Bird divination was first recorded by Westerners in the 17th century. At that time because gold had been discovered in Taiwan and silver in Japan, there was a certain fever in the West to "seek one's fortune in the islands of the Orient."
十七世紀，鳥占第一次被西方人記錄下來，由於台灣東部產金、日本產銀，當時西方有所謂到遠東金銀島發財的熱潮。