Mahjong and Its Nationalism

Mahjong originates in China; it evidently displays its nationalism. On the one hand, it is like opium, which numbs large number of people’s nerve so that people are not willing to do any other things and live a leisure life. On the other hand, it makes us get calm soul to lead a comfortable and relaxed life. Chinese people do not like to hold parties to enjoy excitement together, people are more inclined to endure monotonous life, loneliness and separate themselves from others. The ancient Chinese are smart enough to invent the mahjong; it is completely random and constantly changing. Even a fool person can play it very well. Therefore, Mahjong is fascinating, if people play it on money, it would be more exciting. It is a fairly common scene that several women with delicate hypersthene play mahjong together happily, or you can even see women in small towns with cheap rhinestone jewelry talk and play this exciting game together. It seems that Mahjong is the only activity for Chinese to play when they gather together. Compared with western people, they always hold various kinds of parties; they pay much attention to the enjoyment of life. Chinese people seemingly lead a much more monotonous life. People who visit Chengdu will have a deep impression of people’s profound love for mahjong. All the streets are filled with card tables. Men, women and children are all imbibed in this game. Women over 50 years old, men over 60, Mahjong are the only work for them. No matter how dull or boring people, when they play this game, they will become very active, humorous and lively. Mahjong is the favorite form of entertainment for Chinese, which is absolutely right. Mahjong is a symbol of Chinese nationalism because of the feature of this game. There is no input, no output, no success, no failure, and no goals. Chinese people do not believe in God and ghosts and all minds are concentrated on this life and this world. As a result, Mahjong has become a natural choice. Many people believe that this game can corrode people’s dream, initiative, it is not good for a nation. When the whole nation is fascinated by this kind of game, it will hamper the development of society and a country. In a certain degree, it is true; people need positive strength at any time. However, we may evaluate it from the other angle. People should know how to enjoy life and get happiness rather than work all the time. Playing Mahjong is a good activity for Chinese to relax and enjoy life. As long as people can gent happiness from it, it is absolutely a wrong activity.