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The origin of Mahjong tiles
The Mahjong tiles that people are familiar with today have a sad story.
Once upon a time, there was a young man whose parents died. His surname was Ma, and his only name was a human character. He is smart, hard-working and very competitive, but his family is impoverished.
One day, a general returned to the court victoriously. He was clad in red and colorful, riding a tall horse, which attracted the citizens to crowd the streets to watch. Ma Ren was among them. He looked at the majestic general and said to his companions: "I will also be a general in the future, and I will be very majestic!" After hearing this, his companions burst into laughter and taunted him: "Thousands of armies are easy to get, but one general is hard to find. You can't even eat, but you still want to be a general?"
After hearing this, Ma Ren said nothing. From then on, he got up early in the morning and practiced martial arts in the dark. When his companions saw that he really wanted to be a general, they nicknamed him "Mahjong." Later, the call went smoothly, but the real name was forgotten.
It didn’t take long for mahjong to become useless for martial arts practice. Because they only practice martial arts without working, they don’t even have food to eat, and they can’t play with sticks. I have no choice but to work first to earn money for food.
Mahjong has the skill of twisting hemp rope with one hand, which is fast and good, so many people ask him to work. "Hey, Mahjong, come to my house today to rub." "Mahjong, come to my house tomorrow to rub." In this way, today he will twist hemp rope for the east family and tomorrow he will twist hemp rope for the west family. Mahjong simply gave up practicing martial arts and started selling mahjong in the world. rope business. But I secretly vowed in my heart: If I can’t become a general, I will at least become a rich man!
After that, mahjong always kept thin hemp ropes of different sizes. When they earned a copper, they strung them up with the thin ropes and chanted: "One copper, two coppers, three coppers..." Nine Add one after the copper to make a circle and hang it up, which is called a bunch. If there are ten bunches, it is called ten thousand. He also prepared four whiteboard boxes and planned to save up to 100,000 to fill four large boxes.
After a lot of hard work, he finally accumulated 90,000 yuan. His friends advised him: "You have experienced so many springs, summers, autumns and winters, and your temples are stained with frost; you have traveled all over the southeast and northwest, and you have seen various places. The plum blossoms, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums have suffered from wind, frost, rain and snow again. Don’t think about getting rich, you should take care of yourself and go home to enjoy the happiness." After hearing this, Mahjong felt that it was reasonable and went back home.
But when Mahjong returned home, he was shocked: the four whiteboard boxes were empty.
It turns out that Mahjong was obsessed with making money and neglected to discipline his children. His son Hongzhong built a house, married a wife, and gave birth to a son in a grand manner, spending money like water, and spent all his hard-earned money in his life. When Mahjong learned the truth, he was so angry that he smashed the four white cardboard boxes into pieces and died in anger soon after.
Mahjong’s friends came over after hearing the news and were busy helping with the funeral arrangements. They gathered the smashed whiteboard boxes. Strangely enough, the pieces were all about the same size, and they totaled one. One hundred and forty-four dollars. In order to commemorate Mahjong, they carved his life experience on the wooden board. From then on, there were Tongzi, Wanzi, Southeast and Northwest, Plum, Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum, Facai, White Board, and Red Middle. They were called "Mahjong tiles" and soon became popular among the people.
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The origin of Mahjong Once upon a time, there was a man named Ma Qi. He was smart, hard-working and extremely competitive. Strong, but living a life of poverty.
One day, a general returned to court after winning a victory. He was dressed in red and colorful and paraded through the streets on a tall horse. Local citizens crowded the streets to watch. Ma Qi and his companions were among them. He looked at the majestic general from all sides and said to his companions: "I will also be a general in the future, so I can show off my dignity."
From then on, he got up early and walked in the dark. Start practicing martial arts. When his companions saw that he really wanted to be a general, they nicknamed him "Mahjong."
Mahjong has the skill of twisting hemp rope with one hand, which is fast and good. Many people invite him. In this way, he saved a lot of money frugally, and Mahjong started selling hemp rope. He secretly vowed to become a millionaire even if he didn't become a general!
