Significance of divination

Divination is to predict things with tools such as tortoise shells and grass, which are two ways for ancient people to seek good or bad luck.

The ancients believed that through divination, we could know God's will and predict good or bad luck in the future. Therefore, divination was widely used in ancient China and became an indispensable part of people's lives.

There are many specific methods of divination, and the most common one is divination with tortoise shell or yarrow. When divining with tortoise shells, people will polish the tortoise shells, then carve what they want on the tortoise shells and bake them on the fire, and judge the quality by observing the cracks on the tortoise shells. When yarrow is used for divination, people will choose a certain number of yarrow and manipulate it in a specific way, and then infer good or bad according to the patterns or numbers that appear.

Besides divination, there are many other divination methods, such as divination, astrological divination and so on. These methods infer the good or bad luck by observing the changes of some natural phenomena or symbols. For example, divination is based on the combination of gossip, divination is based on observing the changes of divination, and astrology is based on observing the changes of astrology.

The difference between divination:

1, tools and methods are different: the main tool for divination is tortoise shell or ox bone. Burning tortoise shells or cattle bones can be judged according to their cracks. The main tool for making hay is yarrow, and the result is obtained by counting the number of yarrow.

2. Different historical background and cultural connotation: Divination is one of the earliest prediction methods in ancient China, which appeared as early as the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. It is not only a means to predict good or bad luck, but also reflects the culture, beliefs and religious concepts at that time. However, divination rose in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, which came later than divination. It pays more attention to calculation and reasoning, and its cultural connotation is slightly inferior to divination.

3. Accuracy and credibility are different: because divination predicts good or bad by observing natural phenomena, it has great uncertainty and randomness. But divination is the result of calculation and reasoning, so it is more accurate and reliable. However, with the development of modern science, people's recognition of divination is gradually decreasing.