Playing cards are made according to the principle of calendar. What do Big Wang and Xiao Wang represent respectively?

The representative significance of poker king: the king represents the sun, and Xiao Wang represents the moon.

54 playing cards, which means there are 52 weeks in a year. Two decks represent the sun and Xiao Wang represents the moon. Peach, heart, square and plum represent spring, summer, autumn and winter.

The red card represents the day and the black card represents the night; 13 weeks of each season and the number of cards in each set of poker is exactly 13, and the sum of the points of 52 cards is 364, plus the points of Xiao Wang, it is 365, which is the same as the number of days in a general year; If you add a little more kings, it happens to be the number of days in a leap year.

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The meaning of playing card design:

1. First, 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.

2. On the other hand, these four colors come from the patterns of ancient European divination tools, in which spades represent olive leaves and symbolize peace; The heart shape symbolizes wisdom and love. Plum blossom is a four-leaf clover, which means good luck; This square is in the shape of a diamond, symbolizing wealth.

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