Learn to play Taiwanese Mahjong in 60 seconds #shorts

Mahjong, a tile game that originated from China in the 1800s, consists of players drawing and discarding tiles with characters and symbols to build winning combinations.

Recently, the game has gained popularity and evolved into at least 40 variations. The 136-tile version is the standard tile count used for Japanese Riichi Mahjong and traditional Chinese, Hong Kong Mahjong.

While American Mahjong is played with 152 tiles.

According to the online review site YELP, searchers for Mahjong clubs and lessons were up more than 4000 percent last year.

In Washington, D.C., Tim Ma, a son of Chinese immigrants, opened his Lucky Danger Mahjong room in tribute to his family.

“The tradition was every Sunday… there was mahjong. We would make dumplings, we would eat as a family. So, it's a very visceral memory,” said Ma.

In the Rush Hour 2-inspired Mahjong room, Ma had 60 seconds to walk PBS News through how to play the Taiwanese style of the game.

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