Mahjong is prepared with thin hemp ropes of different sizes. When you earn a copper, you tie them up with the thin ropes. You also love to say: "One copper, two coppers, three coppers..." In nine Add another copper after the copper, make a circle and hang it up, and call it a bunch. One bunch, two bunches, three bunches... after nine bunches, add one bunch and call it ten thousand. He prepared four whiteboard boxes. The first goal is to save 100,000, which is exactly 4 big boxes. After a lot of hard work, Mahjong finally accumulated 90,000. His friends advised him: "Mahjong, you have gone through spring, summer, autumn and winter, and your temples are silver. You have experienced the joy of viewing plum blossoms, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums from all over the world, and you have also tasted the joy of traveling all over the world." East, west, north and south, we are suffering from wind, frost, rain and snow. We should not be obsessed with getting rich. We should take care of ourselves, discipline our children, and enjoy a happy life in our old age." After hearing this, Mahjong felt that it was reasonable and went back home.
But when Mahjong returned home, he was shocked to see that the four crates were empty!
It turns out that Mahjong was all about money and neglected the education of his children. His son became famous, built a house, married a wife, and gave birth to a son in a grand manner, spending money like water, and spending all his life's hard work. No money was left. When Mahjong learned the truth, he was so angry that he smashed four whiteboard boxes into pieces. Soon after, he fell ill and died.
Mahjong’s friends came over after hearing the news to help with the funeral arrangements. They collected the smashed whiteboard boxes. Strangely enough, the pieces were all about the same size, totaling 144 pieces. In order to commemorate Mahjong, they carved the life experience of Mahjong on the wooden board, so there were tube, bundle, Wan, southeast and northwest wind, plum orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, fortune, white board, red center, called "Mahjong tiles". Since then, mahjong tiles have been popular among the people.
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Relevant data records that there was a large royal granary in Taicang County, Jiangsu Province, which was stocked all year round. Rice for the "South-to-North Grain Diversion". Naturally, abundant food means frequent bird attacks, and a lot of food is lost every year due to bird attacks. In order to reward those who caught birds and protected the grain, the officials who managed the granary used bamboo chips to record the number of birds caught and paid out rewards based on this. This is Taicang's "Grain Protection Card". This kind of chip is engraved with various symbols and numbers, which can be viewed, played, and used as a certificate to claim bonuses. The gameplay, symbols and terms of title of this kind of food protection card are all related to catching birds.
For example, the pattern of "tube" is the cross section of a gunpowder gun, the "tube" is the barrel of the gun, and the number of tubes represents several gunpowder guns. "Suo" means "bundle", which is a bird strung with a thin rope, so the pattern of "One Suo" is represented by a bird. How many ropes are equal to how many bunches of birds there are, and the prize is calculated according to the number of birds. "Ten thousand" is the unit of reward, and tens of thousands is the amount of reward.
There is also "south, southeast, northwest" as the wind direction, so it is called "wind". The wind direction should be considered when shooting birds with gunpowder guns. "Zhong, Bai, Fa": "Zhong" means to shoot, so it is red; "White" means a white board, which is used to fire cannons; "Fa" means to issue a bounty, and receive the reward to make a fortune.
The terminology of mahjong playing is also related to catching birds and protecting food. Such as "bang" or "bang" gunshot. Another example is the brand name "Bu", which is homophonic to "Falcon". "Falcon" is a kind of eagle that catches birds. In addition, terms such as "eat" and "gang" are also related to bird hunting. So why is it called "Mahjong"? In the local dialect of Taicang, "Mahjong" is called "Mahjong", so playing mahjong is naturally called playing mahjong.
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The real name of Mahjong should be "Mojiang", and the 108 characters in the Water Margin are the ones that are wiped. hero. According to legend, there was a man named Wan Bingyu at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. He admired the Liangshan heroes written by Shi Naian very much. He wanted to tell the story of Water Margin to the high-ranking officials and nobles, and then he loved and protected the people, so he invented mahjong and told the story of the Water Margin heroes. Get involved in this game. There are 108 mahjong cards as the base number, which are metaphors for the 108 heroes. For example, the nine pieces in the card are likened to "Nine Dragons" Shi Jin, the two pieces are likened to "Double Whips" Hu Yanzhuo, and the one cake is likened to "Black Whirlwind" Li Kui.
