Everyone knows that mahjong was invented in China. Why do Japanese characters appear on mahjong?

Those are some mahjong. Mahjong carved in Japanese was specially made by a Japanese company to promote their mahjong machine. Now there is no mahjong carved in Japanese.

As the saying goes, "a billion people are 900 million hemp, and 100 million people are still watching." As the quintessence of China, many people feel uncomfortable without playing mahjong for a day. Why do people in China play mahjong for hundreds of years, but Japanese is engraved on it? This has to start with the origin of mahjong. There are different opinions on the origin of mahjong in history. One of them is more reliable: it is said that Zheng He went to the Western Ocean in the Ming Dynasty, and the life on board was very empty and lonely. Some crew members are homesick, and some even have suicidal thoughts.

In order to appease his subordinates and divert their attention, Zheng He carved patterns on 100 boards as entertainment tools. According to the order in which the fleet was established, 1-9 was carved, and the wooden barrels filled with water were counted, so there were 1-9 barrels, and the money was the most refreshing, so it was changed to1-90,000, which was the original mahjong. But then on some mahjong tiles, small Japanese characters were engraved around a barrel, because mahjong machine was first invented in Japan.

A company named "Matsuoka Company" carved words on a cylinder as an invisible advertisement to promote its mahjong machine. This product was originally imported to China, but now it is basically gone. Matsuoka, Japan is the second largest mahjong machine manufacturer in Japan. In order to promote his products, he carved the words "センチュリー" on the outer ring of a barrel of mahjong. This set of Japanese characters is Matsuoka's signature product: センチュリー mahjong machine.

Moreover, China's awareness of cultural protection is getting stronger and stronger. How can others be allowed to make a fuss about the quintessence of Chinese culture?