The color of playing cards ~

There are 54 cards in a deck of playing cards, of which 52 are original cards and the other 2 are secondary cards (King and Xiao Wang). 52 cards are divided into a group of 13, and each group is represented by four colors of spades, hearts, clubs and diamonds. Each group of cards includes 1- 10( 1 usually denoted as A) and 13 cards marked with J, Q and K, and there are thousands of games. K stands for king; Q stands for queen; J stands for samurai.

The four colors are spades (also known as sunflower fan), hearts (also known as hearts), plum blossoms (also known as grass flowers) and squares (diamonds, also known as step bricks or squares, and Sichuan and Chongqing areas are called "Ba pieces"). Spades and clubs are black, the other two are hearts and diamonds are red. Thirteen cards of each pattern, with numbers from one to ten, English letters J, Q, K, cards from one to ten are represented by the number of patterns, and J, Q, K are represented by head cards.

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.

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; 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.