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Encyclopedia ID 771

Pai gow

Also known as 牌九 Paai gau

Illustration pattern only. No free-licence photograph yet: can you suggest one?

Players split four dominoes into a front and back hand and beat the banker's two hands.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of China.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Crossroads and Golden Ages (about 500 to 1500), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of China.

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