often saw old people set up small stalls on the street with "fortune-telling" flags hanging around them, and many people would be surrounded by "masters" to explain their fate. At that time, fortune-telling was more like a craft. After entering the 21st century, with the improvement of the cultural level of the Chinese people, modern people generally believe in science, and there are fewer fortune-telling masters on the street. At this time, most people thought that no one believes in fortune telling anymore, and this craft is almost gone. But in fact, nowadays fortune-telling is not just a craft, it has become an industry.
According to statistics, since 2000, my country’s fortune-telling-related companies have continued to increase. In 2000, there were 611 new companies, and the growth rate has become faster and faster. In 2019, it reached 3,673, and now there are more companies related to Fengshui. There are as many as 40,000. Not only that, but some of these companies have completed the listing. According to statistics, a total of 20 projects have been financed in the fortune-telling track, and even 9 projects have received tens of millions of financing.
Many people may not feel the development of this industry. But in fact, the growth of the fortune-telling industry can also be seen in the daily lives of modern people. Although there are fewer people who set up fortune-telling on the street, after the development of the Internet, the industry of fortune-telling has also moved to the Internet. Many people may have contacted
. Now shopping platforms have fortune-telling "packages", including many WeChat marketing accounts also have "master fortune-telling", as well as those on the Internet about Feng Shui, divination, and fortune-telling , Audio, and video are also products of this industry.
Since the fortune-telling industry can develop so quickly, it is naturally because of the market and demand. This is true. Even in the 21st century, there are many Chinese who believe in fortune telling. From 1996 to 2003, the China Association for Science and Technology conducted three surveys on fortune-telling.
The results of the three surveys are the same: out of every four Chinese people, at least one believes in fortune-telling, and the total number exceeds 300 million. Among them, four adults have been fortune-telling, and nearly two-thirds believe the results of fortune-telling.
In addition, Purdue University in the United States also released a research report on fortune-telling in 2011, which showed that nearly 145 million people in China believe in Feng Shui, 141 million people believe in the god of wealth, and 362 million people in the previous year. Fortune-telling.
Obviously, China has a huge demand for fortune-telling, accounting for 1/4 of the total population. So why in this era of popular science, there are still so many people who can tell fortune-telling?
In fact, there are two situations. Among the fortune-telling crowd, one kind of people really believes and even depends on fortune-telling. There is another kind of people who just find it fun.
In this regard, the China Association for Science and Technology has conducted a survey on the question "Why fortune-telling". Among them, the proportion of people who answered "fun" is the highest, as high as 30.3%. The rest of the answers are all to exorcise evil, to be confused, to get suggestions for solving problems, and so on.
And these people who really believe in fortune-telling have the need for fortune-telling, many of them are because of unsatisfactory life, or because people in business want to be lucky. When they have fortune-telling once and feel that the "master" is right, they will often become "sticky users", and they will also advise people around them to fortune-telling, thus making the fortune-telling industry more popular.
