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What kind of mahjong is it that can only be touched but not eaten and it is a messy mahjong with no southeast, northwest, red and fortune?

Can only touch and can not be eaten and is messy, there is no southeast, northwest, red and fortune is Hubei mahjong.

Mahjong, a four-player domino game, is popular in Chinese culture. Originated in China, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and southern Fujian region commonly known as sparrow, invented by the ancient Chinese gaming game, entertainment tools, generally made of bamboo, bone or plastic made of small rectangular, engraved with patterns or characters.

Influence

Mahjong is not only a unique game with unique characteristics, but also has a set of puzzles, fun, gaming in one of the sports, charm and connotation of the rich and long Oriental cultural characteristics, and has thus become an important part of China's traditional cultural treasury.

Mahjong is very popular in China's urban and rural areas, the popularity of the sport involves all social strata and fields, and has already entered thousands of households, becoming the most large-scale and influential intellectual sports activities in China. The objective existence of mahjong is a reality that no one can avoid in today's China.

As a traditional Chinese cultural phenomenon, the sport of mahjong does have its own expression of diversity. Because of this, some people believe that mahjong is an important part of traditional Chinese culture, and its unique value can be called the treasure of the country; there are also some people who abhor it, and believe that mahjong is the first of the gambling, and its degree of evil is similar to that of drug addiction.

Mahjong and gambling are not necessarily related. After the founding of New China, gambling disappeared, but mahjong has existed for many years in people's amateur cultural life. Today, when someone uses mahjong as a gambling tool, its culpability, when not in mahjong. Oranges born in Huainan are called oranges, and planted in Huabei are called Hovenia. It's all in the hands of the people.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Mahjong