The reason why it is divided into three categories: Wan, Bing and Tiao is the homophony of his own name. There are four cards in each category from one to nine, which is exactly 108 cards. The 108 cards gather in Liangshan from all directions, so adding the east, west, south, north, and noon directions, four cards are taken from each direction, totaling 20 cards. These heroes come from all walks of life, rich and poor, so "fa" and "bai" are added to metaphor the rich and poor. Adding eight cards, the total number of cards in the deck is 136.
Later, various flower cards were added, and the entire deck totaled 144 cards. There is another folk saying that when playing mahjong, a square table is used in the four directions of east, west, north and south, which also refers to the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. Each person has thirteen cards, because there are thirteen weeks in a season. The four seasons combined into fifty-two weeks last for three hundred and sixty-four days. Adding the winning card represents the last day of the year for three hundred and sixty-five days, which is exactly one year. This is another funny saying.
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The earliest record of Mahjong in my country is the "Mahjong Classic" written by Yang Danian in the Song Dynasty. . The content is similar to today's mahjong. Mahjong developed to the Qing Dynasty. There was no "one bird" (one rope), and the seven characters were "gong", "hou", "general", "xiang", "wen", "wu" and "hundred". The Qing court I suspected that these seven characters were related to the rebellion against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, so I ordered them to be banned. During the Daoguang period, the scholar Chen Shimen traveled around on his brother's boat. The crew on the ship were bored and gathered around gambling. Chen Shimen watched them day by day, so he came up with the idea of ????improving the gambling equipment. The wind direction often changed while the boat was sailing, so he took the Duke The phase was changed to southeast and northwest winds. At that time, the currency system used for ships trading everywhere was that ten tubes were equivalent to one rope, and ten ropes were equivalent to ten thousand. Among them, the "tube" is a copper coin with a hole in the middle, and the rope is a pile of copper coins strung together. So he used these in mahjong, but the first rope and the second rope were easily confused. One day he saw the birds on the boat and had an idea to change the first rope to "bird". Mahjong has now been roughly formed, but what should we change to the words Wenwubai? Chen Shimen was troubled by this. One time, while playing chess, a crew member used a cannon to defeat his opponent and said, "My cannon is always on target." After Chen Shimen heard this, he changed the civil and military skills of a hundred shots and a hundred hits to a middle shot and a white one. This is our mahjong today.
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Mahjong tiles (also known as mahjong tiles) are derived from the horse tags and horse tiles that were popular in the late Ming Dynasty. It was developed and evolved from playing cards. Entertainment games such as horse tag and playing cards are inextricably linked to gambling, the oldest entertainment game in Chinese history. Even a "blood" relationship. Today's popular games and entertainment such as chess and cards are all developed, derived and evolved on the basis of games.
It is difficult to say exactly when the ancient Bo Opera began. According to records in "Historical Records" and other relevant texts, the emergence of gambling was at least before King Zhou of Yin.
The earliest gambling game in my country is called "Liubo", which has six chopsticks and 12 chess pieces. The chopsticks are a long bamboo product, which is equivalent to the dice used in playing mahjong today.
According to "Yan's Family Instructions: Miscellaneous Arts", it can be seen that gambling opera is divided into Dabo and Xiaobo. Da Bo's chess playing method is no longer testable. The gameplay of Xiaobo is recorded in more detail in the "Gu Bo Jing".
The method is: two people sit opposite each other, the chessboard has 12 lanes, and there is water in the middle. Place six rectangular black and white chess pieces on the chessboard. He also took two fish and placed them in the water. Both sides of the game take turns throwing dice (ie dice), and based on the size of the throw, the number of steps forward for the chess piece is determined. When the chess piece reaches the end point, stand it up and become Xiaoqi (or Xiaoqi). If you become a good chess player, you can get into the water and "lead the fish" to gain funds. Win with six chips. A piece of chess that is not completed is called loose chess. Xiaoqi can attack the opponent's chess pieces, or give up the opportunity to walk without moving, but loose chess cannot.
The transformation of mahjong:
After the Han and Wei dynasties, gambling games underwent fundamental changes. The chess pieces in the gambling game broke away from each other and played independently, developing in the direction of chess and becoming a game. The Qiong of gambling became Wumu, that is, five wooden dices, which also independently became a kind of gambling equipment, called Ai Pu. The winner is decided by a point throw. According to legend, the dice made by Cao Zhi were made of jade at that time and later made of bone. Change five pieces of wood into two dice, a cube, with dots engraved on its six sides, with the dots ranging from one to six. So it was also called "Double Six" at that time.
