angyuan" through the imperial examination, the ess would bring great honour to both him and his family, followed with a high-level position and a great sum of money. The game has something to do with the number "four." In mooncake gambling, the pips for most ranks of the awards are related to this number. For instance, one die of four pips wins you "Xiucai" and the smallest mooncake. And if you get four or more dice of four pips, then congratulations - you win "Zhuangyuan." The game provides 32 mooncakes for "Xiucai," 16 for "Juren" and the rest may be deduced by analogy. Only one player will win the lucky title "Zhuangyuan." That is why a total of 63 mooncakes are prepared for the game. As a game bining culture, folk custom and recreation, moon cake gambling soon got popular among troops.