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Mandarin Шаблон:Zh (Hokkien Шаблон:Zh, also known in Hokkien Шаблон:Zh) is a Chinese dice game traditionally played as part of the celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is traditionally played with six dice and a china bowl.
The game dates back to the 1600s when it is said to have been invented by the Chinese general Koxinga of the Southern Ming, along with his lower officer Hong Xu. Zheng was stationed with his troops in Amoy planning the Siege of Fort Zeelandia to take Dutch Formosa, which had been occupied by the Dutch since 1624. The game was an attempt to boost the morale of Koxinga's homesick troops during the Mid-Autumn Festival.[1] The game became popular in Amoy (now Xiamen) and is considered a folk game.
The Hokkien Chinese name Po̍ah-piáⁿ translates as "gambling for cakes", and the game traditionally has 63 different sized mooncakes as prizes for the winning players: 32 of the smallest cake, half as many of the next largest, and so on ending with a single large Chiōng-gôan cake.[1] In modern times, the game's instructions are often printed on mooncake packaging, although the game is also played with prizes of daily necessities, household appliances or money.[1]
In the Philippines, the game is known as "Pua Tiong Chiu" (Hokkien Шаблон:Zh) among the Chinese Filipino community,[2] where the prizes are often usually money and/or appliances for adults and sometimes toys and food for children or sometimes mooncakes known in Hokkien Шаблон:Zh or Hokkien Шаблон:Zh.
Rules
The game requires six dice and a wide mouthed bowl. The first player is assigned and rolls the dice and wins a specific prize depending on the dice combination. The dice are then passed to the next person, and the process is repeated until there are no prizes left.[3] A throw is declared invalid if at least one of the dice lands outside the bowl.[2]
| Prize | Combination name | Number of cakes available | Dice results | Probability | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Hokkien | English | |||||
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1st Place |
紅六博 Шаблон:Font / 红六博 Шаблон:Font / 六紅 Шаблон:Font / 六红 Шаблон:Font
hóngliùbó / liùhóng Шаблон:Font |
六紅 / 六殕紅
la̍k-hông / lio̍k-phú-âng Шаблон:Font |
Six Fours | 1 | Six 4-faces | Шаблон:Nowrap | 1/46,656
0.0021% |
| 要點六博 Шаблон:Font / 要点六博 Шаблон:Font / 六子
yàodiǎnliùbó / liùzǐ Шаблон:Font |
六博 / 六卜 / 六殕烏
la̍k-pok / lio̍k-phú-o͘ Шаблон:Font |
Six Ones | Six 1-faces | Шаблон:Nowrap | 1/46,656
0.0021% | ||
| 黑六博 / 六子
hēiliùbó / liùzǐ Шаблон:Font |
六博 / 六卜 / 六殕烏
la̍k-pok / lio̍k-phú-o͘ Шаблон:Font |
Six of a Kind | Six of any number, except four or one | Шаблон:Nowrap | 4/46,656 0.0085% | ||
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| 五紅 Шаблон:Font / 五红 Шаблон:Font
wǔhóng Шаблон:Font |
五紅
gō͘-hông / gǒ͘-hông Шаблон:Font |
Five Fours | Five 4-faces | Шаблон:Nowrap | 30/46,656 0.0643% | ||
| 五子
wǔzǐ Шаблон:Font |
五子
gō͘-chí / gǒ͘-chí Шаблон:Font |
Five of a Kind | Five of any number, except four | Шаблон:Nowrap | 150/46,656
0.3215% | ||
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| 四紅 Шаблон:Font / 四红 Шаблон:Font
sìhóng Шаблон:Font |
四紅
sì-hông Шаблон:Font |
Four Fours | Four 4-faces | Шаблон:Nowrap | 375/46,656
0.8037% | ||
| 2nd Place | 榜眼 / 探花 / 對堂 Шаблон:Font / 对堂 Шаблон:Font
bǎngyǎn / tànhuā / duìtáng Шаблон:Font |
對堂 / 榜眼 / 探花
tùi-tn̂g / póng-gán / thàm-hoa Шаблон:Font |
Straight & Three of a Kind | 2 | All numbers (1,2,3,4,5,6) in sequence, or 2 sets of three of the same number, except four. | Шаблон:Nowrap | 720/46,656
1.5432% |
| Шаблон:Nowrap Шаблон:Small |
300/46,656
0.6430% | ||||||
| 3rd Place / 4th PlaceШаблон:Efn | 進士 Шаблон:Font / 进士 Шаблон:Font / 四進 Шаблон:Font / 四进 Шаблон:Font
jìnshì / sìjìn Шаблон:Font |
四進 / 進士
sù-chìn / sì-chìn / chìn-sū / chìn-sǐ Шаблон:Font |
Four of a Kind | 4 | Four of any number, except four | Шаблон:Nowrap | 1875/46,656
4.0187% |
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| 4th Place / 3rd PlaceШаблон:Efn | 會元 Шаблон:Font / 会元 Шаблон:Font / 三紅 Шаблон:Font / 三红 Шаблон:Font
huìyuán / sānhóng Шаблон:Font |
三紅 / 會元
sam-hông / saⁿ-âng / hōe-oân Шаблон:Font |
Three Fours | 8 | Three 4-faces, any number for the three remaining dice. | Шаблон:Nowrap | 2400/46,656
5.1440% |
| 5th Place | 舉人 Шаблон:Font / 举人 Шаблон:Font / 二舉 Шаблон:Font / 二举 Шаблон:Font
jǔrén / èrjǔ Шаблон:Font |
二舉 / 舉人
lī-kú / dī-kú / lī-kí / dī-kí / kú-lîn / kú-jîn / kí-jîn / kí-lîn / kí-dîn Шаблон:Font |
Two Fours | 16 | Two 4-faces, any number for the four remaining dice. | Шаблон:Nowrap | 9300/46,656
19.9331% |
| 6th Place | 秀才 / 一秀
xiùcái / yīxiù Шаблон:Font |
一秀 / 秀才
it-siù / siù-châi Шаблон:Font |
One Four | 32 | A 4-face, any number for the five remaining dice. | Шаблон:Nowrap | 17400/46,656
37.2942% |
| Шаблон:Small | |||||||
If a player makes an ultimate throw, they receive all of the other mooncakes designated for 6th to 1st place, even those which were already awarded. This rule can be omitted to ensure all players receive a prize.[3]
Rituals
Some players believe in rituals when playing the game that they believe will give them good luck. Reported practices includes throwing the dice with one or two hands, or exclaiming "Chiong Wan!"[2]
Notes
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