The origin of playing cards

In China, it is said that as early as the battle between Chu and Han at the end of Qin Dynasty, General Han Xin invented a card game to relieve soldiers' homesickness. Because these cards are only the size of leaves, they are called "Ye Zi Xi". ("leaf card", two fingers size. The "leaf card" with a length of 8 cm and a width of 2.5 cm is made of silk and paper, and the pattern is printed by woodcut.

It is said that this is the embryonic form of playing cards.

Poker has been changing for hundreds of years. The earliest western cards flowed into Europe from Asia in the Crusade War of13rd century, when there was only China card in Asia. Therefore, the development of western cards has a certain relationship with the spread of horse cards in China.

/kloc-In the 6th century, a card called "Shengpai" was popular in the West. In the early17th century, it evolved into a whist card game similar to bridge, which was popular in London and England and Holland. 1894, bridge came into being in London Club, England, and this kind of bridge evolved into the present poker.

Playing cards, as a kind of western cards, its design scheme also contains infinite knowledge. It is designed according to the calendar. In a sense, poker can be said to be the epitome of the calendar.

Later, this divination tool evolved into a toy, and its divination function gradually faded and was forgotten by people.

Why to use these four patterns as the patterns and colors of playing cards has been said a lot. There are two kinds of centralized reports:

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.