References : identify the decks cited in 3 major references of Chinese playing cards. Patterns : browse the different patterns.
You can also browse my collection through the “Decks” option :ĭecks : browse the decks classified by type and sub-type.Ĭards : see the variants of a specific card through all the decks. The playing cards are presented by type and by country. My website is about Playing cards (and Dominoes) of Chinese origin and their variants in South East Asia. The site creator has provided a brief description This is the parent site that has excellent displays of Chinese playing cards as well as examples from S.
Playing Cards and Dominoes in China and South East Asia There is also a reference to a short story from “Slapping the Table in Amazement” called “A Rich Man Pays a Thousand Pieces of Gold to Win a Beauty’s Smile”, 富翁千金一笑. According to Ray Heaton, another translation is “A beauty’s smile is without price” and there may be an opera of this title, probably taken from the 1598 The Peony Pavillion by Tang Xianzu. Perhaps translated to “a thousand pieces of gold one smile”. The second row of tiles, from right to left are 千 金 一 笑, qiān jīn yī xiào “a thousand pieces of gold/daughter, a smile”. According to material provided by Ray Heaton, the name bǎo chán is the name of a female character in, and may be the name of, a Chinese opera from circa 1917 – the opera being an episode from the 18th century novel “Dream of the Red Chamber” by Cao Xueqin and perhaps adapted by or starring Ouyang Yuqian, a famous actor and playwright. In the opera the character bǎo chán is called ‘Moonbeam’. Reading from right to left the top row of four tiles are 寶 蟾 送 酒, bǎo chán sòng jiǔ “Precious Moon presents wine”. Further, the bone shows no evidence of the Haversian System. Version 1.42: Improved startup sequence, tile texturing, tile borders, support for more skyboxes, No more moves sound effect, replayable hall of fame games, bug fixes.The Aesthetics and Language of Mahjong(g) Tiles.īelow are a group of eight high-end bone and bamboo “Flowers” tiles that were most probably produced sometime between 19.Īttesting to their quality is a bone thickness of 1cm and a bamboo thickness of 4mm at the end and 1mm beneath the dovetail. Now you can switch naturally between windowed and maximized modes by double-clicking on the caption or clicking on the Maximize icon, and you can hide the taskbar in maximized mode by unchecking Show Taskbar in the View menu. Finally added Realistic Stones support for all mini-games.
Has replaced original Ancient tileset with a sharpened, crisper version which works quite well. 2D and 3D mode, hall of fame, user-friendly interface, great and relaxing oriental and electronic music especially composed for the game, lots of mini-games, hundreds of backgrounds, tilesets, layouts and sound effects. The rules are simple and the game is extremely addictive. The purpose of the game is to remove all the tiles from a board. Kyodai Mahjongg is a great version of the famous Mahjongg Solitaire (or Shanghai) oriental game.
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