【Chinese playing cards --
In the traditional Chinese "leaves Opera", and today's poker compare like with like. Leaf plays in China has a very long history, to the Qing dynasty, and the pattern has been basically perfect game, and gradually evolving to Ma吊牌argument.
In China's southwestern region is very popular, "Chuan card", in particular in Sichuan, is known to everyone, and everyone can play. Chuan licensing understanding is literally Sichuan playing cards. Chuan licensing history much earlier than poker, according to the Three Kingdoms Period folklore is the invention of Zhuge Liang Shu prime minister, has been nearly 2000 history.
Chuan licensing shaped like a strip, known as the local licensing for "long-card," and are generally high 14.5 cm, 3.5 cm wide about the licensing of red, black dots or writing component. Artistic license in Sichuan intermediate license, printed on the logo. Traditional Sichuan licensing general use kraft paper made from soaking tung oil, the development of printing, paper manufacturing also used poker, made of individual plastic. The description of each Sichuan license by the end of the license and how many points will be determined by color.
Sichuan another popular playing cards called "guidance", and some called "Sichuan big telephone," and some called "authentic big telephone," which are printed at both ends, "1, 2, 3 ... 10," "Next, the telephone, picked up three ...", each of the four a total of 80. Chuan licensing Sichuanese in Sichuan and the settlement of a pandemic, this is entirely place "Sichuan poker."
Dr. Needham in the "History of Chinese Science and Technology", the invention of poker will be attributable to the Chinese people. French scholars Laimaisa also said: "The Europeans initially playing Solitaire, to shape, Schema, size and number, and the Chinese people are the same as those used in, or imported for Mongolia Europe." "The New York Times" bridge column editor Ailuntelakeshite even "China is bridge hometown "one said. Leaves play in the Yuan Dynasty reached the West, changes became tarot and modern poker, but in China, then gradually turned into a mahjong and Casinos.
On "leaves Opera", the records, the earliest found in Tong Yan Su E's "Biography with Princess Margaret Chang," with "Wechsler, too-good drama." The records, and to the Five Dynasties period, the records show the cards have been emerging in large numbers, the famous "partial gold lattice," "small leaves Georgia, "" blow Mongolia leaves Georgia, "and so on.
According to research, the invention of "leaves Opera" is the famous astronomer Zhang Sui Tang Dynasty (his monk) for Xuanzong and play. Because only leaves so much poker, so that leaves the show. After the civil successor, the literati such as tech weaponry chemokine Bachelor quickly spread set. The drama leaves grasping licensing rules are followed, they can catch small, and the West are connected with the same poker is the. When not out licensing for the Department ofDark license to keep others from seeing; After all the leaves Yang Fang, from bucket to projections from not out of the license to Oxfam competitive, and more or less the same poker game.
【Poker history:
The origin of poker there are many types of different versions, but these allegations are not clearly pointed out in the real origin of poker. Comparison unanimous view is that, today's poker from a variety of similar evolved out of the game, and these games have a very long history. According to written records, the most in China in AD 969 when it appeared the card games like poker. A set of playing cards at that time, China has four matched, each matched with 14 licenses, both as the use of banknotes, used for licensing show. A Venetian legend from China back to his hometown of poker, so Venice is Europe where the earliest cards. Venice travelers this is probably Nigeluobeiluo, he is around in 1269 and his brothertogether by the Chinese to return to Venice; Or may be son Marco Polo.
Early European playing cards called Daluote license (TAROT). There is an argument that Daluote licensing by the pictorial depicting Hindu mythology and the goddess Ardhanari between certain links. The goddess has, all hands were holding only magic wand, cups, sword and money on behalf of the ring, playing cards likely to be the Indian peoples of the European Roma successor, they pass through the Persian, Arab enter Egypt, from Egypt arrived in Europe, they were a part of in 1427 enter Paris.
As early as the 14th century or further back, in many parts of Europe produce large amount of playing cards, a relatively famous Nuremberg, Augsburg and Ulm (Ulm). Relevant records show that in a 1299 document of Italy have already mentioned Daluote licensing; Brad Duke this special wife in the Netherlands in 1379 had taught the playing cards; At least in Spain in 1371 already have playing cards, playing cards in Spanish, called naipes; In 1392 King Charles VI of France World orders Menggelin public drawing a poker hand, this historical fact caused poker Derived from the French that to happen. But obviously we can see is that the Potala Palace by drawing a playing card orders, and the other is one of the cards already use similar cards. Then responsible for the accounts of the money to pay the Royal Treasurer, has been When talking about how there are three playing cards, printed "gold and a wide variety of colors and with lots of decoration, that our entertainment purposes His Majesty the King." The 17 existing licenses at the French National Library.
British poker successor time than other European countries imported more later. Josette died in 1400, although at that time he had enumerated the various recreational activities, but never mentioned playing cards: "They dance, they play chess and banquets." Edward I, wearing a belt on the costumes playing four flanging Wang (k) information of the game, almost certainly referring to some other the game is perhaps some form of chess play. The first conclusive information mentioned on British poker time is 1465, the year the British manufacturer of playing cards to apply for Edward IV of England banned the import of foreign-made Zach licensing, and a decree can be used as appropriate corroboration. Poker as a luxury, provided for the bulk of state tax revenue sources, the British in the 1615 first poker tax.
C.P. Hagelawei in his book "poker history," wrote in his book: "There is a on and his crew were the legends that these sailors fond of gambling, and when they are in the vast and mysterious sea encountered turmoil attacks, they caused because of superstition the terrorist, all their cards thrown into the sea. Later, after they reached the ground, they were reckless as this regret the action, so they will in this new country where the leaves again with a made a number of poker, these Indians poker aroused great interest. "embraced Sailasuodena what materials (" Florida history "), said Spanish soldiers expedition in 1534 that, with leather poker play cards. This view seems not just a legend. Mexicans with playing cards show a long time ago, when Mexicans call amapa - tolli, which amapa mean is paper, and tolli mean game.
The modern form of a pair of 52 licenses, two black and two red flower color matched the cards, probably from the early Italian Daluote license (TAROT) have evolved over time: the time Daluote licenses in four matched, each matched with 10 and 10 following a small card (SPOT CARDS) 10. and the four poll card: Wang (K), after (Q) and Cleveland and bodyguard. The playing cards in the early days did not, some playing cards in a modern substitute is still the Warriors after. Bodyguard had issued various Valet (VALET) shape, but still retains the name bodyguard, but in modern usage has been renamed J (JACK). One in 52 of poker license has not Cleveland, and after use as a poll card.
China and the West poker cards very different; Chinese poker was linear in shape. The license number and matched Zhang, China and India are the playing cards of playing cards with the West are quite different. An Indian playing cards, one with 144 licenses, divided into eight matched, each matched 18 licenses; Another small licensing India Vice 120 per license, is divided into 10 patterns, each matched 12 licenses. There is a Chinese playing cards, a license only 30, divided into three patterns, each matched nine licenses, and another three with the vast majority of the licensing authority; But generally have four matched.