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Chinese fortune telling

Okay kiddo, do you ever wonder what your future holds? Well, in Chinese culture, there are special people called fortune-tellers who have special ways of predicting what might happen to you in the future. They believe that everything in the universe is connected, and they use different symbols and tools to try to interpret what might happen next.

Have you ever heard of something called the Chinese Zodiac? It's like a special calendar with different animals for each year. Fortune-tellers use this calendar to help predict things about a person's future. They'll ask you what year you were born in and figure out which animal belongs to that year, then they'll use that information to give you advice about your future.

Another thing fortune-tellers use are different types of divination, which is like a special tool to tell you what might happen next. One popular tool is called the "I Ching." It's like this big book with lots of different Chinese characters. You can ask a question, then open the book to a random page and it will give you an answer based on the characters you see.

They also use something called "face reading," where they look at your face and try to guess things about your personality and future based on the shape of your features. For example, they might say that people with big ears are good listeners or that people with round faces are lucky!

It's important to remember that fortune-telling is not a guarantee of what will happen in the future. It's more like a guess or a suggestion. People can still make choices and have control over their lives no matter what a fortune-teller predicts. The most important thing is to believe in yourself and work hard to create the future you want!