In the Tang Dynasty, dice became an independent gambling tool. And from two dice to six dice. According to "The Story of West Villa", Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty and Concubine Yang Guifei played dice for fun. Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty was in a bad battle, and he could only turn defeat into victory by making two of the six dice appear "four" at the same time. So Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty raised the dice and threw it, while shouting "heavy four". The die stopped and hit exactly four. Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty was overjoyed and ordered Gao Lishi to paint the four points of the dice red. Therefore, to this day, the unit and four sides of the dice are red, and the other four sides are black.
Since the Tang Dynasty, the method of using six dices to combine various names to determine the outcome was called a dice grid at that time. The most complete entertainment equipment that evolved based on the dice grid is the dominoes produced during the Xuanhe reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty (also called Xuanhe tiles, namely Pai Gow, Niu tiles, and Tianjiu tiles that are still popular in some areas). The dominoes are made of ivory or elephant bone, and the cube of the dice is changed into a rectangular parallelepiped, and the six hollow points of the dice are changed into one hollow point. There are 21 colors of dominoes. Each color is composed of the points of two dice, so the maximum number of dominoes is 12 points and the minimum number is two points. There are two or one color for each color, maximum 32.
In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, at the same time as the dice grid, another game called "Yiye Opera" appeared. There are different opinions about the origin of leaf opera. The "Biography of Princess Tongmao" of the Tang Dynasty said, "Wei's sects are fond of Ye Zi Opera." This is the earliest written record of Ye Zi Opera. In addition, there are several theories: it was written by Ye Ziqing; it was written by the woman Ye Zi; it was written by the governor of Hezhou in the Tang Dynasty and the geisha Ye Maolian playing dice grids on a boat. These claims seem far-fetched. In fact, the "leaf opera" as it was called at that time was not a mature game. It is just a piece of paper used to record the winning and losing values ??when playing dice. This can be proved from Ouyang Xiu's "Guitian Lu":
The books collected by the Tang Dynasty were all made into scrolls, with leaves behind them. Today's hand-folded scrolls are written on leaves if the text is ready for inspection. The dice grid is for inspection, so it is also written on leaves, which is why it is named after you.
The leaves mentioned in the article are pieces of paper, but this is not a game, it is just a piece of paper to record values. However, we can regard it as the originator of mahjong tiles.
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In gambling games after the Han and Wei dynasties, gold, silver and other property were often used as bets. Most of the gold and silver used were ingots or blocks, with small wins and small losses. They were cut and cut sporadically, which was inconvenient, so horses (also called horses) were made. Horses are generally made of rhinoceros horn, ivory or bamboo slices, in strips of varying lengths. Paint both sides with colored markers. Note the weight of gold and silver represented by this horse. During the game, the winning or losing horses are first withdrawn with horses. After the game is over, the horses obtained are exchanged for gold and silver. By the Tang Dynasty, paper pieces were used instead of rhinoceros horns, ivory, bamboo pieces, etc. to record the weight of gold and silver, ranging from hundreds to millions, with numbers from one to nine in each color, similar to today's banknotes and paper money. It has roughly the same function as the chips in today's mahjong tiles. In ancient times, there was a slight difference between chips and horses: chips only represented the number of wins and losses, not the numerical values ??of wins and losses; horses calculated the numerical values. In later generations, chips and horses were not distinguished, and they were collectively referred to as chips.
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By the Tianqi period of the Ming Dynasty, chips were originally used as accessory chips for games. After gradual evolution, It has become a new entertainment tool, namely horse tag.
The horse tag is a kind of paper card. There are 40 cards in the whole deck, which are divided into four colors: Shiwanguan, Wanguan, Suozi and Wenqian. Among them, the two colors of Wan Guan and Suo Zi are from one to nine; the Hundred Thousand Guan is from 200,000 to 900,000 Guan, and even the Million Guan, Ten Thousand Guan, and Ten Thousand Guan; and Wenqian is from one to nine. There are even one piece each of Banwen (also called Zhihua) and Wuwen (also called Kongtang). The 100,000 guan and 10,000 guan cards have portraits of heroes from "Water Margin", and 10,000 guan are naturally assigned to Song Jiang, which means that one cannot become rich without a big thief. Draw the figures of rope and money on the cards of Suozi and Wenqian.
