(Photo: Beijing Evening News)   Chinanews, Beijing, Dec. 1 – According to Beijing Evening News, fortunetelling becomes popular among college seniors in Beijing. Many of them require fortunetellers near campus to practice divination forecasting good or ill luck.

 

This reporter found that not only fortunetelling, other superstitions like astrology and Tarot Cards also fascinate those students. Experts believe a main reason of this phenomenon is because they are under huge pressures of finding jobs after graduation.

 

An old fortuneteller was found sitting on a wooden bench near Tsinghua University on Monday, small blackboard standing beside him as his billboard, bearing the words "Scientific Fortunetelling." When asked about his "scientific approach," he claimed that the combination of traditional Chinese Eight Diagrams (methods used in divination) and scientific mathematics could guarantee his foretelling accurate.

 

Several fortunetellers enjoy doing their business near Peking and Tsinghua universities, most of their clients being probably students from these two universities. Fortunetelling usually charges around 10-20 yuan (US$1.2-2.5), which is likely to attract more and more young people.

 

Li Wei, deputy director of the Service Center of the Tsinghua University, pointed out that believing what those fortunetellers' words was an introduction of unconfidence. Students should trust themselves when facing employment pressures.