By the Song dynasty, this method of divination was widespread in temples throughout the land. Today, a thousand years later, divination poems can not only be found in temples in Chinese communities all over the world, but also throughout the area of Chinese cultural influence in Asia, especially in Japan. They are even known in another guise in the Western world, where they reappear in the amusing form of fortune cookies.
到了宋代，求籤在各地廟宇道觀已經很盛行，至今流傳一千年，不僅在全世界華人社區的廟宇都可見到籤詩蹤影，甚至在整個中國文化影響的亞洲地區，特別是日本，都可見到籤詩的存在，而西方世界也因籤詩之趣，發展出「幸運餅乾」的玩意兒。