1 | To address this problem, the temple administration tried to set up a system of training, authentication and supervision of fuchi practitioners. | |
2 | A strict system of supervision with a guarantee of reasonable income for fuchi practitioners was a key feature in the effective institutionalization of fuchi. | |
3 | During the Mao years many of its traditions, such as fortune telling, geomancy, possession by spirits, and popular rituals, were banned as superstitious. |