When poker is emerging? Who invented? These two issues have caused controversy abroad. Italy said: the world's first invention of playing cards is Venetian. The Merchant of Venice ancient abroad to do business, with the invention of playing cards to calculate the date and entertainment. French said: playing cards in 1392, a scholar for the mentally ill king of France Tours designed entertainment VI. Belgians, said: As early as 1379, the cards appeared in Belgium. Can be preserved in the British Museum a Swiss monk documents, which recorded in 1377 in poker, it had already spread to the Swiss.

扑克牌是什么时候出现的?是谁发明的?这两个问题在国外曾引起争议。意大利人说:世界上第一个发明扑克牌的,是威尼斯人。古代威尼斯商人出外经商,发明了用扑克牌来计算日期和消遣娱乐。法国人说:扑克牌是在1392年时,一个学者专门为有精神病的法国皇帝却尔斯六世娱乐而设计的。比利时人说:早在1379年时,扑克牌就在比利时出现了。可英国博物馆里至今保存着一个瑞士僧侣的文件,里面记载扑克牌在1377年,就已经流传到瑞士了。

There are people abroad think that poker is invented by the Chinese people. Since the Song Dynasty in China, the prevalence of civil society on a "leaves play" deck of cards (called "leaves card" the size of two fingers. 8 cm long, 2.5 cm wide "leaves card", with silk and paper mounted into , patterns are printed with a woodcut version). They think that this card is in the Ming Dynasty or the Song and Yuan period, by businessmen, missionaries abroad to spread to the West inspired by the only converted into a popular poker now.

国外还有人认为,扑克牌应是中国人发明的。因为在我国宋代时,民间就流行一种“叶子戏”的纸牌(叫“叶子牌”,有两个手指大小。长8公分,阔2.5公分的“叶子牌”,用丝绸及纸裱成,图案是用木刻版印成的)。他们认为这种纸牌是在明朝或宋、元时期,由商人、传教士传到国外去的,西方受此启发,才改制成现在流行的扑克牌。

The design of playing cards is wonderful, it is designed according to the calendar. Why is a 52 playing cards (large, except Wang) do? This is because the original one year in 52 weeks. Why are there cards heart, box, flower, color of Spades four hours? It symbolizes the four seasons a year in spring and summer, autumn and winter. Therefore, we think it is not difficult, each suit why there are 13 licenses, which means that there is a season of 13 weeks.