Which 'seasons/flowers/" are these?
Peter Gallagher
Despite having borrowed a copy of Lightfeelds' book, complete with
explanation of the characters, I am having difficulty recognising my
second set of seasons/flowers.
There are two sets, and the first is easily recognisable as the 4 seasons
of the year.
The second set seems to be what Lightfeeld mentions as the 'intellectual
passtimes' ("music, chess, writing and painting")...
The tiles look a little like this:
1: Could be a stringed instrument, but requires some stretching of the
imagination
2: Looks very much like the corner of a chess-board, with some
'decorative' stuff alongside...
3: absolutely no idea what this could be - looks like a box; is fairly
'square'... is also rather 3-D ...
4: seems to be a 'scroll', which ties in nicely with the 4th 'passtime'
mentioned by Lightfeeld ...
Lightfeeld is rather vague as to what tiles can be present for the 8
seasons/flowers and he mentions all sorts of possibilities ranging from
the (acepted) fishermen, through to grashoppers, butterflies, frogs, etc.
etc. ...
If the 4 mentioned tiles /are/ the 4 'disciplines/passtimes", has any one
any idea if this set fits into a particular timescale or region (of
China, where I think the set originated) ?
Thanks in advance for any tips and please send me a CC, as news is
unreliable (maybe I should make that my signatuire! :-I :-) ).
best regards,
Peter
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Alan Kwan
wrote:
>Despite having borrowed a copy of Lightfeelds' book, complete with
>explanation of the characters, I am having difficulty recognising my
>second set of seasons/flowers.
>There are two sets, and the first is easily recognisable as the 4 seasons
>of the year.
>The second set seems to be what Lightfeeld mentions as the 'intellectual
>passtimes' ("music, chess, writing and painting")...
>The tiles look a little like this:
> [...]
It's very hard to work from descriptions.
>Lightfeeld is rather vague as to what tiles can be present for the 8
>seasons/flowers and he mentions all sorts of possibilities ranging from
>the (acepted) fishermen, through to grashoppers, butterflies, frogs, etc.
>etc. ...
All sorts of possibilities can be used. Flowers and seasons are the
common ones, but (for 'normal' flowers, i.e. no special rules such as
flower capturing) one can use any 2 sets of 4 'flowers' as long as
there is one flower corresponding to each seat in each set.
>If the 4 mentioned tiles /are/ the 4 'disciplines/passtimes", has any one
>any idea if this set fits into a particular timescale or region (of
>China, where I think the set originated) ?
The idea of the 4 'disciplines' is rather ancient in China, probably
long before the birth of mah-jong. (Otherwise, mahjong would probably
be there instead of chess/go. ^_^ ) Thus we can't make the specified
association, I think.
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John R. Cooper
>2: Looks very much like the corner of a chess-board, with some
>'decorative' stuff alongside...
The "decorative stuff" you see is probably a pair of go bowls.
Misinterpretation of the art on this tile seems to be fairly widespread.
- John
Peter Gallagher
Thanks John -sounds credible to me!
Cheers!
Peter
jrco...@ctsREMOVETHIS.com (John R.
Cooper) writes:
>- John