Which country invented playing cards? Was poker invented by China?

Through the historical timeline, we can find that playing cards actually originated in China and were invented by people in China. Poker has a history of more than 800 years, which can be traced back to the Han Dynasty in China. In order to entertain soldiers, Han Xin invented? Ye Xixi? ,? Ye Xixi? The originator of playing cards. With the constant changes of the times, Ye Xixi? Evolved into? Cards? Kyle, an Italian traveler in Yuan Dynasty? Polo brought China's card culture back to Venice. Because of this, Venice became the first city with European brand.

With the deepening of cultural exchanges among countries in the world, most countries have playing cards. However, the number and design of playing cards in different countries are different. For example, Italy has 72 playing cards per deck, while Spain has 40 cards per deck. However, playing cards from different countries are similar in that they are all four colors. Later, according to astronomical laws, westerners decided to set the number of playing cards at 54, and the names of the four colors are what we are familiar with now? Hearts, spades, diamonds and clubs? .

Don't underestimate a small playing card, because it contains astronomy, astrology, calendar and so on. On the one hand, the king in playing cards represents the sun in the sky, and Xiao Wang represents the moon in the sky; On the one hand, playing cards * * * have two colors: red and black, with black representing night and red representing day; On the other hand, if you take two cards from a deck, the remaining 52 cards represent 52 weeks in a year.

Maybe many people are interested in playing cards? I am surprised by the coincidence, but in fact, these are all because westerners design playing cards according to astrology, astronomy and calendar. It can be seen that playing cards is not only an entertainment tool, but also contains a lot of profound knowledge about astronomy.