, it doesn't matter, because the poor are used to suffering, they will still try their best to survive and overcome difficulties. If they fail, they will not lose confidence in life. People will think that this is all fate, and they will not blame themselves for their mistakes, so they will give up on themselves because of setbacks.

The rich believe that their fate is good enough, so they don't need to tell fortune. They don't have to worry about material life, and they don't have to rush about for life. Therefore, they have more time to pay attention to their own health or the happiness of future generations. Therefore, the rich generally burn incense to ask the elderly in their families to live longer, so as to achieve prosperity in official career or accumulate wealth for future generations.

Moreover, when rich people go to temples to burn incense, they usually donate some incense money to temples. The richer they are, the more money they donate for incense, which shows that they sincerely ask the gods to bless them.

Some wealthy families standing at the top of the pyramid will not only donate money, but even invest in restoring Buddha statues or raising funds to build temples. This kind of merit will be great and easier to be blessed.

For the poor, of course, it's not that big, but in fact, in some temples with strong incense, many poor people burn incense and worship Buddha. For any kind of faith, the rich who are sincere and spiritual will not be favored by the gods even if they donate more money. what do you think?