A card game played by three people with 32 cards.

A card game played by three people with 32 cards.

The name Ye Xixi sounds simple and fresh, but it is the originator of poker, mahjong and character plates.

According to legend, during the Chu and Han Dynasties, General Han Xin invented a game to relieve the homesickness of soldiers. Because the props of the game are shaped like leaves, they are called leaf play. Others believe that the man who invented Ye Zi Opera was Zhang Sui, a famous astronomer in the Tang Dynasty. At that time, Ye Xixi's cards were almost as big as two fingers, mostly made of silk and paper with patterns printed on them.

Compared with today's cards, there are not many cards in Yezixi. There are forty cards in * * *, which are divided into four colors: 100,000, 100,000, Suozi and Qian Wen. Among them, Wanguan and chain mail evolved into Wanguan, chain mail and Guan in Mahjong. In the Ming Dynasty, Yezi Opera evolved into a horse crane. The water margin is painted on the horse card, and Song Jiang is painted on the prosperous card. The rules of the game are: each person takes eight cards first, and the remaining eight cards are placed in the middle of the table. Four people take turns playing cards, with big cards pressing small cards.

Regarding the player's demeanor, Feng Menglong once made a detailed record in the Thirteen Classics of Cards: "All cards are in the hands of people, although they are not audible, they can be expressed. How long the small stream is and how short the big stream is, the cards of the sick are ugly, and the doors of the anxious are narrow. If you can catch it, you will be tempted. If you can catch it, you will be embarrassed. " Later, people also combined Ye Zixi with wine list, calling it "wine brand".

With the passage of time, the former Ye Xixi gradually changed from a simple game to a gambling game for addicts.