Many Chinese, when they hit a low point in their life or when faced with a difficult choice, will go to the temple to burn a stick of incense and pray silently to the temple spirit for help and guidance in finding the way out of their difficulty. Asking for a qianshi or divination poem is people's way of conversing directly with the spirit.
許多中國人在生活中遇到低潮或難以抉擇的當口時，都會上廟裡燒柱香、默禱神明庇祐並請求指點迷津，求張籤詩，便是人與神明直接對話的方式。