Playing cards in Asia: Chess-suited cards

Case : 005, 006, 007, 008

Chess-suited cards appeared during the 19th century. Each suit contains cards named after the seven different chessmen from the chess game Xiangqi or Cờ Tướng (象棋). Some decks have multiple copies of each card and may also contain "gold" wild cards. A four-suited deck Sì Sè Pái or Tứ Sắc (四色牌, Four Color Cards), is a very popular game of the rummy family of card games, with a relatively long history in China. A standard deck consists of 112 cards, divided into four colors, 28 cards each, depicting the seven Chinese chess pieces. In each color there are cards printed with each of the seven pieces of xiangqi, repeated four times each, like in mahjong. A two-suited deck Tam Cúc (三菊, Three Chrysanthe-mums) is a multi-trick card game popular in North Vietnam. A deck of Tam Cúc has 32 cards with 2 kinds of set red and black.  Tam Cúc is mostly played by women because the number of cards is less than in the Tổ Tôm, which is more common among men. It is similar to the games of Chēmǎbāo, Zhìhǔ, and Giog.