The origins of mahjong (Ma Jiang, ma Jiang) are not clear the game that is fast-paced and four-player is very well-liked throughout Asia. Mahjong is played as a fun game played with friends and family members as well as a means of betting.
Mahjong Tiles Have Meaning
To play mahjong 247, you need to be able to recognize and comprehend every mahjong tile. Each set includes three basic suits (stones characters, characters and bamboos) as well as two Honor suit (winds as well as dragons) and one optional suit (flowers).
Stones
The suit for stones can also be called circles, wheels or cookies. The suit has the shape of a circle, and on the front of each tile is a variety from one-to nine circular designs.
The shape of the round represents Tong (tong) that is a coin with one square hole at the center. The game has four sets for each suit and each set contains nine tiles. It's an overall total of 36 stone tiles per game set.
Characters
A different suit that is simple is known as characters, which are also known by the names of numbers as well as thousands or coins. The tiles are adorned with the word Wan (wan) on their surface, which is a reference to 10,000.
Each tile has the Chinese character that ranges between one and nine. Therefore, it is important to be able to read numbers 1 to 9 on Chinese for you to arrange the tiles in the correct numerical order. There are 36 characters for each set.
Bamboos
Bamboo Simple Suit bamboo simple suit is often called sticks. The tiles are made of bamboo which are string (Suo, suo) which copper coins from the past would be strung along in sets of 10 (Diao, diao) or 1,000 coins (Guan, guan).
The tiles come with two through nine sticks. The top tile is not adorned with bamboo sticks on it. Instead, it's the image of a bird perched on bamboo. This set can also be referred to as "bird." Bamboo tiles comprise 36 in the set.
Flowers
The flowers are an alternative suit. This set of 8 tiles includes pictures of flowers and numbers ranging between one and four. The way the flower suit is played differs according to the location. The flowers can be used as a Joker in card games, or to be used as wild cards in full tile combination. Flowers may also assist players score more points.
Eight flower tiles comprise four tiles that represent the four seasons of the winter (Dong Tian, dongtian) as well as spring (Chun Tian, chuntian) and the summer (Xia Tian, xiatian) and finally, fall (Qiu Tian, qiutian).
The rest of the flower tiles are all four Confucian plants such as bamboo (Zhu, zhu) and Chrysanthemum (Ju Hua, juhua) and orchid (Lan Hua, lanhua) as well as the plum (Mei, mei).
It is the only set that contains floral tiles.
Honor Suits
Wind is among two honor suits. The tiles are each adorned with the characters for the directions of compass that are north (Bei, bei) east (Dong, dong) and south (Nan, nan) as well as the west (Xi, xi). As with the basic suit characters it is essential to be able to read cardinal direction symbols to Chinese to be able to recognize and recognize the suit.
Four sets are available each with four tiles. There are 16 wind tiles included in each game set is 16.
The other honor suit is known as dragons or arrows. The arrows tile set includes four different sets each with three tiles. The threesome is a symbol with multiple meanings that are derived from the imperial exam of ancient times archery, acrobatics and Confucius cardinal virtues.
One tile is decorated with the Red Zhong ( zhong center). The Chinese symbol represents Hong Zhong ( hong Zhong) that signifies getting through the imperial examination and a success in archery, as well as the Confucian virtue of kindness.
Another tile is a blue"fa (fa, wealth). This is the character of the phrase, Fa Cai (fa cai). The saying means "get rich," but it also signifies an archer discharging his or her draw, and it also represents the Confucian virtue of honesty.
The last character has blue Bai (bai white) that represents Bai Ban (bai ban White board). White board signifies an absence of corruption, or a mishap in archery or the Confucian virtue of filial piety.