how to enter and leave a temple

We enter the temple through the door of the dragon (on your right-hand side when you face the temple), to solicit good fortune, and leave through the door of the tiger on the other side, to be rid of bad luck. Never use the middle door, which is for deities only.

Praying and drawing a fortune stick

Ask the Gods for help for making decision

Qin qian are long flat sticks used in temples for consulting the gods. They are inscribed with Chinese characters of heavenly stems and earthly branches. The steps are as follows:

3. Next, you cast the jiao bei(moon blocks), a pair of crescent-shaped blocks with one flat side and one curved side. The way in which these land will tell you whether the god approves of your proposal, opposes it, or does not understand it. If you do not get the right answer, you can repeat the whole process, perhaps asking the question in a different way.