Witchcraft,Divination And The Daily Life Of Tang Dynasty People

In Chinese society,witchcraft and divination have a long history and play an important role in people's daily life.There are many stories about the use of witchcraft and divination in Tang Dynasty's novel literature.Diviners who have the ability to predict the future are good at seeing the witches and magicians who are summoned by ghosts as the Tang Dynasty in disaster People thanked and prayed for blessings,and they were active in the daily life of the Tang people,outlining a lifelike picture of the life of the Tang people.There are two purposes of using witchcraft and divination in the Tang Dynasty.One is to thank for the disaster.When the Tang people are faced with problems that are difficult to explain and solve under the social conditions at that time,such as difficult to explain and solve,such as the house of monsters and ghosts,natural disasters and man-made disasters,they will attribute the reasons to the ghosts.At that time,the witches and magicians with supernatural and secret power will become the life-saving straw of the Tang people and solve the problems for the Tang people.The other is to solve the problems for the Tang people To predict the future,when the Tang people want to predict their own future,marriage and other life events,they are afraid of the unforeseen disaster,and face the choice is difficult to decide,they will turn to the diviner with predictive ability to predict the future for themselves and solve the doubts.Through the use of witchcraft,divination,gratitude and disaster,and prediction of future life recovery,we can see the principles of moral quality,choice of fate,self-help of soul and taboo of sacrifice in different situations of daily life of Tang people,so as to explore the daily life of Tang people in the use of witchcraft and divination.