Can you still play mahjong in Guangzhou at present?

Now mahjong can be played all over the country. Although there is a policy that mahjong halls are not allowed to be opened, many rounds or families are open, so you can play if you want.

Mahjong is a four-player domino game, which is very popular in China cultural circles. China, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and southern Fujian, commonly known as sparrow. Mahjong is a game method invented by ancient people in China, and it is also an entertainment appliance. Generally, bamboo, bone or plastic are used to make a rectangular box with patterns or words engraved on it.

Mahjong is a game invented by China in ancient times. It's a brand entertainment appliance. It is a small rectangular box made of bamboo, bone or plastic, with patterns or words engraved on it. Each pair 136 (74 in some areas) has eight more cards, namely, spring, summer, autumn and winter, plum, bamboo, orchid and chrysanthemum, totaling 144. The rules of the game are slightly different in different regions. Mahjong tiles mainly include "cakes (paper money)", "strips (ropes)" and "Wan (Wan Guan)".

In ancient times, mahjong was mostly made of bones and bamboo backs. It can be said that mahjong tiles are actually a combination of cards and dominoes. Compared with other forms of dominoes, mahjong is the most complicated and interesting. Its basic gameplay is simple and easy to use, but there are many changes and the collocation varies from person to person. Therefore, it has become one of the most attractive boxing forms in the history of China.

Each deck of northern mahjong 136 cards. South Mahjong is generally 144, with eight cards in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and plum, bamboo, orchid and chrysanthemum. In some places, there are mahjong, plus 1 card of cornucopia, god of wealth, mouse and cat, and 4 cards of playing wild, totaling 152 cards.

At the same time that the horse brand was popular in the Ming Dynasty, an entertainment device called "playing cards" was also derived from the horse brand. There were 60 cards at first. When playing cards, four people each take ten cards first, and then take cards and play cards in turn. One family plays cards, and two or even three families say at the same time that the first one to get the card wins. These items and playing methods are very similar to today's mahjong tiles. This card game is always silent in the process of playing, so it is also called silent card.

On April 20 17, the International Intellectual Sports Federation announced that mahjong had officially become the world intellectual sports event.