Growing popularity of mysticism can also be connected to increasing sense of cultural confidence as Chinese brands and products go global<\/p>\n
Pass my exams. Meet Mr Right. Get rich. Pinned to a board by the entrance of a dimly lit fortune telling bar in Fengtai, an urban district in the south of Beijing, handwritten notes reveal the inner worries of customers coming for cocktails with a side of spiritual salvation.<\/p>\n
One As All is one of several fortune telling bars to have opened in Beijing, Shanghai and other Chinese cities in recent years. Hidden on the 12th floor of a commercial building, the bar serves a wide range of drinks starting at an auspicious 88 yuan (\u00a39) (eight is considered to be lucky number in China). As well as enjoying a sundowner with a view over Beijing\u2019s skyline, customers can consult the in-house fortune teller who specialises in qiuqian, <\/em>known in English as Chinese lottery sticks, an ancient style of divination often found in Taoist temples. From a private side-room, the smell of incense burning in front of a genuine Taoist shrine wafts into the bar.<\/p>\n