Mahjong is a popular Chinese game, especially played during New Year's Eve. It uses 136 small rectangular tiles, with some regions using 144 tiles, including extra bonus ones. The tiles are divided into categories like Dots, Bamboo, Characters, Winds, and Dragons. Mahjong likely evolved from earlier Chinese card games like Madiao, with various theories about its origins, including connections to granary records, maritime voyages, and Confucian scholars. Despite the debated origins, Mahjong's complex yet accessible gameplay has made it a culturally significant and widely played game globally.

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:33 Origins
1:49 Grain-Guard Card Hypothesis
3:01 Madiao Hypothesis
4:24 Zheng He’s Voyage Hypothesis
5:50 Taiping Rebellion Hypothesis
6:22 Chinese Merchants Hypothesis
6:55 Confucian Scholars Hypothesis
7:26 Other hypotheses
8:18 Outro


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