Evolving from Liubo, an ancient Chinese game, Mah-Jongg is a traditional Chinese game with a history of thousands of years. With 144 Mah-Jongg tiles in a set, the game is designed for four players, each one with 13 tiles in a round. Each illustrated tile has its unique meaning, featuring distinctive characteristics and artistic conceptions of traditional Chinese culture.
108 Mah-Jongg tiles Mirrors the ancient people’s cosmology
The illustrations on Mah-Jongg tiles originally derived from the 108 heroes of the traditional Chinese novel "Water Margin". It was said that there was a man named Wan Bingtiao in the late Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) who respected the 108 heroes, so he designed Mah-Jongg with 108 cardinal tiles to symbolize them.
The tiles consist of three suits numbering 1-9 (Dots, Numbers or Characters, and Bamboo, the "Ace" of which almost always looks like a bird), three different dragons (Red, Green, and White) and the four winds (east, south, west, and north).
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