| Majong (Mahjong) | |
Majong or Mahjong is a gamblers' game in China. If you don't put money in the game, there will be not much fun. Most people in China play the game using some faked money or a few dollars in the game just for the sake of gambling. Majong was forbidden during the the Cultural Revolution (1966 - 1976) and it is now popular again. You might even hear the playing sound when you go near the windows or the door of your neighbor at night. Since majong is associated with gambling, unlike Chinese chess or go (weiqi) (both are very popular official games), no official majong competition is held anywhere in China.
Introduction to Majong
Majong was invented long long time ago in China. There are many theories about the origin of
majong. A majong set has 144 beautiful tiles, which may be classified into four suits,
the bamboo, circle, character, and wind. In each suit, there are 36 tiles. The wind suit
includes the flowers, dragons and winds. American majong sets usually have 166 tiles.
To learn majong, you need to know some basic rules of the game. There is a good note of the game by Nanette Pasquarello. Need more information on majong, please go to the majong page. Also majong books are very useful.
Play Majong on the Internet
There are a few Web servers on which you may play majong. Unfortunately I did not find any
Telnet server for majong. Remember you need to have a Java enabled Web browser to play
majong on Web servers. The
Internet MahJong Server was established in 1996, the first site for online majong games.
You can also play the game at
Yahoo! Games.
Don't miss the MahJong Solitaire game there,
which is also a fun game.
Enjoy the game on the Internet! For more information on Chinese classic games, please have a visit of the game page.
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