The horse tag is played by four people. Each person takes eight cards first and puts the remaining eight cards in the middle of the table. The four people take turns playing cards, taking cards, and using big cards to hit small ones. Horse tag playing is divided into banker and player. There is no fixed owner of the village, so you can sit in turns. Therefore, the three players work together to attack the banker, causing the banker to move down.
The origin of the name Chenghangtag has always been divided into different opinions. However, according to this card, it evolved from Horse, and the pictures on the card are all related to money: Wenqian is money, always one thousand Wenqian, and the rope is the rope through which money is worn, that is, the money string; and in ancient times, one thousand Wenqian Wen Qian is also called Yi Diao Qian, and the shadows of "horse" and "diao" seem to be visible in it. If understood in this way, the meaning of the name of the horse tag is self-explanatory. Translated, it is probably "a card about money."
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While horse tags became popular in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, horse tags were derived from A kind of entertainment equipment called "playing cards" (also called Mohe cards). Cards are also played by four people. The cards made of paper are about two inches long and less than one inch wide. There are 60 cards at the beginning, divided into three colors: Wenqian, Suozi and Wanguan. The three colors are two from one to nine, and there are three colors of unitary (i.e. the middle, hair and white in mahjong tiles). ) two each. When playing cards, each of the four people takes ten cards first, and then takes and plays the cards in turn. Three consecutive cards are called a deck, and the player with three decks plus a pair of cards wins. The title of winning card is "和" (yin Hu). One family plays cards, and two or even three families tell them at the same time, and the one who gets the cards first wins. These tiles and playing methods are very similar to today's mahjong tiles. This kind of card game is always silent during the playing process, so it is also called silent card.
Later, people felt that the number of playing cards was too few to enjoy playing, so they put two decks of cards together to form one deck for playing. From then on, the number of playing cards became 120. In terms of gameplay, in addition to three consecutive cards that can form a deck, three identical cards can also form a deck. In other words, the cards played in the upper hand can still be eaten and touched if necessary in the lower hand. At this time, the card combinations include "Kan" (three numbers from the same door are connected), "Peng" (three cards are the same), and "Open Kong" (four cards are the same). The playing cards at this time are also called "hit cards".
In the 47th chapter of "Dream of Red Mansions", "The stupid overlord flirted and was beaten hard, and the cold man left home in fear of misfortune", Jia Mu, Aunt Xue, Wang Xifeng and others fought with the draw card. The book writes:
Yuanyang saw that Jia Mu's cards were already at 100%, and she only waited for one piece of two cakes, so she handed over the code to Sister Feng. Sister Feng was about to deal the cards, so she deliberately hesitated for a long time and said with a smile: "Aunt Xue is holding this card in my hand. If I don't deal this card, I won't be able to deal with it."... < /p>
Two cakes are two texts, and the text gate has been drawn in the shape of a round cake in the horse crane (see Pan Zhiheng's "Ye Pu" in the Ming Dynasty). Here is an example of issuing the top card.
At the same time, there is also a "collision" in dominoes, which combines five cards of each of the 21 card colors into one deck. There are also regulations such as opening a bar, doubling one's own touch, playing with the husband, and being punished for cheating. These playing methods and terms of dominoes were also accepted and inherited by playing cards.
About the end of the Qing Dynasty, the four colors of east, south, west and north wind cards (four cards of each color) were added to the playing cards. The most commonly used table at that time was the square table, also called the Eight Immortals table. The name of the Eight Immortals Table comes from the fact that it can seat eight people while dining. When used for playing cards, it always faces one side, which restricts two people from sitting on one side. Gradually, it became a custom for four people to play cards, each sitting on one side. People also got inspiration from the four directions and added east, south, west and north winds to the cards.
As for the increase in the three-yuan cards Zhong, Fa and Bai, it may be people's yearning for promotion and wealth. The middle is the middle examination (Zhongjieyuan, Zhonghuiyuan, Zhongzhuangyuan, called Zhongsanyuan), and getting rich means getting rich. If you win the imperial examination and become an official, you will naturally get rich. Whiteboard may mean blank and innocent.
