moon cake mid autumn festival

The joyous clang of dice colliding with big bowls can often be heard around 

the end of this month....enjoying the dice game or bo bing.(phua pia)

Bo Bing is a traditional gambling game involving six dice, a round bowl and of 
course moon cakes. Its origins can be traced back to the great general Zheng 
Chenggong. The game was created as a way to occupy his troops as they 
waited during the mid-autumn festival before retaking Taiwan from foreign 
occupation.

The history of the game dates back to the 1600s when it was conceptualized
 by Chinese general, Zheng Chenggong of the Southern Ming along with his
 lower officer Hong Xu. Zheng at the time the game was invented was stationed 
with his troops in Xiamen where they are preparing to take Taiwan from the 
Dutch which was occupied by the Europeans since 1624. The game was an 
attempt to boost the morale of Zheng's homesicked troops every Mid-Autumn 
Festival

The game known as Bo Bing (lit. gambling for cakes) in China, traditionally involves
 six dices and a China bowl with 63 different sized mooncakes as prizes for the 
winning players. The game became popular in Xiamen and is considered a folk game. 
In modern times, daily necessities, household appliances and money were 
sometimes given as prizes instead of the traditional mooncakes here in Manila, 
its known as phua tiong chiu for us, Filipino chinese.

the Mooncake Festival Dice Game also known as Pua Tiong Chiu or Bo Bing 

Chinese dice game traditionally played as part of the celebration of the 

Mid-Autumn Festival.

the rules are never completely unified. There are always some differences , 

especially when it comes to deciding who is the No.1 winner or Zhuangyuan, 

due to historical and cultural reasons...

at around the end of the month, to the 1st wk of October, we should all

see each other for a reunion...and enjoy the game with our friends, I wish you 

all a happy Mid-autumn Festival.

This is your LOVERBOY Dennis signing out