What do the four colors of playing cards mean?

1, representing the four major industries of the society at that time, in which spades represent spears and symbolize soldiers; Plum blossoms represent clover flowers and symbolize agriculture; Square represents bricks used by craftsmen; The heart represents the heart and symbolizes the priest;

2. It comes from the pattern of tarot divination in ancient Europe, in which spades represent swords and symbolize justice; Plum blossom represents a scepter and symbolizes power; Square represents money and symbolizes wealth; The heart represents the holy grail and symbolizes love.

54 playing cards, indicating that there are 52 weeks in a year, two pairs of big cats represent the sun and kittens represent the moon; Peach, heart, square and plum represent spring, summer, autumn and winter.

The red card represents the day and the black card represents the night; The 13 week of each season and the number of cards in each set of poker are exactly 13, and the sum of the points of 52 cards is 364, plus the points of kittens, it is 365, which is the same as the number of days in a general year; If we increase the number of cats, it will be the number of days in leap year. K, Q, J***, a total of 12 cards, indicating that there are 12 months in a year, and the sun passes through 12 constellations in a year.

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People all over the world have given different cultural explanations to the four colors with their own national cultures:

China people understand it as spring, summer, autumn and winter.

The British understand it as shovel, diamond, clover and red heart;

Italians understand it as a sword, coins, crutches and wine glasses;

Germans understand leaves, bells, acorns and hearts;

The Swiss understand it as acorns, bells, flowers and shields;

The French understand it as spear, square, clove leaf and red heart.

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