Mah Jong is a Chinese game played with 144 tiles. Mah Jong tiles are small rectangular blocks of wood, ivory, or plastics. Each Mah jong tiles has a face showing various characters and designs. Mah Jong can be grouped as 108 suit tiles (bamboo, circles, and characters), 28 honor titles (wids and dragons), and 8 flower tiles. In Chinese Mah Jong means “sparrow”.
Mah Jong used to be considered a game just for grandmothers is a thing of the past. Wall Street Journal says Mah Jong is finding a new and wider following among the young and techno-savys in the U.S.
The game is known under a large number of alternate names, including Mah Jong, Ma Chiao, Mo Tsiah, Ma Chiang, Ma Cheuk, Ma Jong, Man Chu, Mah Diao, Ma Chong, Mah Chong, Pung Chow, Ching Chong, Kong Chow, Mah Deuck, Mah Cheuk, Ma Chiang, Pe Ling, Lung Chan, Mah Lowe, Baak Ling, and more.
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