Does anyone know the origin of the characters in the J Q K diagram in poker?

The three cards of K, Q and J in poker are generally called heads, but A is also listed as heads in some places. A card with a human face printed on it, originally called COAT CAROS, and later called COUR. Modern American and British poker manufacturers have basically the same top card design pattern, which follows the pattern form of18th century French poker.

Early pattern design depends entirely on the skills of the artists who carve wood carvings. Later, this model gradually changed from representing recognized numbers or events to meaningless numbers. Legend has it that Henry VIII is a model of four modes of K; The four portraits of the oldest existing English poker K all have curly beards, which are separated from each other like Henry VIII. It is also said that the models with four figures on Q are probably Queen Elizabeth of York family and Queen of henry vii. The design of the portrait patterns on the other headboards obviously follows the portrait patterns of playing cards made in Lyon, France in the past. Although the portraits are different, they are similar in manners and customs, the position of hands and the weapons they hold.

The manufacturing of French playing cards has been developing along the routes of various manufacturers. 18 13, the government issued an officially recognized design, giving each head card a name. Until now, many playing cards still use this name:

Spades, hearts and clubs

King David Charles Caesar Alexander

Judith Rachel Akini

Hogil Lacher Herlancelot stayed.

Among them, David of Spades was the father of King Solomon of Israel in the 10 century BC. He plays the harp well and writes many biblical hymns. Pallas of Spades, Greek Wisdom and Sivir are the only queen with weapons among the four queen cards. J. Hogill of spades is an attendant of Charles I (K of hearts). Charles I, the king of hearts, is the only one of the four kings who has no beard. Q of hearts is Queen Judith. Rahel the Red Heart is Charles VII's attendant. Julius Caesar is the king of the Roman Empire, and he is the only profile figure among the four trump cards. Jack Hector of diamonds is Charles I's attendant. Alexander the Plum was the first Macedonian king to conquer the world. He always wears a ball with a cross on his clothes. The word "Argine" of plum blossom Q is derived from the word "Regina" by letter shift. She holds wild roses in her hand, which indicates that the Lancaster royal family marked by red wild roses and the York royal family marked by white wild roses finally reconciled after wars of the roses, and tied the wild roses of both sides together. J Lancelot of Plum Club is a knight in King Arthur's story.

The fifty-two cards in modern form are divided into two red cards and two black cards, which probably evolved from the early Italian tarot cards. Tarot cards are divided into four colors, each with 10 and 10 points, and four top cards: Wang (? Not in the early playing cards, but now some modern playing cards are replaced by warriors. Guards were printed in various valet shapes, but the name of the guards was retained, but it was renamed J(JACK) in modern usage. In a deck of 52 cards, the knight is no longer used, but used as the top card.

China brand is very different from western brand; China brand is long and narrow, usually 2-2.5 inches long and 0.5- 1.2 inches wide. Early cards were narrower and longer. As far as the number and color of cards are concerned, the cards in China and India are quite different from those in the West. There is an Indian card and a deck of 144 cards, divided into 8 sets, each set of 18 cards; Another Indian boutique brand, each deck has 120 cards, divided into 10 suit, and each suit has 12 cards. There is a China card, and there are only 30 cards in a deck, which are divided into three sets, each set of 9 cards and 3 powerful cards; But there are usually four colors.