Yesterday, the Temple of Heaven Park, Xuesheng Li (left) to the players out to explain the rules of the game.
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(Correspondent Jenny Liu) also play Chinese Mahjong? You out (obsolete) a! 57-year-old Xue Shengli own an old English Mahjong, Wan cans on the card but not the wind, there is ABCDE.
Recently, Xue Shengli open tables in the Temple of Heaven Park, "Lian Tan," the English game mahjong out for everyone. Unique word and card games are played the fight, which attracted young and old players out, more elderly people fall in love with the word back through mahjong, learn English.
Xuesheng Li said, the highest English Mahjong is to find someone to teach the English language, did not expect to gather a group of English fans.
Foreign brand hand, China's play
Yesterday morning, the Temple of Heaven Park, the long corridor side chair, table two Mahjong around a lot of people, many of them are high nose, green eyes of foreigners.
"Are there any good to play mahjong? Huh? How all the English alphabet?" From time to time visitors attracted by this unique mahjong, turn back left and back, check it out.
The table box mahjong, cards face no million, the bar, tube and so forth, but labeled the case of the 26 English letters, "a card a letter from the four groups composed of 26 English letters, we now playing, a total of 104 cards, "57-year-old Xue Shengli stood, patiently introduced.
The original, English Mahjong is a pair of his invention. "A full set of Mahjong 144 cards, but we play in order to simplify, get rid of when style (Old and in the white) and 40 audio signs."
Players out, there is old English alphabetical order of holding a printed form, on the table wondering, Xuesheng Li said it was "not any English-based" play, "in alphabetical order, any three adjacent letters to form four groups , plus a pair, such as B, B, you can license, and the traditional Mahjong style of play almost. "
English-based players out, then are drawn in to fight the word. "As long as the word, there is a pair, enough for 14 cards in total, and even brand." Xue Shengli carry out an electronic dictionary, "This is the referee."
Xuesheng Li said his Mahjong is a "foreign card hand, China's rules."
"Olympic English fever" reminder inspiration
Speaking of this interesting mahjong creative, Xuesheng Li said the opportunity is "Olympic English fever."
"Community in the past playing cards, chess, the elderly, all get together to learn English, I am more shy, poor groups, on their own learning." Xuesheng Li said, when his daughters to school to find out the tape and English books, from letters Table start learning words.
"Learning a few days, remember, is boring, I thought ah, there is not only fun but not the kind of learning approach." Xue Shengli began to wonder, until one day when playing mahjong, a sudden flash of inspiration, "the letter allocated to the mahjong! "
4 of 26 letters, plus four of the 10 audio signs, Xue Shengli the Beijing Mahjong rules of the game to be innovative, creating a set of 144 English Mahjong. "In addition to English, play, play, and there are chemical elements play Pinyin, English more popular."
Spell the word, row letter, research the deck, Xuesheng Li spent five years, "I have to first play through in order to show it to others to play ah."
Early live Panjiayuan Xue Shengli the table placed Beigong door, "looking for good students of English." Student summer vacation, he put the table support to the Temple of Heaven, "where foreign tourists can teach me, the elderly are also more able to play with children. "
He mahjong is also a goal, "few people can teach me ten pure English pronunciation, makes one think that this is the foreigners out, I had contentment."
■ Features
English Mahjong baffled foreigner
"You have Y, E, can be so B and E, make up a BYE or EYE, and the on." Xue Shengli friends standing next to card guide.
Zhang aunt nearly 50 years, one hand holding a list of words, are drawn in hand. She Zimo an E, the Friends of prompt cards, and the word "WET", "This is the word?" Brand lovers say it is "wet" means, Zhang aunt hurried down, "I'll go home will be back. "She played for a month, learn dozens of words, and everyone called her" the most improved players out. "
Although many foreign tourists crowd, but most camera facing Mahjong face Xuesheng Li's warm invitation, international friends waved his hand, shook his head, smiling rejected. "I know it (called) mahjong, but I will not play." An American tourist said, speaking Chinese is not skilled.
Xuesheng Li said, there are foreign tourists played, but very little and brand, "the one is not familiar with the rules, and secondly, the letter upset the order of mixed composition to pick out words often baffled foreigners."
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