Niaobu

Dictionary explanation: dissecting birds for divination. A custom in ancient western regions. Sui Shu's Biography of the Daughter Country in the Western Regions: "There are both Asura gods and tree gods. At the beginning of the year, some people will sacrifice or use macaques. After the sacrifice, I went to the mountain to make a wish. A bird, like a pheasant, came to her palm and looked at it. If there is millet, it will be rich in the year, and sand will be a disaster, which is called bird divination. " "New Tang Book, Biography of Eastern Women in Western Regions": "The customs are generally the same as Tianzhu. Take 1 1 month as a positive side. Witches sow rotten wheat and call birds up the mountain in October. In Russia, birds come like chickens. From the profile, those who have valleys are rich or have disasters, so they are called birds. "