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  • hendrikleehk
  • Nov 4, 2018
  • 3 min read

Updated: Jun 23, 2021

When Xiaobian talks about playing cards, everyone must be familiar with it. After all, playing cards are popular all over the world. They are exquisitely designed and well-printed. They are widely loved by people. But Xiaobian wants to ask you when and where poker cards were born. People have different opinions about it. How many kinds of poker cards are included in it? Colors? Are poker cards the same in every country? If not, what are there? Let's get to know it with a little editor.

There are two opinions about the origin of poker. One is that poker was invented by the ancient Egyptian scholar Thoth. Thoth is famous for creating words, arithmetic and calendar. He invented poker to convince people that the world is made up of four substances: air, water, fire and earth. This is reflected in the four colors of poker. It is also a proof that poker was invented by the ancient Egyptians. Modern Europeans believe that modern poker originated from the Tar card. The word Tar is derived from the words Tar (Tao) and RO (King) in Egyptian. Originally, "Taro" does not refer to this kind of card, but is a mysterious book specially designed to convey the will of God. Name.

Every time the ancient Pharaohs had any problems, they would open the book and solve all the problems. Later, when the Egyptian Dynasty was wiped out, in order to prevent the mysterious book from falling into the hands of foreign nations, they painted it on cards in the form of pictures and delivered it to the priests later through Asia. The hand of Alexander was introduced into Europe. In the Middle Ages or so, the Tarot cards we play now came into being.

Another view is that poker originated in China, and the earliest cards appeared in the Tang Dynasty. Most historians also believe that poker was introduced from the East to the West, but the color, card and card types of Chinese "leaf play" are quite large compared with modern poker and other traditional European poker. The difference is, for example, that the cards in China are narrow and long, and the early cards are even narrower and longer.

In the Yuan Dynasty, a Venetian brought cards back to his hometown from China. This Venetian traveler may be Nicolo Polo, who returned to Venice from China with his brother Madio in about 1269, or maybe Nicolo's son, the famous Marco Polo, who brought cards to Venice. Venice, soon became popular in the local area, and after improvement, gradually developed into the popular poker cards.

Some pundits believe that India is more likely than China to be the origin of cards. It was invented by Indian Brahman in 800 A.D. Some suggest that there is a connection between the early European cards and the Hindu goddess Adahanali. The goddess has four hands, each holding a magic wand. Cups, swords and rings (representing money). These patterns were used in the earliest Spanish and Italian cards in Europe.

These are also included in the 10 styles of modern Indian poker. How did the single card get into Europe? One theory is that it was probably introduced into Europe by an Indian Gypsy tribe. They crossed Persia and Arabia into Egypt and from Egypt to Europe.

It is also said that poker was specially designed for the entertainment of the mentally ill French emperor Charles VI in 1392 by a scholar named Jacquemin Greenggonnell. But it is obvious that the deck of cards ordered by the French King was only a deck of cards similar to those already used. He is responsible for the payment of money for the entertainment of His Majesty the King. Seventeen of these cards are currently used by the Royal Treasurer of the National Library of France, who has mentioned that there are three sets of cards printed in "gold and various colors".



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