The 300-year-old custom of moon cake gambling dates back to the Qing Dynasty(1644-1911).
The inventor, Zheng Chenggong(1624-62),a general of the Ming Dynasty(1368-1644),stationed his army in Xiamen. Zheng was determined to recover Taiwan, which was occupied by Dutch invaders since 1624.
When every Mid-Autumn Festival came.the soldiers naturally missed their families and the morale is low.
General Zheng and his lower officer HongXu invented moon cake gambling to help relieve homesickness among the troops.
The gambling game has six ranks of awards, which are named as the winnersin ancient imperial examinations,and has 63 different sized mooncakes as prizes.
From the lowest to the highest, the titles of six ranks are Xiucai (the one who passed the examination at the county level), Juren a successful candidate at the provincial level)
Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examination), Tanhua Bangyan and Zhuangyuan (respectively the number three to number one winnersin the imperial examination at the presence of the emperor).
Game players throw the dice by turns.Different pips they count win the player are levant “title” and corresponding type of mooncakes.
Xiamen people believe that the person who wins “Zhuangyuan” in the game, will have good luck that year.
Nowadays, the mooncakes are not the only kind of award.
With the upgrade of people’s living standards, daily necessities, household appliances and even money can also be won.
Time flies, it’s Mid-Autumn Festival again, Simpo has prepared many prizes for everyone to participate in. Prizes are essential items in daily life. In the game, each employee takes turns throwing six dice, and the number of points on the sieve determines the level of prizes we can receive.
This game is both fair and fun, and everyone has the opportunity to win prizes of different levels. Everyone can increase interactivity and engagement by throwing a sieve.
