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I’M BACK AND WITH A GREAT POSTING!

Hi all – I’ve taken a vacation from posting but now I am back with lots and lots of things to tell and show to you! And why not the best for first (instead of for last!)?

Our dear friend with a most brilliant mind, Annelise Heinz, assistant professor of History at the University of Oregon, has given me permission to post this video in which she discusses her current book project Mahjong: A Chinese Game and the Making of Modern American Culture.

It’s a 28 minute long YouTube video so sit back with a steaming hot cup of tea or coffee…or perhaps a cold martini! – and enjoy Annelise as she discusses her passion for our beloved game and shows off a couple of beautiful vintage Mah Jongg sets (a 1920s set she found in an antique store in the historic Chinese community in Locke, California, and a 1960s set with fabulous green Catalin racks). 

A DOCTOR OF MAH JONGG!

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Where are these ladies from the 1920s now? Or these ladies from, most likely, the 1950s?

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Unless these ladies are your relatives (or you!), there is probably only one person who knows where they are today…and that would be Annelise Heinz.

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MAH JONGG HISTORY…OR MYTHOLOGY?

Next up in our series of Yahoo Contributor Network articles is one written in 2007 on the history of the game of Mah Jongg. Although I have heard many people say that this game dates back to the time of Confucius (551–479 BC), there is much evidence showing that the game only dates back to a little over 100 years. No matter how old this game may be, I think you will find the following article to be of interest. In fact, anything about our beloved game always seems to be of interest to me!

The Game of Mah Jongg – History, Mythology, Fact and Fiction

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kimadagem, Yahoo Contributor Network
Feb 14, 2007
In recent years the game of Mah Jongg has enjoyed a resurgence of popularity on the Internet
and personal computers around the world. But the people happily clicking away on all those
pretty tiles probably don’t realize that the game they’re playing is at least a hundred years old. It
may, in fact, be significantly older than that.

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