What do you mean by August?

August Zhan, also called "beginning of autumn Zhan", is a festival with a long history and folk tradition. In ancient China, the year of the lunar calendar was divided into twenty-four solar terms, of which "beginning of autumn" was one of the twenty-four solar terms, usually on August 7th or 8th every year. Therefore, people have a tradition of calculating good and bad luck according to August.

In the traditional occupation of China in August, it is mainly by measuring the number of accounts to speculate on good or bad luck. The account number is divided into "Huang Zhongzhan" and "Taoist Zhan". Huang Zhongzhan mainly predicts the future by hanging yellow paper and poking ivory bones. Taoist divination refers to numbers.

Either way, there are certain processes and skills. The soothsayer needs to meditate on the clutch sound in his mind, keep quiet and restrained, and avoid being influenced and interfered by the outside world. At the same time, fortune tellers should also have a normal mind and try to keep a calm prediction of the future.

Nowadays, although we have entered the modern society, the traditional folk culture and festivals continue. Every August, many people still take part in divination activities. However, today's August occupations are more diversified, and some people will choose to perform divination online, so as to obtain the corresponding Oracle Bone Inscriptions and divination through the Internet. Some people will also make predictions on the divination platform according to their own needs.

No matter in traditional or modern folk, August represents people's expectation and prayer for the future. Although it is only a festival, it has been circulated for thousands of years, constantly expressing people's exploration and pursuit of the future.