The origin of Booker

According to legend, as early as the end of Qin Dynasty, during the struggle between Chu and Han, General Han Xin invented a card game to relieve soldiers' homesickness.

Because the card surface is only the size of a leaf, it is called

"

Yezixi

"

(

"

Yezipai

"

, two finger size. long

eight

Centimeter,

extensive

2

.

five

centimetre

"

Yezipai

"

, made of silk and paper, with patterns printed in woodcut)

It is said that this is the embryonic form of playing cards.

In the twelfth century, Kyle

Poirot brought this card game to Europe, which immediately aroused great interest from westerners. Yi Kai

At first, it was only a luxury of nobles, but it soon became popular among the people because of its low cost, diverse gameplay and easy learning.

All right, come on.

The French understand the four colors as spear, square, clove leaf and red heart;

Germans understand the four colors as leaves, bells, acorns and hearts.

Italians understand the four colors as swords, coins, crutches and wine glasses;

The Swiss understand the four colors as acorns, bells, flowers and shields;

The British understand the four colors as shovel, diamond, clover and red heart.

Why to use these four patterns as the patterns and colors of playing cards has been said a lot. There are two kinds of centralized reports:

First, these four colors represented the four major industries in society at that time.

In which spades represent spears,

Symbolizing soldiers;

Plum blossom representative

Trifoliate flower, symbolizing agriculture; Square represents bricks used by craftsmen; The heart represents the heart and symbolizes the priest.

On the other hand, these four colors come from the patterns of ancient European divination tools.

Spades represent olive leaves,

Symbolizing peace;

Plum blossom is a four-leaf clover, which means good luck; The square is a diamond, symbolizing wealth; The heart shape symbolizes wisdom and love.

Love.

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Zhang Mo also wonderfully explained:

The king represents the sun, Xiao Wang represents the moon, and the rest.

Fifty two

A card represents a year.

Fifty two

Last week;

Heart-shaped, diamond, plum blossom and spades symbolize spring, summer, autumn and winter respectively.

Every color has it.

13

A card, indicating that there is

13

Last week.

If you put

J

、

Q

、

K

regard as

1 1

、

12

、

13

Point, king, and king each account for half, and the total number of a deck of playing cards is exactly

365

Point. In leap years, big kings and small kings are considered as

1

Key points, * * * *

366

Point.

Experts generally believe that,

The above explanation is not a coincidence.

Because the design and invention of playing cards are related to astrology,

Divination and astronomy,

Calendar system

Are inextricably linked.