What do hearts, diamonds, clubs and spades represent in playing cards?

The design of playing cards is wonderful, and there have been many sayings. (1) According to the calendar design: Why are there 52 cards in a deck (except Wang He and Xiao)? It turns out that this is because there are 52 weeks in a year. Why are playing cards divided into four colors: hearts, diamonds, grass flowers and spades? It symbolizes the four seasons of the year: spring, summer, autumn and winter. So it's not hard for us to figure out why each suit has 13 cards, which means that there are 13 weeks in a season.

If you add up all the points of 54 cards, you can further prove the relationship between playing cards and calendars. If "J" is eleven o'clock, "Q" is twelve o'clock, and "K" is thirteen o'clock, Wang and Xiao Wang each count half points, and the points of 54 cards add up to exactly the total number of days in the whole year.

The design of big and small trump cards also makes sense. Wang (commander in chief) represents the sun and Xiao Wang represents the moon. Why is a deck of cards divided into red (hearts and diamonds) and black (flowers and spades)? Now you can see why: red stands for day and black stands for night.

(2) It is said that these four colors represent the four major industries of society at that time, among 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.

(3) It is said that these four colors come from the patterns of ancient European divination utensils, in which spades represent olive leaves and symbolize 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.

What is the origin of kerse? After poker was introduced into Europe, countries gave different understandings and explanations to the four colors in combination with their own national cultures.

Germans understand leaves, bells, acorns and hearts.

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

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

The Spanish understand it as a sword, a coin, a wine glass and an olive branch.