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In the early 20th century, on what occasions did Vietnamese people consult fortune tellers and choose auspicious days?

According to Phan Kế Bính in Vietnam phong tuc (1915), people chose auspicious days for marriage, ground-breaking, travel and starting a business; they read physiognomy to judge a person's character; and they called on spirits and practised spirit mediumship to ask about affairs, cure illness and find missing people. This is a description of practice, not a claim about whether it worked.

From the article “How early 20th century Vietnamese consulted fortune tellers, picked auspicious days, and practiced mediumship: rereading Phan Kế Bính, Diguet, and Nguyễn Văn Huyên”

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