Is divination illegal in China?

If you explicitly tell others that it is for entertainment, it is not illegal. If you break the money to eliminate disasters, you are suspected of fraud, which is illegal.

The Law on Public Security Administration Punishment stipulates that those who organize superstitious activities to harm the health of others shall be detained for more than 10 days and less than 15 days, and may also be fined less than 1000 yuan; If the circumstances are relatively minor, they shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may also be fined not more than 500 yuan.

Calculate divination, and calculate good or bad according to divination. A superstitious activity in the old society. Preface to Ai Qing's Selected Poems: "It is said that I had dystocia, and a fortune teller said that my life was' my parents', so I became an unwelcome person? This makes me hate divination, oppose superstition and become an' atheist'. " Sun Li's "Baiyangdian Chronicle Stone Monkey": "This monkey can divine, ward off evil spirits, cure diseases and grow papules and sores. Think of it as grinding. " Folk methods for predicting fate. It originally refers to the process of deduction and calculation based on the hexagrams recorded in the Book of Changes, supplemented by props (Oracle Bone Inscriptions, copper coins, yarrow, etc.). ).

Used to predict good or bad luck. Later, it was extended to refer to divination in general, such as fortune telling, touching bones, four-column numerology, and six-column feng shui prediction.

legal ground

Constitution of the people's Republic of China

Article 47 The people and citizens of China have the freedom to engage in scientific research, literary and artistic creation and other cultural activities. The state encourages and helps citizens engaged in education, science, technology, literature, art and other cultural undertakings to carry out creative work beneficial to the people.

People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Code

Article 5 Civil subjects engaged in civil activities shall follow the principle of voluntariness and establish, change and terminate civil legal relations according to their own wishes. Article 24 If an adult is unable to identify or fully identify his/her own behavior, his/her interested parties or relevant organizations may apply to the people's court to identify the adult as a person with no or limited capacity for civil conduct.

If a person is recognized by the people's court as a person without or with limited capacity for civil conduct, the people's court may, upon the application of himself, an interested party or a relevant organization, recognize the adult as a person with limited capacity for civil conduct or a person with full capacity for civil conduct according to his mental and psychological health recovery.

The relevant organizations mentioned in this article include: residents' committees, villagers' committees, schools, medical institutions, women's federations, disabled persons' federations, organizations for the elderly established according to law, and civil affairs departments.