Dou dizhu
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| Origin | Chinese |
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| Alternative names | Landlord, fighting the landlord; dau dei zyu |
| Type | Shedding-type card game |
| Players | 3 |
| Cards | 54; 17 for each of the two "peasants" and 20 for the "landlord" |
| Deck | Anglo-American |
| Play | Counterclockwise |
| Playing time | Around 5 minutes |
| Random chance | Easy |
| Related games | |
| Big two, president, winner | |
Dou dizhu, (simplified Chinese: 斗地主; traditional Chinese: 鬥地主; pinyin: dòu dizhǔ; Jyutping: dau3 dei6 zyu2; literally: "fighting the landlord") is a card game in the genre of shedding and gambling. It is one of the most popular card games played in China.
Dou dizhu is described as easy to learn but hard to master, requiring mathematical and strategic thinking as well as carefully planned execution. Suits are irrelevant in playing dou dizhu. Players can easily play the game with a set of dou cizhu playing cards, without the suits printed on the cards. Less popular variations of the game do exist in China, such as four-player and five-player dou dizhu played with two packs of cards.
The class struggle during the Cultural Revolution in China reportedly authorized the peasants to violate the human rights of the landlords who were among the Five Black Categories and Stinking Old Ninth, hence the name dou dizhu. China's Generation Y, who are among one of the most enthusiastic player groups, has no personal experience of the historical class struggle. Nowadays, the name of the game carries no negative connotation. The actual place of origin for the game is in Hubei Province.
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