Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Almanac inquiry - Do whatever you want, don't use your head! What do you mean?

Do whatever you want, don't use your head! What do you mean?

Let nature take its course and be firm.

This usually appears in lottery tickets, which is a folk custom in China and one of the forms of divination. At present, most Taoist temples, temples and folk temples have sign boxes for people to draw signs and ask questions. Like gossip, drawing lots is a popular forecasting method for ancient people in China to judge good fortune and bad fortune. The basis for judging good or bad is the number of signed poems and the allusions of signed poems.

Of course, lottery has a strong mystery, which includes the subjective speculation of lottery players. This is an idealistic thing and we don't need to talk about it here. But every sign must have a signature on it, and the signed poem is an allusion, and these poems and allusions are created by ancient literati. The content is rich and colorful, including many truths of theology, literature, history, religion and philosophy, which we have to explore and study. Therefore, in order to further explore and study "lottery culture", it is necessary for us to talk about the prediction methods and related issues in "lottery".