Learn the tiles and a simple winning hand
By Casual Chinese Mahjong
Beginner lessons in a creator’s simplified 13-tile game—not NMJL or standard Taiwanese rules.
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Videos, rules guides, and museum collections. Watch selected videos here, or explore the original learning notes and collections.
Not sure where to start?
Learning mahjong? Start with your group’s version. A history resource won’t teach you the rules for tonight’s game.
Which mahjong resource fits my game?
Ask your host which rules your group uses. These are three starting points on our shelf, not every way to play.
Why a museum curator calls mahjong a classic
By The Strong National Museum of Play
Why a game endures across communities. History and interpretation, not playing rules.
Look at mahjong through historical materials
By Hagley Museum and Library
Historical materials and manufacturing in the US. Not a lesson on playing the game.
Explore one Hong Kong mahjong teaching version
By Casual Chinese Mahjong
One creator’s Hong Kong adaptation. Your group may use different rules.
Find the official American mahjong card
By National Mah Jongg League
NMJL is an organization. Find its annual American mahjong card here—not a full beginner lesson.
What NMJL Online includes—and leaves out
By NMJL Online
Clarifications for NMJL Online. Not the full rulebook or every group’s house rules.
Explore Chinese Lunar New Year symbols
By Asian Art Museum
Holiday symbols from one museum educator’s perspective, not rules for every household.
See one character written in four scripts
By The Metropolitan Museum of Art
One character in four scripts, made for the 2023 Year of the Rabbit. Not a full language course.
Look closely at a dragon on porcelain
By The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Views and context for one Qing-dynasty vase. Not a guide to every dragon image.
Make a red envelope with a written wish
By Asian Art Museum
Folding instructions and a template link. Not advice on how much money to give.
Meet the stone monkey in the original text
By Wikisource — Journey to the West, chapter 1
Read the waterfall episode behind our retelling.
Explore one Mid-Autumn story
By Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art
Read about reunion and one version of Hou Yi and Chang’e.
See what the Classic of Tea pays attention to
By National Museum of Natural Science, Taiwan
Learn why water, utensils and production belong in a tea story.
Hear how one holiday differs by family
By Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art
Follow a grandmother’s radish cake and a Washington cultural exchange.
Compare labelled seal-script forms
By Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
Compare labelled forms before guessing a character from its appearance.
Follow one version of the Great Race
By British Council
Check animal order and the cooperation described in this adaptation.
Meet an artist who shared her dumplings
By Smithsonian Folklife Festival
See Tian Yali’s family recipe in the setting of the festival’s China program.
Look at letters that became calligraphy models
By National Palace Museum, Taiwan
Learn how Wang Xizhi’s letters were transmitted through copies and modelbooks.
Read a Singapore Chinese account of red packets
By Culturepaedia — Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre
Read about blessings, local names and the Sui legend.
Make an opera-inspired Monkey King mask
By Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art
Museum introduction and opera-inspired mask craft; not a game or full opera course.
Explore tea and tea wares with a DC tea host
By Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art
Archived tea introduction with an embedded video; full playback and captions not reviewed.
Dragon Boat Festival: a classroom introduction
By Hong Kong Education Bureau
Read a school introduction to boats and festival stories, including Qu Yuan.
Qingming: remembering and tending a place
By Hong Kong Education Bureau
Explore ancestor remembrance, shared preparations and spring outings.
Tangyuan in a little cookbook
By Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre
Read about tangyuan, reunion and the occasions when people eat them.
Chung Yeung: a Hong Kong visiting notice
By Hong Kong FEHD
See a specific 2026 example of arrangements for ancestor visits.
Why Chinese festival dates move
By Hong Kong Observatory
Read how lunar months and the solar year fit into the Chinese calendar.
Paper-cutting: the UNESCO overview
By UNESCO
Meet the cultural practice behind the paper-cutting story.
Shadow puppetry: the UNESCO overview
By UNESCO
Explore the cultural practice behind a shadow-puppet performance.
Peking opera: the UNESCO overview
By UNESCO
Find background for the voices, gestures and conventions in our opera story.
Guqin: the UNESCO overview
By UNESCO
Read cultural background for the seven-string instrument in our story.
Blue-and-white porcelain: a museum record
By Kimbell
Follow the source behind our story about one flat-sided porcelain flask.
Silk-making: the UNESCO overview
By UNESCO
Find background for the people and craft process behind silk.
Woodblock printing: the UNESCO overview
By UNESCO
Find cultural background for carving and printing a page.
The Astor Court: museum background
By The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Read about the Chinese garden court discussed in our New York story.
Chinese seals: an exhibition source
By Hong Kong Museum of Art
Follow a museum source behind our story about red marks on artworks.
Chopsticks: one collection record
By Concordia Historical Institute
Read a collection record for one Chinese pair of chopsticks.
Chinese names: teaching examples
By Columbia University
Explore examples that help you ask about names with more context.
Tangrams in an art-and-culture kit
By University of Oregon
Start at printed pages 47–48 for the kit’s tangram section.
Weiqi: people around the board
By University of Washington
Read background for our story about weiqi and its social setting.
Wu Li: a landscape painting record
By The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Follow the museum record behind our story about reworking an older painting.
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