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Koreans also love fortune telling. Why is fortune telling so popular in Korea?

Fortune telling? I believe everyone has seen this thing, and many people have even done it. There are fortune tellers in many places now, but most of them are fake and have no knowledge. They only do it to make money. Pretended fortune teller. ?Fortune-telling? This industry is derived from the "Book of Changes", which plays a very important role in our country, and is a very important book in Taoism. In ancient times, people had already begun to use the terms in the "Book of Changes" to do divination, but only now has the fortune-telling industry emerged. In fact, the fortune-telling industry does not only appear in our country, it also exists in South Korea, and it is very popular among people, because most people believe in the words of fortune tellers.

Our country and South Korea have always had very similar cultures from ancient times to the present. For example, the pattern on the Korean flag is designed according to our country’s Bagua, and our country’s Chinese characters are in the eyes of Koreans a kind of “heavenly book”. , is very difficult to learn, but there are also Chinese characters in many Korean books. In South Korea, "fortune telling" is also called "divination". This industry in South Korea is not like it is not very popular in our country, but is very popular.

According to big data, in 2016, South Korea’s economy in the fortune-telling industry exceeded two trillion won a year, which was more than RMB 15 billion. This data was already It's very high. There are only less than 80 million people in South Korea, but the number of people engaged in divination currently exceeds 400,000, which means that one out of more than 100 people is engaged in divination. It can be seen that "divination" is already a very big industry in South Korea.

In the eyes of Koreans, as long as there is something that does not suit their hearts, they will go to a fortune teller to divine it, such as work not going well, breaking up with their boyfriend, losing a pet at home, etc., whether it is a big or small matter, they will go to a fortune teller to divine it. . Because when Koreans can't find the answer, they will go to divination. This concept of "fortune telling" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of Koreans.