Why does everyone like to put coins in the scenic pool?

Throwing money into pools or other places is not a unique custom in China, but it is common and even rampant in China. People throw money at cisterns, large water tanks, Buddha statues, flower beds and even coffins of the Ming Tombs. People often put a water tank in the yard of places of interest or small shops, where a layer of coins is piled up.

Although people believe in the power of prayer and wishing, the theory of praying for disaster relief alone cannot explain why so many pious religious ceremonies failed to impress young people, and only coins won great favor. Young people don't kneel three times before the Buddha statue, and they don't even know the rules of the ceremony, but people of any age and background can throw coins in front of the pool. It can be said that its popularity comes more from game stimulation and cultural communication than from religious belief.

Think about it, as long as a coin does not exceed one yuan, you can play the game of blessing, which is cheaper than playing with air guns and iron rings. The rules of the game are fixed and simple? Put the coin on a fixed point. If you hit it, it means good luck next. It stimulates people's participation just like all kinds of games with competitive nature. Fun, fun and good morality cannot guarantee that an activity will last forever. Looking at the difficulties encountered in traditional festivals such as Dragon Boat Festival and Double Ninth Festival in China, we can know that interesting activities also need suitable living soil. As it happens, all aspects of China are promoting blessing activities.

Therefore, temples and Taoist temples are mostly built in scenic places such as famous mountains and rivers. They are not only religious sites, but also tourist attractions, which is the main reason why people like to visit Buddhist temples. The people who come here are both devout believers and literati. With the development of science, the mystery of religion has been gradually revealed, and the spread of religion needs to be constantly secularized. This process requires religion to constantly adapt to social progress, pay attention to people's secular life, actively participate in the construction of the real world, and be more keen on the pursuit of material interests than before.

In the past, the development of temple economy was mainly self-sufficiency. With the intervention of tourism, the development space of temple economy has expanded rapidly. Religious people, government departments and tourism agencies can all share a piece of religious tourism. With the intervention of capital and power, religion has accelerated from? Holy? Arrive? Secular? The transformation process. As a way to increase both passenger flow and income, the wishing pool has already changed from a folk custom to an economic means.