The king represents the sun and the king represents the moon. There are 13 cards in 1~k, which means that there are 13 weeks in a quarter; The four-colored cards represent the four seasons of the year, and multiplying 4 times 13 gives you 52 weeks in a year.

J, Q and K in playing cards are the abbreviations of squire, queen and king in English, and the 12 head cards represent a certain person in history.

The Ace is the first card representing each suit, and only one symbol of that suit is printed on this card. In most games, including bridge, the ace is the highest ranked; It is also the highest hand of the suits.

Plum K

Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia, son of Philip II, succeeded to the throne at the age of 20 and was a man who tried to rule the world, first establishing his dominance in all of Greece and then destroying the Persian Empire.

In the vast land spanning Europe, Asia and Africa, a huge empire with Babylon as its capital was established, stretching from Greece and Macedonia in the west, to the upper reaches of the Indus Valley in the east, to the first waterfall of the Nile River in the south, and to the Yaozhishui (present-day Syr Darya) in Central Asia in the north.

Block K

Julius Julius Caesar (i.e. Julius Caesar). He was a lifelong consul of the Roman Republic, born into a nobleman, and successively served as treasurer, chief priest, chancel, consul, procurator, dictator, etc.

In 60 BC, he secretly formed a triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus, and then became the governor of Gaul, Britain.

In 49 BC, he led his army to occupy Rome, defeated Pompey, and imposed a dictatorship on power.

In 44 BCE, Caesar was assassinated by members of the Senate led by Ebrutus. After Caesar's death, his nephew and adopted son Octavian defeated Antony to create the Roman Empire and became the first emperor.

Caesar is a profile portrait on a Roman Empire coin, and of the four king's kings since then, only the king of the diamonds is a profile portrait, holding a battle axe.

King of hearts

During his 14-year reign, Charlemagne, King of the Franks, later crowned "Emperor of the Romans", waged more than 50 wars against the Lombards, Saracens, Saxons, etc., controlled most of Europe, and under the guidance of angels, he took up the important task of defending Christendom.

The first person to carve his portrait with a chisel on a wooden board accidentally shaved off the beard of his upper lip by sliding the chisel. Since then, this drawing has been used as the standard in the King of hearts, so only the king in the King of hearts has no beard.

King of spades

King David, the second king of the United Kingdom of Israel, lived around 1000 B.C., which means "beloved", the father of the legendary King Solomon, who was good at music and poetry, and the Bible records that Jesus was a descendant of David.

Club Q

Agini, derived from the European Scrabble game, Plum Blossom Q has such a story: the British Lancaster royal family is symbolized by the red rose, and the York royal family is symbolized by the white rose. After the Battle of the Roses, the two royal families reconciled and brought the roses of both sides together. So the queen had a rose in her hand.

Block Q

Rachel was the second and most beloved wife of Jacob (the ancestor of the Jews), the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, the daughter of Laban, and the sister of Leah, Jacob's first wife, according to the Book of Genesis.

Queens of hearts

Judith, a character from the Old Testament of the Bible, Judith was a beautiful widow of ancient Hebrew who saved the city of Bethulia by seducing the Assyrian general Holefernes into a tent and cutting off his head while he was drunk and asleep.

However, according to another theory, the card character of the queen of hearts is the queen of Henry VII. Judith's claim circulated online is not credible because Charles I's queen was named Henrietta Maria instead of Judith, and the date was after the beginning of the poker season.

The Queen of Spades

Pallas Athena (i.e., Athena), the goddess of wisdom and justice in Greek mythology. Athena was one of the twelve main gods of Greek Olympus and one of the three goddesses of Olympus.

Plum J

Lancelot, the first warrior of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table, whose romance with Queen Gwynaville led to a war between him and King Arthur.

Suave, but also quite brave and helpful. He had set out in search of the Holy Grail, but his pride had prevented him from succeeding.

As the queen began her trial of fire, Lancelot unleashed an unnecessary battle to save her from the fire, which led to a split among the Knights of the Round Table.

After this battle, Lancelot became a monk in repentance of his sins.

Block J

Who is the block J is varies according to different accounts.

Hector, son of Priam, prince of Troy, brother of Paris.

He was the first warrior of Troy and was called the "Wall of Troy". In the end, he duel with Achilles and die at the hands of the other party. He also said that he was Roland, the chamberlain of Charles I.

J of hearts

Lahair, a retinue of Charles VII, a French commander in the Hundred Years' War between England and France, and the right-hand man of Joan of Arc.

Jack of spades

Ogier, one of the twelve Paladins (paladins) of Charlemagne in the medieval heroic epic "The Song of Roland", a Danish prince blessed by the six fairies.

The origin of J

JACK IN POKER ORIGINALLY USED THE WORD KNAVE, WHICH WAS STILL IN USE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENTAL EUROPE UNTIL THE 40S OF THE 20TH CENTURY.

One of the reasons why the word JACK instead of KNAVE has quickly gained public acceptance is that it is convenient to use the first letter J of the word JACK when recording or reporting card examples, or when using abbreviations, or when describing the process of playing cards, whereas in the past when using the word KNAVE, it was necessary to use Kn, which would cause confusion if only K was used.

There is a legend about Columbus and his sailors, who were very fond of gambling, and when they were hit by a storm on the vast and mysterious sea, they threw all their playing cards into the sea due to the horror caused by superstition.

Later, when they reached the land, they regretted this reckless action, so they made some playing cards out of a tree leaf in this new country, which aroused great interest among the Indians.

The Chinese understand the four colors as the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter.

The French understand the four flower colors as spear, square, lilac leaf, and red heart.

The Germans understood the four suits as leaves, bells, acorns and hearts.

Italians understand the four suits to mean swords, coins, walking sticks, and wine glasses.

The Swiss understand the four suits as acorns, bells, flowers, and shields.

The British understood the four suits as shovels, diamonds, clovers and hearts.