Mahjong culture

Mahjong has been a common culture of China, Hong Kong, Japan, and other Asian regions. It shows a high degree of influence from Chinese culture.

Hong Kong

In Hong Kong:

However, Mahjong games also create problems. Addiction to Mahjong is a common type of problem gambling. Mahjong is also a favourite medium for bribery - the person giving the bribe will intentionally lose large sums of money to the person being bribed. Recent studies also suggest Mahjong can cause epilepsy [1]

Pop culture

Cantopop singer Sam Hui's song The Mahjong Heroes (打雀英雄傳) talks about somebody playing Mahjong.

There are several Hong Kong and Japanese Mah Jong themed movies.

See also

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