What is a ask the spirits?

"Ask the spirits" is a game to invite gods. It communicates with an energy body, which we can call gods with pens.

The game "Ask the spirits" is a variant or simplified version of one of the oldest witchcraft in China. "

The game "Ask the Fairy" can confuse people because of the moving pen. This phenomenon can be explained from the physical point of view: when playing "Pen Fairy", you are not allowed to use your elbow or wrist as a support, but need to be suspended, and the pen is perpendicular to any point on the paper. When all contradictory conditions, such as hanging wrist, no support, smooth paper surface and pen tip, are satisfied, two people will exert force on each other, so it is inevitable that the pen will move in a circle under the action of the body.

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Game origin

"Fufu" originated from the legendary worship of Zi Gu Xian, but history books have different opinions on its origin. In his Three Notes, Hong Mai, a Song Dynasty poet, thought that it only appeared gradually in the period of Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty, but Liu of the Southern Dynasty recorded it in his Bieyuan.

The story of Zi Gu, the change of time, place and content of asking for heaven recorded in Shen Kuo's Meng Qian Bi Tan reflect the change of witchcraft in Hua Fu.

The biggest change of "Hua Fu" is that it has become a divination game after being manipulated by literati, Taoist priests and wizards. In modern times, it has been used by guilds and has become a means for gangs to gather congregations and gather wealth.

Professor Guo Zhengyi introduced that Hua Fu generally refers to the use of horizontal sticks and pens. Two fingers against the bar, there is a sand table below. After the pen draws a line on the sand table, the host reads the "heavenly book" and can read it again after harrowing the sand table.

During the Cultural Revolution and the mid-1980s, "inviting immortals" began to spread in rural areas. Some invited Guanyin, and some even claimed that Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou could invite them. This kind of activity is particularly rampant in Henan and Shaanxi.

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