25 -year -old Guo Xin (pseudonym) has always resolutely unbelieved numerology, but after she applied for graduate students and job search, she took the initiative to spend money for the first time. For her, fortune telling is not superstitious, but to resolve inner anxietyA psychological counseling.
In the epidemic in the past three years, China's numerology industry has gone through a wave of explosive development and reshaping. Fortune telling is no longer a superstition activity for elderly people and has also become a trendy culture that is highly sought after by young people.Netease Reading in 2021, a survey of more than 1,700 young people under 30 years of age showed that nearly 80 % of the respondents have experienced online or offline mortal experience.Eight characters, constellations and Tarot are the most popular fortune -telling services.
According to the search results of "Enterprise Inspection" of the enterprise inquiry system, more than 15,000 newly registered companies in the past three years are related to keywords such as fortune telling, eight characters, Tarot, constellations, and other keywords.
Guo Xin revealed in an interview with Lianhe Morning Post that most of her friends around had fortune -telling experience. She was the only person among her friends who were completely fortune -telling.However, during the epidemic, graduate students failed for two consecutive years, and they also hit the wall many times when they were looking for internship opportunities.In the case of uncertain prospects, she started to find a master of the eight characters last year to try to understand the success probability and employment direction of her postgraduate entrance examination.
Guo Xin said: "My development in the past two years is not very smooth, the pressure of the postgraduate entrance examination is relatively high, and I am confused about the future development direction, so I want to seek a little comfort through the eight characters of Feng Shui."
The increased demand for fortune -telling for young people has also led to the rapid growth of the relevant training industry.Pan Zizhong (37 years old), founder of the Tarot professional training institution headquarters in Beijing, told this newspaper that the Tarot cards were niche in the pre -epidemic, several large Tarot divinations in ChinaThere are only more than 300 students in the training institution throughout the year.However, in the first half of 2021, the number of trainers increased to more than 70,000.The regular course is expensive. RAS's weekly interest class is RMB 1,599 (S $ 296), and the three -month professional training course costs RMB 16,800.
Pan Zizhong explained: "Three years of the epidemic, everyone is economically tight, and is very confused about the future. There are a lot of demand in the market. There are a large number of people who want to do the Tarot business. At the same time, many people have begun to provide on the short video platform to provideTarot divination services, there are also many self -media companies to promote online divination services behind them, and instantly bring the industry in the industry. "
The barbaric growth online Tarot divination service industry was once officially rectified by the official.Pan Zizhong pointed out that the quality of the new Tarot divination and training companies in the early days of the epidemic was uneven. Many of them cooperated with some factories to sell expensive magic candles through the tarot cards; thereforeEach network platform implements strict currents on the content of Tarot.Many self -media companies have left the game after losing their traffic, and the Tarot market on the Internet has been slightly calmed down.
However, even if the online Tarot card service is rectified, a large number of Tarot students who spend money during the epidemic starts employment after the epidemic, many of which are college students, or young jobs with Tarot as a sideline job.person.
Pan Zizhong said that the number of raws of RAS is currently stable and the course is maintained, but the composition of the students has changed significantly."Most people who come to class are mainly people who want to make money. There are not many people who really learn for their hobbies."
Luo Yanhong (47 years old), who specializes in eight characters and feng shui, revealed that during the epidemic, customers who asked investment decisions were reduced.Ask the level to rise to the level before the epidemic.
Positioning in China is subtle
While the CCP implements the freedom of religious belief at the social level, it is also strictly forbidden to believe in religion in party members within the party.Chinese officials clearly requested at the National Religious Work Conference in April 2016 that "Communist Party members must be a firm Marxist atheist"; the Chinese government on the management of security management punishment and Internet information service management of the Chinese government on the computer information network international networking security protection management method and Internet information service managementThe methods also clearly stipulated "feudal superstition" and "superstition activities".
In many Chinese areas, fortune telling and religion have a close connection; but in China with more complicated religious issues, the positioning of fortune telling is more delicate, less religious colors, and highlighting entertainment and professionalism.When talking about the positioning of fortune tellers, the respondents said in an same way that fortune -telling is a Chinese -style consulting service.
Guo Xin, like most Chinese people, is an atheist. She said: "No matter what the teller said to me, in fact, I will not change my life plan."
Guo Xin regards fortune telling as a psychological consultation. "When I am in a state of life I am not very satisfied, there is no way to comfort myself, I will want to ask for my metaphysics."
Pan Zizhong also clearly positioned Tarot as "consulting services that are not related to medicine".He said: "Every diviner has its own experience accumulation, which can provide others with some emotional soothing and help others analyze problems."
Kiyosuke (32 years old), who is based on the eight characters and Feng Shui as the sideline, emphasized that there are two most important discipline requirements in her numerology industry. The first is to love the party, patriotism, and people.Do not promote superstition.
Kiyosuke described the work of the numerous psychologist "a bit like a psychologist suitable for Chinese babies' constitutions", and also had the composition of chatting while fortune telling; listening to the troubles of others during the consultation process, so that the other party expressed the unpleasant mood in his heart.
A client with severe depression asked Kiyosuke the meaning of life, and he also thought about the idea of light life, but he was unwilling to seek medical assistance.
Kiyosuke said: "This is a difficult situation I have encountered. Some problems are not in my professional category. I can only treat each other as a friend to chat with him a little comfort, and I can help him."