Later, people found that when playing mahjong, they often ran out of cards and no one made the cards, which was disappointing. In order to make up for this shortcoming, the listening function was added. Initially, only two tiles were added, and gradually the number was increased to more tiles, until it developed into painted mahjong tiles.
However, due to the large number of playing cards, it is very inconvenient to pick, discard and combine cards. People were inspired by dominoes and gradually changed to bone making. It was convenient to stand the cards on the table. . Authentic Mahjong tiles begin here.
As for the origin of the name of mahjong tiles, there is no way to verify it now. Possibly caused by a corruption of pronunciation. Wu Ren's pronunciation of "bird" is diào, so the horse tag becomes the horse bird tile, the ma bird tile becomes the mahjong tile, and then becomes the mahjong tile.
After the mahjong tiles were formed, everyone from the imperial court to the common people loved them. Common people also get fun from playing mahjong. A man with good poker luck wrote a poem:
Today’s winning game, line up the right moves.
Three yuan (white hair in the middle) and four happiness (south, east, northwest), slam meets unitary. Flowers come from the hair, and the moon is fished from the bottom of the sea. Stay away from the venue after the event, afraid of being knocked down.
With such good luck, who can not be happy?
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From the above, we can know the general trajectory of the formation of mahjong tiles.
2006-1-13 11:21:00 Unable to be romantic
From the above, we can know the general trajectory of the formation of mahjong tiles. < /p>
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Ma hang tiles (playing cards) → Mohe tiles → Mahjong tiles (bone)
There are only more than a hundred mahjong tiles, but it is difficult to play Colorful, both wit and courage. The predecessors had requirements for players who participated in playing mahjong: "When entering the game of cards, you must first practice your cards. Your cards should be calm and not hasty. Don't be arrogant when you gain and don't be stingy when you lose. Don't be happy when things go well and don't worry when times go against you. Formed in color, silent in sound, broad in meaning, noble in character, elegant and gentle, this is the best. "This reflects the purpose and spirit of Mahjong Entertainment itself.
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Legend has it that the one hundred and eight mahjong tiles are a metaphor for the one hundred and eight generals in Liangshan. It was invented by a person who worshiped the heroes of Water Margin in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. Mahjong was called "national opera" by Hu Shi, and now it has become a healthy entertainment activity.
Mahjong tiles are also called mahjong tiles, the Battle of Bamboo City, and the Battle of Fangcheng. Modern mahjong tiles were produced in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. They were initially popular in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in my country. In the early 1820s, they were exported as a "huge commodity" and flowed into the West and Japan. Mahjong tiles are derived from the name of horse tag, an entertainment product in the Ming Dynasty. The earliest written records of mahjong tiles are written as mahjong tiles. It can be seen that the origin of the name of mahjong tiles is related to the name of horse tag. It is recorded in "Qing Barnai Lei Chao": "The sparrow brand is a twist of the sound of the horse tag." The two characters "ma" and "ma" have the same pronunciation. The local pronunciation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang calls the bird "diao", and when the pronunciation of "diao" is pronounced, it means "diao". So Ma Diao studied mahjong, and mahjong tiles got its name.
At the same time that horse tags became popular in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, an entertainment tool called "playing cards" (also called Mohe cards) was derived from horse tags. Cards are also played by four people. The cards made of paper are about two inches long and less than one inch wide. There are 60 cards at the beginning of the game. When playing cards, each of the four people takes ten cards first, and then takes and plays the cards in turn. These tiles and playing methods are very similar to today's mahjong tiles. This kind of card game is always silent during the playing process, so it is also called silent card.
Later, people found that when playing mahjong, they often ran out of cards and no one made the cards, which was disappointing. In order to make up for this shortcoming, the listening function was added. Initially, only two tiles were added, and gradually the number was increased to more tiles until it developed into mahjong tiles with drawings.
However, due to the large number of playing cards, it is very inconvenient to pick, discard and combine cards. People were inspired by dominoes and gradually changed to bone making. It was convenient to stand the cards on the table. . Authentic Mahjong tiles begin here.
(Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences Press Yang Peihua
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