What Does This Mean?
Online ritual joke or custom in which people "light incense" digitally, for example by tapping an electronic wooden fish app, posting a wish in a comment section or using a virtual incense burner, to wish for luck, calm or good results. It is usually light-hearted and stress-relieving, often tied to exams, work or holidays.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"The night before the exam she posted, "赛博上香，保佑我过。""
LORE & ORIGIN
Recent term; no dated source for the exact phrase found yet. It belongs to a family of online ways of praying: a World of Chinese article dated 2023-04-11 describes young people joking that between work and progress they choose to light incense, and mentions electronic wooden-fish apps that count "merit" per tap. A Yangzi Evening News piece of 2026-02-21 describes a related 赛博迎财神 custom at Lunar New Year, in which people leave wishes online, use god-of-wealth wallpapers and generate AI images of the deity.
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